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optimization of the generative units to minimize the full action cost regarding problem constraints. In this
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local minimums by performing flexible memory system. The efficiency of proposed method in two power
system containing 4 and 10 generative units is indicated. Comparison of obtained results from the proposed
method with results of the past well-known methods is a proof for suitability of performing the introduced
algorithm in economic input and output of generative units.
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Unit Commitment (UC) is a nonlinear mixed integer-programming problem. UC used to minimize the operational cost of the generation units in a power system by scheduling some of generators in ON state and the other generators in OFF state according to the total power outputs of generation units, load demand and the constraints of power system. This paper proposes an Improved Quantum Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (IQBPSO) algorithm. The tests have been made on a 10-units simulation system and the results show the improvement in an operation cost reduction after using the proposed algorithm compared with the ordinary Quantum Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (QBPSO) algorithm
A Simple Approach for Optimal Generation Scheduling to Maximize GENCOs Profit...IJAPEJOURNAL
In this paper an attempt has been made to solve the profit based unit commitment problem (PBUC) using pre-prepared power demand (PPD) table with an artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm. The PPD-ABC algorithm appears to be a robust and reliable optimization algorithm for the solution of PBUC problem. The profit based unit commitment problem is considered as a stochastic optimization problem in which the objective is to maximize their own profit and the decisions are needed to satisfy the standard operating constraints. The PBUC problem is solved by the proposed methodology in two stages. In the first step, the unit commitment scheduling is performed by considering the pre-prepared power demand (PPD) table and then the problem of fuel cost and revenue function is solved using ABC Algorithm. The PPD table suggests the operator to decide the units to be put into generation there by reducing the complexity of the problem. The proposed approach is demonstrated on 10 units 24 hour and 50 units 24 hour test systems and numerical results are tabulated. Simulation result shows that this approach effectively maximizes the GENCO’s profit than those obtained by other optimizing methods.
Optimal Unit Commitment Based on Economic Dispatch Using Improved Particle Sw...paperpublications3
Abstract: In this paper, an algorithm to solve the optimal unit commitment problem under deregulated environment has been proposed using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) intelligent technique accounting economic dispatch constraints. In the present electric power market, where renewable energy power plants have been included in the system, there is a lot of unpredictability in the demand and generation. This paper presents an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm (IPSO) for power system unit commitment with the consideration of various constraints. IPSO is an extension of the standard particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) which uses more particles information to control the mutation operation, and is similar to the social society in that a group of leaders could make better decisions. The program was developed in MATLAB and the proposed method implemented on IEEE 14 bus test system.
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This paper presents an optimization of corridor observation method (COM) which is an applicable optimization algorithm based on the evolutionary algorithm to solve an environmental and economic Dispatch (EED) problem. This problem is seen like a bi-objective optimization problem where fuel cost and gas emission are objectives. In this method, the optimal Pareto front is found using the concept of corridor observation and the best compromised solution is obtained by fuzzy logic. The optimization of this method consists to find best parameters (number of corridor, number of initial population and number of generation) which improve solution and reduce a computational time. The simulated results using power system with different numbers of generation units showed that the new parameters ameliorate the solution keep her stability and reduce considerably the CPU time (time is minimum divide by 4) comparatively at parameterization with originals parameters.
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Unit Commitment (UC) is a nonlinear mixed integer-programming problem. UC used to minimize the operational cost of the generation units in a power system by scheduling some of generators in ON state and the other generators in OFF state according to the total power outputs of generation units, load demand and the constraints of power system. This paper proposes an Improved Quantum Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (IQBPSO) algorithm. The tests have been made on a 10-units simulation system and the results show the improvement in an operation cost reduction after using the proposed algorithm compared with the ordinary Quantum Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (QBPSO) algorithm
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Optimization of Corridor Observation Method to Solve Environmental and Econom...ijceronline
This paper presents an optimization of corridor observation method (COM) which is an applicable optimization algorithm based on the evolutionary algorithm to solve an environmental and economic Dispatch (EED) problem. This problem is seen like a bi-objective optimization problem where fuel cost and gas emission are objectives. In this method, the optimal Pareto front is found using the concept of corridor observation and the best compromised solution is obtained by fuzzy logic. The optimization of this method consists to find best parameters (number of corridor, number of initial population and number of generation) which improve solution and reduce a computational time. The simulated results using power system with different numbers of generation units showed that the new parameters ameliorate the solution keep her stability and reduce considerably the CPU time (time is minimum divide by 4) comparatively at parameterization with originals parameters.
