Development of a commercial induction cooker

Author

Lu, Y. ; Cheng, K.W.E. ; Chan, K.W. ; Sun, Z.G. ; Zhao, S.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 May 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This paper presents the configuration of a prototype induction cooker. Effective control scheme is incorporated in the voltage-fed H-bridge series resonant converter, which is based on an auto-frequency tracking strategy. The proposed control strategy ensures stable operation characteristics of overall converter system and ZVS (zero voltage switching) operation as well as power regulation. The operation principle and the proposed control scheme are described. Also, the experimental results and the performance characteristics are shown for a prototype induction cooking system rated at 15 kW.

Keywords

bridge circuits; domestic appliances; induction heating; switching convertors; zero voltage switching; ZVS; auto-frequency tracking strategy; control scheme; induction cooker; power 15 kW; voltage-fed H-bridge series resonant converter; zero voltage switching operation; Coils; Control systems; Inductance; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Magnetic resonance; Power generation; Prototypes; Resonant frequency; Voltage control; Zero voltage switching; Resonant converter; coil; frequency tracking; induction cooking; phase angle;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Systems and Applications, 2009. PESA 2009. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3845-7

Type

conf

Filename

5228596