TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental design and numerical validation of a low-cost water heater by electromagnetic induction
AU - Aguilar-Peréz, Luis A.
AU - Merino-García, Jóse A.
AU - Ramírez-Crescencio, Fermin
AU - Villanueva-Fierro, Ignacio
AU - Torres-SanMiguel, Christopher R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study shows a new approach to heat water in a residential environment. An electromagnetic heating method is proposed. A steel bar inside a pipeline filled with water is heated by five arrangements of a copper coil which incites the steel bar by electromagnetic induction. Consequently, numerical simulation and experimental evaluation are compared. The outcomes evaluated two different scenarios: steady water and a water flow of 0.16 kg/s. Three rods demonstrated that current induction of 20 A at the surface of the steel bar heats at 157°C. Also, the maximum value reached is 58°C. Heating the water upon for those conditions, the proposed tankless instantaneous water heater (TIWH) reaches a temperature of 41.01°C with one rod but only reaches 37.92°C with three rods in a series configuration, in a parallel configuration, the maximum temperature reached was 28.73°C.
AB - This study shows a new approach to heat water in a residential environment. An electromagnetic heating method is proposed. A steel bar inside a pipeline filled with water is heated by five arrangements of a copper coil which incites the steel bar by electromagnetic induction. Consequently, numerical simulation and experimental evaluation are compared. The outcomes evaluated two different scenarios: steady water and a water flow of 0.16 kg/s. Three rods demonstrated that current induction of 20 A at the surface of the steel bar heats at 157°C. Also, the maximum value reached is 58°C. Heating the water upon for those conditions, the proposed tankless instantaneous water heater (TIWH) reaches a temperature of 41.01°C with one rod but only reaches 37.92°C with three rods in a series configuration, in a parallel configuration, the maximum temperature reached was 28.73°C.
KW - Water induction
KW - electromagnetic
KW - heating
KW - numerical simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117917411&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/16878140211055251
DO - 10.1177/16878140211055251
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85117917411
SN - 1687-8132
VL - 13
JO - Advances in Mechanical Engineering
JF - Advances in Mechanical Engineering
IS - 10
ER -