Model of arc voltages measurement circuits and measurement system for the circuits parameters identification

The signals that characterize the work of an electric arc furnace are important not only for the electric circuit power control and electrode position control but also for control of the injections of coal in the foaming slag system. Taking into account above requirements, there is important to choose proper measurement signals. Measurement only electrical signals are not sufficient for control systems. For proper control of electrodes knowledge about their positions is also important. For data acquisition a special system was constructed. The system consists of portable computer with acquisition card, conditioning system with differential amplifiers, antialiasing filters and sample and hold circuits. The system software makes possible on-line observation of measured signals and save data to hard disk. After measurement information obtained in no-load state, three two-phase short circuits and three-phase short circuits tests were used in compensation algorithm for calculation the circuits parameters and describing real arc voltages. Positions of electrodes were calculated from recorded electrode speeds. Next all data were analysed off-line to determine arc model parameters and to define control system states. In the paper some interesting phenomena observed in furnace control system are presented.