Wahi a nā nūpepa haole, ua hāʻawi aku ka US Department of Energy i $2 miliona no ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi haʻawina e alakaʻi ʻia ana e O 'Malley, he polopeka ma Missouri University of Science and Technology.ʻO ka noiʻi, i kapa ʻia ʻo "IDEAS for Intelligent Dynamic Electric Arc Furnace Consulting System to Improve Operating Efficiency of Electric Arc Furnaces," manaʻo e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana pono o nā kapuahi uila a hoʻemi i ka wāwae kalapona.
ʻO nā kapuahi uila e hoʻopau i ka nui o ka uila e hana ai, a ke ʻimi nei ʻo O'Malley a me kāna hui i nā ala hou e hōʻemi ai i kā lākou kapuaʻi kalapona.Ke hana nei lākou e hoʻokomo i kahi ʻōnaehana mana ikaika hou no ka umu ahi a hoʻohana i kahi ʻōnaehana sensor hou e hana pono ai ka umu ma lalo o nā kūlana loli.
Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke aʻo ʻana i ʻelua mau ʻāpana: Ma ka pae mua, ua loiloi ka hui i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe uila arc i ʻelua mau hoa, Great River Steel Company ma Osceola, Arkansas, a
ʻO Birmingham Commercial Metals Company (CMC) ma Alabama, a hoʻomohala i kahi papa hana no ka noiʻi hou aku.I loko o kēia māhele, koi ʻia ka hui noiʻi e hana i ka ʻikepili ʻikepili nui o ke kaʻina hana, hoʻohui i nā modula mana e kū nei, hoʻolālā i nā modula mana hou, a hoʻomohala a hoʻāʻo i ka ʻenehana ʻike fiber optic hou no ka hana ʻana i ka umu ahi arc i loko o ka hale hana.
Ma ka papa ʻelua, e hoʻāʻo ʻia ka ʻenehana ʻike fiber-optic hou i loko o ka mea kanu me kahi module mana hou, kuhikuhi i ka ikehu hoʻokomo a me kahi kumu hoʻohālike o nā ʻano o ka umu.E hāʻawi ka ʻenehana ʻike fiber optic hou i kahi pūʻulu o nā mea hana hou no ka eAF optimization, e hiki ai i ka nānā manawa maoli ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kūlana o ka eAF a me ka hopena o nā ʻano hana i ke kaʻina hana e hāʻawi i nā manaʻo i ka mea hoʻohana, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pono o ka ikehu a hana, a hoemi i na koina.
ʻO nā hoa hana ʻē aʻe i komo i ka haʻawina ʻo Nucor Steel a me Gerdau.