Report of Investigations 9029: Waveform Analysis of Electric Furnace Arcs as a Diagnostic Tool

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• Journal Article:
  MISSING
• Personal Author:
  Hartman, Alan D. ; Ochs, Thomas L. ; Witkowski, Stephen L.
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines is investigating the fundamental behavior of electric arcs in electric-furnace operations. The electric arc is a poorly understood phenomenon. If the arc in a steelmaking furnace can be more carefully controlled, it should be possible to increase heat transfer to the melt, reducing both electrical and acoustical noise. As a first step toward a better understanding of the arc, voltage and current signals from operating furnaces were analyzed. The results of the initial analysis show that instrumentation used in monitoring and controlling furnaces, such as meters and strip- chart recorders, gives incomplete or erroneous information to the operator and leads to less than optimal control. Advanced instrumentation and analysis techniques, such as the waveform analysis used in these investigations, can improve the understanding of operation and the control of electric furnaces. This report describes the instrumentation and the numerical analysis methods used and compares these methods with standard metering and recording techniques. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Noise Occupational Health Safety
• Source:
  MISSING :19 pages
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALRC - Albany Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005245
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61a50e7d532e2bb9a7b65601e01afb50f450c34ad91db251d3e8a6629ae88637e6d0e3a8b61f492c182c2f3323d1e2b4aec92059e99f51c3cfb2d2977876f782
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10775/cdc_10775_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.45 MB ]