A practical model to simulate arc furnaces in steel mills

Author

Cajamarca, G. ; Montana, Johny ; Rondon, D. ; Salazar, Javier

Author_Institution

Siemens S.A., Santiago de Cali

fYear

2008

fDate

13-15 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to present a characterization of harmonic distortion, voltage fluctuations and power consumption in electric arc furnaces EAF based on measurements carried out in several steel mills. This characterization was used in order to get a model which was implemented in a software tool named PSStradeSINCAL. The simulation results showed that the model represents in a good way the real performance of this kind of loads, in that way it is possible to propose optimal solutions in order to reduce harmonic distortion in compliance with recommendations IEEE-519, EN 50160 and Colombian regulation.

Keywords

arc furnaces; harmonic distortion; power supply quality; power system harmonics; steel industry; PSStradeSINCAL software; electric arc furnaces; harmonic distortion; steel mills; voltage fluctuations; Distortion measurement; Electric variables measurement; Energy consumption; Furnaces; Harmonic distortion; Milling machines; Power measurement; Software tools; Steel; Voltage fluctuations; Arc furnaces; Harmonics; Power Quality; Steel Mills;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America, 2008 IEEE/PES

Conference_Location

Bogota

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2217-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2218-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC-LA.2008.4641841

Filename

4641841