WO2010041354A9 - 誘導加熱装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an induction heating device that can be used in general homes, offices, restaurants, factories, and the like, and in particular can heat aluminum, copper, and the like.
- this type of induction heating device has, for example, two switching units for an induction heating cooker, each of which has a variable conduction ratio, and a low on-voltage power element in the switching unit having a longer conduction time.
- a technique for reducing the loss by using a high-speed switching power element in the switching unit having a shorter conduction time is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
- a plurality of switching elements are connected in parallel, one switching element uses a fast switching IGBT, the other switching element uses a low on-voltage MCT, and at turn-off, an IGBT.
- a technique for reducing loss by operating the MCT and operating the MCT when it is on is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a circuit diagram of a conventional induction heating cooker described in Patent Document 2.
- FIG. 10 is a waveform diagram showing the operation of the circuit of the conventional induction heating cooker described in Patent Document 2.
- the control circuit 37 first turns on the second switching element 35-b, which is the MCT of the low on-voltage power element, for a predetermined time (18 ⁇ s). Subsequently, 1 ⁇ s before the second switching element 35-b is turned off, the first switching element 35-a is turned on for 3 ⁇ s, and then the first switching element 35-a is turned off.
- the load circuit 34 including the heating coil 32 and the resonance capacitor 33 is resonated. A high frequency current is supplied to the heating coil 32, and a high frequency magnetic field is generated from the heating coil 32. The high frequency magnetic field supplies power to the pan placed on the heating coil 32.
- the present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and a set in which two unipolar switching elements capable of high-speed operation are connected in series according to the material of the object to be heated or the size of the heating output, Low loss of the switching element of the device is achieved by performing control by selecting a series of two bipolar switching elements that can be turned on or can be obtained at a relatively low cost. It is an object of the present invention to provide an induction heating apparatus that can be reduced in cost or cost and can be easily designed for cooling.
- an induction heating device of the present invention includes a smoothing unit, a series circuit of first and second switching elements connected between output terminals of the smoothing unit, and the output terminal.
- a series circuit of third and fourth switching elements connected to each other, a heating coil for inductively heating an object to be heated, a connection point of the first and second switching elements, and the third and fourth The first capacitor in a state where one of the third and fourth switching elements is electrically connected and the other is shut off, and a resonance capacitor connected to a connection point of the switching elements and forming a resonance circuit with the heating coil.
- a first control mode in which a control operation for alternately conducting the second switching elements is performed, or conduction of the first and fourth switching elements and conduction of the second and third switching elements.
- a control unit for controlling the magnitude of the resonance current supplied to the resonance circuit in a second control mode in which the first and second switching elements are alternately configured, wherein the first and second switching elements are unipolar, 3 and the fourth switching element are bipolar types, and the control unit operates in the first control mode when heating the heated object made of aluminum, and heats the heated object made of iron.
- the induction heating device operates in the second control mode.
- a first control mode is selected in which first and second switching elements in which two unipolar switching elements are connected in series are alternately conducted.
- the object to be heated is iron, it does not require high-speed operation compared to aluminum, but the voltage duty becomes large, so high-speed operation as the first switching element and unipolar type cannot be expected, but low on-voltage
- the voltage of the switching element is controlled by a control operation for selecting a second control mode in which conduction of the bipolar type fourth switching element and conduction of the second switching element and the bipolar type third switching element are alternately performed. It is possible to increase the output of the induction heating device while suppressing an increase in duty.
- the present invention prevents the loss and voltage duty of the switching element of the induction heating device from becoming excessive regardless of whether the object is a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal such as aluminum or a high-resistance magnetic metal such as iron. However, it is possible to increase the heating output while providing an induction heating device at a low cost.
- the first invention is a smoothing unit, a series circuit of first and second switching elements connected between output terminals of the smoothing unit, and third and fourth switching elements connected between the output terminals. Are connected between a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a connection point of the third and fourth switching elements.
- the first and second switching elements are alternately conducted in a state in which one of the third and fourth switching elements is turned on and the other is shut off, and the resonance capacitor forming a resonance circuit with the heating coil.
- the resonance circuit in a first control mode for performing a control operation or in a second control mode in which conduction of the first and fourth switching elements and conduction of the second and third switching elements are alternately performed
- a control unit that controls the magnitude of the resonance current to be supplied to be variable, wherein the first and second switching elements are unipolar, and the third and fourth switching elements are bipolar.
- the control unit operates in the first control mode when heating the heated object made of aluminum, and operates in the second control mode when heating the heated object made of iron. It is what.
- the object to be heated is made of a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal such as aluminum, it is necessary to supply a high-frequency current of 50 kHz or more to the heating coil, and a high-frequency operation is required for the switching element.
- an IGBT which is a bipolar switching element that utilizes electrons and holes when an electric current is passed inside as this switching element, holes are injected into the IGBT at the time of turning on, and the on-voltage is lowered.
- the voltage applied to the IGBT rises during turn-off, the injected holes flow out with a delay (generally called tail current). Therefore, when the operation is performed at a high frequency as described above, the turn-off loss due to the tail current becomes very large.
- MOS-FET which is a unipolar switching element that uses only electrons when current flows inside
- holes are not injected into the MOS-FET when it is turned on. It does not occur and turn-off loss is suppressed.
- the control unit of the present invention alternates between the first and second switching elements in a state where one of the third and fourth switching elements is turned on and the other is cut off.
- the first control mode for performing the control operation to conduct to is selected. In the first control mode, two unipolar first and second switching elements capable of high-speed operation are alternately conducted, so that a reduction in device loss can be realized.
- the voltage applied to the heating coil and the resonance capacitor is 0 to the smoothing capacitor voltage with respect to one end. Therefore, there is a limit to the resonance current that can be supplied to the heating coil. In particular, when the number of windings of the heating coil is determined, a desired output may not be obtained.
- the voltage applied to the heating coil and the resonant capacitor is twice the smoothing capacitor voltage with respect to one end. Therefore, the resonance current that can be supplied to the heating coil can be further increased, and the output can be set large.
- the frequency of 20 to 30 kHz is lower than the high frequency current required for heating the object to be heated made of a low resistance nonmagnetic metal such as aluminum.
- Inductive heating can be performed at a high output by supplying the current to the heating coil.
- the control unit of the present invention when heating such an iron object to be heated, performs a second control mode in which the conduction of the first and fourth switching elements and the conduction of the second and third switching elements are alternately performed. By performing the control operation with, high output is possible.
- the unipolar switching element can easily operate at a high frequency as described above, but has a larger on-voltage and larger on-loss than the bipolar switching element.
- There are also unipolar switching elements such as SiC (silicon carbide) switching elements that can have a relatively low on-voltage, but they are more expensive than silicon switching elements because of their material or difficulty in processing. Therefore, it is desirable that the number of unipolar switching elements is as small as possible in the path through which the resonance current flows.
- the four switching elements of the present invention are limited to two unipolar switching elements.
- the remaining bipolar switching elements are used. Since the high output is obtained by alternately operating, the undesired influence on the loss or cost of the entire device caused by the on-loss of the unipolar switching element is suppressed.
- a smoothing unit a series circuit of first and second switching elements connected between output ends of the smoothing unit, and third and fourth switching elements connected between the output ends. Are connected between a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a connection point of the third and fourth switching elements.
