Title

Why the Electric Arc Nonlinearity Improves the Power Factor of Ac Arc Furnaces?

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

10-16-2018

Abstract

The arcs in ac arc furnaces are stabilized by line inductors, at the cost of the power factor decline. It seems that in common opinions also the arc nonlinearity contributes to this decline. It occurs, however, that at the same parameters, the furnace, regarded as a linear device, has a lower power factor as compared to its value, when the arc nonlinearity is taken into account. The value of ac arc furnaces power factor (PF) is estimated in this paper at the assumption that the dc voltage on the arc has a constant value and a furnace is in a steady state. The PF of ac arc furnaces was evaluated for three states of the furnace operation, namely, for a balanced operation; for a two-arcs operation and for a furnace with a unidirectional arc. The analysis presented in the paper and modeling demonstrate that the arc nonlinearity improves the furnace power factor.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2018 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC/I and CPS Europe 2018

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