The present work illustrates the scheme that aims the design and analysis of high-frequency induction heating equipment using boost PFC converter with reduced total harmonic distortion. The boost PFC tries to reduce harmonics in the input side by turning on and off the MOSFET with varying duty cycle. It can efficiently reduce the THD, taking the power factor to nearly unity. The THD in the input current waveform of the IHE with the installation of the boost PFC was found to be 3.445% and was free from distortions. However, the IHE without boost PFC circuit has THD 47.48% which gives very poor power factor quality. Thus, the boost PFC converter improves the power factor and efficiency of an IHE.
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