West Lafayette, Ind. -- Purdue University researchers say they have perfected an understanding of precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels" in hybrid and electric cars.
That discovery, said the researchers, has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices.
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.
