Modeling and simulation of EAF melt shop

Author

Tzanev, A.T. ; Ordys, A.W. ; Tzaneva, M.V.

Author_Institution

Process Control & Ind. Automation, Univ. of Chem. Technol. & Metall., Sofia, Bulgaria

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2048

Abstract

The paper describes modelling and simulation of electric arc furnace (EAF) melting shop. This is a batch process and can be classified as a hybrid system in which discrete events such as material transportation operations and sequencing of the power supply to the furnace are combined with the continuous time melting of steel. The continuous part of the system is described by a nonlinear dynamic model. The discrete event part of the system is described by decision rules. The object oriented approach to the task of building the simulation model is outlined, and the specific requirements for the EAF melt shop problem are determined. Examples of using the simulation for solving problems in managing the furnace melt shop are presented

Keywords

arc furnaces; continuous time systems; digital simulation; discrete event simulation; nonlinear dynamical systems; object-oriented programming; process control; steel industry; continuous time systems; decision rules; digital simulation; discrete event systems; electric arc furnace; melting shop; modelling; nonlinear dynamical systems; object oriented programming; steel industry; Boundary conditions; Continuous production; Electrodes; Furnaces; Heat transfer; Heating; Iron; Power system interconnection; Steel; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5519-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2000.879561

Filename

879561