JP2012178365A - Induction heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve an induction heating cooker which notifies a user of deterioration in a heating coil such as insulation deterioration of an element wire and increase in the number of disconnected wires.SOLUTION: An induction heating cooker comprises a heating coil 14, an inverter circuit 3, operation input means 21, a heating coil temperature sensor 19, a top plate temperature sensor 23 detecting a temperature of a load, input current detection means 7, input voltage detection means 8, output current detection means 18, display and notification means 22 and control means 20 controlling driving of the inverter circuit 3 based on various setting commands set by the operation input means 21. The control means 20 controls the display and notification means 22 to operate and controls the inverter circuit 3 such that input power decreases when a heating coil temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor 19 exceeds a predetermined protection temperature, a load temperature detected by the top plate temperature sensor 23 is not greater than a predetermined threshold value and an output current detected by the output current detection means 18 is not greater than a predetermined threshold value.

Description

  The present invention relates to an induction cooking device having a function of monitoring a heat generation state of a heating coil.

  In the conventional induction heating cooker, when the temperature of the heating coil reaches a predetermined temperature, the heating output is decreased to reduce the heating coil current, and the control of suppressing the heat generation is performed, so that the heating coil temperature is maintained while continuing the heating. In some cases, the heat resistance temperature of the constituent material of the heating coil is prevented from being exceeded (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-223251 (first page, FIG. 1)

  However, in the above conventional induction heating cooker, even if the temperature of the heating coil is prevented from being excessively increased, the insulation performance of the heating coil may deteriorate due to long-term use. In such a case, the maximum heating output In addition, the heating efficiency was lowered, and there was a risk of causing dielectric breakdown.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and detects an abnormality based on deterioration such as a decrease in insulation of a wire of a heating coil or an increase in the number of disconnections, and requests inspection of the heating coil or the like. It is intended to provide an induction heating cooker that can give notice and prompt inspection and repair of a heating coil and the like.

  An induction heating cooker according to the present invention includes a heating coil, an inverter circuit that supplies a high-frequency current to the heating coil, operation input means for setting heating start / stop and heating power of the heating coil, and the heating coil A heating coil temperature sensor for detecting the temperature, a load temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the load, an input current detecting means for detecting the input current of the inverter circuit, and an input voltage detecting means for detecting the input voltage of the inverter circuit An output current detection means for detecting the output current of the inverter circuit, a notification means for displaying and notifying an operation state and an abnormal state, and various setting commands set by the operation input means. Control means for driving and controlling the inverter circuit, wherein the control means has a heating coil temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor. When the load temperature detected by the load temperature detection means is below a predetermined threshold and the output current detected by the output current detection means is below a predetermined threshold, the notification means is operated. The inverter circuit is controlled so that input power is reduced.

  In the present invention, when the inverter circuit is driven and the output current flows through the heating coil and the pan is induction-heated, the control means includes the load temperature detection means, the output current detection means, and the heating coil temperature sensor. In response to the output, the load temperature detected by the load temperature detecting means is below a predetermined threshold, the output current detected by the output current detecting means is below the predetermined threshold, and the heating coil temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor is equal to the protection temperature. When it is determined that it has exceeded, the notification means is operated and the inverter circuit is controlled so that the input power is reduced. For this reason, for example, by performing a display operation or a notification operation for requesting inspection of the heating coil or the like by the notification means, and prompting inspection or repair of the heating coil or the like, the heating output or heating efficiency due to the heating coil deterioration or the like is improved. The decrease can be corrected, and the heating coil itself can be prevented from being burned out due to the dielectric breakdown of the heating coil, and the inverter circuit and the like can be prevented from being damaged. Further, since the inverter circuit is controlled to reduce the input power and lower the heating coil temperature, the heating coil and the like are prevented from further deterioration.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The circuit diagram which shows the structure of the induction heating cooking appliance. The flowchart which shows the heating control process of the induction heating cooking appliance. The figure which shows the relationship between the output electric current in the determination of the heating coil of the induction heating cooking appliance, heating coil temperature, and an inspection request | requirement. The flowchart which shows the heating control process of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The figure which shows the relationship between the input electric power and output current of the induction heating cooking appliance which concern on Embodiment 3 of this invention, and the presence or absence of an inspection request | requirement. The block diagram which shows the structure of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 4 of this invention. The flowchart which shows the heating control process of the induction heating cooking appliance. The figure which shows the relationship between the output electric current at the time of the heating coil high temperature of the induction heating cooking appliance and the top plate temperature, and an inspection request | requirement.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing the configuration of the induction heating cooker, and FIG. 3 is a heating control process of the induction heating cooker. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the output current and the heating coil temperature and the inspection request in the determination of the heating coil of the induction heating cooker.
1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a commercial AC power supply, and the AC power is converted into DC power by a DC power supply circuit 2 and supplied to the inverter circuit 3.
The DC power supply circuit 2 includes a rectifier circuit 4, a choke coil 5, and a smoothing capacitor 6, and further includes an input current detection means 7 that detects an input current from the commercial AC power supply 1 and an input voltage that detects an input voltage. Detection means 8 is provided.
The inverter circuit 3 includes switching elements 9 and 10 connected in series between output buses of the DC power supply circuit 2, diodes 11 and 12 connected in reverse parallel to the switching elements 9 and 10, and switching elements 9 and 10. And a drive circuit 13 for driving on / off at a high frequency.

