학술논문
Modeling and control of an electric arc furnace
Document Type
Conference
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Source
Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, 2003. American control conference American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003. 4:3060-3064 vol.4 2003
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ISSN
0743-1619
Abstract
Electric arc furnace (EAFs) are widely used in steelmaking and in smelting of nonferrous metals. The EAF is the central process of the so-called mini-mills, which produce steel mainly from scrap. The power level is directly related to production throughput, so it is important to control the EAF at the highest possible average power with a low variance to avoid breaker trips under current surge conditions. For efficient power control, good dynamic models EAFs are required. This paper solves the electrical circuit of an EAF with a floating neutral, proposes a dynamic model for the EAF, and investigates simple proportional electrode current and power control.