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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Björn Dittmer, Bardowick, DE;
Arno Döbbeler, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Klaus Krüger, Hamburg, DE;
Sascha Leadbetter, München, DE;
Thomas Matschullat, Eckental, DE;
Detlef Rieger, Baldham, DE;
Björn Dittmer, Bardowick, DE;
Arno Döbbeler, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Klaus Krüger, Hamburg, DE;
Sascha Leadbetter, München, DE;
Thomas Matschullat, Eckental, DE;
Detlef Rieger, Baldham, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling a melt process in an arc furnace, including a signal processing component, program code, and data medium for performing the method. Sound signals or vibrations from the interior of the furnace container are captured by solid-borne sound sensors, from which characteristic values can be derived representing the distribution of melting material, melt, and slag in the furnace fill. A characteristic values are generated in priority sequence for: thermal radiation impinging on the furnace wall of the container, the lumpiness of the melting material in the volume of furnace fill, and the change to the portion of solid melting material contacting the furnace wall. The energy distribution at the electrodes is chanced by a control system based on the characteristic values in priority sequence, such that thermal load peaks are dampened or even completely prevented.