This paper discusses the possible applications of particle swarm optimization (PSO) in the Power system. One of the problems in Power System is Economic Load dispatch (ED). The discussion is carried out in view of the saving money, computational speed – up and expandability that can be achieved by using PSO method. The general approach of the method of this paper is that of Dynamic Programming Method coupled with PSO method. The feasibility of the proposed method is demonstrated, and it is compared with the lambda iterative method in terms of the solution quality and computation efficiency. The experimental results show that the proposed PSO method was indeed capable of obtaining higher quality solutions efficiently in ED problems.
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Optimum designing of power electrical equipment and devices play a leading role in attaining optimal performance and price of equipments in electric power industry. Optimum transformer design considering multiple constraints is acquired using optimal determination of geometric parameters of transformer with respect to its magnetic and electric properties. As it is well known, every optimization problem requires an objective function to be minimized. In this paper optimum transformer design problem comprises minimization of transformers mean core mass and its windings by satisfying multiple constraints according to transformers ratings and international standards using a penalty-based method. Hybrid big bang-big crunch algorithm is applied to solve the optimization problem and results are compared to other methods. Proposed method has provided a reliable optimization solution and has guaranteed access to a global optimum. Simulation result indicates that using the proposed algorithm, transformer parameters such as core mass, efficiency and dimensions are remarkably improved. Moreover simulation time using this algorithm is quit less in comparison to other approaches.
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International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
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to the power generators in such a manner that the total fuel cost is minimized while all operating
constraints are satisfied. This problem is NP-hard. In this paper, we propose Hybrid Particle Swarm
Optimization (HGAPSO) to solve MAEDP. The experimental results are reported to show the efficiency of
proposed algorithms compared to Particle Swarm Optimization with Time-Varying Acceleration
Coefficients (PSO-TVAC) and RCGA.
Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization for Solving Multi-Area Economic Dispatch P...ijsc
We consider the Multi-Area Economic Dispatch problem (MAEDP) in deregulated power system environment for practical multi-area cases with tie line constraints. Our objective is to generate allocation to the power generators in such a manner that the total fuel cost is minimized while all operating constraints are satisfied. This problem is NP-hard. In this paper, we propose Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization (HGAPSO) to solve MAEDP. The experimental results are reported to show the efficiency of proposed algorithms compared to Particle Swarm Optimization with Time-Varying Acceleration Coefficients (PSO-TVAC) and RCGA.
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In this paper, Evolutionary Programming method
is used for short term hydrothermal scheduling which minimize
the total fuel cost while satisfying the constraints. This paper
developed and studies the performance of evolutionary programs
in solving hydrothermal scheduling problem. The effectiveness of
the developed program is tested for the system having one hydro
and one thermal unit for 24 hour load demand. Numerical results
show that highly near-optimal solutions can be obtained by
Evolutionary Programming.
In this study, optimal economic load dispatch problem (OELD) is resolved by
a novel improved algorithm. The proposed modified moth swarm algorithm
(MMSA), is developed by proposing two modifications on the classical moth
swarm algorithm (MSA). The first modification applies an effective formula
to replace an ineffective formula of the mutation technique. The second
modification is to cancel the crossover technique. For proving the efficient
improvements of the proposed method, different systems with discontinuous
objective functions as well as complicated constraints are used. Experiment
results on the investigated cases show that the proposed method can get less
cost and achieve stable search ability than MSA. As compared to other
previous methods, MMSA can archive equal or better results. From this view,
it can give a conclusion that MMSA method can be valued as a useful method
for OELD problem.
Firefly Algorithm to Opmimal Distribution of Reactive Power Compensation Units IJECEIAES
The issue of electric power grid mode of optimization is one of the basic directions in power engineering research. Currently, methods other than classical optimization methods based on various bio-heuristic algorithms are applied. The problems of reactive power optimization in a power grid using bio-heuristic algorithms are considered. These algorithms allow obtaining more efficient solutions as well as taking into account several criteria. The Firefly algorithm is adapted to optimize the placement of reactive power sources as well as to select their values. A key feature of the proposed modification of the Firefly algorithm is the solution for the multi-objective optimization problem. Algorithms based on a bio-heuristic process can find a neighborhood of global extreme, so a local gradient descent in the neighborhood is applied for a more accurate solution of the problem. Comparison of gradient descent, Firefly algorithm and Firefly algorithm with gradient descent is carried out.
