Unfavourable Reactive Power in a Rolling Mill

Abstract

The electrical consumption of the rolling mill is usually very high, above 10MW, and significantly changes during the rolling process. The rolling mill drives consume not only active but also reactive inductive power. This reactive consumption is directly compensated in the rolling mill. In order to achieve feasible energy efficiency, it is necessary to maintain balance between the instantaneous reactive inductive consumption of the drives and the instantaneous capacitive consumption of the compensating devices. The results of the consumption measurements in the real working rolling mill are presented and discussed in this paper.