Modeling and Design of Cookware for Induction Heating Technology With Balanced Electromagnetic and Thermal Characteristics

Improving the cooking experience of induction-heating users involves, among other factors, an optimized power distribution at bottom vessel. Conventional ferromagnetic cookware presents high efficiency but unequal temperature with flat inductors, which subsequently leads to uneven results. In this work, we propose alternative traditional arrangement by inserting some aluminum pieces in cookware. This combines optimal inductive performance iron thermal conductivity aluminum. The proposed is analyzed means a multiphysics tool including electromagnetic and heat transfer sub-models applied predict both equivalent electrical circuit As result, balanced trade-off between evidenced solution. Experimental results also corroborates predictions