摘要 |
<p>A process is disclosed for melting scrap metal. Threephase current is rectified to direct current by thyristors and is led through a cathode, through the material contained in a metallurgical vessel and through a bottom electrode designed as an anode. In order to actively influence the combustion by the electric arc and to attain the metallurgically highest possible power input by simple means, the power current is led through a group of at least two thyristors controlled by individually adjustable control currents; the negatively polarized power current is fed back to the melt by a common electrode and the positively polarized power current is independently fed back to the melt from the bottom of the vessel through at least two anodes.</p> |