- a control having a resonance capacitor that forms a resonance circuit with the heating coil, and a second control mode in which conduction of the first and fourth switching elements and conduction of the second and third switching elements are alternately performed A relay contact connected in parallel to either the third or the fourth switching element, wherein the first and second switching elements are unipolar, and the first And the fourth switching element is of a bipolar type, and the control unit conducts the relay contact and shuts off the third or fourth switching element that is not connected in parallel.
- the third or fourth switching element remains in a conductive state. Since the resonance current flowing through the heating coil flows through the third or fourth switching element that is in a conductive state, conduction loss occurs.
- the present invention is a configuration in which the relay contact is connected to the switching element in parallel.
- the control unit keeps the relay contact in a conductive state instead of conducting the third or fourth switching element. Even if the resonance current flows, only conduction loss proportional to the relay contact resistance occurs.
- the opening / closing of the relay does not need to be synchronized with the driving frequency of the first and second switching elements, and is limited to, for example, when the user determines the material to be heated after the start of heating or when the object to be heated is removed.
- the number of times of relay opening / closing can be made sufficiently smaller than the number of times of opening / closing, and the possibility of welding due to aging deterioration can be reduced.
- the rectifier in particular, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the rectifier, a choke coil having one end connected to the output high potential side of the rectifier, and an anode connected to the other end of the choke coil A diode having a cathode connected to the high potential side of the smoothing unit; and a fifth switching element connected between the anode of the diode and the output low potential side terminal of the rectifying unit;
- the first and second switching elements of the first or second invention are made of a wide band gap semiconductor material such as SiC (silicon carbide).
- SiC silicon carbide
- a silicon unipolar switching element is easy to operate at a high frequency, but has no on-voltage reduction effect when turned on, and therefore has a higher on-voltage than a bipolar switching element. Also, the on-loss is large.
- the wide bandgap semiconductor material can reduce the thickness of the semiconductor portion of the element required to ensure the switching element withstand voltage, and can increase the impurity concentration, so compared with a unipolar switching element made of silicon, The on-voltage of the switching element can be kept very low, and the on-loss can be reduced.
- wide band gap semiconductor materials are very expensive, it is difficult to reduce the cost of the device when the number of use increases.
- the four switching elements of the present invention are limited to two switching elements made of a wide band gap semiconductor material, and the remainder is a bipolar type, thereby realizing low device loss and suppressing an increase in cost. It becomes possible.
- a rectifying unit for rectifying a commercial power source and supplying a DC voltage to the smoothing unit, and an input current detecting unit for detecting an input current of the rectifying unit
- the control unit operates in the second control mode when the input current detection signal of the input current detection unit is greater than a threshold value stored in advance, and the threshold value stored in advance is the input current detection signal. In the following case, the mode is switched to the first control mode.
- the heating power of the object to be heated is the impedance (resistance) of the object to be heated including the heating coil and the heating coil. Since it is almost determined by the flowing current, if the relationship between the heating coil and the object to be heated and the heating power of the object to be heated are determined, the current that must be passed through the heating coil can also be determined. Therefore, when it is necessary to increase the voltage applied to the heating coil and the resonant capacitor to increase the resonance current flowing in the heating coil, it is not necessary to operate in the second control mode to suppress the voltage duty and increase it. In this case, the number of switching elements in the path through which the resonance current flows can be reduced as much as possible to suppress the loss of the switching elements.
- the control unit of the present invention operates in the second control mode when the input current is larger than a predetermined value and suppresses the voltage duty of the switching element, and when the input current is less than the predetermined value, the output is increased. Since it is not necessary, switching to the first control mode in which only the first and second switching elements having a low switching loss are alternately conducted can suppress the loss of the switching elements and the voltage duty of the switching elements.
- the switching element current detection unit is provided, and the control unit has a detection signal of the switching element current detection unit larger than a threshold value stored in advance. Operates in the second control mode, and switches to the first control mode when the detection signal of the switching element current detection unit falls below a threshold value stored in advance.
- a resonance output detection unit that detects the magnitude of the resonance current is provided, and the control unit stores in advance a detection signal of the detection signal of the resonance output detection unit.
- the control unit stores in advance a detection signal of the detection signal of the resonance output detection unit.
- the resonance output detector that detects the magnitude of the resonance current is, for example, a heating coil current, a heating coil voltage, a resonance capacitor current, a resonance capacitor voltage, or the like.
- a rectifying unit for rectifying a commercial power supply and supplying a DC voltage to the smoothing unit, and an input current detecting unit for detecting an input current of the rectifying unit,
- a switching element current detection unit that detects a current of the first, second, third, or fourth switching element, and a magnitude of the detection signal of the resonance output detection unit with respect to the magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detection unit
- a material discriminating unit that discriminates the material of the object to be heated by comparing the magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detection unit with respect to the magnitude of the detection signal of the switching element current detection unit and a threshold value stored in advance for each of them.
- the controller determines that at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth switching elements when the material determining unit determines that the material to be heated is aluminum. Trying to control longer than the resonance current one period through the period the heating coil.
- the control unit of the present invention determines the material of the object to be heated, and when the object to be heated is aluminum, which is a low-resistivity nonmagnetic metal, a very high frequency capable of obtaining a sufficient heating output, for example, It is possible to supply a resonance current that is about three times as large as when iron is heated and to reduce the switching element loss by making the drive frequency of the switching element lower than the frequency of the resonance current.
- a rectifying unit for rectifying a commercial power source and supplying a DC voltage to the smoothing unit, and an input current detecting unit for detecting an input current of the rectifying unit,
- a resonance output detection unit for detecting a magnitude of the resonance current; a magnitude of the detection signal of the resonance output detection unit with respect to a magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detection unit; and a magnitude of the detection signal of the resonance output detection unit
- a material determination unit that determines the material of the object to be heated by comparing the magnitude of the input current detection signal of the input current detection unit with respect to each of the threshold values stored in advance, and the control unit is configured to determine the material determination
- the conduction period of at least one of the first, second, third and fourth switching elements is controlled to be longer than one period of the resonance current flowing in the heating coil. You It is set to.
- a rectifying unit for rectifying a commercial power supply and supplying a DC voltage to the smoothing unit, and an input current detecting unit for detecting an input current of the rectifying unit,
- a switching element current detection unit that detects a current of the first, second, third, or fourth switching element, and a magnitude of the detection signal of the switching element current detection unit with respect to the magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detection unit
- a material discrimination that discriminates the material of the object to be heated by comparing the magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detector with respect to the magnitude of the detection signal of the switching element current detector and a threshold value stored in advance for each of them.
- a switching unit for switching the capacity of the resonant capacitor and the control unit determines that the material determination unit is configured to move the material to be heated when the material determination unit determines that the material to be heated is iron. Capacitance of the resonant capacitor as compared with the case where the thermophysical material was determined that aluminum is a to operate the switching unit to be larger.
- the heated object made of aluminum which is a low resistivity non-magnetic metal and the heated object made of iron which is a high resistivity metal have very different characteristics, that is, impedance in the frequency range of the resonance current, the same heating coil and the same A resonant capacitor may not heat well.
- the impedance (resistance) of the object to be heated including the heating coil is too low to generate Joule heat, and a large resonance current is required to obtain a high output, or conversely, the impedance is too high. This is a phenomenon in which an induced current having a required magnitude cannot be passed.
