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Cooling IGBT Modules with VDF - Parker

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<strong>Cooling</strong> Loop Comparison Table<br />

Table 2<br />

Fan/pump<br />

power to<br />

cool 1KW<br />

load (W)<br />

Cost ratio of<br />

complete<br />

cooling system,<br />

<strong>IGBT</strong> modules<br />

Ratio of cooling<br />

system and <strong>IGBT</strong><br />

module cost per amp<br />

Steady State<br />

Ratio of cooling<br />

system and <strong>IGBT</strong><br />

module cost per amp<br />

220% overload<br />

Heat Sink ΔT<br />

during 10s<br />

600W Overload<br />

(°C)<br />

23 Levett, Howes, Saums – <strong>Cooling</strong> of <strong>IGBT</strong> <strong>Modules</strong> <strong>with</strong> Vaporizable Dielectric Fluid • IMAPS France ATW Thermal 2008 • La Rochelle, France<br />

Heat Sink ΔT<br />

under module<br />

Steady State<br />

(°C)<br />

Case A: Air Cooled 45 1.0 1.0 1.0 29 23<br />

Case B: Water-cooled<br />

Aluminum Cold Plate<br />

(Press-fit Standard<br />

Copper Tubing)<br />

Case C: Water-Cooled<br />

Aluminum Cold Plate<br />

(Bonded Copper<br />

D-Shape Tubing)<br />

Case D: Water-Cooled<br />

Aluminum Cold Plate<br />

(Brazed Convoluted<br />

Fin, Machined Cavity)<br />

Case E1: <strong>VDF</strong> Copper<br />

Cold Plate<br />

(450A device)<br />

Case E2: <strong>VDF</strong> Copper<br />

Cold Plate<br />

(225A device)<br />

295 1.3 0.87 0.83 18 18<br />

203 1.5 1.01 0.84 20 19<br />

209 1.7 0.94 0.74 19 23<br />

12 1.3 1.57 1.22 5 6<br />

15 0.95 1.79 1.44 5 4

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