A Phase-change Material Integrated Power Module for Electric Vehicles with Enhanced Short-term Overcurrent Capability

Xu Zhang; Yaqing Ma; Li Ran; Jianfeng Li; Yuekang Du; Nikolaos Iosifidis; Philip Mawby; Jianying Li

doi:10.1109/WiPDAEurope55971.2022.9936048

A Phase-change Material Integrated Power Module for Electric Vehicles with Enhanced Short-term Overcurrent Capability

Xu Zhang
, Yaqing Ma
, Li Ran
, Jianfeng Li
, Yuekang Du
, Nikolaos Iosifidis
, Philip Mawby
, Jianying Li

School of Electrical Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

High power density IGBT inverters are commonly used in electric vehicles to gain high energy efficiency. However, the high power density can lead to a high junction temperature and cause failure, especially when a short-term overcurrent is demanded during the starting or rapid acceleration. The power module capacity needs to be increased for the high performance. This paper proposes a phase change material (PCM) integrated power module for EVs to enhance performance in this aspect. The power loss was calculated based on the electric model of the EV during various driving cycles. The thermal model was analysed by COMSOL to assess the temperature distribution of the module with and without PCM. The results show that the maximum junction temperature can be reduced by up to 20^{circ}mathrm{C} under 2pu overcurrent, which can provide the needed overcurrent capacity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665488143
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WiPDAEurope55971.2022.9936048
State	Published - 2022
Event	2022 IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022 - Coventry, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Sep 2022 → 22 Sep 2022

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Name	IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022

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Conference	2022 IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Coventry
Period	18/09/22 → 22/09/22

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Phase change material
electric vehicle
junction temperature
overcurrent capacity

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Zhang, X., Ma, Y., Ran, L., Li, J., Du, Y., Iosifidis, N., Mawby, P., & Li, J. (2022). A Phase-change Material Integrated Power Module for Electric Vehicles with Enhanced Short-term Overcurrent Capability. In IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022 (IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/WiPDAEurope55971.2022.9936048

Zhang, Xu ; Ma, Yaqing ; Ran, Li et al. / A Phase-change Material Integrated Power Module for Electric Vehicles with Enhanced Short-term Overcurrent Capability. IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022).

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IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications in Europe, WiPDA Europe 2022).

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A Phase-change Material Integrated Power Module for Electric Vehicles with Enhanced Short-term Overcurrent Capability

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