- the control unit of the present invention controls the range of the heated object that can be induction-heated with the required output while controlling the voltage duty applied to the switching element by controlling the resonant capacitor capacity according to the heated material. It is possible to expand.
- a rectifying unit for rectifying a commercial power supply and supplying a DC voltage to the smoothing unit, and an input current detecting unit for detecting an input current of the rectifying unit,
- a resonance output detection unit for detecting a magnitude of the resonance current; a magnitude of the detection signal of the resonance output detection unit with respect to a magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detection unit; and a magnitude of the detection signal of the resonance output detection unit
- a material discrimination unit for discriminating the material of the object to be heated by comparing the magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detection unit and the threshold value stored in advance for each, and a switching unit for switching the capacity of the resonance capacitor,
- the control unit determines whether the resonance capacitor has a higher capacity than when the material determining unit determines that the material to be heated is aluminum. The amount is set to operate the switching unit to be larger.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic circuit diagram of an induction heating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a choke coil 103 and a fifth switching element 104 are connected in series between output side terminals of a rectifying unit 102 formed of a diode bridge that rectifies an AC voltage from a commercial AC power supply 101. Further, the anode side of the diode 105 is connected to a connection point between the choke coil 103 and the fifth switching element 104.
- a smoothing unit 106 made of an electrolytic capacitor, a series connection body of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108, and a third switching A series connection body of the element 109 and the fourth switching element 110 is connected in parallel.
- the first switching element 107, the second switching element 108, and the fifth switching element 104 employ unipolar SiC MOS-FETs having a characteristic that no tail current is generated during turn-off.
- SiC means silicon carbide, which is a wide band gap semiconductor material, and has features as a very excellent switching element such as low loss during switching and low turn-on voltage.
- GaN or diamond made of gallium nitride can be used.
- the third switching element 109 and the fourth switching element 110 employ bipolar silicon IGBTs having a characteristic that the on-voltage becomes low when turned on, and include a reverse conducting diode inside.
- the first switching element 107, the second switching element 108, and the fifth switching element 104 are structurally formed with reverse conducting diodes, they may be added separately.
- Smoothing section 106 acts as a DC power source for inverter 111, which will be described later, and is composed of an electrolytic capacitor having a sufficiently large capacity so as to suppress voltage fluctuations as much as possible.
- four smoothing sections are provided with four 560 ⁇ F electrolytic capacitors. I use it.
- a heating coil 112 and a resonant capacitor 113 are connected in series between the connection point of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 and the connection point of the third switching element 109 and the fourth switching element 110. Yes.
- a top plate (not shown) made of a heat-resistant ceramic is provided on the top of the heating coil 112, and the object to be heated 114 is placed on the top plate so as to face the heating coil 112. .
- the heating coil 112 is formed by winding a stranded wire bundled with strands on a flat plate, and has a substantially donut shape with an inner diameter of 80 mm and an outer diameter of 180 mm.
- the resonant capacitor 113 is composed of a plurality of capacitors 113a, 113b, 113c, 113d, and 113e.
- the switching unit 115 is composed of a relay contact that is connected in parallel to the capacitor 113e.
- the inverter 111 includes a first switching element 107, a second switching element 108, a third switching element 109, a fourth switching element 110, a heating coil 112, a resonance capacitor 113, and a switching unit 115.
- Reference numeral 116 denotes a control unit, which is based on detection signals from various detection units, user operations, and the like, the first switching element 107, the second switching element 108, the third switching element 109, and the fourth switching element. By controlling the conduction and interruption of 110, the output of the inverter 111 is controlled. In other words, the control unit 116 controls the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 alternately in a state where one of the third switching element 109 and the fourth switching element 110 is turned on and the other is shut off.
- control part 116 includes the material discrimination
- the input current detection unit 118 is configured with a current transformer and detects an input current of the rectification unit 102 that rectifies the commercial power supply 101.
- the input current detection unit 118 detection signal is connected to be output to the control unit 116.
- the current transformer 119 that detects the current of the heating coil 112 is a resonance output detection unit that detects the magnitude of the resonance current generated by the resonance operation of the heating coil 112 and the resonance capacitor 113.
- the resonance output detection unit 119 detects the magnitude of the current of the heating coil 112 proportional to the magnitude of the output of the inverter 111 and outputs a detection signal having a magnitude proportional to the size of the heating coil 112 to the control unit 116. To do.
- the second control unit 120 that controls the driving of the fifth switching element 104 detects the voltage across the smoothing unit 106, the input current, and the like (not shown), while the input current becomes substantially sinusoidal, and the smoothing unit 106 voltage
- the drive frequency and conduction ratio of the fifth switching element 104 are controlled so that becomes a predetermined value.
- control unit 116 controls the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 to conduct exclusively based on the operation by the user, and the third switching element 109 is cut off.
- a drive signal is output so that 110 remains conductive, and detection signals from the input current detection unit 118 and the resonance output detection unit 119 are input.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the material discrimination region of the object to be heated 114 in the relationship between the detection output of the input current detection unit 118 and the detection output of the resonance output detection unit 119 held inside the control unit 116 and the material discrimination unit 117.
- the material discriminating unit 117 has a resonance output corresponding to the magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detection unit 118 and the magnitude of the detection signal of the input current detection unit 118 with respect to the magnitude of the detection signal of the resonance output detection unit 119.
- the material of the article to be heated 114 is determined by comparing the magnitude of the detection signal of the detection unit 119 and a predetermined threshold value for each.
- the input current and the resonance output are changed to become a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal region such as aluminum or copper set in the upper part of FIG.
- the control unit 116 shifts to the first control mode, shuts off the third switching element, and keeps the fourth switching element 110 conductive, the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108. Are alternately driven to control the output of the inverter 111 so as to obtain a predetermined input power.
- control unit 116 and the material discrimination unit 117 discriminate the material of the object 114 to be heated from a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal based on the output signals from the input current detection unit 118 and the resonance output detection unit 119. Control is performed to open the relay contact of the switching unit 115 so as to reduce the capacity.
- the combined capacity of the resonant capacitor 113 is selected to be 0.02 ⁇ F when the contact of the switching unit 115 is opened, and the inductance of the heating coil 112 when the object to be heated 114 is placed is about 160 ⁇ H. Since it is designed, the resonance frequency of the heating coil 112, the resonance capacitor 113, and the object to be heated 114 is about 90 kHz.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a voltage current waveform of each part when the object to be heated 114 made of a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal is induction-heated.
- the input power is 2 kW.
- the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 are exclusively turned on / off by the control in the first control mode of the control unit 116, and the inverter 111 is determined by the heating coil 112, the resonance capacitor 113, and the object to be heated 114.
- a resonance current having a resonance frequency is supplied to the heating coil 112.
- the heating coil 112 generates a high-frequency magnetic field and induction-heats the object 114 to be heated.
- the control unit 116 performs control so that the drive frequencies of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 are substantially the same as the resonance current frequency.
- the first switching element 107 becomes conductive (the third switching element 109 is cut off and the fourth switching element 110 remains conductive), and the resonance circuit 130 formed by the heating coil 112 and the resonance capacitor 113 is formed.
- the smoothing unit 106 voltage is applied to both ends of the. During this period, electrical energy is supplied to the resonant circuit 130.
