Article: New system to help hybrid and electric cars keep their cool

Washington, Sept. 23 -- Researchers at Purdue University have created a new system to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices.

Indiana's 21st Century Research and Technology Fund provided funding to Purdue and Delphi Corp. in Kokomo, Ind., to help commercialize the advanced cooling system using microchannels for electronic components in hybrid and electric cars.

The new type of cooling system will be used to prevent overheating of devices called insulated gate bipolar transistors, high-power switching transistors used in hybrid and electric vehicles.

The chips are required to drive electric motors, switching large amounts of power from ...

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