Innovations
Vol. 7 (2019), Issue 2, pg(s) 80-83

Simulation-driven design and optimization of a new two-coil crucible induction furnace using the Altair Flux3D® software

  • 1 EPM-NM Laboratory – POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

A new two-coil crucible induction furnace with a lateral coil connected to the one-phase electric power supply and a bottom coil connected to a capacitor bank with an appropriate value of the capacity is able to realize a desired balance between the induction heating of the lateral face and of the bottom face of the furnace bath. The evaluation of the optimum value of the capacity, which corresponds to the same mean value of the induced power density on the respective faces, represents an example of simulation-driven optimal design. Finite element models are used to study many variants of the new furnace related the number of turns of the two coils and related the diameter of the furnace bath for imposed bath volume.

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