WO2011070785A1 - Appareil à chauffage par induction et cuisinière à chauffage par induction équipée de celui-ci - Google Patents

Appareil à chauffage par induction et cuisinière à chauffage par induction équipée de celui-ci Download PDF

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WO2011070785A1
WO2011070785A1 PCT/JP2010/007162 JP2010007162W WO2011070785A1 WO 2011070785 A1 WO2011070785 A1 WO 2011070785A1 JP 2010007162 W JP2010007162 W JP 2010007162W WO 2011070785 A1 WO2011070785 A1 WO 2011070785A1
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洋一 黒瀬
北泉　武
石丸　直昭
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  • the present invention relates to an induction heating device that induction-heats an object to be heated using a heating coil, and more particularly to an induction heating device that induction-heats a metal pan or the like that is an object to be heated using a plurality of heating coils and the induction thereof.
  • the present invention relates to an induction heating cooker provided with a heating device.
  • FIG. 19A is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a conventional induction heating cooker is incorporated in a cabinet of a kitchen apparatus.
  • FIG. 19B is a plan view showing the conventional induction heating cooker shown in FIG. 19A.
  • the induction heating cooker includes a flat top plate 1 made of a non-metal such as heat resistant glass and a housing portion 8 provided on the lower side of the top plate 1.
  • the body is composed.
  • a pan or the like to be heated is placed and induction heated.
  • heating coils 21, 22, and 23 for inductively heating an object to be heated placed on the top plate 1 have a space of about 5 mm from the back surface of the top plate 1. It is arranged.
  • FIGS. 19A and 19B In the induction heating cooker shown in FIGS. 19A and 19B, three heating coils 21, 22, and 23 are disposed, and the left heating coil 21 and the right heating coil 22 are disposed on the near side, and the left heating A central heating coil 23 is disposed at the back side of the center of the coil 21 and the right side heating coil 22.
  • the user operates the induction heating cooker on the lower side of the drawing, and the “left side”, “right side”, “front side” and “Back side” refers to the left side, right side, near side and back side as viewed from the user.
  • a roaster 6 for cooking grilled fish or the like is disposed below the left heating coil 21. Inside the roaster 6, an electric resistance heater, a grill, and a saucer are disposed.
  • an inverter circuit 5 that supplies an alternating current to each of the three heating coils (the left side heating coil 21, the right side heating coil 22, and the central heating coil 23) is disposed on the right side of the roaster 6 inside the housing portion 8.
  • the inverter circuit 5 has a configuration in which a plurality of inverter circuit boards corresponding to the heating coils 21, 22, and 23 are arranged in the vertical position (see, for example, Japanese Patent No. 3613109 (Patent Document 1)).
  • FIGS. 20 and 21 are plan views showing the shape of a heating coil used in a conventional induction heating cooker.
  • Induction heating is to heat an object to be heated with a magnetic flux generated by a current flowing in a heating coil, and therefore has a problem that uneven heating occurs when the magnetic flux is largely biased.
  • the conventional general heating coil 24 shown in FIG. 20 has a configuration in which a coil wire is continuously wound in a spiral shape at equal intervals.
  • the magnetic flux density is low in the central portion (inner diameter side region) and the outer portion (outer diameter side region) of the spiral heating coil 24, and the inner diameter side region and the outer diameter side.
  • the magnetic flux density is high, and magnetic flux bias occurs. Therefore, a configuration in which a gap is formed in the intermediate region of the heating coil has been proposed in order to suppress the magnetic flux from being biased near the intermediate region of the heating coil (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-353458 (Patent Document 2)). reference).
  • the heating coil 25 shown in FIG. 21 has a split winding shape in which a gap portion 26 where no coil wire is present is formed in an intermediate region of the heating coil 25.
  • the temperature sensor 33 that detects the temperature of the pan that is the object to be heated is heated so that the temperature of the pan rises most by forming a split winding shape having the gap portion 26 in the intermediate region of the heating coil 26. It becomes possible to arrange in the middle region of the coil 25.
  • FIG. 22 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an inverter circuit in a conventional induction heating cooker.
  • the inverter circuit inputs an alternating current to the heating coil 30 and supplies power, so that the object to be heated 34 placed on the top plate generates an eddy current and generates heat.
  • the inverter circuit converts a direct current into a high-frequency alternating current by turning on and off the two switching elements 31 and 32 and supplies the high-frequency alternating current to a resonance circuit having the heating coil 30.
  • the inverter circuit shown in FIG. 22 is a circuit configuration for causing a high-frequency alternating current to flow through the heating coil 30, and is a circuit configuration of a general inverter circuit employed in a conventional induction heating cooker.
  • the conventional induction heating apparatus has a plurality of heating regions, and a heating coil disposed below each heating region is configured to induction-heat an object to be heated placed in each heating region.
  • the conventional induction heating device disclosed in Patent Document 3 has a plurality of resonance circuits having heating coils, and one inverter circuit is connected to the plurality of resonance circuits.
  • each resonance circuit has a different resonance frequency, and is configured to switch and drive a plurality of heating coils.
  • this conventional induction heating apparatus is configured to control the ratio of the heating power in each heating coil according to the operating frequency of the inverter circuit.
  • FIG. 23 shows two conventional heating coils (first heating coil, second heating coil) when different voltages (70 V, 85 V, 100 V) are input to the inverter circuit in the conventional induction heating apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 3. It is a figure which shows the frequency characteristic of the heating voltage of a heating coil.
  • the heating output of the first heating coil is 1000 W
  • the heating output of the second heating coil is It shows that it is 600W.
  • the two resonance circuits having separate heating coils have different resonance frequencies
  • the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit having the first heating coil is 25 kHz
  • the second heating circuit The resonance frequency of the resonance circuit having the coil is 28 kHz.
  • FIG. 23 shows two operating points (A, B) when the inverter circuit is operated at 26 kHz, which is a frequency between 25 kHz and 28 kHz, which are the resonance frequencies of the two resonance circuits.
  • the ratio of the heating power of the first heating coil and the second heating coil is set to 1000 W: 600 W, that is, 5: 3.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit is continuously set at a frequency between the resonance frequencies of the two resonance circuits. Even if it is changed, it is difficult to adjust the heating power. For example, when the operating frequency of the inverter circuit is gradually increased, the heating power of the first heating coil is gradually decreased, and the heating power of the second heating coil is gradually increased. For this reason, the total value of the heating power of the first heating coil and the second heating coil does not simply increase or decrease, but leads to the relationship between the operating frequency and the total value of the heating power. It is very difficult. Therefore, in the conventional induction heating apparatus, the total value of the heating power cannot be adjusted by changing the operating frequency of the inverter circuit.
  • the inverter circuit is operated (for example, 26 kHz) at a frequency lower than the resonance frequency (28 kHz) of the resonance circuit including the second heating coil.
  • the inductance (L) of the heating coil in the induction heating device has a larger value when the heating coil and the object to be heated are not magnetically coupled than when the heating coil is magnetically coupled.
  • the resonance frequency is low when the second heating coil and the object to be heated are not magnetically coupled.
  • the resonance circuit including the second heating coil Is set in the vicinity of the operating frequency of the inverter circuit.
  • the conventional induction heating cooker has a problem that the heating efficiency is greatly reduced due to the destruction of the switching element and the heat generation of the heating coil.
  • the present invention solves various problems in the configuration of the above-described conventional induction heating cooker and induction heating device, and increases the degree of freedom of control as compared to the conventional configuration to cope with load fluctuations and changes in set power.
  • Induction heating apparatus and induction heating cooker that can cope with high accuracy, reduce manufacturing cost, and high safety, especially a leakage magnetic field when heating a small object to be heated, for example, a small pan
  • the purpose is to provide.
  • An induction heating apparatus includes an inverter circuit having a plurality of switching elements and outputting an AC signal by driving the plurality of switching elements; A control unit that drives and controls the plurality of switching elements; A plurality of resonance circuits each including a heating coil and a resonance capacitor that are connected in parallel to the inverter circuit and inductively heat an object to be heated; and The control unit drives the plurality of switching elements by using, as an operation region, a region having a frequency higher than the highest resonance frequency or a region having a frequency lower than the lowest resonance frequency among the resonance frequencies of each of the plurality of resonance circuits.
  • the heating coils in the plurality of resonance circuits are combined to form at least one induction heating source, and the at least one induction heating source is configured to induction-heat an object to be heated.
  • the induction heating apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention configured as described above is a highly reliable apparatus capable of responding to load fluctuations and changes in set power with high accuracy, and also reduces manufacturing costs. Have high safety.