- the resonance current flows in the direction of the smoothing section 106 ⁇ the first switching element 107 ⁇ the heating coil 112 ⁇ the resonance capacitor 113 ⁇ (the fourth switching element 110) ⁇ the smoothing section 106.
- the second switching element 107 becomes conductive (the third switching element 109 is cut off and the fourth switching element 110 remains conductive), the second switching element 108, the heating coil 112, the resonance capacitor 113, The (fourth switching element 110) constitutes a closed loop. A resonance current flows through the heating coil 112 and the resonance capacitor 113 based on the electrical energy supplied during the period when the first switching element 107 is conductive.
- the resonance current flows in the direction of the second switching element 108 ⁇ (the fourth switching element 110 and the built-in reverse conducting diode) ⁇ the resonance capacitor 113 ⁇ the heating coil 112.
- the fourth switching element 110 Since the fourth switching element 110 is controlled to remain conductive, the voltage of the fourth switching element 110 remains substantially zero, and the current of the fourth switching element is the same as the current of the heating coil 112.
- the third switching element 109 is controlled to remain cut off, the voltage of the third switching element 109 is the same as that of the smoothing capacitor 106, and the current remains zero.
- control unit 116 repeats the alternating conduction of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108, and conducts the fourth switching element 110 while keeping the third switching element 109 blocked. It is possible to shift to the first control mode in which induction heating is performed by supplying resonance current to the heating coil 112 as it is controlled.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged waveform diagram showing changes in current and voltage over time when the first switching element 107 is turned off.
- 4A shows the case where the first switching element 107 is a bipolar IGBT
- FIG. 4B shows the case where the first switching element 107 is a unipolar MOS-FET. Show.
- the resonance current frequency is 90 kHz
- the drive frequencies of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 are also about 90 kHz.
- the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 use unipolar MOS-FETs that do not generate a tail current, the turn-off loss becomes very small and the loss of the device can be suppressed. .
- the first switching element 107, the second switching element 108, and SiC which is a wide band gap semiconductor material, are used. Since SiC has a dielectric breakdown electric field 10 times higher than that of silicon, it is possible to reduce the thickness of the semiconductor portion of the element required for securing the switching element breakdown voltage to 1/10. Further, since the impurity concentration can be increased by 100 times, when the SiC switching element and the silicon switching element having the same structure are formed, the switching element resistance (ON voltage) can be ideally reduced to 1/1000.
- the ON voltage of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 can be kept very low, and the ON loss can be reduced.
- the object to be heated 114 when the object to be heated 114 is a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal, an eddy current is induced inside the object to be heated 114 with respect to the high-frequency magnetic field generated from the heating coil 112. This eddy current acts so that the object to be heated 114 repels the heating coil 112 due to the interaction with the high frequency magnetic field from the heating coil 112, and the magnitude of the peak value corresponds to the ripple of the smoothing unit 106. Therefore, the object to be heated 114 itself vibrates.
- the capacity of the smoothing unit 106 is set to be sufficiently large to suppress fluctuations in the power supply of the inverter 111 so that no pan sound is generated.
- the input current from the commercial AC power supply 101 becomes distorted, resulting in a waveform different from the original sinusoidal shape and the power factor is lowered. Since this input current includes a harmonic component, it may affect other devices connected to the same commercial AC power supply 101.
- the choke coil 103, the fifth switching element 104, and the diode 105 are provided with a booster 121 that also functions as a power factor improving unit.
- the control unit 116 starts the operation of the inverter 111 based on a user operation, and outputs an operation start signal to the second control unit 120.
- the second control unit 120 detects the voltage of the smoothing unit 106, the input current, and the like (not shown), and the fifth switching element so that the input current becomes a substantially sine wave and the voltage of the smoothing unit 106 becomes a predetermined value.
- the drive frequency and conduction ratio of 104 are controlled.
- the fifth switching element 104 When the fifth switching element 104 is turned on, a short-circuit current flows through the choke coil 103 and energy is accumulated in the choke coil 103. While the fifth switching element 104 is cut off, the energy stored in the choke coil 103 is sent to the smoothing unit 106 through the diode 105 to increase the voltage.
- the second control unit 120 holds a reference voltage therein and performs control so as to be the same value as compared with the voltage detection signal of the smoothing unit 106, but the voltage detection of the smoothing unit 106 is also performed from the control unit 116. Since the voltage is applied for changing the reference voltage or the dividing resistor is switched to correct the signal, the smoothing unit 106 voltage is controlled by the control unit 116 as a result.
- the control unit 116 operates the voltage detection signal of the smoothing unit 106 according to the output signals of the input current detection unit 118 and the resonance output detection unit 119, and indirectly controls the boosting amount of the boosting unit 121 to control the smoothing unit 106.
- the voltage has been changed.
- the frequency range in which the heating coil 112 and the resonance capacitor 113 can continue to resonate is very narrow, so that the control of the output of the inverter 111 is very difficult.
- the smoothing unit 106 also acts as a power supply for the inverter 111, the output of the inverter 111 can be controlled by changing the voltage of the smoothing unit 106.
- a second control mode that is an operation mode in which the control unit 116 shifts when the control unit 116 and the material determination unit 117 determine that the material to be heated 114 is a high resistance metal such as iron.
- control unit 116 When the control unit 116 starts the operation of the inverter 111, the control unit 116 and the material discriminating unit 117 cause the object to be heated in the relationship of the input current detection unit 118 detection output-resonance output detection unit 119 detection output as shown in FIG.
- the control unit 116 temporarily stops the operation of the inverter 111 (about 2 seconds). Then, control is performed to short-circuit the output of the switching unit 115 so that the combined capacity of the resonant capacitor 113 is increased.
- the combined capacitance of the resonant capacitor 113 is set to be 0.22 ⁇ F.
- the control unit 116 starts the operation of the inverter 111 again. At that time, the control unit 116 performs not only the alternate conduction control of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 but also the alternate conduction of the third switching element 109 and the fourth switching element 110 according to the operation. Shifts to the second control mode that also starts.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the voltage current waveform of each part when the object to be heated 114 made of high resistance metal such as iron is inductively heated. It is similar to the waveform of each part when heating a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal, but the major differences are the resonant current frequency and the number of switching elements that are driven.
- the input power is 3 kW.
- the first switching element 107 and the fourth switching element 110 are brought into conduction, and the voltage of the smoothing unit 106 is applied to both ends of the resonance circuit 130 formed by the heating coil 112 and the resonance capacitor 113. During this period, electrical energy is supplied to the resonant circuit 130.
- the resonance current flows in the direction of the smoothing section 106 ⁇ the first switching element 107 ⁇ the heating coil 112 ⁇ the resonance capacitor 113 ⁇ the fourth switching element 110 ⁇ the smoothing section 106.
- the resonance current flows in the direction of the smoothing section 106 ⁇ the third switching element 109 ⁇ the resonance capacitor 113 ⁇ the heating coil 112 ⁇ the second switching element 108 ⁇ the smoothing section 106.
- control unit 116 exclusively and alternately repeats the conduction between the first switching element 107 and the fourth switching element 110 and the conduction between the second switching element 108 and the third switching element 109.
- induction heating by supplying a resonance current to the heating coil 112 can be performed.
