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A method of arc voltage gradient calculation for an electric arc furnace (EAF) is presented. The arc voltage gradient is the basic characteristic in study and simulation of an automatic power control system of an EAF. This characteristic is a strongly nonlinear multifactorial function that depends on electrical parameters of a power supply system, thermal conditions, and processes of arc heat exchange in an EAF melting bath. The method of arc voltage gradient calculation considers the relation between the electric and thermal conditions of an EAF in order to describe feasible nonlinear properties and to improve expressions for voltage and current transfer ratios as nonlinear multifactorial functions in particular. An EAF is regarded as a subject of control. Multifactorial properties are defined by the parameters of an equivalent electrical circuit of a furnace and by variable conditions of arc heat exchange in a melting chamber during steel melting. The method is effective for overcoming the uncertainty of the arc length in simulation of an EAR power controller. The unstable behavior of the furnace at a high impedance was explained using the obtained functions of the arc current and the arc voltage for various electrodes and the arc length. The minimum allowed arc current was found. The automatic power controller becomes unstable and the arc is extinguished under this value.
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Original Russian Text © A.M. Kruchinin, 2016, published in Elektrotekhnika, 2016, No. 3, pp. 44–50.
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Kruchinin, A.M. Nonlinear properties of voltage and current transfer ratios for electric arc furnaces. Russ. Electr. Engin. 87, 160–165 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068371216030068
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