  • the induction heating apparatus is such that all the heating coils constituting the one induction heating source inductively heat the object to be heated, particularly in the operation region of the switching element according to the first aspect.
  • at least an inductance of the heating coil and a capacitance of the resonance capacitor in the plurality of resonance circuits may be set.
  • the induction heating apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention configured as described above can adjust the power by changing the operating frequency of the inverter circuit.
  • the control unit according to the first aspect includes only a region having a frequency higher than the highest resonance frequency among the resonance frequencies of each of the plurality of resonance circuits. You may comprise so that the said switching element may be drive-controlled as an operation area
  • the induction heating apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention configured as described above, when the operating frequency of the inverter circuit is lowered, all of the electric power input to the plurality of heating coils is increased. Therefore, the electric power input to the respective heating coils The total value of becomes larger. For this reason, the electric power input to the heating coil can be adjusted with high accuracy by changing the operating frequency of the inverter circuit.
  • the resonance frequency of the heating coil is far from the operating frequency of the inverter circuit. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the inverter circuit from being destroyed due to excessive current flowing through the inverter circuit. Furthermore, switching operation becomes possible during a period when a positive current is flowing through the switching element, and the voltage applied to the switching element is gradually changed when the switching element transitions from the conductive state to the non-conductive state. The loss due to can be reduced.
  • a snubber circuit may be connected in parallel to the resonance circuit according to the third aspect.
  • the induction heating apparatus of the fourth aspect of the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to reduce the switching loss caused by the switching operation in the switching element and further increase the heating efficiency.
  • the control unit according to the first aspect includes only a region having a frequency lower than the lowest resonance frequency among the resonance frequencies of each of the plurality of resonance circuits. You may comprise so that the said switching element may be drive-controlled as an operation area
  • the induction heating apparatus of the fifth aspect of the present invention configured as described above, it becomes possible to adjust the power with high accuracy by changing the operating frequency of the inverter circuit.
  • the plurality of switching elements and the inductor according to the fifth aspect are connected in series, and the plurality of switching elements are soft-switched so that the current phase is advanced from the voltage phase. It may be configured to operate.
  • the power can be adjusted with high accuracy by changing the operating frequency of the inverter circuit.
  • each resonance frequency in the plurality of resonance circuits in the fifth aspect is set to a different value depending on the inductance of the heating coil and the capacitance of the resonance capacitor. Good.
  • the induction heating apparatus is the heating coil having a small input power, particularly the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit including the heating coil having a large input power in the plurality of resonance circuits in the seventh aspect. May be set higher than the resonance frequency of the resonance circuit including
  • the inverter circuit operates in a frequency region close to the resonance frequency of the heating coil where the input power is large. The input of electric power is smooth with respect to a large heating coil, and it can heat efficiently.
  • the induction heating apparatus is the first to eighth aspects, in particular, in which the ratio of the electric power input to each of the plurality of heating coils constituting one induction heating source is the plurality of heating elements. You may comprise so that it may become a ratio corresponding to the area which opposes the to-be-heated material in each of a coil.
  • the difference in the power supply ratio per unit area in the power supplied to the object to be heated from each of the plurality of heating coils is reduced, It becomes the structure which can heat a to-be-heated material uniformly.
  • the induction heating apparatus is the first to eighth aspects, in particular, in which the ratio of the current values passed through the plurality of heating coils that constitute one induction heating source is that of the plurality of heating coils. You may comprise so that it may become a ratio corresponding to the cross-sectional area orthogonal to the direction through which the electric current flows in the coil wire which forms each.
  • the induction heating apparatus of the tenth aspect of the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to reduce the amount of copper used in the coil wire of the heating coil by reducing the cross-sectional area of the heating coil with a small current. Thus, the manufacturing cost of the heating coil can be suppressed.
  • a plurality of heating coils constituting one induction heating source may be arranged on the same plane.
  • the object to be heated placed in the heating area can be heated uniformly.
  • region can be made high, for example, even if a to-be-heated object has shifted
  • the induction heating apparatus is the concentric circular shape, in particular in the third aspect, by forming a plurality of heating coils constituting one induction heating source into coil shapes each having a different diameter. You may arrange in.
  • power is not supplied to the heating coil having a large diameter which is not magnetically coupled to the object to be heated, and is magnetically coupled to the object to be heated. It becomes the structure which can supply much electric power to the heating coil with a small diameter. For this reason, even if the size of the object to be heated varies, induction heating with high efficiency can be performed according to the size of the object to be heated.
  • An induction heating cooker includes a top plate on which an object to be heated is placed, A plurality of heating coils as induction heating sources are disposed below the top plate, and any one of the induction heating devices in the first to twelfth aspects is provided.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention configured as described above becomes a highly reliable cooker capable of responding to load fluctuations and changes in set power with high accuracy, and at the same time, manufacturing cost. And a cooking device having high safety. In the induction cooking of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the flowing current with respect to the heating coil in which the object to be heated does not exist above, and to reduce the leakage magnetic field.
  • the induction heating cooker according to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention is the induction heating cooker according to the fourteenth aspect, particularly in the thirteenth aspect, wherein the top plate has a plurality of heating regions on which the object to be heated is placed, and at least one of the plurality of heating regions. It is good also as a structure with which the said induction heating apparatus is provided as an induction heating source with respect to one heating area
  • the induction heating cooker according to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention configured as described above suppresses the leakage magnetic field from the heating region when heating a small pan in one heating region as compared with the heating region. It is possible to suppress magnetic interference between the heating coils that occurs when the object to be heated is induction-heated in another heating region, and the generation of interference noise can be suppressed.
  • an induction heating device and an induction heating cooker that can appropriately cope with load fluctuations, reduce manufacturing costs, and have high safety.
  • the circuit diagram which shows structures, such as an inverter circuit, in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 1 which concerns on this invention
  • Frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit in Embodiment 1 and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coil
  • the frequency characteristic figure which shows the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 2 which concerns on this invention, and the largest electric power which can be input into a heating coil.
  • Frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit in the induction cooking device of the second embodiment and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coil
  • the frequency characteristic figure which shows the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 3 which concerns on this invention, and the maximum electric power which can be input into a heating coil.
  • Frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit in the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 3 and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coil
  • Frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit in the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 3 and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coil
  • the frequency characteristic figure which shows the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 4 which concerns on this invention, and the maximum electric power which can be input into a heating coil.
  • the top view which shows schematic shape of the heating coil in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 5 which concerns on this invention
  • the top view of the heating coil of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 7 which concerns on this invention In the heating operation in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 7 which concerns on this invention, the layout which shows the relationship between the heating coil of an induction heating apparatus, a to-be-heated object, and the contents inside a to-be-heated object
  • the circuit diagram which shows structures, such as an inverter circuit of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 8 which concerns on this invention
  • Frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit of the induction heating device in the induction heating cooker of the eighth embodiment and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coil
  • the frequency characteristic figure which shows the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit in the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 9 which concerns on this invention, and the maximum electric power which can be input into each heating coil.
  • the circuit diagram which shows the other structure of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this invention The circuit diagram which shows the further another structure of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this invention.
  • Sectional drawing which shows the state which integrated the conventional induction heating cooking appliance in the cabinet of the kitchen apparatus
  • the top view which shows the state which integrated the conventional induction heating cooking appliance in the cabinet of the kitchen apparatus
  • the top view which shows the shape of the heating coil used for the conventional induction heating cooking appliance
  • the induction heating apparatus of this invention is not limited to the induction heating apparatus used for the induction heating cooking appliance described in the following embodiment, It is equivalent to the technical idea demonstrated in the following embodiment. It includes an induction heating device configured based on technical ideas and common general technical knowledge in this technical field.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention has substantially the same external configuration as the induction heating cooker described with reference to FIGS. 19A and 19B described above.
  • An external appearance is configured by a top plate to be placed and a housing portion that houses a heating coil and an inverter circuit, which will be described later.
  • the induction heating cooker configured in this way is used by being incorporated in a cabinet of a kitchen apparatus.
  • FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an inverter circuit and the like of the induction heating device in the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the induction heating device includes an inverter circuit 40 to which power is supplied from a commercial power supply 41 that is a voltage source, a control unit 52 that drives and controls the inverter circuit 40, heating coils 48 and 49, and a resonant capacitor 50. , 51 are provided with a plurality of resonance circuits 56, 57, respectively.
  • FIG. 1 the connection relationship of each element in the induction heating apparatus is shown.
  • the first heating coil 48 and the first resonance capacitor 50 constitute the first resonance circuit 56
  • the second heating coil 49 and the second resonance capacitor 51 constitutes a second resonance circuit 57.