- the control unit 116 switches so that the capacitance of the resonance capacitor 113 is increased so that the resonance frequency of the heating coil 112, the resonance capacitor 113, and the object to be heated 114 is lowered (in this embodiment, about 20 kHz).
- the resistance of the object to be heated 114 as viewed from the heating coil 112 is set to be low.
- the control unit 116 not only performs the first conduction of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 in the first control mode, but also the first switching element 107 and the fourth switching element 110. And driving only the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 by alternately driving the second switching element 108 and the third switching element 109.
- the voltage applied to the resonance circuit 130 is doubled. Therefore, a sufficient resonance current can flow even when the resistance of the object to be heated 114 is high.
- the third switching element 109 and the fourth switching element 110 are bipolar IGBTs, it is difficult to drive at a high frequency to the extent that a unipolar switching element can be used. Since the frequency is low, an increase in turn-off loss can be suppressed within an allowable range even if the drive frequency of the switching element is substantially the same as the resonance frequency. Further, since the Joule heat increases because the resistance of the object to be heated 114 is high, the required high-frequency resonance current is small, and the turn-off loss and the on-loss during conduction can be kept low.
- the choke coil 103, the fifth switching element 104, and the diode 105 are provided with a boosting unit 121 that also functions as a power factor improving unit, and the output voltage (smoothing capacitor 106 voltage) is controlled by the control unit 116 and the second control unit 120. ) Is being controlled.
- Resonance current frequency is lowered by largely switching the capacity of the resonance capacitor 113 by switching the relay contact of the switching unit 115 from open to closed, and all switching elements included in the inverter 111 are driven from the first control mode.
- the output can be easily secured by performing the control to increase the voltage of the smoothing capacitor 106 by the boosting unit 121.
- the control unit 116 detects that the detection signal of the input current detection unit 118 or the resonance current detection unit 119 is equal to or higher than a threshold value stored in advance, and determines that the heating output is equal to or higher than a predetermined level.
- the second control mode detects that the detection signal of the input current detection unit 118 or the detection signal of the resonance current detection unit 119 is smaller than a pre-stored threshold value, and the heating output is When it is determined that the temperature is lower than the predetermined level, the number of switching elements included in the current path is reduced as compared with the case where the heating output is higher than the predetermined level by shifting to the first control mode. Reduce device loss.
- control unit 116 and the material determination unit 117 determine that the material to be heated 114 is a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal and the output setting by the user is high will be described.
- the control unit 116 controls the first switching element 107 and the second switching element. While continuing to drive the element 108, the mode shifts to the second control mode and starts to drive the third switching element 109 and the fourth switching element 110 to control the output of the inverter 111 so that the predetermined input power is obtained. .
- the controller 116 and the material discriminating unit 117 discriminate the material of the object to be heated 114 as a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal based on the output signals of the input current detecting unit 118 and the resonant output detecting unit 119. Control is performed to open the output of the switching unit 115 so as to reduce the combined capacity, and the resonance frequency of the heating coil 112, the resonance capacitor 113, and the object to be heated 114 is set to about 90 kHz.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a voltage current waveform of each part when the object to be heated 114 made of a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal is induction-heated with high output.
- the input power is 2.5 kW. Roughly similar to the waveform of each part when heating a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal at 2 kW and the waveform of each part when heating a high-resistance metal at 3 kW, the major difference is the current flowing through the switching element. It is a waveform.
- the conduction of the first switching element 107 and the fourth switching element 110 and the conduction of the second switching element 108 and the third switching element 109 are alternately performed, and the inverter 111 includes the heating coil 112. Then, a resonance current having a resonance frequency determined by the resonance capacitor 113 and the object to be heated 114 is supplied to the heating coil 112.
- the heating coil 112 generates a high frequency magnetic field and heats the article to be heated 114.
- control unit 116 generates a resonance current during conduction between the first switching element 107 and the fourth switching element 110 and during the conduction period between the second switching element 108 and the third switching element 109.
- the conduction period of the first switching element 107 and the fourth switching element 110 is set so that the resonance current flows for about 1.5 cycles, so that a parasitic diode included in the internal structure of the first switching element 107, A current also flows through the reverse conducting diode included in the fourth switching element 110.
- the resonance current flows so as to circulate through the smoothing unit 106 -the first switching element 107 -the heating coil 112 -the resonance capacitor 113 -the fourth switching element 110 -the smoothing unit 106.
- the conduction period of the second switching element 108 and the third switching element 109 is also set so that the resonance current flows for about 1.5 cycles, and thus the parasitic diode included in the internal structure of the second switching element 108.
- a current also flows through the reverse conducting diode included in the third switching element 109.
- the resonance current flows so as to circulate through the third switching element 109, the resonance capacitor 113, the heating coil 112, the second switching element 108, and the smoothing unit 106.
- control unit 116 repeats the conduction of the first switching element 107 and the fourth switching element 110 and the alternate conduction of the second switching element 108 and the third switching element 109, whereby the heating coil It is possible to shift to the second control mode in which induction heating is performed by supplying resonance current to 112.
- This operation is effective when the object to be heated 114 is a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal.
- the resistance is low, so that the high-frequency resonance current is less attenuated. Therefore, resonance continues even if the drive time of the first switching element 107, the second switching element 108, the third switching element 109, and the fourth switching element 110 is set longer than the resonance frequency.
- the frequency of the resonance current is determined by the heating coil 112, the resonance capacitor 113, and the object to be heated 114, and is about 90 kHz as described above, while the driving frequency of the switching element is about 30 kHz in the present embodiment.
- the drive frequency is lower than the resonance current frequency, so that an increase in turn-off loss is suppressed. Is possible.
- the first and second switching elements 107 and 108 are alternately turned on, the third switching element 109 is cut off, and the fourth switching element 110 is turned on.
- a second control mode in which conduction of the first switching element 107 and the fourth switching element 110 and conduction of the second switching element 108 and the third switching element 109 are alternately performed. is doing. In the first control mode, the same operation can be performed even when the third switching element 109 is turned on and the fourth switching element 110 is turned off.
- first and second unipolar switching elements capable of high-speed operation are connected in series.
- the first control mode in which the two switching elements 107 and 108 are alternately conducted is selected.
- the bipolar third and fourth switching elements capable of lowering the resonance frequency and reducing the on-voltage can be obtained.
- the second control mode in which the first and second switching elements 107 and 108 are alternately conducted is selected in accordance with the alternate conduction of the first and second switching elements 107 and 108.
- the first control mode in which the first and second switching elements 107 and 108 are alternately conducted is selected.
- the second control mode for driving all the switching elements is selected, and the switching element conduction period is determined from one period of the resonance current flowing through the heating coil 112. Also control for a long time.
- an example in which the first control mode is selected depending on when the output setting is low or depending on the state of the object to be heated 114 is not limited to this.
- one of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element is cut off, and the other is kept conducting, and the third switching element 109 and the fourth switching element 110 are alternately conducted.
- the second control mode may be selected.
- the switching unit 115 is a relay.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and a semiconductor switching element may be used as long as the withstand voltage, current capacity, and the like are allowed.
- the resonance capacitor 113 voltage may be detected, or the smoothing unit 106 current that becomes the DC power source of the inverter 111 is detected.
- the same effect can be obtained.
- the operation of the second control unit 120 can also serve as the control unit 116.
