September 2017
Intermediate to advanced
1522 pages
83h 42m
English
Peter R. Wilson University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
This chapter will introduce some basic techniques for modeling thermal circuits using lumped equivalent circuits that can be used in power electronic circuits. The fundamental thermal circuit concepts are introduced, and the methods by which these can be used in a practical manner by the power electronics designer are discussed.
Device modeling; Magnetic components; Thermal conduction; Convection; Radiation; Thermal modeling; Transient thermal impedance; Numerical methods
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