Next Article in Journal
Reaching 10% renewable transportation fuels in 2020 by electric-vehicles in Styria/Austria
Previous Article in Journal
Electric Charging Station in Hong Kong
 
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
Journals
WEVJ
Volume 7
Issue 3
10.3390/wevj7030390
wevj-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Propose a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share Share announcement Help format_quote Cite question_answer Discuss in SciProfiles thumb_up
...
Endorse textsms
...
Comment
World Electric Vehicle Journal is published by MDPI from Volume 9 issue 1 (2018). Previous articles were published by The World Electric Vehicle Association (WEVA) and its member the European Association for e-Mobility (AVERE), the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), and the Electric Vehicle Association of Asia Pacific (EVAAP). They are hosted by MDPI on mdpi.com as a courtesy and upon agreement with AVERE.
first_page
settings
Order Article Reprints
Font Type:
Arial Georgia Verdana
Font Size:
Aa Aa Aa
Line Spacing:
Column Width:
Background:
Article

EV Motor Controller Target Cooling by Using Micro Thermoelectric Cooler

by
Frank Kou-Tzeng Lin
1,*,
Po-Hua Chang
2,
Chih-Yu Hwang
2,
Min-Chuan Wu
2 and
Yi-Shin Chen
2
1
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Rm. 200, Bldg. 58, 195, Sec. 4, Chung Hsing Rd., Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan 310, ROC
2
National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, ROC
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
World Electr. Veh. J. 2015, 7(3), 390-397; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj7030390
Published: 25 September 2015
Versions Notes

Abstract

The motor controller is an important component in electric vehicle. Controller always generates heat and needs cooling as electric vehicle driving. Micro thermoelectric cooler (μTEC) with many advantages becomes a potential cooling device for controller recently. This study uses the commercial software ANSYS workbench 14.5 to investigate the influence of the activated number and located position of μTEC on controller chip cooling. The following simulation results are obtained: (1) μTEC activating may assist cooling between 0 second and 60 seconds. The cooling capability enhancement is pronounced as the number of activated μTEC increased. (2) μTEC activating may not assist cooling between 60 seconds and 156 seconds because the energy on the hot side of μTEC is unable to be removed effectively. “All μTEC open” method gives the poorest cooling performance in this region.
Keywords: electric vehicle; motor controller; micro thermoelectric cooler; target cooling electric vehicle; motor controller; micro thermoelectric cooler; target cooling

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Lin, F.K.-T.; Chang, P.-H.; Hwang, C.-Y.; Wu, M.-C.; Chen, Y.-S. EV Motor Controller Target Cooling by Using Micro Thermoelectric Cooler. World Electr. Veh. J. 2015, 7, 390-397. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj7030390

AMA Style

Lin FK-T, Chang P-H, Hwang C-Y, Wu M-C, Chen Y-S. EV Motor Controller Target Cooling by Using Micro Thermoelectric Cooler. World Electric Vehicle Journal. 2015; 7(3):390-397. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj7030390

Chicago/Turabian Style

Lin, Frank Kou-Tzeng, Po-Hua Chang, Chih-Yu Hwang, Min-Chuan Wu, and Yi-Shin Chen. 2015. "EV Motor Controller Target Cooling by Using Micro Thermoelectric Cooler" World Electric Vehicle Journal 7, no. 3: 390-397. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj7030390

Article Metrics

Back to TopTop