- control unit 116 that selects the first control mode or the second control mode by discriminating the low-resistance nonmagnetic metal such as aluminum and the high-resistance magnetic metal such as iron as the object to be heated 114 has been given.
- Nonmagnetic stainless steel which is a nonmagnetic metal but has a higher resistance than aluminum, may be discriminated from a low resistance nonmagnetic metal and a magnetic material such as iron and a metal having higher resistance.
- the material may be discriminated to distinguish the magnetic metal from a steel plate and cast iron or magnetic stainless steel having higher resistance than the steel plate.
- the material discrimination is not limited to two types, but may be discriminated as three types or four types, and the necessary inverter 111 output may be obtained by combining the switching element conduction period control, the switching unit 115 control, and the like.
- the pot sound is a phenomenon that appears particularly conspicuously in a low-resistance non-magnetic metal such as aluminum and is made of a light material. Therefore, if the object to be heated is limited to an object 114 to be heated other than that, the smooth portion 106 is used. What is necessary is just to make capacity
- the conduction periods of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 that are alternately conducted are substantially the same, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the conduction period of the first switching element 107 is controlled to be shorter than one period of the resonance current, and the object to be heated 114 other than the low-resistance nonmagnetic metal is heated.
- the second switching element 108 may be controlled so that the conduction period of the second switching element 108 is longer than one period of the resonance current.
- the conduction periods of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 may be different, the conduction periods may be controlled to be switched. The same applies to the third switching element 109 and the fourth switching element 110.
- the resonance current is n periods (n is one or more). Period), the ratio of the time during which power is supplied from the smoothing unit 106, which is the power source of the inverter 111, during one switching element driving period is reduced, and the heating power that can be input in principle is reduced. descend.
- the conduction period of the first switching element 107 is shorter than one period of the resonance current, and the conduction period of the second switching element 108 is controlled to be one period or more of the resonance current (or vice versa), thereby smoothing. It is possible to increase the heating power that can be input in principle by increasing the time ratio for supplying power from the unit 106.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic circuit diagram of the induction heating apparatus in the second embodiment of the present invention. Since the configuration is almost the same as that of FIG. 1 as an example of the first embodiment, only different parts will be described.
- control unit 116 includes a first switching element 107, a second switching element 108, a third switching element 109, and a fourth switching element based on detection signals from various detection units, user operations, and the like.
- the control unit 116 includes a first switching element 107, a second switching element 108, a third switching element 109, and a fourth switching element based on detection signals from various detection units, user operations, and the like.
- control part 116 includes the material discrimination
- the input current detection unit 118 is specifically composed of a current transformer.
- the input current detection unit 118 detection signal is connected to be output to the control unit 116.
- the switching element current detection unit 122 is a detection unit for a current flowing through the second switching element 108 and is configured of a shunt resistor, detects the second switching element 108 current, and outputs a detection signal to the control unit 116.
- the current that flows through the second switching element 108 is the current that flows through the heating coil 112 intermittently, and the heating coil 112 current that is closely related to the magnitude of the resonance output from its amplitude. Therefore, the switching element current detection unit 122 can be used in place of the resonance output detection unit 119 that detects the magnitude of the resonance current in the first embodiment.
- control unit 116 alternately turns on the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 and blocks the third switching element 109. Driving is performed so that the first control mode in which the fourth switching element 110 is kept conductive, the conduction of the first and fourth switching elements, and the conduction of the second and third switching elements are alternately performed. Has a second control mode.
- the switching element current detection unit 122 detects the current of the second switching element 108.
- the switching element current detection unit 122 detects the current of the second switching element 108.
- the control unit 116 can urgently stop driving all the switching elements and prevent the switching elements from being destroyed.
- the switching element current detection unit 122 is provided so as to detect the current of the second switching element 108.
- the switching element current detection unit includes the first switching element 107 and the third switching element. Even if it is provided so as to detect the current of the element 109 or the fourth switching element 110, it can be similarly employed instead of the resonance output detection unit 119 for detecting the magnitude of the resonance current in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic circuit diagram of the induction heating apparatus in the third embodiment of the present invention. Since the configuration is almost the same as that of FIG. 1 as an example of the first embodiment, only different parts will be described.
- the contact point of the relay 123 is connected in parallel to the fourth switching element 110, and conduction and interruption are controlled by a signal from the control unit 116.
- control unit 116 controls the first switching element 107, the second switching element 108, the third switching element 109, and the fourth switching element 110.
- the output of the inverter 111 is controlled by controlling conduction and interruption.
- control part 116 includes the material discrimination
- the input current detection unit 118 is specifically composed of a current transformer.
- the input current detection unit 118 detection signal is connected to be output to the control unit 116.
- the current transformer 119 which is the heating coil 112 current detection unit, is a resonance output detection unit that detects the magnitude of the resonance output.
- the resonance output detection unit 119 detects the heating coil 112 current that is the magnitude of the output of the inverter 111, and outputs a detection signal to the control unit 116.
- the control unit 116 starts heating the article to be heated 114 based on an operation by the user or the like with the contact of the relay 123 cut off.
- the material determination unit 117 determines that the material to be heated 114 is appropriate for the first control mode in which only the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 are alternately conducted
- the control unit 116 temporarily After stopping all the switching elements, the third switching element 109 is shut off and the relay 123 is controlled to be conductive. Thereafter, the control unit 116 performs control so that the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 are alternately turned on again.
- the control unit 116 when the object 114 to be heated made of a low-resistance nonmagnetic metal is induction-heated with an input power of 2 kW, the control unit 116. Performs control so that the drive frequency of the first switching element 107 and the second switching element 108 is substantially the same as the resonance current frequency.
- the third switching element 109 remains cut off as in the first embodiment, but the fourth switching element 110 is also controlled to remain cut off. Instead, the contact of the relay 123 connected in parallel to the fourth switching element 110 is controlled to conduct, and the resonance current flows through the contact of the relay 123.
- the contact point of the relay 123 since the contact point of the relay 123 is made conductive, no resonance current flows through the fourth switching element 110. Further, if a contact of the relay 123 having a small contact resistance is selected and connected, the conduction loss generated in the relay 123 can be sufficiently reduced. For example, in the case of a bipolar switching element having a withstand voltage of 600 V and a current rating of 60 A that is generally used, the voltage between terminals when a current of 30 A is passed is about 1.5 V (50 m ⁇ in terms of resistance). For example, since the maximum is about 20 m ⁇ , the conduction loss can be reduced to 1 ⁇ 2 or less.
- the induction heating apparatus can reduce the loss of the apparatus, and can provide an induction heating apparatus that facilitates cooling design. It can also be applied to uses such as induction heating water heaters, induction heating irons, and other induction heating heating devices.