  • the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment is configured to be induction heated by two heating coils 48 and 49 having different diameters with respect to one heating region on which an object to be heated is placed.
  • An object to be heated existing in the inner region in one heating region is heated by the first heating coil 48 (small diameter heating coil), and an object to be heated existing in the outer region is heated to the second heating coil 49 (large diameter heating). Coil).
  • FIG. 2 is a frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 of the induction heating apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and the maximum power that can be input to each of the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • the operating frequency [kHz], and the vertical axis is the maximum power [W] that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • a waveform W1 shows the relationship between the operating frequency and the maximum power that can be input to the first heating coil 48
  • a waveform W2 shows the relationship between the operating frequency and the maximum power that can be input to the second heating coil 49. Show.
  • Waveform W3 shows the relationship between the maximum power that can be input to the first heating coil 48, the sum of the maximum power that can be input to the second heating coil 49, and the operating frequency.
  • Waveforms W1 and W2 are frequency characteristics when an object to be heated is placed in the heating region on the top plate, and above the heating coils of both the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49. Shows the frequency characteristics in a state where an object to be heated exists.
  • a commercial power source 41 that supplies power to the inverter circuit 40 is an AC power source, and is connected to a diode bridge 42 of the inverter circuit 40 in order to convert the AC power source into a DC power source.
  • the filter circuit 60 includes a first filter capacitor 43, a filter inductor 44, and a second filter capacitor 45.
  • the first filter capacitor 43 and the second filter capacitor 45 are connected in parallel between the high-potential side bus (hereinafter, positive bus) and the low-potential side bus (hereinafter, negative bus), which are the output ends of the diode bridge 42. Is provided.
  • the filter inductor 44 is provided on the high potential side bus so as to connect the first filter capacitor 43 and the second filter capacitor 45.
  • a first switching element 46 having a first reverse conducting diode 54 connected in parallel and a second reverse conducting diode 55 are connected in parallel to both ends of a second filter capacitor 45 serving as an output terminal of the filter circuit 60.
  • the second switching element 47 is electrically connected in series.
  • connection point between the first switching element 46 and the second switching element 47 is connected to one end of the first heating coil 48 having a small diameter and one end of the second heating coil 49 having a large diameter.
  • One end of the first resonance capacitor 50 is connected to the other end of the first heating coil 48, and the first heating coil 48 and the first resonance capacitor 50 are electrically connected in series.
  • One end of a second resonance capacitor 51 is connected to the other end of the second heating coil 49, and the second heating coil 49 and the second resonance capacitor 51 are electrically connected in series. .
  • the other end of the first resonance capacitor 50 and the other end of the second resonance capacitor 51 are connected to a negative bus.
  • the snubber capacitor 53 is provided in order to reduce the switching loss caused by the switching operation (ON / OFF operation) of the first switching element 46 and the second switching element 47.
  • the second switching element 47 is electrically connected in parallel. Both ends of the snubber capacitor 53 serve as output ends of the inverter circuit 40 and are connected to the heating coils 48 and 49 via the resonance capacitors 50 and 51, respectively.
  • a control unit 52 for driving and controlling the first switching element 46 and the second switching element 47 is provided.
  • the control unit 52 drives and controls the first switching element 46 and the second switching element 47 to be exclusively turned on and off, and the operating frequencies of the first switching element 46 and the second switching element 47, and
  • the duty ratio (on / off period ratio) is controlled to adjust the electric power input to the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49.
  • the operation of the inverter circuit 40 in the first embodiment will be described.
  • the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 are changed by changing the operating frequency and duty ratio of the first switching element 46 and the second switching element 47.
  • the input power that is, the power supplied to the object to be heated can be controlled to an arbitrary value within a certain range.
  • the operating frequency of the first switching element 46 and the second switching element 47 is referred to as the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 in the following description.
  • the duty ratio is 0.5, that is, the first switching element under the condition that the potential difference between the positive bus and the negative bus is constant.
  • the ratio of the on / off period between 46 and the second switching element 47 is 1: 1, the power input to the heating coils 48 and 49 is maximized.
  • the frequency characteristics shown in FIG. 2 are shown under the condition that the potential difference between the positive bus and the negative bus is constant. As described above, by bringing the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 close to the resonance frequency f1 of the resonance circuits 56 and 57, the electric power input to the heating coils 48 and 49 is increased.
  • the waveform of the frequency characteristic shown in FIG. 2 is when the duty ratio is constant at 0.5, and when the maximum power is input to the heating coils 48 and 49. Therefore, if the duty ratio is changed, it is possible to input power smaller than the power indicated by the waveform of the frequency characteristic shown in FIG. 2 to the heating coil.
  • the waveforms (W1, W2, W3) shown in FIG. 2 are obtained when the object to be heated is placed in the heating region facing the heating coils of both the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49. It is a characteristic curve.
  • a characteristic curve showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49 is shown.
  • a waveform W ⁇ b> 1 is a frequency characteristic indicating the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the maximum power that can be input to the first heating coil 48
  • the waveform W ⁇ b> 2 is the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the second frequency. It is a frequency characteristic showing the relationship with the maximum power that can be input to the heating coil 49.
  • the waveform W3 is a frequency characteristic indicating the sum of the maximum power that can be input to the first heating coil 48 and the maximum power that can be input to the second heating coil 49.
  • the power supplied to the pan is the sum of the powers input to the two heating coils 48, 49. Therefore, the electric power indicated by the waveform W3 shown in FIG. 2 indicates the total electric power supplied to the pan as the object to be heated.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 is higher than the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 constituted by the first heating coil 48 and the first resonance capacitor 50, and the second heating coil 49 and the first In the frequency region higher than the resonance frequency of the second resonance circuit 57 constituted by the two resonance capacitors 51, when the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 is lowered, it is inputted to each of the two heating coils 48 and 49. Both power sources are increasing.
  • the frequency region higher than the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 and higher than the resonance frequency of the second resonance circuit 57 is indicated by hatching, and the region indicated by hatching is the operation region. is there.
  • the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 and the resonance frequency of the second resonance circuit 57 are both the same at the frequency f1.
  • the operating frequency by setting the operating frequency, the sum of the power input to the first heating coil 48 and the power input to the second heating coil 49 is determined, and the operating frequency is reduced. As it becomes, the total value becomes larger. Therefore, by changing the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 in the operating region, it is possible to easily and accurately adjust the power supplied to the pan that is the object to be heated.
  • the induction heating cooker it is detected whether the object to be heated is placed in the heating area of the top plate on the heating coil based on the relationship between the input current to the heating coil and the operating frequency of the inverter circuit. It is determined whether or not an object to be heated is placed. In order to perform such detection and determination, it is necessary that the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit and the input current is known with high accuracy in advance. Furthermore, in the induction heating cooker, when driving by selecting an operating frequency suitable for the load characteristics of the object to be heated, or when heating various types of objects to be heated by supplying a constant power, It is desired to adjust the operating frequency of the inverter circuit with high accuracy.
  • the relationship between the heating power and the operating frequency is simplified by using a specific operating area, and can be easily standardized. . For this reason, it is possible to detect and discriminate the object to be heated with high accuracy based on the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the input current, and to appropriately perform the heating operation in a desired state.
  • the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the power input to the heating coil uses a specific area (operating area), and therefore can be easily standardized. Become. Therefore, the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 1 can perform appropriate induction heating according to a load at any time by applying it to a cooker with a heavy load fluctuation.
  • the number of the switching elements 46 and 47 in the inverter circuit is the same as that of the conventional inverter circuit although the current flowing through the two heating coils 48 and 49 is controlled.
  • the configuration is the same as the number of elements and can be controlled by two. For this reason, the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment is easy to control, has a simple circuit configuration, and has an inexpensive configuration that does not cause an increase in manufacturing cost despite having high functionality. .
  • the inverter circuit 40 is operated in a region (operation region) having a frequency higher than the resonance frequency of the resonance circuits 56 and 57 as described above. Therefore, in the inverter circuit 40, since the phase of the current is delayed with respect to the phase of the voltage, when the switching elements 46 and 47 transition from the conductive state (on) to the non-conductive state (off), the switching elements 46 and 47 A current flows through the. Since the current flowing during this transition flows through the snubber capacitor 53, the snubber capacitor 53 is charged and discharged. Thus, the charging / discharging operation of the snubber capacitor 53 causes the voltage across the switching elements 46 and 47 to change stably with a certain slope.
  • the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 1 is an energy-saving cooker having high power conversion efficiency. Further, by providing the snubber capacitor 53 as described above, the switching loss in the switching elements 46 and 47 is reduced, so that the heat dissipation configuration of the switching elements 46 and 47 can be simplified.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment.
