Compact cooling solutions for power electronics

西蒙弗雷泽大学（SFU）的Bahrami博士，Delta-Q Technologies（Delta-Q）和Terrella Energy Systems（Terrella）之间的这项研究合作旨在为不断扩大的电动汽车市场提供行业合作伙伴所需的创新，紧凑和具有成本效益的冷却解决方案。 该研究的总体目标是开发先进的紧凑型冷却技术，并以经济高效的方式解决大功率电子设备的热问题。合作研究将包括被动和主动冷却方法;考虑实际挑战，即其成本和可制造性;范围从开发先进材料到详细研究，设计，测试和原型设计高功率电池充电器的先进冷却解决方案。所提出的冷却解决方案的直接影响包括提高传热性能、提高可靠性、减少维护问题以及降低工作温度。间接影响包括系统稳健性的提高、噪音的降低和系统成本的降低，这将导致采用新技术来提高高功率密度电池充电器的整体效率。 该计划的研究成果将建立设计工具和新的热管理系统，这将引导工业合作伙伴开发更高效的传热系统和下一代电力电子产品。此外，在这项研究中开发的基础知识和工程设计工具可以应用于各种可持续和绿色能源应用。

This research collaboration between Dr. Bahrami at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Delta-Q Technologies (Delta-Q), and Terrella Energy Systems (Terrella) targets innovative, compact, and cost-effective cooling solutions needed by the industry partners for the expanding EV market. The overall goal of the research is to develop advanced compact cooling technologies and address thermal issues for high-power electronic devices cost-effectively. The collaborative research will include both passive and active-cooling methods; consider practical challenges, namely, their cost and manufacturability; and ranges from developing advanced materials to detailed studies, design, testing and prototyping of advanced cooling solutions for high-power battery chargers. Direct impacts of the proposed cooling solutions include increased heat transfer performance, improved reliability and reduced maintenance issues, and lower operating temperatures. Indirect impacts include improvements in system robustness, reduction in noise, and reduction in system costs, which will lead to adoption of new technologies that improve overall efficiency of high-power density battery chargers. The research results of this program will establish design tools and new thermal management systems, which will lead the industrial partners towards the development of more efficient heat transfer systems and the next-generation power electronics. In addition, the fundamental knowledge and engineering design tools developed in this research can be applied to a variety of sustainable and green energy applications.