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low freq induction heater plans needed?

Before you suggest any website

I've visited Richies Burnettt and and Neons Johns...

I do NOT need High Freq. this is not about melting anything, it does however is about heating a crucible which in turn boil water, and fast I must say. that is why I am trying to use an induction heater.

I want to heat up a black steel pipe(plumbing dept. of about 2" in diameter and + - 4"-6" tall, without end caps. actually I want to make a monster steamer to clean engines and car parts, but a small scale unit should do for now( proof of concept).

please don't tell me to use a heater element from a water heater unit and use a smaller tank.

I know that, but that is like telling a guy who bought a Ferrari that the $$ could had bought him 10 Toyotas...I just want an I H.

I've read a few papers here and there but everyone is after high freq, which I am not(as stated before).

can someone point me into a small unit small/big enough to make my small prototype work. lol

everyone has about 3 to 5 pcbs which btw I can NOT reproduce(right now) powering their units. I don't know if I need something that techie or if I do.

please feel free to comment and give any advice and/or links.

TIA

ps I don't mind a unit that can make that crucible red hot. actually it is desirable.

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  • RossK
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    I am not sure what you categorize as low or high frequency. Higher frequencies are used because they produce more heat in the work piece with less energy. Higher frequency causes greater hysteresis losses as well as increased skin effect in the work piece. But I don't wish to belabor you with information you probably already know. The design is really pretty simple. I would think you could use most of these designs and just change the RC values of the oscillator and produce whatever frequency you want.

    If you are thinking of using straight line frequency (60 Hz), I doubt if you would get much heating without expending a lot of energy, because there is little skin effect or hysteresis at a frequency that low.

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