ABSTRACTS, cont.

Abstracts, cont.
The establishment of coupled electromagnetic-thermal analytical model of induction heating system with
magnetic flux concentrator and the study on the effect of magnetic permeability to the modeling
MSEC2013-1140
Tianxing Zhu, Xuekun Li, Feng Li, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Yiming(Kevin) Rong, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, Worcester, MA, United States
Induction heating is frequently used in the metalworking industry to heat metals for hardening, soldering, brazing,
tempering and annealing. Due to its complexity, the using of simulation to analyze the induction heating process
could become very advantageous both in design and economic aspects. In this paper, an analytical model is
established using commercial package Cedrat Flux® 10.3, and the model is verified by the experiments. After the
establishment of analytical model, an analysis on the effect of workpiece magnetic permeability to the modeling
was conducted.
173 MSEC 2013 NAMRC 41