  • the induction heating cooker of the second embodiment is different from the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment in the control operation in the inverter circuit. Therefore, in the induction heating cooker of the second embodiment, elements having substantially the same functions and configurations as those of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
  • the configuration of the induction heating cooker of the second embodiment is the same as that of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 3 and 4 are frequency characteristic diagrams showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 2 and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • FIG. 3 and 4 the horizontal axis represents the operating frequency [kHz], and the vertical axis represents the maximum power [W] that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • the waveform W1 and the waveform W2 are to be heated above the heating coils of both the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49, similarly to the frequency characteristics shown in FIG. It is a frequency characteristic in the state where exists.
  • a waveform W4 in FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 when there is no object to be heated above the second heating coil 49 and the maximum power that can be input to the second heating coil 49. Frequency characteristics.
  • the control operation of the inverter circuit in the induction cooking device of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the frequency characteristics shown in FIG.
  • the first heating coil 48 directly below the inside of the heating area of the top plate and the outside of the heating area of the top plate are directly below.
  • An object to be heated for example, one pan, is heated by two heating coils 48 and 49 of a certain second heating coil 49.
  • the first heating coil 48 may be used depending on the size of the pan. There is a case where a pan exists above the second heating coil 49 but no pan exists above the second heating coil 49.
  • both ends of the second heating coil 49 are compared with the case where they are magnetically coupled.
  • the electric resistance R between them decreases, and the inductance L increases.
  • the resonance frequency fLC is lowered by the relationship shown in the above-described equation (1). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the resonant frequency f4 (waveform W4) when the second heating coil 49 and the pan are not magnetically coupled is lower than the resonant frequency f1 when the magnetically coupled. .
  • the inverter circuit 40 is controlled to operate in a frequency region (operation region) higher than the resonance frequency f1. For this reason, the resonance frequency f4 of the waveform W4 is far from the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40.
  • the power input to the second heating coil 49 is larger than the power input to the first heating coil 48 (see the power difference V1 in FIG. 3).
  • the waveform W1 frequency characteristics in the first heating coil 48
  • the waveform W4 first Frequency characteristic of the second heating coil 49.
  • the electric power input to the second heating coil 49 is the first heating coil 48. (See the power difference V2 in FIG. 3).
  • the induction heating cooker by operating the inverter circuit 40 in a frequency region higher than the resonance frequency f1, the input object is input to the first heating coil 48 in which the object to be heated exists.
  • the power input to the second heating coil 49 in which the object to be heated does not exist is automatically reduced without performing complicated control while maintaining the power to be performed.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment by driving and controlling the inverter circuit 40 as described above, the object to be heated is not placed above the second heating coil 49 that does not contribute to heating. On the other hand, the current is reduced. For this reason, in the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 2, the conduction
  • the resistance R between both ends of the second heating coil 49 is remarkably reduced.
  • the Q value of the second resonance circuit 57 (see FIG. 1) constituted by the two resonance capacitors 51 is increased.
  • the frequency characteristic related to the second heating coil 49 becomes the frequency characteristic indicated by the waveform W4 in FIG. 3, and the power that can be input to the second heating coil 49 is significantly increased near the resonance frequency f4.
  • This increased electric power is generated because the second heating coil 49 is not magnetically coupled to the object to be heated, and most of the energy generated at this time is due to the specific resistance of the coil wire of the second heating coil 49. Consumed, resulting in conduction loss.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 is the resonance frequency when the object to be heated is placed above the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment if the object to be heated exists above the first heating coil 48 and does not exist above the second heating coil 49, it contributes to heating. By reducing the current flowing through the second heating coil 49 that does not, the leakage magnetic field is reduced as a result, and electromagnetic noise given to other devices and the like can be suppressed.
  • the waveform W1 and the waveform W2 are covered on the heating coils of both the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 in the same manner as the frequency characteristics shown in FIGS. It is a frequency characteristic in the state in which a heating thing exists.
  • the waveform W5 in FIG. 4 the object to be heated is placed above the first heating coil 48, but only a part of the object to be heated exists above the second heating coil 49.
  • the waveform shown in FIG. 4 is obtained from the resonance frequency f4 of the waveform W4 shown in FIG.
  • the resonance frequency f5 of W5 is a slightly higher frequency.
  • the magnetic coupling level between the object to be heated and the second heating coil 49 is still weak, and the Q value of the second resonance circuit 57 tends to be high.
  • the electric power input to the second heating coil 49 and the first heating coil 48 are supplied.
  • the power difference V3 of the input power is smaller than the power difference V2 (see FIG. 3).
  • the power supplied to the second heating coil 49 is reduced as in the case where the object to be heated is not placed above the second heating coil 49. Has the effect of being
  • the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment there is an effect other than when a small pot having a small diameter is placed as an object to be heated.
  • the distance between the pan and the first heating coil 48 is larger than the distance between the pan and the second heating coil 49. The distance between is farther away.
  • the magnetic coupling between the pan and the first heating coil 48 is smaller than the magnetic coupling between the pan and the second heating coil 48. Even in such a case, the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 48 having a small magnetic coupling is lowered.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 is such that the object to be heated is placed above the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49. Since the frequency region is set to be higher than any resonance frequency f1, even if the magnetic coupling between the first heating coil 48 and the object to be heated is weak, the current flowing through the first heating coil 48 In this configuration, the destruction of the inverter circuit 40 can be reliably prevented, and the heating efficiency can be improved.
  • the power source to the switching elements 46 and 47 of the inverter circuit 40 is a voltage source, and the first switching element 46 or the second switching element 47 in the inverter circuit 40 is turned on.
  • the transition operation to transition to OFF is performed, since the snubber capacitor 53 is connected in parallel with the second switching element 47, the high-frequency current flowing in the heating coils 48 and 49 until the switching operation (OFF operation) is detected. It flows to the capacitor 53. As a result, the snubber capacitor 53 is charged / discharged.
  • the voltage applied to the second switching element 47 is the same as the voltage across the snubber capacitor 53, the voltage applied to the second switching element 47 has a constant slope determined by the time constant of the snubber capacitor 53. And there is no sudden change. That is, in the second switching element 47, occurrence of overvoltage and overcurrent is prevented.
  • the value of the product of the current flowing through the second switching element 47 and the voltage applied to the second switching element 47 can be reduced, which occurs during the switching operation of the second switching element 47. Switching loss can be reduced.
  • the voltage applied to the first switching element 46 is a value obtained by subtracting the voltage across the snubber capacitor 53 from the potential difference between the positive bus and the negative bus, and is therefore applied to the second switching element 47. As with the voltage, it changes with a constant slope, and no steep change occurs.
  • the inverter circuit 40 in order to perform the switching operation (off operation) during the period in which the current flows through the switching elements 46 and 47, the current flowing through the resonance circuits 56 and 57 including the heating coils 48 and 49 is caused by resonance. It is necessary to perform the switching operation (off operation) earlier than the inversion. For this purpose, the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 needs to be set higher than the resonance frequency.
  • the resonance circuits 56, 57 are used.
  • the switching operation (off operation) is performed during the period in which the current flowing through the reverse current conduction diodes 54 and 55 connected in parallel with the switching elements 46 and 47 flows. For this reason, the switching loss in the switching elements 46 and 47 cannot be reduced.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 is the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 constituted by the first heating coil 48 and the first resonance capacitor 50, and the second heating coil 49 and the second resonance capacitor. Even in the case of a frequency region between the resonance frequency of the second resonance circuit 57 constituted by 51, there are the following problems.
  • a switching operation (off operation) is performed in a state where a current flows through the switching element, which is a preferable state.
  • the inverter circuit 40 has a configuration in which the sum of the currents of the two resonance circuits 56 and 57 flows. For this reason, when the current flows through the two resonance circuits 56 and 57, the current flowing through the resonance circuit having a low resonance frequency is larger than the current flowing through the resonance circuit having a high resonance frequency. When the current flows through the switching element, the switching operation (off operation) is performed. At this time, it is possible to suppress the switching loss generated in the switching element.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 is the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 configured by the first heating coil 48 and the first resonance capacitor 50.
  • the resonance frequency of the second resonance circuit 57 constituted by the second heating coil 49 and the second resonance capacitor 51 is configured to be higher than any resonance frequency.
  • the switching element has a longer conduction time (ON period) as the duty ratio is separated from the value of 0.5. There is a high probability that the flowing current will shift to the diode conduction state. Therefore, the control operation of the inverter circuit 40 in the induction cooking device of the second embodiment does not hold for all duty ratios.