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Economic load dispatch (ELD) and Unit Commitment (UC) are significant research applications in power systems that optimize the total production cost of the predicted load demand. The UC problem determines a turn-on and turn-off schedule for a given combination of generating units, thus satisfying a set of dynamic operational constraints. ELD optimizes the operation cost for all scheduled generating units with respect to the load demands of customers. The first phase in this project is to economically schedule the distribution of generating units using Gauss seidal and the second phase is to determine optimal load distribution for the scheduled units using dynamic programming method is applied to select and choose the combination of generating units that commit and de-commit during each hour. These precommitted schedules are optimized by dynamic programming method thus producing a global optimum solution with feasible and effective solution quality, minimal cost and time and higher precision. The effectiveness of the proposed techniques is investigated on two test systems consisting of five generating units and the experiments are carried out using MATLAB R2010b software. Experimental results prove that the proposed method is capable of yielding higher quality solution including mathematical simplicity, fast convergence, diversity maintenance, robustness and scalability for the complex ELD-UC problem.
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Optimal design of adaptive power scheduling using modified ant colony optimi...IJECEIAES
For generating and distributing an economic load scheduling approach, artificial neural network (ANN) has been introduced, because power generation and power consumption are economically non-identical. An efficient load scheduling method is suggested in this paper. Normally the power generation system fails due to its instability at peak load time. Traditionally, load shedding process is used in which low priority loads are disconnected from sources. The proposed method handles this problem by scheduling the load based on the power requirements. In many countries the power systems are facing limitations of energy. An efficient optimization algorithm is used to periodically schedule the load demand and the generation. Ant colony optimization (ACO) based ANN is used for this optimal load scheduling process. The present work analyse the technical economical and time-dependent limitations. Also the works meets the demanded load with minimum cost of energy. Inorder to train ANN back propagation (BP) technics is used. A hybrid training process is described in this work. Global optimization algorithms are used to provide back propagation with good initial connection weights.
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8th International Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (E& C 2024) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications impacts and challenges of Electrical & Computer Engineering. The conference documents practical and theoretical results which make a fundamental contribution for the development of Electrical & Computer Engineering. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to the researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry to meet and share cutting-edge development in the field.
Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to:
DYNAMICS IN THE HISTORY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MAN: REFOCUSING ON ECOLOG...AEIJjournal2
Man’s history and development endeavours have beenadvancing alongside a trail of ecological
ramifications and climate change. Since prehistoric times, scientists have not recorded an accelerated shift
in the ecologyof the planet during any other epoch beside that of modern man. The paper seeks to explore
how man’s history and developmentaffects ecologyand climate. It uses desk analysis to recollect data from
global assessment reportsand runs a One paired Sample Means t-Test, 1 tailed, 8 df, at Pearson
Correlation value 0.458 and 0.5 alpha level. Findings show that, there is globalclimate change, seen in
global warming trends; andimbalance in ecological footprint, seen in depletion of air, water and land
sinks. The t-Test reveals significant net loss of global forest cover.The study also,apparently found that,
processes ofdevelopment generally tend to damage ecology. Therefore,the study recommends a refocus to
sustainable means of development.
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A MODIFIED ANT COLONY ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING THE UNIT COMMITMENT PROBLEM
1. Advanced Energy: An International Journal (AEIJ), Vol. 3, No. 2/3, July 2016
DOI : 10.5121/aeij.2016.3302 15
A MODIFIED ANT COLONY ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING
THE UNIT COMMITMENT PROBLEM
Ahmad Zand1
, Mehdi Bigdeli1
and Davood Azizian2
1
Department of Electrical Engineering, Zanjan Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran
2
Department of Electrical Engineering, Abhar Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran
ABSTRACT
Solving the unit commitment (UC) problem is one of the most complicated issues in power systems that its
exact solving can be calculated by perfect counting of entire possible compounds of generative units. UC is
equated as a nonlinear optimization with huge size. Purpose of solving this problem is to programming the
optimization of the generative units to minimize the full action cost regarding problem constraints. In this
article, a modified version of ant colony optimization (MACO) is introduced for solving the UC problem in
a power system. ACO algorithm is a powerful optimization method which has the capability of fleeing from
local minimums by performing flexible memory system. The efficiency of proposed method in two power
system containing 4 and 10 generative units is indicated. Comparison of obtained results from the proposed
method with results of the past well-known methods is a proof for suitability of performing the introduced
algorithm in economic input and output of generative units.
KEYWORDS
Unit Commitment (UC), Nonlinear Optimization, Modified Ant Colony Optimization (MACO) Algorithm,
Economic Dispatch (ED), Load Demand.
