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Title: A Novel Thermal Modeling Analysis for Liquid-Cooled High-Power EV Chargers
As transportation electrification keeps accelerating across a wide range of vehicle classes from light-duty cars to heavy-duty trucks, the need for high-power electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment continues to grow rapidly. Even though the advancements in power electronics are enabling higher efficiency for EV chargers, thermal management continues to be a significant challenge in high-power charger development Liquid cooling with cold plates is commonly used for dissipating the heat generated by semiconductor devices m high-power chargers To design an effective and optimized thermal management system, accurate thermal modeling and analysis are critical, especially m the preliminary design phases. Complex fluid dynamics (CFD) software such as Ansys has been widely used for thermal modeling and analysis in the literature; however, using CFD analysis tools can be expensive, time-consuming, and computationally intense. To address the technical needs for a rapid, accurate preliminary thermal analysis tool, this paper presents a novel and accurate thermal modeling and analysis approach for high- power EV chargers with liquid cooling and Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs mounted on cold plates. The proposed modeling and analysis approach utilizes a lumped element model for each of the many pieces within the system to mathematically represent the physical system and form thermal networks. The effectiveness, accuracy, and light computational load of the proposed approach have been validated through experimental results conducted on a 21 kW power converter module hardware from a 1 MW EV wireless charge developed by the team for Class 8 semi-trucks.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2239169
PAR ID:
10617220
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
IEEE
Date Published:
ISBN:
979-8-3503-7606-7
Page Range / eLocation ID:
6593 to 6599
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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