Modelling and simulation of magneto-thermal coupling of induction heating processes

Author

Xu, J. ; Yao, Z. ; Rajagopalan, V.

Author_Institution

CPEE, Quebec Univ., Trois-Rivieres, Que., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

24-28 May 1998

Firstpage

723

Abstract

Heating by induction causes interference by electromagnetic and thermal phenomenon. The modelling of the problem is based on Maxwell´s equations and the equation of heat. This article presents a method of numerical simulation coupling the calculation of physical process evolving in the material in the course of heating. An algorithm for indirect coupling is developed for resolving the problem of calculation time important for a big agreement between the thermal and electric constants. This method is implemented for the 2D case in the MATLAB environment and utilises the tools in the PDE block. An example application is illustrated by the modelling and simulation of reheating of an aluminium billet

Keywords

Maxwell equations; induction heating; MATLAB environment; Maxwell´s equations; PDE block; aluminium billet reheating; electric constants; equation of heat; indirect coupling algorithm; induction heating processes; magneto-thermal coupling; modelling; numerical simulation; simulation; thermal constants; Aluminum; Couplings; Electromagnetic heating; Electromagnetic induction; Electromagnetic interference; MATLAB; Magnetic materials; Mathematical model; Maxwell equations; Numerical simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1998. IEEE Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Waterloo, Ont.

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4314-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.1998.685599

Filename

685599