Abstract-An exhaustive method for verifying & optimizing of switching frequency for the performance of high frequency mirror inverter for induction heater is presented. Litz-wire is used for heating coil of the induction heater which controls the skin effect and proximity effect of conductor operating at high frequency. With the calculated optimum values of inductance and resistance at a particular operating frequency, HF mirror inverter topology has been simulated using P-SIM. Optimum results are obtained by changing the switching frequency. Obtained results are then compared using different power semi-conductor switches like IGBT, BJT, MOSFET and GTO.
Afterwards waveforms have been shown & we can see that at a particular switching frequency output is highly quality & can justify the feasibility for real implementation of high frequency mirror inverter fed induction heater in industrial appliancesIndex Terms-Induction heating, mirror inverter, P-SIM, semi-conductor switches, ZCS and ZVS
I. INTRODUCTIONInduction heater for industrial applications operates at a high frequency range from 1 kHz to 100 kHz [1]. Here switching frequency varies between 20 kHz to 40 kHz. In the application of low frequency induction heating, the temperature distribution can be controlled by slowly varying magnetic fields below a frequency as low as 300 Hz. For medium frequency application, an auxiliary voltage-fed inverter is operated in parallel with the main current-fed inverter since the current-fed parallel inverters alone, when used for induction heating, fail to start. Mirror inverters [2], [3] for high frequency induction heating and melting applications are self-started. For self-commutation, a resonant circuit is essential. It is assumed that the circuit is under damped; a mandatory condition for the circuit. The capacitor required for under damping can be connected in series or in parallel with the load. In the modern times, IGBTs, MOSFETs, GTOs are preferred to SCRs mainly because they offer convenient turn OFF Computer and Electrical Engineering, Vol.4, No.1, February 2012 14
II. ANALYSIS OF HIGH FREQUENCY MIRROR INVERTERIn the circuit operation has been discussed in detail. The exact circuit diagram of the mirror inverter [16] is shown in Fig. 1. As soon as gate pulse is applied to IGBT-1, C1 gets discharged through 'QLMN' loop & C2 gets charged 'QLMNC' path. In the next cycle when input signal is given to IGBT-2 with gate pulse to IGBT-1 is removed, C2 gets discharged through 'NMDC' loop & C1 gets charged through 'QNMDC' path. Thus a frequency current flows through 'MN' bar in alternate direction & due to the low capacitive reactance of the capacitor 'C', this current also flows through the coil inductor. In this way, radio-frequency current generated in the short-circuited bar 'MN' is reflected into the induction coil. Now this current will generate alternating magnetic flux.A & B points in the above mentioned circuit .At first when we connect the converter circuit with the D.C power supply of the system the capacit...