Title :
Electric Arc Furnace Modeling and Voltage Flicker Mitigation by DSTATCOM
Author :
Anuradha, K. ; Muni, B.P. ; Kumar, A. D Raj
Author_Institution :
EEE Dept., VNR VJIET, Hyderabad
Abstract :
This paper presents simulation studies of an electric arc furnace (EAF) model in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. EAF was modeled as a current source controlled by a non-linear resistance. Voltage flicker, a phenomenon of annoying light intensity fluctuation, caused by EAF, has been a major power quality concern for both power companies and customers. A model was developed for the electric arc furnace and it was applied in the simulation studies of distribution static synchronous compensator (DSTATCOM) for voltage flicker mitigation. The controller for DSTATCOM was designed based on DQ-model for the reactive power management which helps in the mitigation of the flicker. With the validated EAF and STATCOM model, simulations are conducted to study the fast response of the compensator in the distribution systems.
Keywords :
arc furnaces; power distribution control; power supply quality; power system analysis computing; reactive power; static VAr compensators; DQ-model; DSTATCOM; MATLAB-SIMULINK; distribution static synchronous compensator; electric arc furnace; light intensity fluctuation; power quality; reactive power management; voltage flicker mitigation; Automatic voltage control; Electric resistance; Energy management; Furnaces; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Power quality; Power system management; Reactive power control; Voltage fluctuations; DSTATCOM; Electrical Arc Furnace (EAF); flicker mitigation; power quality; reactive powe;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Information Systems, 2008. ICIIS 2008. IEEE Region 10 and the Third international Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kharagpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2806-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2806-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIINFS.2008.4798451
