Optimization of the width of a thin plate in a transverse flux induction furnace

Author

Hedia, H. ; Henrotte, F. ; Dular, P. ; Remacle, J.F. ; Legros, W.

Author_Institution

Inst. Montefiore, Liege Univ., Belgium

Volume

34

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3118

Lastpage

3121

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis of a transverse flux induction furnace. The originality of the analysis presented in this paper is to use successively three different formulations in order to solve the magneto-thermal coupled problem. The Whitney elements (node based, edge based, facet based and volume based elements) are shown to be a convenient means to perform naturally that coupling and to fulfil convergence conditions for the iterative solver

Keywords

finite element analysis; induction heating; iterative methods; magnetic flux; 3D magneto-thermal problem; Whitney elements; convergence conditions; eddy currents; edge based element; electromagnetic heating; facet based element; finite elements method; iterative solver; magneto-thermal coupled problem; node based element; thermal devices; thin plate width optimisation; transverse flux induction furnace; volume based element; Couplings; Current density; Electrokinetics; Furnaces; Inductors; Magnetic domains; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Magnetic flux density; Physics computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.717730

Filename

717730