Novel Test Bed for Induction Heating Power Supplies

Author

Esteve, Vicente ; Jordan, Jose ; Dede, Enrique J. ; Sanchis-Kilders, Esteban ; Maset, Enrique

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Valencia Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Power supplies used in induction heating industrial applications must be entirely tested after its manufacturing in order to assure its security and reliability by means of a full power running test of several hours of duration. Nowadays this test is done with a dissipative load which implies a large waste of energy. This paper proposes a new high efficiency test system for induction heating generators. It incorporates a regenerative electronic load which allows an extraordinary improvement of the efficiency of this test with an important economical and ecological benefit

Keywords

electric generators; induction heating; power supplies to apparatus; dissipative load; induction heating generators; induction heating power supplies; industrial applications; regenerative electronic load; Circuit testing; Induction generators; Inductors; Inverters; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power supplies; System testing; Temperature; Water heating; Energy conversion; Energy efficiency; Energy saving policy; Induction heating generators; Industry applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2006. PESC '06. 37th IEEE

Conference_Location

Jeju

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9716-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2006.1712020

Filename

1712020