A heating coil 14 is connected to the output side of the inverter circuit 3. A high-frequency current flows through the heating coil 14, and the pot 16 placed on the top plate 15 disposed on the upper surface side of the heating coil 14 is induction-heated. Reference numeral 17 denotes a resonance capacitor (not shown in FIG. 1) that constitutes a heating circuit and a load circuit.
Reference numeral 18 denotes output current detecting means for detecting an output current flowing in a load circuit constituted by the heating coil 14 and the resonance capacitor 17, and 19 is a heating coil temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the heating coil 14.
20 is a control means for controlling the entire induction heating cooker, 21 is an operation input means for inputting and setting heating start / stop, heating power, and the like, and 22 is a display notifying means for displaying and notifying an operating state and an abnormal state. is there.
The display notification means 22 displays characters and icons, lights a warning lamp, etc., or generates a warning message sound or warning sound as a display operation or a notification operation for requesting an inspection.

Next, operation | movement of the control means of the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated based on the flowchart of FIG.
First, the control means 20 waits for an instruction input to start heating from the operation input means 21 (step 1). When there is a heating instruction input from the operation input means 21, the control means 20 controls the drive circuit 13 to start driving the inverter circuit 3 (step 2), and further, the input current detection means 7, the input voltage detection means. 8. The input current / input voltage / output current / heating coil temperature is detected using the output current detection means 18 and the heating coil temperature sensor 19 (step 3).
Next, the control means 20 determines whether or not the detected output current is excessive (step 4), and if it is excessive, it controls the drive circuit 13 to suppress the output current (step 5).
Specifically, the output current is suppressed by reducing the conduction ratio of the upper switching element 9 to reduce the effective voltage applied to the load circuit.

If the output current is not excessive in step 4, it is determined whether or not the temperature of the heating coil 14 exceeds a predetermined protection temperature (step 6). When the protection temperature is exceeded, the level of the output current detected by the output current detection means 18 is confirmed (see FIG. 4), and it is determined whether or not it is below a predetermined threshold (step 7).
Thus, the state where the output current is below a predetermined threshold and the heating coil temperature is high despite the small output current is an increase in resistance due to an increase in the number of wire breaks of the heating coil 14, etc. It is also considered that the heating coil is abnormal due to an increase in leakage current due to insulation deterioration. Alternatively, it may be considered that a problem has occurred in radiating heat from the heating coil 14 due to clogging of an air passage for cooling the heating coil 14 or the like.

Therefore, when it is determined that the output current is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, the control unit 20 operates the display notification unit 22 to perform a display operation or notification operation for requesting inspection of the heating coil 14 or the like for a predetermined time, for example, 30 seconds. (Step 8), and simultaneously, the drive circuit 13 is controlled to lower the heating coil temperature to suppress the output current (Step 9).
When the output current is determined to be equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, the general output current is excessive, so that the control means 20 immediately lowers the heating coil temperature without operating the display notification means 22. The drive circuit 13 is controlled to suppress the output current (step 9).

