The paper presents the results of computer simulation of the process of induction heating with series transistor inverter. In the simulation of induction heating system the coupled harmonic electromagnetic and transient thermal fields were combined with the simulated real energy source. As a source, the transistor bridge inverter with series resonant circuit was applied. The source parameters (inductor voltage and frequency) depend on the load parameters obtained by numerical calculations of the coupled fields. As the examples, the induction heating before hardening of stationary cylindrical workpiece and of the moving flat workpiece were considered. The simulation results were compared with these obtained in the simulation at constant inductor voltage and frequency.
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