Solar Induction Cooker based on Class E Resonant Inverter

Abstract

With smart cooking devices trending in the market, induction cooking has become the candidate of choice. These devices are predominantly on grid devices. Induction cookers have burdened the grid especially during the peak hours which is the preferred time of cooking. This has forced the grid utility to discourage the technology. Making the unit grid independent would be an alternative to this. Here we explore a solar induction cooker which uses induction cooking technology but does not rely on the grid, but draws power from a battery unit. The power conditioning units required are a dc-dc converter in the boost mode and an inverter that converts dc to high frequency ac. A class E resonant inverter has been explored for the latter. Simulation studies have been presented in this paper using Matlab/Simulink.