Induction Heating Technology and Its Applications: Past Developments, Current Technology, and Future Challenges
International audience; Induction heating technology is nowadays the heating technology of choice in many industrial, domestic, and medical applications due to its advantages regarding efficiency, fast heating, safety, cleanness, and accurate control. Advances in key technologies, i.e. power electronics, control techniques, and magnetic component design, have allowed the development of highly reliable and cost-effective systems, making this technology readily available and ubiquitous. This papers reviews induction heating technology summarizing the main milestones in its development, and analyzing the current state-of-art of induction heating systems in industrial, domestic and medical appl…
Introduction to the Special Section on Induction Heating Systems
International audience; This special section aims at bringing some of the most recent and interesting ideas in this area by the worldwide research community and at presenting some of the latest advancements and developments in the field of induction heating technology.