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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,411 Views
17 Pages

Arc Modeling and Kurtosis Detection of Fault with Arc in Power Distribution Networks

  • Seung-Yoon Hyun,
  • Ji-Song Hong,
  • Sang-Yun Yun,
  • Chang-Hwan Kim and
  • Youngwoo Lee

8 March 2022

In power distribution networks, there are many practical fault cases such as high impedance faults, faults and so on. Especially when the faults with electric arc persist, it is dangerous for human beings and circumstances. Nevertheless, it is diffic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,746 Views
11 Pages

Electric Arc Furnace Modeling with Artificial Neural Networks and Arc Length with Variable Voltage Gradient

  • Raul Garcia-Segura,
  • Javier Vázquez Castillo,
  • Fernando Martell-Chavez,
  • Omar Longoria-Gandara and
  • Jaime Ortegón Aguilar

16 September 2017

Electric arc furnaces (EAFs) contribute to almost one third of the global steel production. Arc furnaces use a large amount of electrical energy to process scrap or reduced iron and are relevant to study because small improvements in their efficiency...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,936 Views
25 Pages

29 March 2021

Arc furnaces can be classified as electricity receivers, which largely affect the quality of electricity in the power system. Voltage fluctuations are the main disturbance generated by arc furnaces. The effects of voltage fluctuations include the phe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,902 Views
15 Pages

14 October 2021

Recently, as DC power generation and DC loads such as renewable energy and EVs increase, the need for a low-voltage direct current (LVDC) distribution system has gradually emerged. The DC system has various advantages, such as system stability, trans...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,349 Views
25 Pages

22 March 2024

As the operating speed of electric multiple units (EMUs) in high-speed railways increases, pantograph–catenary (PC) detachment arcing occurs frequently. The resulting vehicular-grounding electromagnetic transients are related to the dynamic cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,121 Views
16 Pages

3 June 2019

A numerical model based on the finite element simulation software COMSOL was developed to investigate the secondary arc that can limit the success of single-phase auto-reclosure solutions to the single-phase-to-ground fault. Partial differential equa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
869 Views
20 Pages

Equivalent Modeling of Disconnector Operation Based on Dynamic Arc Characteristics and VFTO Characteristic Analysis

  • Bin Liu,
  • Yong Liu,
  • Junjun Xiong,
  • Xiaopin Deng,
  • Zhenyu Guo,
  • Xueyou Zhang,
  • Bingyu Mei and
  • Zhenhua Li

9 June 2025

To thoroughly analyze the high-frequency and high-amplitude electromagnetic disturbances generated during disconnector operation, this paper proposes an equivalent modeling approach based on dynamic arc behavior. The model incorporates the resistance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,560 Views
22 Pages

17 October 2018

This paper presents the development of a new bi-arc dynamic numerical model for predicting AC critical flashover voltage (FOV) of ice-covered extra-high voltage (EHV) insulators. The proposed model is based on a generic calculation algorithm coupled...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,165 Views
19 Pages

Experimental and Modeling Study of Arc Fault Induced Thermal Runaway in Prismatic Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Wenqiang Xu,
  • Kai Zhou,
  • Hewu Wang,
  • Languang Lu,
  • Bin Gao,
  • Yan Wang and
  • Yalun Li

With the widespread application of electrochemical energy storage technology, the safety issues of lithium-ion batteries have garnered significant attention. The issue of arc faults resulting from electrical failures is especially critical, as it can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,097 Views
20 Pages

19 September 2017

As a kind of important flexible joint, two-axis flexure hinges can realize in-plane and out-of-plane motions and can be used for constructing flexure-based spatial compliant mechanisms. The paper introduces a common two-axis elliptical-arc-filleted f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
15,344 Views
13 Pages

Comprehensive Electric Arc Furnace Electric Energy Consumption Modeling: A Pilot Study

  • Miha Kovačič,
  • Klemen Stopar,
  • Robert Vertnik and
  • Božidar Šarler

4 June 2019

The electric arc furnace operation at the Štore Steel company, one of the largest flat spring steel producers in Europe, consists of charging, melting, refining the chemical composition, adjusting the temperature, and tapping. Knowledge of the...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
9,557 Views
34 Pages

26 August 2020

The melting time of scrap is a factor that affects the Electrical Energy (EE) consumption of the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process. The EE consumption itself stands for most of the total energy consumption during the process. Three distinct represen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
3,259 Views
20 Pages

28 June 2023

In this work, within the framework of a unified model for the discharge gap and electrodes, a comparative numerical analysis was carried out on the effect of evaporation of graphite anode material on the characteristics of the arc discharge in helium...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,388 Views
15 Pages

A Linear-Arc Composite Beam Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Modeling and Finite Element Analysis

  • Xuhui Zhang,
  • Yan Guo,
  • Fulin Zhu,
  • Xiaoyu Chen,
  • Hao Tian and
  • Hengtao Xu

To improve the output performance of the piezoelectric energy harvester, this paper proposed the design of a linear-arc composite beam piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH-C). First the nonlinear restoring force model of a composite beam was obtained...