  • control operation in the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment is a reliable means that can suppress the switching loss at least in a region where the duty ratio is 0.5, that is, in a region where a large current flows and the switching loss increases. Yes, it is an effective means.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the third embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment.
  • the difference between the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 3 and the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 1 is the control operation in the inverter circuit. Accordingly, in the induction heating cooker of the third embodiment, elements having substantially the same function and configuration as those of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
  • the configuration of the induction heating cooker of the third embodiment is the same as that of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
  • the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 48 and the resonance frequency of the second resonance circuit 57 including the second heating coil 49 are different. Value.
  • the first and second resonant circuits 56 and 57 differ from the first and second embodiments in that the resonance frequencies are different.
  • FIG. 6, and FIG. 7 are frequency characteristic diagrams showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49 in the induction heating cooker according to the third embodiment.
  • the horizontal axis represents the operating frequency [kHz]
  • the vertical axis represents the maximum power [W] that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • the frequency characteristics shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7 indicate that the second pot is a heated object having a diameter larger than the diameter of the second heating coil 49 outside the first heating coil 48. This is a frequency characteristic when placed in the heating region above the heating coil 49. 5, 6, and 7, a waveform W ⁇ b> 2 is a frequency characteristic in a state where an object to be heated exists above the second heating coil 49, similarly to the frequency characteristic shown in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 5 shows a resonance frequency f6 (waveform W6) of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 48 and a resonance frequency f2 (waveform W2) of the second resonance circuit 57 including the second heating coil 49.
  • This shows the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the maximum power that can be input to each of the heating coils 48 and 49 when the values are different from each other.
  • the induction heating cooker of the third embodiment a frequency region that is higher than the resonance frequency at which the inverter circuit 40 has the highest operating frequency is used as the operating region.
  • the effect of the present invention is achieved by operating the inverter circuit 40 in a frequency region higher than the resonance frequency f2, which is the higher resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies. It is what you play.
  • the frequency characteristic diagram shown in FIG. 6 shows the effect of setting the resonance frequencies of the plurality of resonance circuits to different values.
  • a waveform W ⁇ b> 2 indicates the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the maximum power that can be input to the second heating coil 49
  • a waveform W ⁇ b> 7 indicates the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the first heating coil 48. The relationship with the maximum power that can be input is shown.
  • the resonance circuits 56 and 57 including the heating coils 48 and 49 are configured.
  • the capacitances of the first resonance capacitor 50 and the second resonance capacitor 51 are changed. It is clear from the above-described equation (1) that the resonance frequency is changed by changing the capacitances of the resonance capacitors 50 and 51 in this way.
  • the frequency characteristics indicated by the waveform W7 and the like are determined by the shape of the heating coils 48 and 49, the state of magnetic coupling between the heating coils 48 and 49 and the object to be heated (pan), and the like. For this reason, it is extremely difficult to design the heating coils 48 and 49 in advance so as to have a desired frequency characteristic.
  • the resonance frequency of the waveform W2 In a frequency region higher than f2, there is a power difference V4 between the waveform W2 and the waveform W7.
  • the waveform W7 is increased by increasing the capacity of the first resonance capacitor 50 of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 48.
  • the induction heating cooking appliance with a high design freedom can be provided.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the third embodiment for example, by adjusting the ratio of the electric power input from the respective heating coils 48 and 49 to the object to be heated, the object to be heated is uniformly heated. Therefore, it is possible to provide an induction heating cooker that is easy to use.
  • the heating coils 48 and 49 by changing the electric power input to the heating coils 48 and 49, the current flowing through the heating coils 48 and 49 changes. For this reason, for example, when the amount of heat generated from the first heating coil 48 provided inside the second heating coil 49 is large and it is difficult to cool the first heating coil 48, By reducing the power supplied from the first heating coil 48 to the object to be heated and reducing the current flowing through the first heating coil 48, the temperature rise of the first heating coil 48 can be suppressed. As a result, in the induction heating cooker of the third embodiment, the heating coil can be cooled by adjusting the power ratio, and a highly reliable cooker can be constructed.
  • the inverter The operating frequency of the circuit 40 needs to be set a little lower.
  • FIG. 7 shows a case where the maximum power (waveform W9) that can be input to the first heating coil 48 is larger than the maximum power (waveform W2) that can be input to the second heating coil 49.
  • the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 are set by setting the resonance frequencies of the resonance circuits 56 and 57 including the heating coils 48 and 49 to different values (f2 and f9).
  • the power difference V6 can be set to a desired value, and the ratio of the power input to the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 can be set to a desired value.
  • the capacity of the first resonance capacitor 50 is changed regardless of the state of the characteristics depending on the diameter and shape of the two heating coils 48 and 49.
  • the resonance frequency it is possible to adjust the power ratio of the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 at a predetermined operating frequency.
  • the same effect can be obtained by changing the capacity of the second resonance capacitor 51 in addition to changing the capacity of the first resonance capacitor 50.
  • capacitance of the 1st resonant capacitor 50 and the 2nd resonant capacitor 51 is fixed, and the heating coils 48 and 49 and a typical to-be-heated object (pan) are used.
  • the heating coils 48 and 49 are designed in advance so as to have a desired frequency characteristic when magnetically coupled, the same applies when heating at least a typical object to be heated and an object having characteristics close thereto. An effect is obtained.
  • the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 3 although the case where the electric power input into the 1st heating coil 48 was reduced was demonstrated, it is the same also when the electric power input into the 1st heating coil 48 is raised. This is possible by changing the characteristics. That is, when changing the capacity of the first resonant capacitor 50 or the second resonant capacitor 51 in the induction heating cooker according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the characteristics of the plurality of heating coils are adjusted in advance. Therefore, the ratio of the power that can be input to the plurality of heating coils in the assembled state can be easily changed with high accuracy.
  • the heating coil 48 By designing 49 in advance, it is not necessary to have capacity changing means for the first resonant capacitor 50 or the second resonant capacitor 51, and the induction heating cooker can be configured at low cost.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the fourth embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the fourth embodiment is different from the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment in the control operation in the inverter circuit. Therefore, in the induction heating cooker of the fourth embodiment, elements having substantially the same functions and configurations as those of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
  • the configuration of the induction heating cooker of the fourth embodiment is the same as that of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 8 is a frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 4 and the maximum power that can be input to each heating coil.
  • the horizontal axis represents the operating frequency [kHz]
  • the vertical axis represents the maximum power [W] that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • the resonance frequency (f10) of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 48 is lower than the resonance frequency (f2) of the second resonance circuit 57 including the second heating coil 49.
  • the peak of the maximum power (waveform W10) input to the first heating coil 48 is the peak of the power (waveform W2) input to the second heating coil 49 (resonance). (Maximum power at frequency f2).
  • a waveform W11 is obtained by converting the sum of the frequency characteristics shown in the waveform W2 and the waveform W10 into a waveform.
  • the resonance frequency f11 in the frequency characteristic of the waveform W11 is lower than the resonance frequency f2 of the waveform W2. Therefore, if it is a frequency region higher than the resonance frequency f2 of the waveform W2, it is naturally a frequency region higher than the resonance frequency f11 of the waveform W11.
  • the conduction loss of the heating coil is generated by the current flowing through the heating coil and the specific resistance of the coil wire of the heating coil.
  • the conduction loss [power: W] is proportional to the square of the current.
  • it is effective to reduce the current flowing through the heating coil.
  • R the resistance of the heating coil in which an object to be heated exists above the heating coil.
  • the magnetic coupling between the heating coil and the object to be heated is strengthened.
  • the inverter circuit must be operated near the frequency.
  • the resistance R of the heating coil is designed to be large by operating the inverter circuit 40 in the vicinity of the resonance frequency f2 of the second heating coil 49 having a large input power. It becomes a possible configuration. For this reason, in the induction heating cooker of the fourth embodiment, a desired power is supplied by supplying as little current as possible to a heating coil to which a large amount of power is input, that is, a heating coil that requires a large amount of current to flow. Can be secured. As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the induction heating cooker designed to increase the resistance R of the heating coil is used to perform a control operation that can reduce the conduction loss of the heating coil. it can.
  • the frequency region higher than the resonance frequency f2 of the second heating coil 49 having a large input power is set as the operation region of the inverter circuit, so that the first embodiment described above. To 3. The effect similar to the effect described in 3 can be obtained, and appropriate induction heating according to the load can be performed.
