Abstract
This chapter presents an integrated model for the simulation and compensation of the voltage flicker introduced to a power system due to an electric arc furnace. Chaos theory is used to model the chaotic nature of the arc voltage and a Static Var Compensator (SVC) is used for flicker compensation. It starts with a brief discussion on the impact of arc furnaces in power quality and the different approaches available for representation of the nonlinear and dynamic time-varying characteristic of the electric arc. The arc furnace voltage-current deterministic characteristic is introduced and its association with Chua’s circuit is, initially, investigated by simulations in the MatLab environment. Then, the fundamental aspects of the control strategy of a SVC are presented. From these, an explanation on the adjustment of the model to correctly simulate the furnace operation is shown. To validate the proposed system modelling and solutions, the chapter presents a case study on a 30 MVA arc furnace plant, obtained from an implementation in the Alternative Transients Program (ATP) environment. Finally, conclusions are presented.
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