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    Arc furnace is an unbalanced, nonlinear and time varying load, causing problems to the power system quality. An arc furnace load causes unbalances, harmonics, inter-harmonics and voltage flicker. The main arc furnace elements are: transformer reactance, power cable and arc source (the electrodes) mitigation techniques include:1 increasing system capacity +Increase the system capacity sufficiently large to decrease the impact of flicker reducing load.

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    Arc furnace is an unbalanced, nonlinear and time varying load, causing problems to the power system quality. An arc furnace load causes unbalances, harmonics, inter-harmonics and voltage flicker. The main arc furnace elements are: transformer reactance, power cable and arc source (the electrodes) mitigation techniques include:1 increasing system capacity +Increase the system capacity sufficiently large to decrease the impact of flicker reducing load.

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    Arc furnace is an unbalanced, nonlinear and time varying load, causing problems to the power system quality. An arc furnace load causes unbalances, harmonics, inter-harmonics and voltage flicker. The main arc furnace elements are: transformer reactance, power cable and arc source (the electrodes) mitigation techniques include:1 increasing system capacity +Increase the system capacity sufficiently large to decrease the impact of flicker reducing load.

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    Arc furnace is an unbalanced, nonlinear and time varying load, causing problems to the power system quality. An arc furnace load causes unbalances, harmonics, inter-harmonics and voltage flicker. The main arc furnace elements are: transformer reactance, power cable and arc source (the electrodes) mitigation techniques include:1 increasing system capacity +Increase the system capacity sufficiently large to decrease the impact of flicker reducing load.

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    ARC FURNACE

    • An arc furnace is an unbalanced, nonlinear and time


    varying load, causing problems to the power system
    quality.

    • An arc furnace load causes unbalances, harmonics,


    inter-harmonics and voltage flicker.

    • The factors that affect the arc furnace operation are


    the melting point, the electrode position, and supply
    system voltage and impedance.
    ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE
    ARC FURNACE EQ. CKT
    TRANSFORMER POWER CABLE
    • The main arc furnace elements are: Transformer
    reactance, power cable and arc source (the
    electrodes).
    • The causes of non linearity of arc furnace are:
    Hysteresis and saturation in transformer core
    Power Cable and arc of furnace

    • The harmonics due to the non-linear voltage-current


    characteristic of the arc
    • Voltage fluctuations are due to the arc length changes
    that occur during the melting of the scrap.
    EFFECTS
    • The current and voltage harmonic distortion causes
    several problems in electrical power systems.
    • These include
     incorrect operation of devices,
     premature ageing of equipment,
     additional losses in transmission and distribution
    networks,
     over voltages and over currents.
    •

    furnace
    VOLTAGE AT SENDING END
    CURRENT AT THE SENDING END
    MITIGATION TECHNIQUES
    Mitigation techniques include:-
    1 Increasing system capacity – Increase the system
    capacity sufficiently large to decrease the impact of
    flicker reducing load.
    2 Static capacitors – Capacitors placed in series to
    reduce load fluctuations.

    3 Series reactor – Series reactor stabilize the arc


    reducing current and voltage variations
    WHY STATCOM ?
    • Increasing system capacity means increasing the
    rating of transformers etc, increasing cost factor

    • Static capacitors can compensate less than its rated


    capacity and requires efficient engineering

    • The design of series capacitor is difficult and must be


    coordinated with requirements.
    • The disturbance can also be rectified using Static Var
    Compensator (SVC)

    • But SVC has a limited flicker mitigation capability .

    • With the availability of forced-commutated


    components, a STATCOM becomes possible to be
    used as an efficient means to reduce voltage
    fluctuations causing flicker.
    • By proper designing of statcom with active filters
    harmonics can also be eliminated.
    OUR PROJECT
    • We model the arc furnace system using SIMULINK ,
    including a complete STATCOM model with its power
    circuits and its control system.
    • To quantify the amplitude of the disturbances
    flickermeter is also modeled in Simulink.
    • Static and dynamic performance of STATCOM is
    evaluated and voltage fluctuation mitigation studies are
    performed.
    PSCAD MODEL

    ELECTRIC FURNACE
    EXPECTED RESULTS

    V I CHARACTERISTICS OF
    FLICKER REDUCTION USING
    FURNACE WITH AND WITHOUT
    STATCOM
    COMPENSATION

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