  • the induction heating cooker of the fourth embodiment in particular, when the duty ratio in the switching operation of the switching elements 46 and 47 is around 0.5, the closer the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 40 and the resonance frequency (f2) are, Since the current flowing through the switching elements 46 and 47 is small immediately before the operation of the switching elements 46 and 47 (immediately before the OFF operation), the switching loss can be suppressed.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the fourth embodiment is configured to be driven by an inverter circuit 40 using common switching elements 46 and 47 for the two heating coils 48 and 49. Since the ratio of the current flowing through the second heating coil 49 to which large electric power is input is large with respect to the current flowing through the switching elements 46 and 47, the second heating coil 49 to which large electric power is input. By making the vicinity of the resonance frequency f2 of the second resonance circuit 57 including the operating frequency, the switching loss generated during the operation of the switching elements 46 and 47 can be reduced.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the fifth embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment.
  • the induction heating cooker of the fifth embodiment is different from the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment in the control operation of the inverter circuit and the configuration of the heating coil. Therefore, in the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 5, the same code
  • the configuration of the induction heating cooker of the fifth embodiment is the same as that of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a schematic shape of a heating coil of the induction heating device in the induction heating cooker according to the fifth embodiment.
  • the ratio of the electric power values input to the two heating coils 48 and 49 shown in FIG. 9 is the area where each of the two heating coils 48 and 49 faces the object to be heated ( It is a value corresponding to Sa, Sb).
  • the power ratio (Pa / Pb) between the power Pa input to the first heating coil 48 and the power Pb input to the second heating coil 49 as described above. Is controlled so as to correspond to the ratio (Sa / Sb) of the facing area Sa in the first heating coil 48 and the facing area Sb in the second heating coil 49.
  • the object to be heated In the induction heating operation, the object to be heated generates heat when a magnetic field generated by the heating coil is applied to the object to be heated placed at a position facing the heating coil. Therefore, in the induction heating operation, the object to be heated is heated to substantially the same shape as the planar shape of the heating coil (surface shape facing the object to be heated).
  • the power density input to the object to be heated is substantially constant on the heating coil. For this reason, the value obtained by dividing the power input to the heating coil by the area of the facing surface of the heating coil facing the object to be heated becomes the power density on the facing surface of the object to be heated placed above the heating coil. .
  • the counter is input to the object to be heated placed above the first heating coil 48.
  • the power density in the area is the same as the power density in the facing area that is input to the object to be heated placed above the second heating coil 49.
  • each of the objects to be heated existing above each heating coil even if one object to be heated is heated using a plurality of heating coils.
  • the temperature of the part can be made substantially the same.
  • the object to be heated can be heated uniformly, and the cooking performance can be improved.
  • the current passed through the heating coil 25 is the same. For this reason, unless the number of turns and the thickness of the heating coil 25 are adjusted, the ratio of the electric power cannot be changed between the inner coil and the outer coil of the heating coil 25.
  • the ratio of electric power is set by adjusting the number of turns, thickness, etc. in the conventional split-shaped heating coil 25 shown in FIG. 21, the shape, dimensions such as diameter, number of turns, thickness, etc. of the heating coil 25 are desired. It is not possible to have a design freedom.
  • the ratio of the electric power input to the heating coils 48 and 49 can be adjusted in a control operation other than the shape and size of the heating coils 48 and 49. For this reason, it becomes possible to arrange
  • the magnetic flux density can be made uniform, and uniform heating is realized. be able to.
  • the control operation in which the ratio of the opposed areas of the heating coils 48 and 49 and the ratio of the electric power input to the heating coils 48 and 49 are completely matched has been described.
  • the present invention is not limited to such a control operation.
  • the ratio of the facing area of each heating coil and the power input to each heating coil depending on the degree of cooling of each heating coil, the degree of heat dissipation of the heated object to be heated, the size of the object to be heated, etc. If the ratio is set to a slightly changed value, the object to be heated may be heated uniformly. For this reason, in the induction heating cooking appliance of this invention, the thing by which the ratio of electric power is adjusted according to the above various situations is included.
  • the difference between the ratio of the opposed area of the heating coil and the ratio of the electric power input to the heating coil was within about 20%. From this, for example, if the ratio of the opposing areas of the two heating coils 48 and 49 is about 1: 3 as in the fifth embodiment, even if there is a deviation of 20% as described above, the opposing area The electric power input to the first heating coil 48 having a small size does not become larger than the electric power input to the second heating coil 49 having a large facing area.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the sixth embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the sixth embodiment is different from the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment in the configuration (cross-sectional shape) of the heating coil. Therefore, in the induction heating cooker of the sixth embodiment, elements having substantially the same function and configuration as those of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
  • the configuration of the induction heating cooker of the sixth embodiment is the same as that of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a shape of a heating coil and a cross section of the heating coil of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooker according to the sixth embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a waveform of a current flowing through the heating coil of the induction heating device in the induction heating cooker according to the sixth embodiment.
  • the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 have different cross-sectional shapes (cross-sectional areas) perpendicular to the current flow direction (winding direction) in the coil wires, and the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 have different first shapes.
  • the sectional area of the heating coil 48 is smaller than the sectional area of the second heating coil 49.
  • the ratio of the currents flowing through the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 corresponds to the cross-sectional area of the coil wire on which each of the heating coils 48 and 49 is formed. Value. This is a point different from the induction heating cookers of the first to fifth embodiments.
  • the cross section of the coil wire forming the first heating coil 48 and the cross section of the coil wire forming the second heating coil 49 are the same as the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49. It is the cross section cut
  • the sectional area of the coil wire forming the first heating coil 48 is Aa
  • the sectional area of the coil wire forming the second heating coil 49 is Ab.
  • FIG. 11 shows a waveform (W12) of a current flowing through the first heating coil 48 and a waveform (W13) of a current flowing through the second heating coil 49.
  • the ratio of currents flowing through the heating coils 48 and 49 is a value corresponding to the ratio of the cross-sectional areas of the coil wires forming the heating coils 48 and 49, respectively.
  • the loss generated from the coil wires of the heating coils 48 and 49 depends on the current flowing through the heating coils 48 and 49. As shown in FIG. 11, the current waveforms (W12, W13) flowing through the two heating coils 48, 49 are different, and the waveform W12 of the current flowing through the first heating coil 48 flows through the second heating coil 49.
  • the peak current is smaller than that of the current waveform W13.
  • the effective value current that flows through the first heating coil 48 and contributes to the loss generated from the coil wire is also smaller than the effective value current that flows through the second heating coil 49. Can be judged.
  • the resistances R of the heating coils 48 and 49 in a state in which the object to be heated is placed above are different due to the magnetic coupling between the heating coils 48 and 49 and the object to be heated. Also, since the resonance frequencies of the resonance circuits 56 and 57 of the two heating coils 48 and 49 are different, the waveform W12 of the current flowing through the first heating coil 48 and the waveform W12 of the current flowing through the second heating coil 49 are different. Have different waveforms.
  • each heating coil 48 and 49 is comprised as mentioned above, By making small the cross-sectional area of the 1st heating coil 48 with which the flowing electric current is small. The amount of copper used in the first heating coil 48 can be reduced, and the first heating coil can be manufactured at low cost.
  • the heating coil with a small input power is configured to reduce the cross-sectional area, so that the number of turns can be increased without changing the outer diameter or thickness of the heating coil.
  • the coil resistance R can be increased.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the seventh embodiment has a configuration in which a plurality of heating coils are arranged in one heating region, and the other points are substantially the same as those of the above-described induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment. It has the same configuration and performs the same control. Therefore, in the induction heating cooker of the seventh embodiment, elements having substantially the same function and configuration as those of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
  • the configuration other than the heating coil in the induction heating cooker of the seventh embodiment is the same as that of the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 12 is a plan view of a heating coil of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooker according to the seventh embodiment.
  • the two heating coils 70 and 71 in the induction heating cooker according to the seventh embodiment are arranged immediately below one heating region 72 formed on the top plate, and are arranged side by side.
  • the object to be heated is induction-heated by two heating coils 70 and 71. Therefore, in the induction heating cooker of the seventh embodiment, a configuration in which a plurality of heating coils are concentrically arranged immediately below one heating region, as in the configurations shown in the first to sixth embodiments. Instead, a plurality of heating coils 70 and 71 are arranged in parallel.
  • a first heating coil 70 and a second heating coil 71 are arranged substantially in parallel on the same plane immediately below the heating region 72 where the object to be heated is placed.
  • the induction heating surface is substantially the same surface.
  • each of the two heating coils 70 and 71 is formed by being wound independently and arranged in parallel.
