A passive cooling design for an aircraft electromechanical actuator by using heat pipes

Lian, Wei; Niu, Wen-jing; Lin, Lingjiao

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116248

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“…Compared with conventional heat pipes, the evaporation and condensation sections, as well as the liquid and vapor flow lines of LHPs, are separated, and the wick medium only located in the evaporator of LHPs. Thus, LHPs exhibit high flexibility and long-distance heat transport capability against the gravity field [138,142,143]. Singh et al [140] developed a miniature LHP installed inside the ECU of a vehicle with an evaporator attached to a semiconductor chip via a copper adapter and captive hardware and air-cooled condenser mounted with two centrifugal fans.…”

Section: Loop Heat Pipe (Lhp)mentioning

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Thermal Management Technologies Used for High Heat Flux Automobiles and Aircraft: A Review

Zhang

Wang

et al. 2022

Energies

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In recent years, global automotive industries are going through a significant revolution from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to electric vehicles (EVs) for CO2 emission reduction. Very similarly, the aviation industry is developing towards more electric aircraft (MEA) in response to the reduction in global CO2 emission. To promote this technology revolution and performance advancement, plenty of electronic devices with high heat flux are implemented on board automobiles and aircraft. To cope with the thermal challenges of electronics, in addition to developing wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors with satisfactory electric and thermal performance, providing proper thermal management solutions may be a much more cost-effective way at present. This paper provides an overview of the thermal management technologies for electronics used in automobiles and aircraft. Meanwhile, the active methods include forced air cooling, indirect contact cold plate cooling, direct contact baseplate cooling, jet impingement, spray cooling, and so on. The passive methods include the use of various heat pipes and PCMs. The features, thermal performance, and development tendency of these active and passive thermal management technologies are reviewed in detail. Moreover, the environmental influences introduced by vibrations, shock, acceleration, and so on, on the thermal performance and reliability of the TMS are specially emphasized and discussed in detail, which are usually neglected in normal operating conditions. Eventually, the possible future directions are discussed, aiming to serve as a reference guide for engineers and promote the advancement of the next-generation electronics TMS in automobile and aircraft applications.

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