Toyota Inverter Paper

donee · 11-12-2006, 07:57 AM

Hi All,

This came to my attention the other day. Enjoy!

Toyota Inverter Paper

Vincent · 11-12-2006, 08:16 AM

Yikes!!

I'm just glad it works.

Sho-Bud · 11-12-2006, 01:32 PM

Please, can someone read this and tell us in 1 or 2 sentences what we need to know??

donee · 11-12-2006, 11:15 PM

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Please, can someone read this and tell us in 1 or 2 sentences what we need to know??

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Well,

The way the Prius works, you do not need to know any of whats in the paper.. Its presented for the technical interest, as this is the "Prius Technical Discussion" Forum. If you do not find it interesting, feel free to ignore it.

**efusco** · 11-12-2006, 11:40 PM

As far as I can tell this is just a paper showing how they made a mathematical model to simulate the actual behavior of the inverter during wide open throttle operation. I think this is more or less just for research and development use so they can simulate the behavior of an inverter as they develop new hybrid systems without actually having to create the inverter itself.

David Beale · 11-13-2006, 11:39 AM

What Evan said, but specifically for heatsinking of the power transistors in the invertor. Usually designing the heatsink takes a lot of time - you have to calculate the requirements under all loads and conditions that will be seen. They've developed a technique to do this with a few equations. Pretty cool for us electronics geeks.

DanMan32 · 11-22-2006, 03:44 PM

In simple, short terms: How hot the Inverter can get, when, and why.
Mixed in with a little where, specifically it gets hot.

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11-12-2006, 07:57 AM	#1
donee Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,539 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Hi All, This came to my attention the other day. Enjoy! Toyota Inverter Paper

11-12-2006, 08:16 AM	#2
Vincent Don't Wait Until Tomorrow Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Florida Posts: 438 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #8 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Yikes!! I'm just glad it works.

11-12-2006, 01:32 PM	#3
Sho-Bud Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 141 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Please, can someone read this and tell us in 1 or 2 sentences what we need to know??

11-12-2006, 11:40 PM	#5
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 14,247 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 24	As far as I can tell this is just a paper showing how they made a mathematical model to simulate the actual behavior of the inverter during wide open throttle operation. I think this is more or less just for research and development use so they can simulate the behavior of an inverter as they develop new hybrid systems without actually having to create the inverter itself.

11-13-2006, 11:39 AM	#6
David Beale Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 1,556 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	What Evan said, but specifically for heatsinking of the power transistors in the invertor. Usually designing the heatsink takes a lot of time - you have to calculate the requirements under all loads and conditions that will be seen. They've developed a technique to do this with a few equations. Pretty cool for us electronics geeks.

11-22-2006, 03:44 PM	#7
DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	In simple, short terms: How hot the Inverter can get, when, and why. Mixed in with a little where, specifically it gets hot.