  • the two heating coils 70 and 71 are disposed so as to face the heating region 72 and be in the same plane. Since the object to be heated is placed on the heating region 72, the object to be heated surely exists above at least one of the two heating coils 70 and 71. For this reason, the object to be heated placed on the heating region 72 is configured to be reliably and sufficiently induction heated by the heating coils 70 and 71.
  • the pan 73 that is the object to be heated is placed in a state shifted from the center of the heating region 72 (in FIG. 12, an arrangement state in which the pan bottom of the pan 73 is indicated by a broken line). At this time, a pan 73 is placed above the first heating coil 70. For this reason, the first heating coil 70 and the pan 73 are magnetically coupled, and the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 70 is increased.
  • the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 70 on which the pan 73 is placed (see the resonance frequency f1 of the waveform W1 in FIG. 4 described above). ) Is higher than the resonance frequency of the second resonance circuit 57 including the second heating coil 71 on which the pan 73 is not placed (see the resonance frequency f5 of the waveform W5 in FIG. 4).
  • the induction heating cooker according to the seventh embodiment operates the inverter circuit 40 in a frequency region higher than the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 70 on which the pan 73 is placed. The frequency is set. That is, in the same manner as the control operation described in the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment (see FIG.
  • the first pan 73 exists above. Electric power is normally supplied from the heating coil 70 to the pan 73, and the supply of electric power to the pan 73 is reduced in the second heating coil 71 where the pan 73 does not exist above.
  • the current flowing through the second heating coil 71 is suppressed, and the loss caused by the current flowing through the second heating coil 71 can be reduced. it can. Further, the leakage magnetic field from the second heating coil 71 can be reduced.
  • the induction heating cooking appliance of Embodiment 7 it is the structure by which the some heating coil was arranged in parallel rather than the concentric structure. For this reason, when the object to be heated is placed above the respective heating coils, it is desirable that the resonance frequencies of the respective resonance circuits including the heating coils are substantially matched.
  • the pan 73 exists above the second heating coil 71 and the pan 73 does not exist above the first heating coil 70.
  • the resonance frequency of the second resonance circuit 57 including the second heating coil 71 is the first.
  • the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 including the heating coil 70 becomes higher.
  • the second heating is performed. While being able to supply electric power from the coil 71 to the pan 73, it is possible to suppress the current flowing through the first heating coil 70 and reduce the loss caused by the current flowing through the first heating coil 70. it can.
  • the leakage magnetic field from the first heating coil 70 can be reduced. That is, in order to reverse the relationship of the resonance frequency depending on the presence or absence of magnetic coupling with the pan 73 that is the object to be heated, it is necessary that the resonance frequencies of the plurality of resonance circuits are close to each other.
  • the resonance frequencies of the plurality of resonance circuits are substantially coincide with each other, it is the simplest configuration to connect a plurality of heating coils having substantially the same shape and a capacitor having substantially the same capacity.
  • the resonance frequencies may be made substantially equal by connecting a capacitor having a capacitance based on the inductance.
  • the induction heating cooker of the seventh embodiment for example, in the configuration of the heating coil shown in FIG. 12, when a clockwise current flows through the first heating coil 70, the second heating coil 71 is left It is preferable to connect each heating coil 70 and 71 so that a surrounding electric current may flow.
  • a pan 73 that is an object to be heated is placed so as to straddle the two heating coils 70 and 71, and above a part of each of the heating coils 70 and 71.
  • a leakage magnetic field generated from a portion where the pan 73 of the first heating coil 70 is not placed and a portion where the pan 73 of the second heating coil 71 is not placed are generated. The leakage magnetic field cancels each other, and the leakage magnetic field can be reduced.
  • FIG. 13 shows an arrangement relationship between two heating coils 70 and 71, a pot 73 that is a heated object, and a content 74 inside the pot 73 in the heating operation of the induction heating cooker according to the seventh embodiment. It is a top view. In the heating operation shown in FIG. 13, the large-capacity contents 74 are arranged in an uneven manner in the pot 73.
  • the control operation in the induction heating cooker according to the seventh embodiment will be described in a state where the heating coils 70 and 71, the pan 73 that is the object to be heated, and the contents 74 are arranged.
  • a pan 73 that is an object to be heated is placed so as to substantially cover the top of the first heating coil 70 and the second heating coil 71, and the ingredients (for example, steak) are the contents 74. ) Is disposed and baked only above the first heating coil 70.
  • the content 74 is arranged at the temperature above the second heating coil 71 where the content 74 is not placed.
  • the temperature is higher than the temperature above the first heating coil 70 because the food 74 does not remove heat.
  • the electric resistance of the metal that is the material of the pan is increased, so that the supply of electric power to the pan 73 is reduced.
  • the electric power supplied from the first heating coil 70 to the pan 73 and the electric power supplied from the second heating coil 71 to the pan 73 at a predetermined pan temperature are substantially omitted.
  • the electric power supplied to the pan 73 from the heating coil (the second heating coil 71 in FIG. 13) disposed below the region 73 is in the region of the pan 73 where the contents 74 are disposed and the temperature is low. It becomes less than the electric power supplied to the pan 73 from the heating coil (1st heating coil 70 in FIG. 13) arrange
  • the temperature of the pan 73 is substantially constant even in the situation where the contents 74 are biased in the pan 73 that is the object to be heated.
  • the contents (foodstuffs) 74 can be cooked without baking unevenness.
  • the configuration of the induction heating cooker according to the seventh embodiment is effective even when the object to be heated is, for example, a content 74 having a different thickness depending on the location, such as a fish.
  • a content 74 since the temperature of the thicker pot 73 tends to decrease, a large amount of electric power is supplied to the heating coil below the thicker portion, and A small electric power can be supplied to the heating coil below.
  • the temperature of each part in the heating area is made more uniform by using two or more sets of heating coils in one heating area. It becomes possible to do. Therefore, in the configuration of the seventh embodiment, an induction heating cooker with greatly improved cooking performance can be provided.
  • the induction heating device of the present invention is not limited to such a configuration.
  • the configuration of the seventh embodiment according to the present invention utilizes the fact that the characteristics of the resonance circuit differ depending on whether or not the object to be heated is placed above the heating coil.
  • the planar shape of the heating coil is not limited to the shape of the heating coil in Embodiment 7, and various shapes such as a circle, a quadrangle, and a triangle can be used.
  • FIG. 14 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of an inverter circuit and the like of the induction heating device in the induction heating cooker according to the eighth embodiment. 14, components having the same functions and configurations as those of the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the eighth embodiment is similar to the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment described above.
  • the inverter circuit 80 includes a diode bridge 42 connected to the commercial power supply 41.
  • the filter circuit 60 and the two switching elements 81 and 82 are configured, and the control unit 52 is configured to drive and control the switching elements 81 and 82.
  • coils 83 and 84 that are inductors are connected in series with two switching elements 81 and 82.
  • the coils 83 and 84 are connected in series with the switching elements 81 and 82.
  • the inverter circuit 80 has a configuration in which a soft switching operation with less loss occurring in the switching elements 81 and 82 is performed by performing a switching operation (on-time) by advancing the current phase from the voltage phase.
  • FIG. 15 is a frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80 of the induction heating apparatus in the induction heating cooker according to the eighth embodiment and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • the horizontal axis represents the operating frequency [kHz]
  • the vertical axis represents the maximum power [W] that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • a waveform W ⁇ b> 1 indicates the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80 and the maximum power that can be input to the first heating coil 48
  • a waveform W ⁇ b> 2 is the maximum power that can be input to the operating frequency and the second heating coil 49. Shows the relationship.
  • the waveform W3 shows the relationship between the maximum power that can be input to the first heating coil 48, the sum of the maximum power that can be input to the second heating coil 49, and the operating frequency.
  • the waveform W1 and the waveform W2 are frequency characteristics when an object to be heated is placed in the heating region on the top plate, and are on the heating coils of both the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49. The frequency characteristic in the state in which the to-be-heated material exists is shown.
  • the resonance frequencies (f1) of the waveform W1 and the waveform W2 are the same.
  • induction heating cooker of Embodiment 8 As shown in the circuit diagram of FIG. 14, it has the structure which advances a current phase from a voltage phase and performs switching operation
  • the resonance frequency is lowered when the heating coil and the object to be heated are no longer magnetically coupled as described in the first to seventh embodiments.
  • the current supply to the coil is not reduced.
  • the effect demonstrated in the above-mentioned Embodiment 1-7 on the conditions that a magnetic coupling with a heating coil and a to-be-heated object is lost is not materialized.
  • the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 48 (resonance frequency f1 of the waveform W1).
  • the second resonance circuit 57 including the second heating coil 49 the operation region is a frequency region lower than the resonance frequency (resonance frequency f1 of the waveform W2).
