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lordedmond:
to muddy the waters I used to install and maintain induction furnaces from 56 pound to 11 tons the 11 ton ones were 1.5 mega watt units we used to melt ferrous metals in all of them but what I do know is that the smallest size one was run at a much higher frequency that the big ones these ran at 50 hz but the smaller one ran at 200 hz this was done because as the size goes down the % goes with it hence the inc. in HZ all of these furnaces were parallel resonant circuits with water cooled coils , I cannot remember the volts for the small ones but the big ones had a coils voltage of 1kv, the operators just adjusted the cap bank for unity PF at a small scale you would need to go to a HF source , heating is one thing melting is a different ball game , its the eddy currents that do the work nothing to do with the ferrous properties as iron/steel is none magnetic over a certain temp ( infact you use that property to establish the correct temp for hardening the metal when the magnet will not stick its hot enough ) Stuart |
ironman:
To HS93 Here are two links, one is a forum about building homemade induction heaters http://lists.neon-john.com/listinfo.cgi/induction-neon-john.com The other has detailed info on how to build one http://www.neon-john.com/Induction/Roy/Roy.htm |
Clayton:
I am looking to build a oil heater, would just winding copper wire around a 2" pipe and plug into 220V 50Hz work? does not need to heat up fast or go above 300-400 C |
awemawson:
It'll certainly BRIEFLY get hot, just before the fuse blows :lol: More constructively, 50 hz induction furnaces do exist in industry, the the charge has to be large to resonate at 50 hz and the circulating current, and hence the draw from the grid is huge, usually including dedicated sub station at the works |
Joules:
Just thinking out loud, but would a single phase to 3 phase inverter that can output upto 360hz be the basis for an HF power source ? |
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