Electric Arc Furnace Modeling and Voltage Flicker Mitigation by DSTATCOM

Author

Anuradha, K. ; Muni, B.P. ; Kumar, A. D Raj

Author_Institution

EEE Dept., VNR VJIET, Hyderabad

fYear

2008

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents simulation studies of an electric arc furnace (EAF) model in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. EAF was modeled as a current source controlled by a non-linear resistance. Voltage flicker, a phenomenon of annoying light intensity fluctuation, caused by EAF, has been a major power quality concern for both power companies and customers. A model was developed for the electric arc furnace and it was applied in the simulation studies of distribution static synchronous compensator (DSTATCOM) for voltage flicker mitigation. The controller for DSTATCOM was designed based on DQ-model for the reactive power management which helps in the mitigation of the flicker. With the validated EAF and STATCOM model, simulations are conducted to study the fast response of the compensator in the distribution systems.

Keywords

arc furnaces; power distribution control; power supply quality; power system analysis computing; reactive power; static VAr compensators; DQ-model; DSTATCOM; MATLAB-SIMULINK; distribution static synchronous compensator; electric arc furnace; light intensity fluctuation; power quality; reactive power management; voltage flicker mitigation; Automatic voltage control; Electric resistance; Energy management; Furnaces; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Power quality; Power system management; Reactive power control; Voltage fluctuations; DSTATCOM; Electrical Arc Furnace (EAF); flicker mitigation; power quality; reactive powe;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial and Information Systems, 2008. ICIIS 2008. IEEE Region 10 and the Third international Conference on

Conference_Location

Kharagpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2806-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2806-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIINFS.2008.4798451

Filename

4798451