Simulation of inductive heating

Author

ter Maten, E.J.W. ; Melissen, J.B.M.

Author_Institution

Philips Res. Labs., Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

28

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1287

Lastpage

1290

Abstract

A description is given of a software package for the simultaneous solution of the eddy current and the heat transfer equation for the simulation of inductive heating. Aspects such as velocity effects, Curie temperature transitions, RZ coordinates and enforced current conservation have been taken into account. The use of PDL (Package Designer Language) in the definition phase has proved to be a very flexible way to structure the complex combinatorics of several specialized options and to handle redefinition of the algorithms, because time-consuming items like adapting data structures are handled via PDL. This also resulted in a substantial reduction in development time required for the package

Keywords

eddy currents; finite element analysis; heat transfer; induction heating; power engineering computing; simulation; software packages; Curie temperature transitions; Package Designer Language; complex combinatorics; development time; eddy current; enforced current conservation; heat transfer equation; inductive heating; simulation; simultaneous solution; software package; velocity effects; Algorithm design and analysis; Combinatorial mathematics; Eddy currents; Equations; Heat transfer; Heating; Packaging; Page description languages; Software packages; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.123925

Filename

123925