The Investigation of Round Billet Temperature and Magnetic Field Distribution and Variation During Induction Heating Process

Round billet temperature during induction heating was calculated with numerical simulation method in present work,the factors affect induction heating were studied,such as coil turns.using of magnetic material,the convective heat transfer between billet surface and surrounding environment,etc.It was found that coil turns played an important role in round billet temperature distribution,and it was necessary to choose reseaonable coil turns in order to get a relatively uniform temperature distribution.Using magnetic flux concentrator could greatly improve the billet end temperature,and the phenomena of low temperature in billet end would be elimiated.Besides,the billet temperature would be reduced by convective heat transfer in billet outsurface and air,longer time was cost to reache the target temperature.Meanwhile,the magnetic field during billet induction heating was calculated,it was used to explain billet temperature distribution and variation,the reasonable measures to control billet temperature during induction heating process were proposed.