KR101674466B1 - Water cooling apparatus for IGBT element of electric locomotive - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a water cooling device for an IGBT element of an electric locomotive, and particularly relates to an IGBT element which is provided in a converter / inverter stack of an electric locomotive and generates heat at a high temperature, The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a flow path shape and includes a body 100 provided in a converter / inverter stack of an electric locomotive and having an inlet 110 and an outlet 120 with a flow passage 130 engraved therein, 100, and a cooling water circulating through the flow path (130), and two or more IGBT elements (300) are spaced apart from each other symmetrically on both sides of the cover (200). Sectional area of the flow path 130 is formed to be larger than the cross sectional area of the inlet 110 in the section A where the IGBT element 300 is installed to significantly increase the cooling efficiency and thereby cause the IGBT element to be damaged Thereby improving the operational stability of the electric locomotive.
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The present invention relates to a water cooling apparatus for an IGBT element of an electric locomotive, and particularly relates to an IGBT element which is provided in a converter / inverter stack of an electric locomotive and generates heat at a high temperature, The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing an improved shape of an electric locomotive, which greatly increases the cooling efficiency, thereby preventing the IGBT element from being damaged by overheating, and further improving the operational stability of the electric locomotive.
Generally, a propulsion system for electric locomotives includes a converter / inverter stack consisting of a number of converters and inverters.
As a power semiconductor used in such a converter / inverter stack, a GTO (gate turn-off thyristor) semiconductor device has been widely used, but in recent years it has been replaced by an IGBT (insulated gate bipolar mode transistor) semiconductor device .
Since the GTO semiconductor device is a type of power semiconductor device and can control the power circuit on / off freely with the gate signal and has a large withstand voltage and controllable current, the PWM control VVVF inverter for induction motor drive, A breaker, a ground-type converter, and the like.
The IGBT semiconductor device is a switching device having a structure of a power MOS FET (metal oxide semi-conductor field effect transistor) and a bipolar transistor. The IGBT semiconductor device has a small driving power, high switching speed, (High current density).
In particular, the converter / inverter stack to which the IGBT element is applied has a four-parallel structure. When the IGBT element is damaged due to overheating, the operation of the electric locomotive is greatly affected , Proper cooling must be performed to prevent the IGBT element from being damaged by overheating.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a water cooling device for an IGBT element of a general electric locomotive. As shown in Fig. 1, an IGBT
In the
However, there is a limit to effectively cooling a limited area of the
In order to improve the performance of the IGBT stack, IGBT stacks were fabricated by various numerical methods such as "Numerical analysis of 10kW water cooling plate heat flow for IGBT stack" (Yu Sung Yeol et al., 3th Korea Railroad Society Fall Conference, 2011) There is a problem in the prior art that it is difficult to maintain a low temperature of about 80 캜 or lower.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems and it is an object of the present invention to greatly improve the cooling efficiency by optimizing the cooling water flow path at a predetermined water pressure and flow rate with respect to a limited area provided with a plurality of IGBT elements, And to improve the stability of the operation of the electric locomotive, and to provide a water cooling device for an IGBT element of an electric locomotive.
The present invention relates to an electric locomotive, comprising a body provided with an inlet and an outlet in a converter / inverter stack of an electric locomotive engine and having a channel engraved therein, and a cover for covering the body to maintain airtightness so that cooling water circulates through the channel, A water cooling apparatus comprising two or more IGBT elements symmetrically spaced apart from each other; Sectional area of the flow path is larger than the cross-sectional area of the inlet in the section in which the IGBT element is installed, and the cross-sectional area of the flow path is maintained in the section where the IGBT element is spaced apart.
At this time, it is preferable that the flow path is formed by a plurality of reciprocating layers in a staggered shape with a unit length from the first IGBT element closest to the inlet side to the last IGBT element most distant from the first IGBT element.
In addition, it is most preferable that the flow path is convex in a section in which the IGBT element is provided for every three round trips, and a unit shape having a concave shape is formed in the spaced section.
It is preferable that the flow path is formed by the main partition wall for two minutes from the inlet to the outlet.
Finally, it is preferable that the flow path is formed by an additional two minutes by the auxiliary partition in the extended section.
As described above, the present invention greatly improves the cooling efficiency by optimizing the cooling water flow path at a predetermined water pressure and flow rate for a limited area where a plurality of IGBT elements are spaced apart, thereby preventing the IGBT element from being damaged by overheating, And further, the stability of the operation of the electric locomotive can be improved.
1 is a perspective view showing a water cooling device for an IGBT element of a general electric locomotive,
2 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment according to a water cooling device for an IGBT element of an electric locomotive of the present invention,
3 is a perspective view showing a body in an embodiment according to the water cooling device for an IGBT element of an electric locomotive of the present invention,
4 is a perspective view of Comparative Example 1 in contrast to the embodiment of the present invention,
5 is a graph showing the results of the heat flow analysis of Comparative Example 1,
6 is a perspective view of Comparative Example 2 in contrast to the embodiment according to the present invention,
7 is a graph showing the results of the heat flow analysis of Comparative Example 2,
8 is a perspective view of a third comparative example in contrast to the embodiment according to the present invention,
9 is a diagram showing a result of thermal flow analysis of Comparative Example 3;
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment according to the water cooling device for an IGBT element of an electric locomotive according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross- .
