Cooling arrangements for integrated electric motor-inverters

Details Cooling arrangements for integrated electric motor-inverters Cooling arrangements for integrated electric motor-inverters

2007-05-01

2007-05-01

Jones, Melvin (Department: 3744)

Refrigeration

Structural installation

With electrical component cooling

C062S310000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11054483

ABSTRACT:
In order to provide a modular arrangement, an inverter for an electric traction motor used to drive an automotive vehicle is positioned in proximity with the traction motor. The inverter is located within a compartment adjacent to one end of the electric traction motor and is cooled in a closed system by spraying a liquid coolant directly onto the inverter. The liquid coolant absorbs heat from the inverter and is cooled by a heat exchange arrangement comprising a reservoir with pipes carrying a second coolant from the radiator of the automotive vehicle. In a preferred embodiment, the coolant is collected from the inverter in an annular reservoir that is integral with the compartment containing the inverter. In accordance with one embodiment of the cooling arrangement, heat from the inverter vaporizes the liquid coolant by absorbing heat from the inverter during a phase change from a liquid to a vapor. The vaporized coolant is condensed by a circulating second coolant in pipes connected to the vehicle's radiator through a condenser that is preferably coaxial with the motor and the annular reservoir, which annular reservoir in the second embodiment collects overspray liquid coolant. In order to avoid degrading the inverter, the coolant is a dielectric fluid.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6278179 (2001-08-01), Mermet-Guyennet
patent: 6772603 (2004-08-01), Hsu et al.

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