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Electric Arc Furnace
Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF) are thermoprocessing units that use plasma arcs as heat sources capable of melting scrap or direct reduced iron (DRI) through heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation).
Accurate computational modelling of the physical process in the electric arc is very challenging, but would have significant impact on ability to improve EAF efficiency[1].
Arc fluctuations are due to a combination of the interactions of the fluid and the electromagnetics, as well as the rapid change of the boundary conditions.
Electric arc modelling requires solving set of 13 coupled nonlinear differential equations with high sensitivity to initial conditions and is beyond classical computational capabilities without significant approximations.
PASQAL’s unique and proprietary solvers for differential equations[2] and design optimization[3] promise a more accurate and efficient solution and implemented on our quantum processors[4] these methods promise quantum advantage in the very near-term.
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Quantum in Real Life
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SIEMENS
"We look forward to seeing how quantum computing can yield a significant near-term benefit for our customers. PASQAL’s algorithms for solving differential equations and its neutral atom quantum processors are ideally suited to solve the computational problems which are most relevant and challenging for our customers, and we look forward to working with PASQAL to advance this field."
Claude Ercolanelli
Senior Vice President Simulation and Test Solutions, Siemens Digital Industries Software
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