Numerical modeling of coupled electromagnetic and thermal processes in the zone induction heating system for metal billets

• Date: 2025
• Main Authors: Grytsiuk, V. Yu., Yassin, M. A. M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" and Аnatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of NAS of Ukraine 2025
• Subjects: zone heating; numerical model; inductor; temperature field; finite element method; metal billet; electrical conductivity
• Online Access: https://eie.khpi.edu.ua/article/view/323036
• Journal Title: Electrical Engineering & Electromechanics

Introduction. For many modern manufacturing processes, induction heating provides an attractive combination of speed, consistency and control. Multi-inductor (zone) systems with continuous billets feed are the most promising, which keep the billet cross sectional average temperature equal. It allows...