CV-07

Thermal Impacts of Electromagnetic Proximity Effects in Induction Cooking System with

Distributed Planar Multi-coils
L. C. Meng, K. W. E. Cheng, W. M. Wang
Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
I. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, design of distributed multi-
coils becomes one of the development
tendencies in domestic induction heating
system (DIHS). The design outperforms
conventional single coil DIHS products by
enhancing power capability and providing
uniform thermal distribution. The distributed
coils, however, inevitably aggravate the
proximity effects among coils and also
considerably increase the complexity of
system design. Comprehensive knowledge
on the magnetic phenomena is therefore
crucial to coil design, performance prediction
and optimization in this DIHS.
II. SYSTEM MODELING AND EDDY
CURRENTS COMPUTATION
A. System Modeling
z
r
r0
c
l
air
plate
coil air
... ...
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
Fig. 1. Side view of IHS with single planar spiral coil.
The magnetic vector potential on the induction
plate with single planar n-turns spiral coil can
be finally obtained by
1 1
1 1
1 1 0
1
( ) ( )
1 1
2 2
1 1
( , ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
n
l
i i
i
c z c z
c c
A r z Ir J r J r e
e e
d
e e

1
+ +
1
+ 1
]


(x0,y0,z0) (x1,y1,z1)
r r
z z
z
r
r0
c
l
air
plate
coil1 air

z
r
r0
l
coil2

Side view
coil1 location coil2 location
z
x
y

Master coordinates
Slave coordinates
rn rn
d
Fig. 2. Combined coordinates system for multi-coils DIHS
modeling.
The total vector potential on the plate is
determined as
( )
1 1
1 1
2 2
0 1 0
1 1
( ) ( )
1 1
1
2 2
1 1
( , , ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
m n
i j j
j i
c z c z
l
i
c c
A x y z Ir J x x y y
e e
J r e d
e e

_
+
,
1
+ +
1
+ 1
]

B. Eddy Currents Computation
The solution to magnetic vector potential
facilitates computation of many physically
observable DIHS parameters. The induced
eddy currents in the plate can be computed by
J A/ A t j

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50
Midline of the plate (m)
E
d
d
y
c
u
rre
n
t d
e
n
sity
(1
0
6 A
/m
2 )
Analytical,0
Analytical,180
FEM,0
FEM,180
Fig. 3. Eddy currents distribution with different driving
currents phase shift.
III. THERMAL FIELD
COMPUTATION AND ANALYSIS
The computed eddy currents enable the
calculation of the generated power losses,
which can be approached by
2
| |
e
J
P

Thermal field is calculated by applying

nonlinear transient diffusion equation
( )
e
T
c P T
t

4 4
( ) ( )
s a s s a
T
T T T T
n

A. Effects of Exciting Currents

Phase Shift

0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50
Midline of the plate (m)
P
o
w
e
r lo
s
s
e
s
(1
0
7
W
/m
3
)
Gap is 0.002 m
Gap is 0.01 m
A B

0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0
Time (s)
T
e
m
p
e
ra
tu
re
(C
)
Point B, l is 0.002m
Point B, l is 0.01 m
Point A, l is 0.01m
Point A, l is 0.002m

0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
0.00 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.16 0.20 0.24 0.28 0.32 0.36 0.40 0.44 0.48
Midline of the plate (m)
P
o
w
e
r lo
sse
s (1
0
7 W
/m
3 )
In phase
Out of phase
A B

0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0
Time (s)
T
e
m
p
e
ra
tu
re
(C
)
Point B, out of phase
Point B, in phase
Point A, out of phase
Point A, in phase
(a)
(b)
Fig. 4. Different driving currents phase shift, (a) power
losses distribution, (b) temperature rising process.
B. Effects of Gap l
(a)
(b)
Fig. 5. Different gap l, (a) power losses distribution, (b)
temperature rising process.
C. Effects of boundary distance d
among Coils

0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50
Midline of the plate (m)
P
o
w
e
r lo
s
s
e
s
(1
0
7
W
/m
3
)
Distance is 0.01 m
Distance is 0.02 m
Distance is 0.03 m
A B

0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0
Time (s)
T
e
m
p
e
ra
tu
re
(C
)
Point B , d is 0.01m
Point B , d is 0.02 m
Point B , d is 0.03m
Point A, d is 0.01m
Point A, d is 0.02m
Point A, d is 0.03m
(a)
(b)
Fig. 6. Different distance d, (a) power losses distribution, (b)
temperature rising process.
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