The electric arc furnace is a three-phase load representing one of the most important generator of harmonic currents, reactive power and unbalanced conditions in electrical power systems. This paper aims to achieve a study concerning the power quality of the energy at 3-phase electric arc furnaces. There are analyzed the main qualitative indicators of the electric power: power factor, reactive ...

R. Klempka, AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, Krakow, Poland The article presents an example of power supply system modernization in one of Polish steelworks. For the existing power system containing 3rd harmonics filters it was necessary to design a C-type filter for the 2nd harmonics. Two desig...

The unintentional formation and release of persistent organic pollutants (POP) from industrial sources is of environmental concern and efforts are now made to reduce these emissions [1]. The emissions of chlorinated trace organics from electric arc furnaces (EAF) have been monitored on a regular basis in Sweden since the 1980s. Most analyses have encompassed not only polychlorinated dibenzo-p-d...

This paper presents a discussion of the compensation of non-periodic currents such as those associated with arc furnaces. Based on the compensation objectives for different types of load waveforms, the energy storage requirements of the compensator are also presented. Further, basic concepts required in the definition of nonactive current are presented and illustrated by simulations for a varie...

Recycling is extremely important for steelmaking. In developed countries, about 60% of steel is manufactured from scrap. The scrap contains 0.5% of zinc in average, and this percentage steadily increases. During the steelmaking process both in basic oxygen furnaces (BOF) and in electric arc furnaces (EAF), all volatile zinc is released and forms airborne particles of dust. About 20 kg of dust i...

Accurate modelling of the Electric arc furnace (EAF) is necessary to study its impact on power systems. Here, a new model for EAF presented in which both non-linearity and time-varying characteristics are taken into account. The consists seven parallel current sources represent fundamental harmonic currents. Magnitude phase magnitude second seventh harmonics considered as updated every 0.01 s. ...

The steel industry is on its way towards more environmentally friendly steelmaking. To achieve the ambitious goals of significant CO2 emissions reduction, new processes, practices, sources on-line data, and digitalization together with automation will be required. address these issues, this paper discusses optical emission spectroscopy (OES) as an data acquisition method for industrial electric...