  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
10,453 Views
33 Pages

1 September 2019

Statistical modeling, also known as machine learning, has gained increased attention in part due to the Industry 4.0 development. However, a review of the statistical models within the scope of steel processes has not previously been conducted. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,659 Views
15 Pages

17 November 2019

The electric arc furnace (EAF) contributes to almost one-third of the global iron and steel industry, and its harmonic pollution has drawn attention. An accurate EAF harmonic model is essential to evaluate the harmonic pollution of EAF. In this paper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,833 Views
53 Pages

24 December 2019

The non-linearity of the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process and the correlative behavior between the process variables impose challenges that have to be considered if one aims to create a statistical model that is relevant and useful in practice. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,827 Views
23 Pages

15 March 2024

In steel recycling, the optimization of Electric Arc Furnaces (EAFs) is of central importance in order to increase efficiency and reduce costs. This study focuses on the optimization of electric arcs, which make a significant contribution to the ener...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,556 Views
16 Pages

Series DC Arc Simulation of Photovoltaic System Based on Habedank Model

  • Xinran Li,
  • Chenyun Pan,
  • Dongmei Luo and
  • Yaojie Sun

18 March 2020

Despite the rapid development of photovoltaic (PV) industry, direct current (DC) fault arc remains a major threat to the safety of PV system and personnel. While extensive research on DC fault arc has been conducted, little attention has been paid to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,301 Views
14 Pages

Simulation and Experimental Study of Arc Model in a Low-Voltage Distribution Network

  • Binbin Zhang,
  • Jiaqing Zhang,
  • Yifeng Cheng,
  • Qixu Chen and
  • Qian Zhang

18 January 2025

Using the low-voltage and low-current platform (220 VAC-10 A), this paper selected the Mayr arc theoretical model and the improved control theory model as a theoretical basis and built a single-phase low-voltage AC series arc model based on Simulink....

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,244 Views
15 Pages

2 December 2020

The arc behaviour of short, low current switching arcs is not well understood and lacks a reliable model. In this work, the behaviour of an arc in the air is studied during contact separation at low DC currents (0.5 A to 20 A) and for small gap lengt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,520 Views
19 Pages

24 January 2025

Low-voltage AC power lines are prone to arc faults, and an arc current presents as a random and complicated signal. The amplitude of the line current remains relatively unchanged during the occurrence of series arcs, hence complicating the detection...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,437 Views
10 Pages

The arc behavior during commutation of a pyro-breaker is the main determinant of performance evaluation. The pyro-breaker discussed in this article is an explosive-driven, extremely fast and non-linear Direct Current circuit breaker. It has been deve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,416 Views
20 Pages

18 October 2018

This paper investigates the influence of arc velocity and propagation criteria on the parameters of a dynamic numerical mono-arc model used to predict flashover voltage of ice-covered insulators. For that purpose, a generic algorithm has been develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,695 Views
19 Pages

Investigation of Possible Leaching Control Mechanisms for Chromium and Vanadium in Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Slags Using Combined Experimental and Modeling Approaches

  • Simone Neuhold,
  • André van Zomeren,
  • Joris J. Dijkstra,
  • Hans A. van der Sloot,
  • Peter Drissen,
  • David Algermissen,
  • Dirk Mudersbach,
  • Susanne Schüler,
  • Thomas Griessacher and
  • Daniel Vollprecht
  • + 2 authors

30 August 2019

In this study, possible leaching control mechanisms for Cr and V in electric arc furnace slags were investigated by using a multi-methodological approach. Aside from chemical and mineralogical bulk analyses, special emphasis was given to surface inve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,908 Views
15 Pages

A DC Arc Fault Detection Method Based on AR Model for Photovoltaic Systems

  • Yao Wang,
  • Xiang Li,
  • Yunsheng Ban,
  • Xiaochen Ma,
  • Chenguang Hao,
  • Jiawang Zhou and
  • Huimao Cai

