Abstract
This paper presents a high-frequency pulse-density-modulated (PDM) soft-switching series load resonant inverter for use in induction heating (IH) fixed roller applications, which is used in copy and printing machines. The proposed simple high-frequency resonant inverter uses an asymmetrical pulse pattern PDM control scheme to achieve complete zero-current soft-switching commutations over a wide output range of input power regulation. Additionally, when the printer toner requires operation in very light load conditions, this causes difficulty in achieving zero-voltage or zero-current soft-switching operations in the IH high-frequency resonant inverters with pulse frequency modulation or pulse width modulation control schemes. The proposed resonant inverter demonstrates the capability to accomplish highly efficient power conversions. In this work, a fixed roller for printing machines is developed for doing experiments to verify the efficiency of the proposed circuit topology and its PDM control schemes. The inverter’s steady-state and transient operating principles are analyzed based on the proposed control strategy at a high-frequency PDM. Operating conditions such as power loss analysis, power conversion efficiency and temperature rise characteristics of the proposed inverter are presented and analyzed through experimental results. Finally, from a practical viewpoint, a comparative study of a conventional halogen lamp heater and the proposed IH fixed roller is deliberated.
Highlights
Introduction tional affiliationsIn recent years, power‐electronics‐based power conditioning devices have been used in the area of induction heating (IH) technologies
Power‐electronics‐based power conditioning devices have been used in the area of induction heating (IH) technologies
It is composed of S1 and S2 active power switches; Cr, a resonant capacitor in series with IH load; and LS2 and LS1, two ZCS‐assisted snubber inductors, which are in series with S1 and S2, respectively
Summary
An IH‐based fixed roller for printing and copy machines is specially developed in a laboratory. This fixed roller uses IH and directly heats the external roller to the printing toner. This directly heated IH‐based fixed roller is highly efficient in comparison to indi‐. The IH fixed roller is composed of a rolling drum with a heating coil wound around an internal resin bobbin. Surfaces of an aluminum or iron heating body have a release layer. This layer is composed of either a soft type with an elastic body or a hard type with a resin.
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