Frying hob arrangement with induction heating
AssigneeMtech Holding AB
InventorLennart Alfredeen
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Abstract
A frying arrangement includes a planar heating element (5) including a ferromagnetic material and constituting a frying surface. The arrangement includes at least two magnetic field generators (1, 2) each having two free ends, wherein the heating element is arranged in or close to a plane defined by the free ends. The magnetic field generators are controlled by a controller such that they are adapted to generate alternating magnetic fields in the planar heating element, wherein the magnetic fields are converted into heat in the heating element. The magnetic fields being such that the magnetic field through one of the free ends has an opposed direction as compared to the magnetic fields through the other free ends.
Claims20
Frying hob arrangement comprising:
- a planar heating means (4,5) including a ferromagnetic material and constituting a frying surface,
- said arrangement comprising first and second magnetic field generators (1,2),
- each magnetic field generator having two free ends (6),
- the first and second generators together having four poles, wherein,
- said heating means is arranged in or close to a plane defined by said free ends,
- said magnetic field generators are controlled by a control means such that they are adapted to generate alternating magnetic fields in said planar heating means,
- the magnetic fields are converted into heat in said heating means, and
- said magnetic fields being such that the magnetic field through one of said free ends has an opposed direction as compared to the magnetic fields through the other free ends by a coil of one leg of the first magnetic field generator being fed by a reversed polarity as compared to feeding of the other three coils of the magnetic module, and during each half period three poles have a magnetic field directed in the same direction and the fourth pole having an opposite directed magnetic field and during each next half period the direction of all poles is reversed.
Frying hob arrangement comprising:
- a planar heating element comprising a ferromagnetic material constituting a frying surface;
- a magnetic module with first and second magnetic field generators,
- each magnetic field generator having two free ends defining a plane proximate the planar heating element,
- the magnetic module having four coils and four poles,
- a control element connected to the magnetic field generators to control generation of alternating magnetic fields within said planar heating element so that the magnetic fields are converted into heat in the planar heating element;
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- an alternating current power source with a first current connection (F1) and a second current connection (F2),
- the first current connection (F1) connected to a first free end (f1) of the four coils and the second current connection (F2) connected to a second free end (f2) of the four coils with a coil of one leg of the first magnetic field generator fed by a reversed polarity as compared to feeding the other three coils and, with each half period, three poles have a magnetic field directed in the same first direction and the fourth pole has a magnetic field directed in an opposite second direction, during each next half period the direction of all poles is reversed.
Frying hob arrangement comprising:
- a planar heating element comprising a ferromagnetic material constituting a frying surface;
- a magnetic module with first and second magnetic field generators,
- each magnetic field generator having two free ends defining a plane proximate the planar heating element,
- the magnetic module having four coils and four poles;
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- an alternating current power source with i) a first current connection (F1) connected to a first free end (f1) of the four coils and ii) a second current connection (F2) connected to a second free end (f2) of the four coils, the four coils arranged such that a first coil is fed by a reversed polarity as compared to feeding the other three coils so that with each half period, the three poles of the other three coils have a magnetic field directed in the same first direction and the pole of the first coil has a magnetic field directed in an opposite second direction.
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