Improvement in Performance of Induction Heating System Using Direct AC-AC Boost Converter

Abstract

Due to the unique advantages of induction heating (IH), it becomes the current technology of choice in the modern domestic application. So for designing of this system, efficiency is the key parameters which improve the performance of whole IH system. In order to achieve this goal, a direct AC-high frequency AC Boost converter is presented which converts utility AC to HFAC in a single stage conversion. Also, it reduces the component counts and stress level of voltage/current across the switches. This proposed topology is designed for 2.5 kW and verified through MATLAB/SIMULINK environment with extensive studies of simulation results.