When the temperature of the heating coil 14 is lower than the protection temperature in step 6, the control means 20 detects the power corresponding to the heating power set by the operation input means 21, the input current detection means 7 and the input voltage detection. The input power obtained from the detection value by means 8 is compared (step 10), and when the input power is small, the drive circuit 13 is controlled to increase the input power that affects the heating output (step 11). When the power is large, the drive circuit 13 is controlled so as to reduce the input power that affects the heating output (step 12).
Next, the control means 20 determines whether or not a heating stop instruction input is input from the operation input means 21 (step 13). If there is no stop instruction input, the control means 20 returns to step 3 to continue the heating process and stop. If there is an instruction input, the drive circuit 13 is controlled to stop the operation of the inverter circuit 3 (step 14), and the process returns to step 1.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when the inverter circuit 3 is driven and an output current flows through the heating coil 14 and the pan 16 is induction-heated, the control means 20 is connected to the output current detection means 18. When the output of the heating coil temperature sensor 19 is received and the output current flowing through the heating coil 14 is less than a predetermined threshold value and the heating coil temperature is supposed to be low, the heating coil 14 is at a high temperature. Therefore, when it is determined that the heating coil temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor 19 exceeds the protection temperature, the display notification means 22 is driven to request inspection of the heating coil 14 or the like. Since the display operation and the notification operation are performed and the inspection and repair of the heating coil 14 and the like are promoted, the heating output and the heating efficiency decrease due to the heating coil deterioration, etc. It is possible to prevent the heating coil itself from being burned out due to the dielectric breakdown of the heating coil 14 and the failure of the inverter circuit, etc. Further, the inverter circuit 3 is controlled via the drive circuit 13 to suppress the output current. Since the heating coil temperature is lowered, the heating coil 14 and the like are prevented from further deterioration.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a heating control process of the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
Since the circuit configuration of the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment is the same as the circuit configuration of the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment, the description of the configuration is omitted with reference to FIGS.
In the first embodiment, when the temperature of the heating coil 14 becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature even though the output current is small, the display operation and the notification operation for requesting the inspection and repair of the heating coil 14 and the like are performed. However, in the second embodiment, when the input coil power is small, when the temperature of the heating coil 14 becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, a display operation and a notification operation for prompting inspection / repair of the heating coil 14 and the like are performed. It is what I do.

That is, when the input power is small, the heating coil current is generally smaller and the self-heating of the heating coil is smaller than when the input power is large. Moreover, since the calorific value of the pan which is an object to be heated is small, the amount of radiant heat received from the pan is also small.
However, even when the input power is low, the heating coil temperature is high when the resistance value increases due to an increase in the number of wire breaks in the heating coil or the heating coil malfunctions due to an increase in leakage current due to insulation deterioration. In addition, since the cooling performance of the heating coil may be deteriorated due to clogging of the air passage that cools the heating coil, the inspection and repair are promoted to prevent the inverter circuit 3 from being damaged.

Next, operation | movement of the control means of the induction heating cooking appliance of this Embodiment 2 is demonstrated based on the flowchart of FIG.
Steps 1 to 6 and steps 10 to 14 are the same as those in the flowchart of FIG.
If the heating coil temperature exceeds the predetermined protection temperature in step 6, the input power obtained by calculation from the input current detected by the input current detection means 7 and the input voltage detected by the input voltage detection means 8 is a predetermined value. If it is determined whether or not it is equal to or less than the threshold value (step 7a), and if it is determined that the threshold value is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value, the control means 20 drives the display notification means 22 to perform a predetermined display operation or notification operation requesting inspection of the heating coil 14 It is performed for a time, for example, 30 seconds (step 8), and at the same time, in order to lower the heating coil temperature, the drive circuit 13 is controlled to reduce the input power that affects the heating output (step 9a).
Specifically, the input power is reduced by increasing the driving frequency and increasing the impedance of the heating coil 14.
When the input power is determined to be equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, the general input power is excessive, so that the control means 20 immediately lowers the heating coil temperature without driving the display notification means 22. The drive circuit 13 is controlled to reduce the input power (step 9a).

