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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1986
Claude Boisdon, Avon, FR;
Jeumont-Schneider Corporation, Puteaux cedex, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a control apparatus for an arc furnace (1) comprising at least one electrode (2), and powered with direct current from an alternating current electric power source (4), through the intermediary of a controlled-rectifier converter (3). According to the invention, this apparatus includes a loop (24) for rapid control of the reactive energy drawn from the alternating current power source (4), and a circuit (15) for limitation of the maximum intensity of the direct current flowing in the electrode (2). Preferably, the rapid control of the reactive energy is obtained by holding essentially constant the product of the intensity in the source (4) and the sine of the dephasing angle. It includes in addition a loop (13) for slow control generating a reference signal of the reactive energy applied to the said rapid control loop (24), and limiting the variation of the reactive energy.