A study on de-icing for railway turnouts using 250kHz-200W-class induction heating system

Hyeong-Seok Oh; Chan-Bae Park; Seung-Hwan Lee; Jae-Bum Lee; Tae-Hyung Kim; Hyung-Woo Lee

doi:10.1063/1.5129857

AIP Advances (Dec 2019)

A study on de-icing for railway turnouts using 250kHz-200W-class induction heating system

Hyeong-Seok Oh,
Chan-Bae Park,
Seung-Hwan Lee,
Jae-Bum Lee,
Tae-Hyung Kim,
Hyung-Woo Lee

Affiliations

Hyeong-Seok Oh: Department of Railway Vehicle System Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Uiwang-si 16106, Korea
Chan-Bae Park: School of Railroad Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Uiwang-si 16106, Korea
Seung-Hwan Lee: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea
Jae-Bum Lee: School of Railroad Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Uiwang-si 16106, Korea
Tae-Hyung Kim: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan 48128, USA
Hyung-Woo Lee: School of Railroad Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Uiwang-si 16106, Korea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5129857
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 12
pp. 125229 – 125229-6

Abstract

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In this paper, to complement the capability of the existing heating system using an electric-heating wire for melting snow and ice in railway turnouts, 250kHz-200W-class Induction Heating (IH) system was designed. The IH system consists of the resonant inverter and the IH device. In order to perform the electric circuit, the electromagnetic field, and the thermal analysis, the Multi-Physics analysis for IH system was derived. In addition, IH system was compared with the existing heating system.

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ISSN: 2158-3226 (Online)
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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