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また、加熱コイル32出力を大きくするには、誘導加熱調理器の電源の高圧化(例えば、100V商用電源から200V商用電源への変更)が有効であるが、先に述べた第1及び第2のスイッチング素子35-a、35-bの高耐圧化が必要となる。そのため、一般には、スイッチング素子電圧が電源電圧より大きくならないインバータ方式である2個のスイッチング素子を直列接続した組を1つ以上使用する方式が採用される。
図1は、本発明の第1の実施の形態における誘導加熱装置の概略回路図を示すものである。
加熱コイル112上部には、絶縁体であり、耐熱セラミックス製のトッププレート(図示せず)が設けられており、被加熱物114はトッププレート上に加熱コイル112と対向するように載置される。
共振コンデンサ113の合成容量は、切り換え部115の接点が開放時に0.02μFとなるよう選定されており、また被加熱物114が載置された際の加熱コイル112のインダクタンスは約160μHとなるよう設計されているため、加熱コイル112、共振コンデンサ113及び被加熱物114の共振周波数は約90kHzとなる。
まず、第1のスイッチング素子107が導通し(第3のスイッチング素子109は遮断しかつ第4のスイッチング素子110は導通したままである)、加熱コイル112と共振コンデンサ113で形成される共振回路130の両端に平滑部106電圧を印加する。この期間中に、共振回路130に電気的エネルギーが供給される。共振電流は、平滑部106→第1のスイッチング素子107→加熱コイル112→共振コンデンサ113→(第4のスイッチング素子110)→平滑部106の向きに流れる。
次に、第2のスイッチング素子107が導通し(第3のスイッチング素子109は遮断しかつ第4のスイッチング素子110は導通したまま)、第2のスイッチング素子108、加熱コイル112、共振コンデンサ113、(第4のスイッチング素子110)で閉ループを構成する。加熱コイル112及び共振コンデンサ113には第1のスイッチング素子107が導通していた期間に供給された電気的エネルギーを元に共振電流が流れる。
共振電流は、第2のスイッチング素子108→(第4のスイッチング素子110及び内蔵の逆導通ダイオード)→共振コンデンサ113→加熱コイル112の向きに流れる。
第2の制御部120は、内部に基準電圧を保持しており、平滑部106の電圧検知信号と比較して同じ値になるよう制御を行うが、制御部116からも平滑部106の電圧検知信号の補正をするよう、前記基準電圧の変更のための電圧印加又は分割抵抗の切り換えがなされるために、結果として制御部116によって平滑部106電圧が制御されることになる。
まず、第1のスイッチング素子107及び第4のスイッチング素子110が導通し、加熱コイル112と共振コンデンサ113で形成される共振回路130の両端に平滑部106の電圧を印加する。この期間中に、共振回路130に電気的エネルギーが供給される。共振電流は、平滑部106→第1のスイッチング素子107→加熱コイル112→共振コンデンサ113→第4のスイッチング素子110→平滑部106の向きに流れる。
次に、第2のスイッチング素子108及び第3のスイッチング素子109が導通し、加熱コイル112及び共振コンデンサ113間に逆向きに平滑部106電圧を印加する。この期間中にも、共振回路130に電気的エネルギーが供給される。
以上のように、制御部116は、第1のスイッチング素子107と第4のスイッチング素子110の導通と、第2のスイッチング素子108と第3のスイッチング素子109の導通を排他的に交互に繰り返すことにより、加熱コイル112への共振電流供給による誘導加熱を行うことが可能である。
また、第2に、制御部116は、第1制御モードでの第1のスイッチング素子107、第2のスイッチング素子108の交互導通だけでなく、第1のスイッチング素子107及び第4のスイッチング素子110の導通と、第2のスイッチング素子108及び第3のスイッチング素子109の導通を交互におこなうように駆動することにより、第1のスイッチング素子107、第2のスイッチング素子108のみを駆動させていた場合に比べ、共振回路130に印加される電圧を倍にしている。したがって被加熱物114抵抗が高くても十分な共振電流を流すことが可能になっている。
まず、第1のスイッチング素子107及び第4のスイッチング素子110が導通し、共振回路130の両端に平滑部106電圧を印加する。この期間中に、共振回路130の両端に電気的エネルギーが供給される。
次に、第2のスイッチング素子108及び第3のスイッチング素子109が導通し、加熱コイル112及び共振コンデンサ113間に逆向きに平滑部106電圧を印加する。この期間中にも、加熱コイル112及び共振コンデンサ113に電気的エネルギーが供給される。
ここでは共振電流の周波数は、加熱コイル112、共振コンデンサ113及び被加熱物114で決定され、前述の約90kHzとなる一方、スイッチング素子の駆動周波数は本実施の形態の場合、約30kHzとなる。ターンオフ時の損失がテール発生のため大きくなるIGBTである第3のスイッチング素子109及び第4のスイッチング素子110においても、共振電流周波数に比べて駆動周波数が低くなるため、ターンオフ損失の増加を抑えることが可能である。
また、第1のスイッチング素子107、第2のスイッチング素子108だけでなく、第3のスイッチング素子109、第4のスイッチング素子110も駆動させることにより、第1のスイッチング素子107、第2のスイッチング素子108のみを駆動させていた場合に比べ、加熱コイル112と共振コンデンサ113に印加される電圧を倍にしているため、出力設定が高くても必要とする共振電流を流すことが可能になっている。
以上のように、本実施の形態では、第1及び第2のスイッチング素子107、108が交互導通し、第3のスイッチング素子109を遮断したまま、第4のスイッチング素子110は導通した状態のままとする第1制御モードと、第1のスイッチング素子107及び第4のスイッチング素子110の導通と、第2のスイッチング素子108及び第3のスイッチング素子109の導通を交互にする第2制御モードを有している。なお、第1制御モードにおいて、第3のスイッチング素子109を導通し第4のスイッチング素子110は遮断した状態のままとしても同様の動作を行うことができる。
また、被加熱物114がアルミニウムなどの低抵抗非磁性金属と鉄などの高抵抗磁性金属を判別して第1制御モードか第2制御モードを選択する制御部116の例を挙げたが、例えば、非磁性金属であるがアルミニウムに比べて抵抗の高い非磁性ステンレスを、低抵抗非磁性金属及び鉄などの磁性とさらに抵抗の高い金属と区別して材質判別してもよい。さらに、磁性金属を鋼板と、鋼板よりも抵抗が高い鋳鉄または磁性ステンレスと区別するように材質判別しても良い。このように、材質判別を2種に限らず、3種、4種として判別し、スイッチング素子の導通期間制御、切り換え部115制御等を組み合わせて、必要なインバータ111出力を得てもよい。
図7は、本発明の第2の実施の形態における誘導加熱装置の概略回路図である。構成は実施の形態1の例である図1とほとんど同じであるため、異なる部分についてのみ説明する。
スイッチング素子電流検知部122は、第2のスイッチング素子108に流れる電流の検知部でありシャント抵抗で構成し、第2のスイッチング素子108電流を検知して、制御部116へ検知信号を出力する。
図8は、本発明の第3の実施の形態における誘導加熱装置の概略回路図である。構成は実施の形態1の例である図1とほとんど同じであるため、異なる部分についてのみ説明する。
102 整流部
103 チョークコイル
104 第5のスイッチング素子
105 ダイオード
106 平滑部
107 第1のスイッチング素子
108 第2のスイッチング素子
109 第3のスイッチング素子
110 第4のスイッチング素子
112 加熱コイル
113 共振コンデンサ
113a、113b、113c、113d、113e コンデンサ
114 被加熱物
115 切り換え部(リレー)
116 制御部
117 材質判別部
118 入力電流検知部
119 共振出力検知部(カレントトランス)
120 第2の制御部
121 昇圧部
122 スイッチング素子電流検知部
123 リレー
130 共振回路
