Liquid Cooled Power Conversion System
AssigneeAA Power Inc.
InventorQun Lu
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Abstract
A system includes a first unregulated power converter connected between an input voltage bus and an output voltage bus, wherein the first unregulated power converter comprises a plurality of first power switches, a second unregulated power converter connected between the input voltage bus and the output voltage bus, wherein the second unregulated power converter comprises a plurality of second power switches, and a liquid cooling system configured to cool the plurality of first power switches and the plurality of second power switches to achieve balanced current sharing between the first unregulated power converter and the second unregulated power converter.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a first unregulated power converter connected between an input voltage bus and an output voltage bus, wherein the first unregulated power converter comprises a plurality of first power switches;
- a second unregulated power converter connected between the input voltage bus and the output voltage bus, wherein the second unregulated power converter comprises a plurality of second power switches;
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- a liquid cooling system configured to cool the plurality of first power switches and the plurality of second power switches to achieve balanced current sharing between the first unregulated power converter and the second unregulated power converter.
A method comprising:
- providing a first unregulated power converter connected between an input voltage bus and an output voltage bus, wherein the first unregulated power converter comprises a plurality of first power switches;
- providing a second unregulated power converter connected between the input voltage bus and the output voltage bus, wherein the second unregulated power converter comprises a plurality of second power switches;
- and
- circulating liquid to cool the plurality of first power switches and the plurality of second power switches to achieve balanced current sharing between the first unregulated power converter and the second unregulated power converter.
A method comprising:
- providing a first unregulated power converter connected between an input voltage bus and an output voltage bus, wherein the first unregulated power converter comprises a plurality of first power switches;
- providing a second unregulated power converter connected between the input voltage bus and the output voltage bus, wherein the second unregulated power converter comprises a plurality of second power switches;
- circulating liquid to cool the plurality of first power switches through a plurality of first liquid pipes;
- circulating liquid to cool the plurality of second power switches through a plurality of second liquid pipes;
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- dynamically adjusting a first liquid flow speed in the plurality of first liquid pipes and a second liquid flow speed in the plurality of second liquid pipes to achieve balanced current sharing between the first unregulated power converter and the second unregulated power converter.
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