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of Comparative Example 1 in comparison with the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a result of thermal flow analysis of Comparative Example 1.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of Comparative Example 2 in comparison with the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a result of thermal flow analysis of Comparative Example 2. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of Comparative Example 3 in contrast to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a result of heat flow analysis of Comparative Example 3.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the water cooling device for an IGBT element of an electric locomotive according to the present invention locally expands the
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2 and 3, the water cooling apparatus for an IGBT element of an electric locomotive according to the present invention is provided in a converter / inverter stack of an electric locomotive and has an
Prior to the detailed description, basically, the water cooling apparatus for the IGBT element of the electric locomotive of the present invention is provided in a converter / inverter stack constituting a power dispersive propulsion system of an electric locomotive.
First, the water cooling apparatus of the present invention comprises a
Two or
Hereinafter, a total of four
At this time, an
Of course, according to the design change of the cooling water circulation system, the
It will be apparent that a cooling water pump or the like is added to recover the cooling water from the
A
The
Particularly, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the section A in which the
That is, in the present invention, the cross-sectional area of the
This is because the cross-sectional area of the
On the other hand, in the section B where the
Accordingly, in the section B where the
The
For example, as shown in FIG. 3, in the case of a water cooling apparatus in which four
As shown in the drawing, the cooling water that has moved to the unit length L from the left side to the right side in the drawing passes through the plurality of reciprocating
In this way, the
3, the
In this case, the unit shape S has a shape substantially equal to the outline of the dumbbell or the peanut. By repeatedly stacking the unit shape S, it is possible to increase the manufacturing convenience.
Also, in the present invention, it is preferable that the
This is to assist the flow of the cooling water more smoothly by making the
For example, when half of the cooling water introduced from the
At this time, the radius of rotation of the cooling water flowing above the
The difference in the radius of rotation is reversed so that the radius of rotation of the cooling water introduced above the
That is, in the present invention, the
In addition, the
The operation of the electric locomotive according to the present invention constructed as described above will be described with respect to the operation of the water cooling device for the IGBT element. The cooling water introduced through the
The cooling water is effectively exchanged in the section A where the
The
At this time, if the
The
In order to verify the cooling effect of the water cooling apparatus for the IGBT element of the electric locomotive of the present invention as described above, the applicant of the present invention designed three comparative examples as compared with the embodiment of the present invention, I checked the cooling effect.
Comparative Example 1 and Comparative Example 2 are similar to the present invention except that the flow paths are not arranged in a zigzag pattern but a double curved structure is simply applied to them as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, and after passing through the left IGBT element And the flow path is formed so as to pass through the IGBT element on the right side.
The difference between Comparative Example 1 and Comparative Example 2 is the presence or absence of the elongated surface formed at the end of the double curved structure.
In Comparative Example 3, the flow passages were arranged in a zigzag pattern and the main partition and the auxiliary partition were formed, but the cross-sectional area of the flow passage was uniformly maintained from the inlet to the outlet.
The heat flow analysis was made with the water pressure of 2.5 ~ 2.6 bar and the cooling water flow rate of 14.9 ~ 15.1 ㎥ / h so that the cooling water was supplied to the water cooling system of the electric locomotive.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the maximum temperature of the IGBT device was found to be the same at 83.19 ° C. in the comparative example 1 and the comparative example 2, The maximum temperature was lowered to 71.42 캜, but in the comparative example, it was confirmed that the zone where the cooling water stagnated occurs in various portions.
In contrast, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is confirmed that the flow of cooling water is relatively smooth in the entire section of the
Therefore, the water cooling device for the IGBT element of the electric locomotive of the present invention locally expands or contracts the cross-sectional area of the
The above embodiment is an example for explaining the technical idea of the present invention specifically, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned drawings or embodiments.
100: Body 110: Entrance
120: outlet 130:
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200: cover 300: IGBT element
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Sectional area of the flow path is larger than the cross-sectional area of the inlet in the section in which the IGBT element is installed,
Wherein the cross-sectional area of the flow path maintains the cross-sectional area of the inlet in the section where the IGBT elements are spaced apart,
Wherein the flow path is formed by a plurality of reciprocating stacks in a zigzag shape having unit lengths from the first IGBT element closest to the inlet side to the last IGBT element most distant from the first IGBT element closest to the inlet side,
Wherein the flow path is formed in a plurality of round-trip stacked layers in a staggered shape, and is formed in a unit shape having a convex shape in a section where the IGBT element is provided for every three rounds and spaced apart from each other. Water cooling device.
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