Xinhua News Agency, April 20, at the commissioning ceremony of the world's first megawatt high temperature superconducting induction heating device held in Harbin, Yu Weijiang, director of the State Electric Furnace quality Supervision and Inspection Center and chairman of Xi'an Electric Furnace Research Institute, read out the trial operation index of the megawatt high temperature superconducting induction heating device. "the diameter of the heated aluminum bar is 482mm and the length is 1050mm. Through the on-site heating test of the aluminum bar, the initial temperature is 20 ℃, the set temperature is 400 ℃, the measured temperature is 403 ℃, the total energy consumption is 68.95 kWh, the energy efficiency is 85.88%, the surface temperature difference of the aluminum rod core is 3 ℃, and the heating uniformity is good, which meets various technical performance indicators. " (financial Associated Press reporter Xing Qixin)