A Novel Glow Plug Design to Improve Heating Capability via Induction Heating

Using Numerical Methods to Design and Control Heating Induction Systems

Although induction heating systems exists since 1906 (Curtis, 1950) its design always has been an art, with a great emphasis in the designer’s experience. This state of things has not really changed much until the advent of computers and analysis software powerful enough. Now it is possible to use relatively common programs, even free software in some cases, to design and simulate the heating s...

Frequency Selectable Induction Heating Targets

This paper examines a scheme for developing frequency selectable induction heating targets for stimulating temperature sensitive polymer actuators. “Frequency selectable” implies that each target has a frequency at which it heats preferentially compared to other remaining targets. Single-turn conductors whose critical dimensions are small compared to their associated skin depth (over the freque...

Induction Heating Process Design Using COMSOL Multiphysics Software

Induction heating is clean environmental heating process due to a non-contact heating process. There is lots of the induction heating type that be used in the home appliance but it is still new technology in Indonesia. The main interesting area of the induction heating design is the efficiency of the usage of energy and choice of the plate material. COMSOL Multiphysics Software can be used to s...

Optimal Design for Induction Heating Using Genetic Algorithms

This paper presents an automatic design method of an optimal inductive heating system modeled by finite element method. To obtain a uniform temperature distribution to the work piece surface, the inductor’s wrapping step is optimized by means of genetic algorithms. The 3D numerical model is provided by the Flux tools. The paper presents an innovative optimization procedure based on the scriptin...

Development of a Model for Induction Heating