Affiliations: [a] China Three Gorges University, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, Yichang, China | [b] Hubei Key Laboratory of Cascaded Hydropower Stations Operation & Control, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China | [c] Institute of Applied Electronics, CAEP, Mianyang, China | [d] State Grid Henan Electric Power Research Institute, Zhengzhou, China
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Corresponding author: Qi Xiong, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, China. Tel.: +86 18600832782; E-mail: xiongqi@ctgu.edu.cn
Abstract: To improve the heating efficiency of the induction cooker system, this paper adopts the method of introducing an adiabatic layer between the pot bottom and the coil. By using COMSOL software, the electromagnetic - thermal coupling model of the induction cooker is established to analyze the effect of the adiabatic layer on the food temperature and coil temperature, and finally the heating efficiency is explored. The obtained simulation results show good agreements with the experimental results, and then the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified.