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when the inverter circuit 3 is driven and an output current flows through the heating coil 14 and the pan 16 is induction-heated, the control means 20 is connected to the input current detection means 7. The output of the input voltage detection means 8 and the output of the heating coil temperature sensor 19 are received, the input power obtained by calculation from the input current and the input voltage is below a predetermined threshold value, and the temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor 19 is the protection temperature. When it is determined that the temperature exceeds the value, the display notification means 22 is operated to perform a display operation or a notification operation for requesting the inspection of the heating coil 14 or the like, thereby prompting the inspection or repair of the heating coil 14 or the like. The resistance value can be increased by increasing the number of wire breaks in the coil, heating output and heating efficiency can be reduced by heating coil deterioration, etc., and the air path that cools the heating coil can be clogged. The heating coil 14 can be prevented from being burned out due to dielectric breakdown of the heating coil 14 and failure of the inverter circuit, etc. Further, the drive circuit 13 is controlled to reduce the input power and lower the heating coil temperature. Is prevented from further deterioration.

  In the second embodiment, when it is determined that the input power is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold and the temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor 19 exceeds the protection temperature, the display notification unit 22 is operated to operate the heating coil 14. The display operation and the notification operation requesting the inspection are performed, but when the input current is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold and the temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor 19 is determined to exceed the protection temperature. Needless to say, the display notification means 22 may be operated.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the input power and output current of the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention and the presence or absence of an inspection request.
In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, when the output current or the input power (input current) is small, the display notification is made when it is determined that the temperature of the heating coil 14 exceeds the predetermined protection temperature. In the third embodiment, both the output current and the input power (input current) are equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, and the temperature of the heating coil 14 is a predetermined protection temperature. The display notification means 22 is driven to notify when it is determined that it exceeds the threshold.
In addition, in order to lower the heating coil temperature together with the operation of the display notification means 22, the drive circuit 13 is controlled to suppress the output current, or the input power is reduced, or both the suppression of the output current and the reduction of the input voltage are performed. Like to do.
As shown in FIG. 6 as an example of the relationship between the output current and the input power and the presence / absence of the inspection request notification, in the third embodiment, both values of the output current and the input power (input current) are less than a predetermined threshold value. Thus, when it is determined that the temperature of the heating coil 14 exceeds the predetermined protection temperature, the display notification means 22 is driven to notify, so that the threshold of the magnitude of the input power and the magnitude of the output current are increased. By adjusting the threshold values for each other, it is possible to more accurately determine the state that needs to be inspected.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a heating control process of the induction heating cooker, and FIG. 9 is a heating coil of the induction heating cooker. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the output electric current at the time of high temperature, top-plate temperature, and an inspection request | requirement.
In FIG. 7 showing the fourth embodiment, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. 1 in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description of the duplicated structure is omitted.
In the fourth embodiment, not only the output current, input power, and heating coil temperature flowing through the heating coil 14 but also the temperature of the top plate 15 is considered when determining the deterioration state of the heating coil 14 and the like. Thus, in addition to the heating coil temperature sensor 19, a top plate temperature sensor 23 for detecting the temperature of the top plate 15 as load temperature detecting means is provided.

In the fourth embodiment, the top plate temperature sensor 23 detects the temperature of the top plate 15 so that the influence of radiant heat on the heating coil 14 is taken into consideration.
That is, if the temperature of the top plate 15 increases, the heating coil 14 also receives the radiant heat and becomes high temperature. Therefore, it is necessary to limit the heating output, but this high temperature state is not due to deterioration of the heating coil 14.
On the contrary, when the top plate temperature is low and the heating coil current is small, the amount of radiant heat received by the heating coil 13 from the pan 16 is small, the self-heating of the heating coil 13 is small, and the heating coil temperature is low. Although it is customary, the heating coil temperature is nevertheless high because of an increase in resistance due to an increase in the number of wire breaks in the heating coil, a decrease in heating output and heating efficiency due to heating coil deterioration, etc. This may be due to problems such as clogging of the cooling air path, so inspection and repair can be promoted, heating output and heating efficiency can be reduced due to deterioration of the heating coil, etc. This prevents the heating coil itself from being burned out and the inverter circuit from being damaged.

