TY  - JOUR
AB  - Transverse flux induction heating (TFH) is a process advantageously applied for the heat treatment of thin non‐ferrous metal strips. In comparison with the better known longitudinal flux heating the design of TFH inductors is more complex. In fact both the prediction of power density distribution in the strip and the calculation of the thermal transient during the heating process require a solution of 3D electromagnetic and thermal problems. Moreover the requirements for a good inductor design are in conflict with each other. In the paper a code for the solution of 3D electromagnetic and thermal problems suitable for the design of TFH systems is presented. The analytical‐numerical approach (analytical for the electromagnetic problem, numerical for the thermal one) is suitable for coupling with optimisation algorithms. Both evolutionary strategy and simplex methods and their combination have been used in order to obtain an optimal design for a particular application of TFH.
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
SN  - 0332-1649
DO  - 10.1108/03321640110383384
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03321640110383384
AU  - Battistetti M.
AU  - Di Barba P.
AU  - Dughiero F.
AU  - Farina M.
AU  - Lupi S.
AU  - Savini A.
PY  - 2001
Y1  - 2001/01/01
TI  - Optimal design of an inductor for transverse flux heating using a combined evolutionary‐simplex method
T2  - COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 507
EP  - 522
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -