Thoughts on improving the electric arc furnace model

To predetermine the impact of an electric arc furnace (EAF) on a utility system, the engineer needs an accurate model to use in his system studies. There have been many varied models proposed over the years which attempted to yield realistic results when included in these system studies. The purpose of this paper/presentation is to provide some additional information based on observations of field measurements and discussions with EAF designers. The desire is that this information might be utilized to further improve the accuracy of EAF models.