An improved nonlinear STATCOM control for electric arc furnace voltage flicker mitigation

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2284-2290

  Yazdani, Atousa ^a   Crow, Mariesa L ^b   Guo, J ^c  

^a QUANTA TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^c Operation Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc furnace flicker; Nonlinear control; Static synchronous compensator (STATCOM)

Indexed keywords

ARC FURNACE FLICKER; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; EMBEDDED CONTROL; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MELT IRON; NONLINEAR CONTROL; PI CONTROL; POWER SYSTEMS; REACTIVE POWER SUPPORT; SCRAP STEEL; STATCOM; STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR; STATIC SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR (STATCOM); STEEL INDUSTRY; VOLTAGE FLICKER MITIGATION;

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; IRON; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; IRON SCRAP; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POWER QUALITY; REACTIVE POWER; STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY; STEEL SCRAP; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 70350342539     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2009.2027508     Document Type: Article

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