Title :
Arc furnace flicker measurements and control
Author :
Bhargava, Bharat
Author_Institution :
Southern California Edison Co., Rosemead, CA, USA
fDate :
1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The results of arc flicker investigations and harmonic measurements taken on a 55 MW arc furnace are presented. The arc furnace has been in operation since 1976 and has a 65 MVAr static VAr system (SVS) installed to improve the customer´s power factor, reduce the voltage fluctuations. and arc furnace flicker. Although the SVS improved the power factor and reduced the voltage fluctuations and incandescent lamp flicker, it caused considerable fluorescent flicker, which was specially noticeable at some remote locations about ten miles away
Keywords :
arc furnaces; harmonics; random noise; static VAr compensators; 55 MW; 65 MVAr; SVS; arc flicker; arc furnace; fluorescent flicker; harmonic measurements; incandescent lamp flicker; power factor; static VAr system; voltage fluctuations; Circuits; Fluorescence; Furnaces; Gain measurement; Manufacturing; Power measurement; Reactive power; Steel; Transmission line measurements; Voltage fluctuations;
Journal_Title :
Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on
