Experimental and numerical analysis of DC induction heating of aluminum billets

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 192-200

  Fabbri, Massimo ^a   Forzan, Michele ^b   Lupi, Sergio ^b   Morandi, Antonio ^a   Ribani, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminum; High efficiency; Induction heating; Numerical modeling; Superconducting magnets

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MAGNETS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; BILLETS (METAL BARS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETS; INDUCTION HEATING; LIGHT METALS; MAGNETS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; HEATING PROCESS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INDUCTION HEATERS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LABORATORY-SCALE; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; SCALE SYSTEMS;

HEATING;

EID: 59849086118     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2005794     Document Type: Article

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