A method for determining the length of the electrodes of a submerged arc furnace and the position of those electrodes relative to the furnace
hearth, characterised in that the
voltage of the electrodes is measured between the bottom of the furnace
hearth and the moving terminals on the
electrode casings in their upper position and the current derivatives measured on the
secondary side of the
transformer to determine the electrical parameters of the area immediately surrounding the electrodes, following which the length of the electrodes is calculated, with measurements being taken at the time iek(tk) at which both the
electrode current iek(tk) and the desired
voltage waveform on the equivalent resistance of the peri-
electrode area uek(tk) take the value of zero. The invention also comprises a measuring
system for determining the resistance of the electrodes (1, 2, 3) of a submerged arc furnace (4) supplied from a furnace
transformer (5), characterised in that it comprises a
Rogowski coil system (RC1, RC2, RC3) for measuring the current derivatives in the high-current line supplying the
electrode array (1, 2, 3) and an array of voltmeters (7, 8, 9) for measuring the
voltage between the counter-electrode and the predetermined moving terminal of the a given electrode (1, 2, 3) on the electrode casing the upper position of the electrodes.