Next, operation | movement of the control means of the induction heating cooking appliance of this Embodiment 4 is demonstrated based on the flowchart of FIG.
Steps 1 to 2, steps 4 to 6 and steps 10 to 14 are the same as those in the flowchart of FIG.
In addition, in the detection of the current / voltage / temperature in step 3a, the top plate temperature sensor 23 is used to detect the temperature of the top plate 15 in addition to the input current, input voltage, output current, and heating coil temperature.
If the heating coil temperature exceeds the predetermined protection temperature in step 6, it is determined whether the top plate temperature is lower than the predetermined threshold (step 7b1). If the heating coil temperature is lower than the threshold, the output current flowing through the heating coil 14 is It is determined whether it is below a predetermined threshold (step 7b2).
As shown in FIG. 9, when the top coil temperature is low and the output current is small even though the heating coil temperature is high, the control means 20 operates the display notification means 22 to change the heating coil 14 and the like. A display operation and a notification operation requesting inspection are performed for a predetermined time, for example, 30 seconds (step 8), and at the same time, the drive circuit 13 is controlled to lower the heating coil temperature to reduce the input power that affects the heating output ( Step 9a).

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, when the inverter circuit 3 is driven and an output current flows through the heating coil 14 and the pan 16 is induction-heated, the control means 20 is connected to the input current detection means 7. In response to the output of the input voltage detecting means 8, the output of the heating coil temperature sensor 19, and the output of the top plate temperature sensor 23, the top plate temperature is below a predetermined threshold value, and the output current flowing through the heating coil 14 is also below the predetermined threshold value. When it is determined that the temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor 19 exceeds the protection temperature, the display notification means 22 is operated to perform a display operation or a notification operation for requesting inspection of the heating coil 14 or the like. The inspections and repairs are encouraged so that the resistance value increases due to an increase in the number of wire breaks in the heating coil, the heating output and heating efficiency decrease due to heating coil deterioration, etc. It is possible to correct clogging of the air passage to be rejected, to prevent the heating coil itself from being burned out due to insulation breakdown of the heating coil 14 and to failure of the inverter circuit, etc. Further, the drive circuit 13 is controlled to reduce the input power. Since the heating coil temperature is lowered by reducing the temperature, the heating coil 14 and the like are prevented from further deterioration.

In the first to fourth embodiments, the values of the output current and the input power (input current) used to determine whether or not the heating coil 14 is inspected are average values such as the effective value and the maximum value during a predetermined period. May be used.
For example, the determination is made using an average value such as an effective value and a maximum value of the output current for the past 5 minutes, a maximum value of input power from the start of the heating operation, and the like.
In the first to fourth embodiments, in order to prompt inspection / repair of the heating coil 14 and the like, the display notification means 22 performs a display operation and a notification operation. You may make it perform at least one of these.
In the first to fourth embodiments, when the possibility of deterioration of the heating coil 14 is detected, the display / notification for prompting the inspection / repair is performed. However, the inspection / repair is completed for further safety. It is good also as stopping heating operation until it does.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Commercial AC power supply, 2 DC power supply circuit, 3 Inverter circuit, 7 Input current detection means, 8 Input voltage detection means, 14 Heating coil, 15 Top plate, 16 Pan, 18 Output current detection means, 19 Heating coil temperature sensor, 20 Control means, 21 operation input means, 22 display notification means, 23 top plate temperature sensor.

Claims (1)

A heating coil;
An inverter circuit for supplying a high-frequency current to the heating coil;
Operation input means for setting heating start / stop and heating power of the heating coil,
A heating coil temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the heating coil;
Load temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the load;
An input current detecting means for detecting an input current of the inverter circuit;
An input voltage detecting means for detecting an input voltage of the inverter circuit;
Output current detection means for detecting the output current of the inverter circuit;
A notification means for performing at least one of display and notification of an operation state and an abnormal state;
Control means for driving and controlling the inverter circuit based on various setting commands set by the operation input means,
The control means detects the output current detection means when the heating coil temperature detected by the heating coil temperature sensor exceeds a predetermined protection temperature and the load temperature detected by the load temperature detection means is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. An induction heating cooker characterized in that when the output current is below a predetermined threshold value, the notification means is operated and the inverter circuit is controlled so that the input power is reduced.

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