14 October 2022

DC arc faults are dangerous to photovoltaic (PV) systems and can cause serious electric fire hazards and property damage. Because the PV inverter works in a high−frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) control mode, the arc fault detection is pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,951 Views
18 Pages

15 March 2012

In order to study the flashover mechanism of polluted insulators under AC voltage, a new arc propagation criterion which is based on an arc root voltage gradient is proposed. This criterion can explain the variation of the arc root voltage gradient i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,754 Views
19 Pages

A Mathematical Model of Electrical Arc Furnaces for Analysis of Electrical Mode Parameters and Synthesis of Controlling Influences

  • Andriy Lozynskyy,
  • Jacek Kozyra,
  • Zbigniew Łukasik,
  • Aldona Kuśmińska-Fijałkowska,
  • Andriy Kutsyk,
  • Yaroslav Paranchuk and
  • Lidiia Kasha

22 February 2022

The synthesis of a real-time model of the electric mode of an arc steelmaking furnace is shown. This model is based on the method of medium-voltage and can be used to analyze the impact of the arc steelmaking furnace on the supply network at differen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,916 Views
15 Pages

A Semi-Empirical Model of Cathodic Arc Spot Motion under the Influence of External Magnetic Fields

  • Achim Mahrle,
  • Otmar Zimmer,
  • Steffen Schenk,
  • Madlen Borkmann and
  • Christoph Leyens

19 December 2023

Plasma generation by cathodic arc spots plays a crucial role for coating processes that make use of the Arc-PVD technology. Usually, the arc spot motion over the cathode is steered by a magnetic field of a particular distribution and magnitude to ens...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,600 Views
13 Pages

14 March 2017

Arc sensors have been used in seam tracking and widely studied since the 80s and commercial arc sensing products for T and V shaped grooves have been developed. However, it is difficult to use these arc sensors in narrow gap welding because the arc s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,857 Views
18 Pages

Transforming a Computational Model from a Research Tool to a Software Product: A Case Study from Arc Welding Research

  • Anthony B. Murphy,
  • David G. Thomas,
  • Fiona F. Chen,
  • Junting Xiang and
  • Yuqing Feng

8 May 2023

Arc welding is a thermal plasma process widely used to join metals. An arc welding model that couples fluid dynamic and electromagnetic equations was initially developed as a research tool. Subsequently, it was applied to improve and optimise industr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,679 Views
19 Pages

Modelling Inductive Sensors for Arc Fault Detection in Aviation

  • Gabriel Barroso-de-María,
  • Guillermo Robles,
  • Juan Manuel Martínez-Tarifa and
  • Alexander Cuadrado

20 April 2024

Modern aircraft are being equipped with high-voltage and direct current (HVDC) architectures to address the increase in electrical power. Unfortunately, the rise of voltage in low pressure environments brings about a problem with unexpected ionisatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,985 Views
17 Pages

10 November 2020

Keyhole-mode plasma arc welding (PAW) has a good prospect in the manufacturing industry. Unified models of plasma arc and workpiece help to reveal the physical mechanism in PAW for a better application. Previous unified models either deal with a cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,488 Views
11 Pages

20 July 2021

Pyro-breaker, a fast-responding, highly reliable and explosive-driven circuit breaker, is utilized in several Quench Protection Systems (QPS). The commutation process and its parameters are the main technical considerations in the process of designin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,272 Views
12 Pages

Simulation of a Painting Arc Connecting Surface by Moving the Nozzle Based on a Sliding Mesh Model

  • Wenzhuo Chen,
  • Yan Chen,
  • Shanqiang Wang,
  • Zhenyu Han,
  • Meng Lu and
  • Shiming Chen

21 October 2022

The paper proposes a sliding mesh model-based method to conduct a dynamic painting simulation for an arc connecting surface. In order to meet the requirements for using a sliding mesh model, the computational domain was designed with three parts&mdas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,281 Views
33 Pages

Non-Invasive Parameter Identification of DC Arc Models for MV Circuit Breaker Diagnostics

  • Gabriele D’Antona,
  • Camilo Trujillo-Arboleda,
  • Massimiliano Amato and
  • Marco Riva

17 May 2025

Accurate electrical arc modeling with physically meaningful parameters is essential for the assessment of medium-voltage DC circuit breakers in industrial and railway applications. Laboratory testing and characterization, as outlined in the IEC 61992...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,505 Views
19 Pages

Aiming at the electrical safety problem of a high-voltage lithium-ion battery system caused by an arc, and based on the establishment of a battery arc fault experimental platform, the evolution law of safety caused by an arc in the negative terminal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,819 Views
15 Pages

