Upgrade accepted. Last week AMI hosted a visit from ACINDAR Argentina, part of Arcelor Mittal Group, here to perform a factory acceptance test (FAT) for their new Static Var Compensator (SVC) upgrade. Additionally, they met the entire AMI team in charge of the project and discussed the technical details and logistics in the execution of the project.
The SVC Control System is custom designed by AMI, based on the key requirements for system performance and is extensively tested and simulated during a FAT and the commissioning to ensure the guaranteed performance.
The main purpose of the SVC is to improve power factor, mitigate harmonics, voltage fluctuation and the flicker resulting from the operation of the Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF) and other disturbing loads.