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80 is the resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 48 and the second resonance including the second heating coil 49.
  • the resonance frequency of the circuit 57 is set to a frequency region (operation region) that is lower than the lower resonance frequency.
  • the resonance frequencies (f1) of the first resonance circuit 56 and the second resonance circuit 57 are the same, but the resonance frequencies are different.
  • the frequency region that is lower than the lower resonance frequency is the operation region.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80 is set within the operating region indicated by hatching in the frequency characteristic diagram shown in FIG. 15, for example, the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80 is increased within this operating region.
  • the electric power input to each of the two heating coils 48 and 49 increases.
  • the power supplied to the object to be heated can be easily and reliably adjusted by changing the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80.
  • a heated object such as a pan is placed above the heating coil is detected based on the relationship between the input current and the operating frequency, and what kind of heated object is mounted.
  • the object to be heated such as various types of pans, when it is necessary to select the operating frequency suitable for the load characteristics of the object to be heated.
  • the change in power appears with a simple increase / decrease with respect to the change in the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80.
  • the switching elements 81 and 82 in the inverter circuit 80 are the switching elements of the conventional inverter circuit, although the current flowing through the two heating coils 48 and 49 is controlled. Since the number is the same as the number of elements, the manufacturing cost of the inverter circuit 80 can be reduced, and an inexpensive cooker can be provided.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the ninth embodiment has the same configuration as that of the above-described induction heating cooker according to the eighth embodiment, and the current phase is advanced from the voltage phase in the inverter circuit 80 as shown in FIG. In addition, the soft switching operation is performed by performing the switching operation (on-time). Therefore, in the induction heating cooker of the ninth embodiment, elements having substantially the same function and configuration as those of the induction heating cooker of the eighth embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
  • the configuration of the induction heating cooker of the ninth embodiment refer to the induction heating cooker of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 16 is a frequency characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80 and the maximum power that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49 in the induction heating cooker of the ninth embodiment.
  • the horizontal axis represents the operating frequency [kHz]
  • the vertical axis represents the maximum power [W] that can be input to the heating coils 48 and 49.
  • the frequency characteristics shown in FIG. 16 indicate that an object to be heated (pan) having a diameter larger than the diameter of the second heating coil 49 outside the first heating coil 48 is above the second heating coil 49. It is a frequency characteristic when it mounts in a heating area
  • a waveform W2 is a frequency characteristic in a state where an object to be heated exists above the second heating coil 49, and a waveform W6. Is a frequency characteristic in a state where an object to be heated exists above the first heating coil.
  • the resonance frequency f6 (waveform W6) of the first resonance circuit 56 including the first heating coil 48 and the second heating coil 49 are provided.
  • the included resonance frequency f2 (waveform W2) of the second resonance circuit 57 is a different value.
  • coils 83 and 84 are connected in series with the switching elements 81 and 82.
  • the inverter circuit 80 is configured to perform a soft switching operation with less loss generated in the switching elements 81 and 82 by performing a switching operation (on-time) by advancing the current phase from the voltage phase.
  • the resonance frequency decreases when the heating coil and the object to be heated are no longer magnetically coupled, as in the induction heating cooker of the eighth embodiment. There is no effect that current supply to the heating coil is suppressed. For this reason, in the induction heating cooker of Embodiment 9, the effect demonstrated in the above-mentioned Embodiment 1-7 on the conditions that a magnetic coupling with a heating coil and a to-be-heated material is lost is not materialized.
  • the induction heating cooker of the ninth embodiment when an object to be heated having a diameter larger than that of the second heating coil 49 is placed, the first heating coil
  • the resonance frequency (f6) of the first resonance circuit 56 including 48 and the resonance frequency (f2) of the second resonance circuit 57 including the second heating coil 49 are different from each other in the eighth embodiment. It is different from the induction heating cooker.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80 when the frequency f2 (waveform W2) is a different value is shown.
  • the operating frequency of the inverter circuit 80 is a frequency region that is lower than the lowest resonance frequency (f6 in FIG. 16) at the two resonance frequencies (f2, f6). Therefore, in the operation region, a change in power appears as a simple increase / decrease with respect to a change in the operation frequency of the inverter circuit 80. As a result, in the induction heating cooker according to the ninth embodiment, the operating frequency can be changed stably with high reliability in accordance with the load fluctuation or the set power change.
  • the induction heating cooker according to the ninth embodiment it is not necessary to manufacture so as to match the characteristics of the plurality of heating coils, and the ratio of power that can be input to the plurality of heating coils is easily changed with high accuracy. be able to.
  • the eighth embodiment, the eighth embodiment, and the ninth embodiment a description will be given of a configuration in which two heating coils, a small-diameter heating coil and a large-diameter heating coil, are combined.
  • the induction heating cooker of the form 7 it demonstrated by the structure which arranged two sets of heating coils which have the same shape in parallel.
  • the induction heating device of the present invention is not limited to such a configuration of the heating coil.
  • the number of heating coils in one heating region is not limited to two, but includes one in which one heating region is constituted by a plurality of heating coils.
  • one heating region is constituted by a plurality of heating coils.
  • three or four circular heating coils having a small diameter may be used to form one heating region, or three heating coils of a small diameter heating coil, a medium diameter heating coil, and a large diameter heating coil.
  • a single heating region may be configured.
  • the induction heating device of the present invention can respond to load fluctuations with high accuracy by controlling the current flowing through each heating coil in accordance with the area and the number of turns of the heating coil. In addition to having high reliability, it is possible to achieve the effects of the present invention such as reduction in manufacturing cost and improvement in safety.
  • the switching elements 46, 47, 81, 82 used in the inverter circuits 40, 80 in the induction heating cookers of the first to ninth embodiments described above have extremely small switching loss and do not significantly affect the heating efficiency. If it is a high-level specification, it is possible to construct an inexpensive induction heating cooker with a small number of parts by adopting a circuit configuration in which the snubber capacitor 53 and the coils 83 and 84 are not connected.
  • both the region having a frequency higher than the highest resonance frequency and the region having a frequency lower than the lowest resonance frequency are set to the same inverter. In the case where the switching element is driven and controlled as a region operated by the circuit, the inverter circuit configuration in which the snubber capacitor 53 and the coils 83 and 84 are not connected can reduce the switching loss.
  • the induction heating cooker has been described.
  • the present invention is not limited to the induction heating cooker, and the heating is performed using the principle of induction heating. Deployable to all devices.
  • the inverter circuits shown in the first to ninth embodiments are called SEPP circuits (Single End Push Pull circuit), and two switching elements are connected in series between the two connection points and the negative bus.
  • SEPP circuits Single End Push Pull circuit
  • the resonance circuit is connected, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
  • 17 and 18 show a circuit configuration of an induction heating device and the like according to the present invention, and particularly show a circuit configuration of an inverter circuit.
  • the induction heating device of the present invention is configured to heat one object to be heated using a plurality of heating coils, and the inverter circuit for each heating coil is common, Different currents can be applied to the heating coils simultaneously. For this reason, the induction heating device of the present invention is configured to be able to uniformly heat by adjusting the balance of the heating power, and to greatly reduce the manufacturing cost.
  • the induction heating device of the present invention is configured to maintain a predetermined heating power even if the current flowing through the heating coil is reduced, self-heating of the coil wire of the heating coil can be suppressed, The heating efficiency can be greatly improved.
  • the configuration is such that a plurality of heating coils are operated by a single inverter circuit. However, power control can be performed reliably and with high accuracy, and the load varies. Also, loss of the switching element can be suppressed.
  • the induction heating device of the present invention can be applied to various heating devices using induction heating because it can efficiently and uniformly heat an object to be heated.

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La présente invention a trait à un appareil à chauffage par induction qui est équipé : d'un circuit inverseur (40), qui fournit en sortie des signaux à courant alternatif au moyen d'opérations marche/arrêt d'une pluralité d'éléments de commutation (46, 47) ; d'une unité de commande (52) qui excite/commande les éléments de commutation ; et d'une pluralité de circuits résonants (56, 57), qui incluent respectivement des serpentins de chauffage (48, 49) qui chauffent par induction un sujet devant être chauffé, et des condensateurs à résonance (50, 51). Les éléments de commutation sont excités/commandés en ayant, en tant que zone de fonctionnement, une zone dotée d'une fréquence supérieure à la plus haute fréquence de résonance ou une zone dotée d'une fréquence inférieure à la plus basse fréquence de résonance parmi les fréquences de résonance des circuits résonants, et au moins une source de chauffage par induction est configurée en combinant les serpentins de chauffage dans les circuits résonants respectifs.
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