1. INTRODUCTION
The UC problem in power industry is a hard optimization problem which has enough potential for
frugality of millions dollars in each year. In addition, it makes correct utilization of a network
with on time units' inputs and outputs which it prevents quick exhaustion of instruments. The
main purpose of UC problem is to minimize the cost of entire system utilization to determine
situation of electrical energy units considering all constraints that supply the definite level of
security. Actually, the issue of programming economic order of inputs and outputs for thermal
units is an optimization problem which can be obtained by minimizing (or maximizing) the
objective functions regarding all existed restrictions [1-3].
Using dynamic programming, the UC problem was first presented in 1966 by Lowery. Basically,
the most careful method for solving this issue is the exhaustive enumeration. Hence, by analyzing
all possible compounds of units in studied time-periods, considering all possible compounds is
impossible (according to recent processor speed). So, necessity of employing a suitable algorithm
seems to be urgent [4].
Used method for solving the UC problem can be divided to three parts: classical, smart and
combinatory methods. For the first part, some methods can be pointed as exhaustive enumeration
method, priority list, dynamic programming and Lagrange method, least square method [5].
These methods in terms of the isotropy and the response quality, these methods do not have high
acceptability. The most common intelligent methods applied for solving this issue are taboo
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search [6-7], neural network [8], fuzzy logic [9], genetic algorithm [10-13], particle swarm
optimization [14], and artificial bee colony algorithm [15-16], and teaching- learning based
optimization [17].
Because of intricate calculations in input/output economic order programming of thermal units,
practically a mathematical optimization is very hard to be developed for solving the UC problem
precisely. The performing time of the problem will be increased based on the mathematical
methods with exponential shapes. Since the number of operational constraints is increased, for
keeping this time in a reasonable range, we should overlook many complicated constraints in
problem formulization. Practically sometimes, it may cause a response to be unreachable. To
solve this problem and for the purpose of omitting exhaustive enumeration method (which cannot
be used as optimization result), a smart algorithm is used in this paper. Advantages of using
expert systems for solving the thermal unit commitments, the input/output programming can be
summarized as below:
1- Improvement of obtained results by regular actions which has been concluded during
question and response council from operators and programming.
2- Considering some intricate performing constraints.
3- Decreasing the time and the required computer memory.
4- Help new and inexperienced operators to appropriate planning
In recent years, the use of intelligent optimization methods to solve problems of power
engineering has grown considerably [18]. The ACO introduced by Dorigo is one of best smart
optimization algorithms [19]. The researchers [20-21] realized the capabilities of optimization by
ant colony behaviors. In analysis moment, they understood that ants have ability of finding the
shortest path to food. UC can be formulated as a conditional optimization problem and then, to
solve it, a new version of ACO algorithm is used. For this purpose, a modified version of ACO
algorithm has been developed using MATLAB software. Afterwards, it is employed in thermal
units' production for two typical systems containing four and ten generators for supplying the load
demand and the power system spinning reserve during eight and ten hours respectively. Initial
ingredients have paid attention including the diary load demand's curve, spinning reserve,
minimum stop time, start-up cost, stopping cost and thermal units' properties such as the
minimum work time.
The proposed algorithm is able to gain the most optimized case by high speed in terms of
economy for the units input and output order by considering the told constraints. Also it gains the
amount of generative optimization for each unit (economic dispatch) which it's obtained results
are better than the existed results in literatures.
2. UC PROBLEM FORMULATION
Previously, UC problem has been solved using ACO [22-23]. In this study, a modified version of
the ACO is proposed. So as to avoid prolongation of the paper, more well-known details about
ACO will be not mentioned.
2.1. Objective function
For solving the UC problem, at first the cost function that is needed to be minimized, should be
obtained. This cost function can be stated as follows [6]:
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Where:
T= Programmed period (usually 24 hours)
N= Number of programmed thermal units
Ci(Pi
t
)= Production cost of i-th unit
Pi
t
= Production amount of i-th unit in period of i-th
Ui
t
= Mood of i-th unit in period of t-th. (on unit Uit =1, off unit Uit =0)
Xi
t
= Number of periods that i-th unit was Off
Si(Xi
t
)= Triggering cost function for i-th unit
(In (1) each period usually is considered one hour).