29 November 2018

The multi-chamber arc-extinguishing structure (MAS), which consists of a lot of semi-closed short-gap arc-extinguishing chambers (SSAC) in series, can be used in parallel gap lightning protection devices to improve the ability to extinguish power fre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,581 Views
12 Pages

Assessment of a Location-Based Mobile Augmented-Reality Game by Adult Users with the ARCS Model

  • Konstantina Sdravopoulou,
  • Juan Manuel Muñoz González and
  • María Dolores Hidalgo-Ariza

13 July 2021

In mobile augmented reality (MAR) games, learning by doing is important to supplement the theoretical knowledge with practical exercise in order to maximize the learning outcome. However, in many fields, the users are not able to apply their knowledg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
459 Views
29 Pages

Series Arc Fault Detection Method Based on TDDA-CNN Prototype Learning Model

  • Yao Wang,
  • Tianle Lan,
  • Qing Ye,
  • Dejie Sheng,
  • Zhizhou Bao and
  • Runan Song

Low-voltage AC series arc faults are a leading cause of electrical fires, posing significant risks to life and property. While artificial intelligence-based detection methods have achieved high accuracy, they often suffer from limited interpretabilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
482 Views
18 Pages

DC Series Arc Fault Detection in Photovoltaic Systems Using a Hybrid WDCNN-BiLSTM-CA Model

  • Liang Zhou,
  • Manman Hou,
  • Zheng Zeng,
  • Jingyi Zhao,
  • Chi-Min Shu and
  • Huiling Jiang

12 February 2026

Arc fault is the dominant cause of fire in photovoltaic (PV) systems, making its accurate identification crucial for PV fire prevention. This study investigates the influence of voltage (200, 300, and 400 V) and current (3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 A) on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,904 Views
24 Pages

21 April 2025

This study examines the impact of combining Keller’s ARCS motivation theory with the flipped classroom teaching model on the deep learning of college students. Using data collected from 495 students across different regions in China, the study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,709 Views
15 Pages

6 August 2024

When the electric locomotive pantograph is dropping, the interruption of pantograph catenary contact causes electromagnetic oscillation and arcing. The frequent arc burning that occurs due to charge accumulation results in the amplitude of overvoltag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,813 Views
26 Pages

Thermophysical Model for Online Optimization and Control of the Electric Arc Furnace

  • Sudi Jawahery,
  • Ville-Valtteri Visuri,
  • Stein O. Wasbø,
  • Andreas Hammervold,
  • Niko Hyttinen and
  • Martin Schlautmann

5 October 2021

A dynamic, first-principles process model for a steelmaking electric arc furnace has been developed. The model is an integrated part of an application designed for optimization during operation of the furnace. Special care has been taken to ensure th...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,464 Views
17 Pages

14 November 2019

A simulator and an algorithm for the automatic creation of operation charts based on process conditions were developed on the basis of an existing comprehensive electric arc furnace process model. The simulator allows direct user input and real-time...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,741 Views
22 Pages

20 September 2024

Aiming at the problem of accurate AC series arc fault detection, this paper proposes a low voltage AC series arc fault intelligent detection model based on deep learning. According to the GB/T 31143—2014 standard, an experimental platform was e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,223 Views
16 Pages

6 March 2020

This study developed a Kinect-based somatosensory English learning system. The main design concept was to integrate Kinect as an interaction technique with theories of situated learning and the attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction (ARCS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,246 Views
20 Pages

1 February 2024

DC series arc faults pose a significant threat to the reliability of DC systems, particularly in DC generation units where aging components and high voltage levels contribute to their occurrence. Recognizing the severity of this issue, this study aim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,708 Views
14 Pages

Modeling of Erosion in a Cyclone and a Novel Separator with Arc-Shaped Elements

  • Elmira I. Salakhova,
  • Vadim E. Zinurov,
  • Andrey V. Dmitriev and
  • Ilshat I. Salakhov

4 January 2023

Modeling of the separation of catalyst particles from gas using two devices, a cyclone and a novel separator with arc-shaped elements, was performed for fluidized-bed dehydrogenation of C4–C5 paraffins to isoolefins as an example. The proposed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,690 Views
18 Pages

3 June 2023

Vertical oscillation arc welding for narrow gap gas metal arc welding (NG-GMAW) has a relatively simple structure, and it is widely used in all-position pipeline field welding. However, it has some shortcomings, such as incomplete fusion defects on t...

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