Power Quality Improvement in Induction Furnace by Harmonic Reduction Using Dynamic Voltage Restorer
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Tejinder Singh Saggu
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Lakhwinder Singh
Abstract
Induction furnaces are used in wide quantity under different capacities for annual production of around 25 million tons of iron and steel in India. It plays a vital role in various manufacturing processes around the world for melting different types of metal scraps i. e. Copper, Cast Iron, Aluminium, Steel, Brass, Bronze, Silicon, Gold, Silver etc. which are further used in many other industrial applications. The induction furnace causes a huge disturbance to the utility and nearby consumers during its operation due to its non-linear characteristics. This is a serious phenomenon responsible for power quality degradation in the power system. This paper presents methodology to improve the power quality degradation caused by induction furnace using Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR) which is a type of custom power device. The real time data has been taken from an industry employing induction furnace for production of ingots from scrap material. The experimental readings are measured using power quality analyser equipment. The simulation of whole plant is done by analysing this same data and the simulation results are compared with actual onsite results. Then, solution methodology using DVR is presented which revealed that the implementation of DVR is an effective solution for voltage sag mitigation and harmonics improvement in induction furnace.
Acknowledgments
The authors are thankful to the PEC University of Tech. for providing research facilities to carry out this research work. The authors are also thankful to Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala Road, Jalandhar for providing necessary guidance from time to time in this research work.
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- Frontmatter
- Review
- Detection of Frauds and Other Non-technical Losses in Power Utilities using Smart Meters: A Review
- Research Articles
- Improving the Dynamic Response during Field Weakening Control of IPMSM Drive System using Adaptive Hysteresis Current Control Technique
- Optimal Energy Management for a Smart Grid using Resource-Aware Utility Maximization
- Decentralized Charging of Plug-In Electric Vehicles Using Lagrange Relaxation Method at the Residential Transformer Level
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