Phase angle control of high-frequency resonant currents in a multiple inverter system for zone-control induction heating

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3357-3366

  Ngoc, Ha Pham ^a   Fujita, Hideaki ^a   Ozaki, Kazuhiro ^b   Uchida, Naoki ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilder Co LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Induction heating; mutual magnetic coupling; phase control; transient response; zone control

Indexed keywords

COIL CURRENT; CURRENT PHASE; FIRST-ORDER; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MULTIPLE INVERTER SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE INVERTERS; PHASE ANGLE CONTROL; PHASE ANGLES; STEADY STATE; SYSTEM CONTROL; TRANSIENT STATE; WORK PIECES; ZONE CONTROLS;

INDUCTION HEATING; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; PHASE CONTROL; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 82155188558     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2146278     Document Type: Article

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