An Electric Arc Furnace Model Based on Resynthesis Using Frequency Spectrum Distributions of EAF Currents

The research work presented in this paper proposes a method for modeling the behavior of the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) currents for a tap-to-tap time based on the DFT amplitude histograms of the EAF current waves. The method is used to model the EAF current behavior separately for each phase of the EAF operation: boring, melting and refining. The model is verified by comparing the THD histograms and the flicker measurements of the original and modeled EAF current waveforms. The proposed model can be used as an EAF model in the simulation environment for various purposes before the installation of an EAF. The method has low computational load compared to various other techniques, since it utilizes only the amplitude distribution parameters of the first 13 frequency components and the one-cycle signal representing the higher order harmonics. The model is novel in the sense that every time the EAF current signal is generated, a unique waveform reflecting the corresponding distributions is generated, which is compatible with the random behavior of the EAF operation.

Keyword: EAF current; EAF modeling; electric arc furnace (EAF); power quality; steel making