Design of an IGBT-based LCL-resonant inverter for high-frequency induction heating

Author

Dieckerhoff, Sibylle ; Ruan, M.J. ; De Doncker, Rik W.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Power Electron. & Electr. Drives, Tech. Hochschule Aachen, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2039

Abstract

A power electronic inverter is developed for a high-frequency induction heating application. The application requires up to 160 kW of power at a frequency of 100 kHz. This power-frequency product represents a significant challenge for today´s power semiconductor technology. Voltage source and current source inverters both using ZCS or ZVS are analyzed and compared. To attain the level of performance required, an LCL load-resonant topology is selected to enable ZVS close to the zero current crossing of the load. This mode of soft-switching is suitable to greatly reduce the IGBT losses. Inverter control is achieved via a phase locked loop (PLL). This paper presents the circuit design, modeling and control considerations

Keywords

bridge circuits; induction heating; insulated gate bipolar transistors; invertors; phase locked loops; resonant power convertors; switching circuits; 100 Hz; 160 kW; IGBT losses reduction; IGBT-based LCL-resonant inverter; LCL load-resonant topology; PLL; ZCS; ZVS; circuit design; control; current source inverters; high-frequency induction heating; modeling; phase locked loop; power electronic inverter; power semiconductor technology; power-frequency product; soft-switching; voltage source H-bridge inverter; voltage source inverters; zero current crossing; Circuit topology; Coils; Frequency; Inductors; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Power electronics; RLC circuits; Reactive power; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1999. Thirty-Fourth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5589-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1999.806017

Filename

806017