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ISSN Imprimir: 1940-2503
ISSN En Línea: 1940-2554
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EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS AND COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION (COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS) APPLIED FOR THERMAL ANALYSIS OF AN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY
SINOPSIS
The temperature field generated by the components of electronic devices has great influence on their cooling system design. Computational fluid dynamics simulation may be used to predict the airflow velocities and temperature without building thermal prototypes. It can greatly reduce the cost of engineering physical models and data acquisition equipment. However, the power density of actual systems is pushing the limits of the electronics cooling technology. In this sense, a high degree of accuracy of simulations applied to predict the airflow velocities and temperatures is expected, therefore obtaining a shorter development cycle by reducing or even eliminating the need for building prototypes. This study aims to demonstrate the reliability of the temperature field simulation of an uninterruptible power supply. The simulation focused on the transformer, because it dissipates the major heat flux, where approximately 80 W of power is generated on the laminated core. In order to ensure that the results are not mesh dependent, a study of the convergence was performed and presented. The findings demonstrate good agreement between measured and expected temperatures for the different component parts. The overall mean error between the simulation data and the experimental results is about 4%.
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