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- 平滑部と、
前記平滑部の出力端間に接続された第1及び第2のスイッチング素子の直列回路と、
前記出力端間に接続された第3及び第4のスイッチング素子の直列回路と、
被加熱物を誘導加熱するための加熱コイルと、
前記第1及び前記第2のスイッチング素子の接続点と前記第3及び第4のスイッチング素子の接続点との間に接続され、前記加熱コイルと共振回路を形成する共振コンデンサと、
前記第3及び前記第4のスイッチング素子の一方を導通させ他方を遮断した状態で前記第1及び前記第2のスイッチング素子を交互に導通させる制御動作を行う第1制御モードまたは前記第1及び前記第4のスイッチング素子の導通と前記第2及び前記第3のスイッチング素子の導通を交互に行う第2制御モードで前記共振回路に供給する共振電流の大きさを可変するように制御する制御部と
を備え、
前記第1及び前記第2のスイッチング素子をユニポーラ型とし、前記第3及び前記第4のスイッチング素子をバイポーラ型とするとともに、前記制御部は、アルミニウム製の前記被加熱物を加熱する場合に前記第1制御モードで動作し、鉄製の前記被加熱物を加熱する場合に前記第2制御モードで動作する誘導加熱装置。 - 平滑部と、
前記平滑部の出力端間に接続された第1及び第2のスイッチング素子の直列回路と、
前記出力端間に接続された第3及び第4のスイッチング素子の直列回路と、
被加熱物を誘導加熱するための加熱コイルと、
前記第1及び前記第2のスイッチング素子の接続点と前記第3及び第4のスイッチング素子の接続点との間に接続され、前記加熱コイルと共振回路を形成する共振コンデンサと、
前記第1及び前記第4のスイッチング素子の導通と前記第2及び前記第3のスイッチング素子の導通を交互に行う第2制御モードを有する制御部と
を備え、
前記第3または前記第4のスイッチング素子のいずれか一方に並列に接続されたリレー接点を有し、前記第1及び前記第2のスイッチング素子をユニポーラ型とし、前記第3及び前記第4のスイッチング素子をバイポーラ型とするとともに、前記制御部は、前記リレー接点を導通させ前記リレー接点が並列に接続されていない前記第3または前記第4のスイッチング素子を遮断した状態で前記第1及び前記第4のスイッチング素子を交互に導通させる制御動作を行う第1制御モードをさらに有し、アルミニウム製の前記被加熱物を加熱する場合に前記第1制御モードで動作し、鉄製の前記被加熱物を加熱する場合に前記第2制御モードで動作する誘導加熱装置。 - 整流部と、
前記整流部の出力高電位側に一端を接続したチョークコイルと、
前記チョークコイルの他端にアノードが接続され前記平滑部の高電位側にカソードが接続されたダイオードと、
前記ダイオードのアノードと前記整流部の出力低電位側端子間に接続された第5のスイッチング素子とを備え、
制御部は、前記第5のスイッチング素子のオンオフを制御して前記整流部の出力電圧を昇圧して前記平滑部に供給する請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。 - 第1及び第2のスイッチング素子をワイドバンドギャップ半導体材料で構成した請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。
- 商用電源を整流し平滑部に直流電圧を供給するための整流部と、
前記整流部の入力電流を検知する入力電流検知部を備え、
制御部は、前記入力電流検知部の入力電流検知信号が予め記憶しているしきい値より大きいと第2制御モードで動作し、前記入力電流検知信号が予め記憶しているしきい値以下になると、第1制御モードに切り換える請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。 - スイッチング素子電流検知部を備え、
制御部は、前記スイッチング素子電流検知部の検知信号が予め記憶しているしきい値より大きい場合は第2制御モードで動作し、前記スイッチング素子電流検知部の検知信号が予め記憶しているしきい値以下になると、第1制御モードに切り換える請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。 - 共振電流の大きさを検出する共振出力検知部を備え、
制御部は、前記共振出力検知部の検知信号の検知信号が予め記憶しているしきい値より大きい場合に第2制御モードで動作し、前記共振出力検知部の検知信号が予め記憶しているしきい値以下になると、第1制御モードに切り換える請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。 - 商用電源を整流し平滑部に直流電圧を供給するための整流部と、
前記整流部の入力電流を検知する入力電流検知部と、
第1、第2、第3または第4のスイッチング素子の電流を検知するスイッチング素子電流検知部と、
前記入力電流検知部の検知信号の大きさに対する前記共振出力検知部の検知信号の大きさ及び前記スイッチング素子電流検知部の検知信号の大きさに対する前記入力電流検知部の検知信号の大きさとそれぞれについて予め記憶しているしきい値との比較により被加熱物の材質を判別する材質判別部とを備え、
制御部は、前記材質判別部が前記被加熱物材質をアルミニウムと判別した場合に、第1、第2、第3及び第4のスイッチング素子の少なくともいずれか1つの導通期間を加熱コイルに流れる共振電流1周期よりも長く制御する請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。 - 商用電源を整流し平滑部に直流電圧を供給するための整流部と、
前記整流部の入力電流を検知する入力電流検知部と、
共振電流の大きさを検出する共振出力検知部と、
前記入力電流検知部の検知信号の大きさに対する前記共振出力検知部の検知信号の大きさ及び前記共振出力検知部の検知信号の大きさに対する前記入力電流検知部の入力電流検知信号の大きさとそれぞれについて予め記憶しているしきい値との比較により被加熱物の材質を判別する材質判別部とを備え、
制御部は、前記材質判別部が前記被加熱物材質をアルミニウムと判別した場合に、第1、第2、第3及び第4のスイッチング素子の少なくともいずれか1つの導通期間を加熱コイルに流れる共振電流1周期よりも長く制御する請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。 - 商用電源を整流し平滑部に直流電圧を供給するための整流部と、
前記整流部の入力電流を検知する入力電流検知部と、
第1、第2、第3または第4のスイッチング素子の電流を検知するスイッチング素子電流検知部と、
前記入力電流検知部の検知信号の大きさに対する前記スイッチング素子電流検知部の検知信号の大きさ及び前記スイッチング素子電流検知部の検知信号の大きさに対する前記入力電流検知部の検知信号の大きさとそれぞれについて予め記憶しているしきい値との比較により被加熱物の材質を判別する材質判別部と、
共振コンデンサの容量を切り換える切り換え部を備え、
制御部は、前記材質判別部が前記被加熱物材質を鉄と判別した場合に、前記材質判別部が前記被加熱物材質をアルミニウムと判別した場合に比べて前記共振コンデンサの容量が大きくなるよう切り換え部を動作させる請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。 - 商用電源を整流し平滑部に直流電圧を供給するための整流部と、
前記整流部の入力電流を検知する入力電流検知部と、
共振電流の大きさを検出する共振出力検知部と、
前記入力電流検知部の検知信号の大きさに対する前記共振出力検知部の検知信号の大きさ及び前記共振出力検知部の検知信号の大きさに対する前記入力電流検知部の検知信号の大きさとそれぞれについて予め記憶しているしきい値との比較により被加熱物の材質を判別する材質判別部と、
共振コンデンサの容量を切り換える切り換え部を備え、
制御部は、前記材質判別部が前記被加熱物材質を高抵抗率金属と判別した場合に、前記材質判別部が前記被加熱物材質をアルミニウムと判別した場合に比べて前記共振コンデンサの容量が大きくなるよう切り換え部を動作させる請求項1又は2に記載の誘導加熱装置。
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