2. Rules
In this paper the objective function (1) has been routed using the proposed ACO based algorithm
and the rout with minimum cost has been gained. For employing the introduced algorithm,
applying the following rules is essential:
2.2.1. Pass rule or tie selection constraint
Suppose that k-th ant is placed in i-th point. In this case the possibility of j-th point selection as
destination and/or otherwise the selection of ij relocation path is obtained from equation (2) [8]:
Where:
)= Remained pheromone amount in ij relocation path in t time.
= A amount that indicates ij relocation path acceptability rate.
= Set of points which i is progressed.
= A parameter which determines pheromone weight effect on algorithm.
= A parameter which determines acceptability weight effect on algorithm.
2.2.2. Pheromone Matrix
In applying ACO algorithm we will need a common memory. This common memory is earned by
generation of a pheromone matrix. For each path that can be selected by ant, some initial
pheromone is considered and by selecting that path, some pheromone is added to the existing
pheromone. Updating the local pheromone is operated as like as the following:
After each ant chooses the next destination, it updates the pheromone according to (3) [23].
Where, is a coefficient between [0, 1] and one which is related to evaporation of pheromone in
each path, and is considered as increasing amount of pheromone in the path.
2.2.3. Stop Criterion
If the number of ants passing a path get more than quorum and /or it have a heavy difference with
the number of pass from other paths and the cost of that path become less, It can be concluded
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that the algorithm has achieve the optimal answer. It should be noticed that if none of up-
mentioned constraints do not come true the problem is not optimized.
3. PROPOSED METHOD FOR SOLVING UC PROBLEM
In past researches [22-23], UC problem is resolved by the ACO. In this paper, a new version of
ACO is introduced to solve the UC problem. The proposed method which is in fact caused by
making some changes in the ACO algorithm is able to reach the most optimized answer. Among
the differences of the proposed algorithm with the ACO algorithm, here we consider a pheromone
matrix for each hours of the programming junction. So, for a system containing 4 generators, it
considers totally 8 pheromone matrixes and for a system involving 10 generators, it shall consider
24 matrixes.
Whereas, as the size of system growths, number of cases passed by ants will be increased from
the first to the last hour. Therefore, the number of states must be limited in order to achieve better
results in a shorter time. For example in a system containing generators for 24 hours, each ant
confronts 10^24 cases. The simplest way to decrease number of cases in the UC problem is to
establishing the units' priority list. The way is done by calculating the average cost of utilization
of each unit in full load; the units' priority list can be obtained as there is a priority between the
one by less cost and high cost. But, for a system of 4 generators this list has is not used because of
the large number of constraints.
The proposed algorithm in this paper, called as MACO (modified ACO). As the number of
constrains in the proposed algorithm is more and as the problem conditions are different, the
MACO has many differences with ACO [22-23]. These differences are mentioned in the
following sub-sections.
3.1. New constants
PNEEDED: required generating power (consuming load) for this hour
UNITS: The number of generating power units.
PMAX: Maximum of each unit's generating power.
PMIN: Minimum of each unit's generating power.
ALPHA, BETA, GAMA: Variables of fuel cost function according to output power.
MU: Minimum hours which unit must remain (turning on) after turning on in circuit.
HSC: Start-up cost by hot method.
CSC: Start-up cost by cold method.
CSHRS: The number of hours that we should use the start-up by cold method.
INITIAL: The number of hours that machine was off or on.
STATE: The State of machine being on or off.
PDESIRED: Sum of generating power and required circle saving for this hour, where by
considering %10 of circle saving will be %110 of generating power or 1.1×P NEEDED.
3.2. The number of samples in converting continuous period to discrete period
Just like ACO, in MACO continuous periods should be divided to discrete periods that the
number of these periods should be equal for all power units. But main difference between ACO
and MACO is how to decretive the intervals. In MACO, discrete amounts must be chosen in a
way that the possibility of power units’ collection reaches to a specific amount such as 450 MW
(regarding the load supply constraint). For this purpose, the last unit must have a value between
its minimum and maximum generation. Therefore the number of discrete quantities is considered
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against the minimum difference and the maximum rate of the last generation unit; for other units,
the same number of discrete samples must be selected.
Whereas, for power station, the possibility of being off should be provided. In addition to
generated discrete amounts, a zero has been added as units off case for each unit.
For unit=1: UNITS
graph(unit,:)=[0, floor (linspace (PMIN (unit), PMAX (unit), SAMPLES-1))];
End
3.3. Roulette wheel with specific conditions
One of the intricate parts of the introduced UC program is calculating the required amounts for
roulette wheel. The roulette wheel must be implemented in such a way that each unit to be off or
to generate between its minimum and maximum power and the total power generated by units be
equal to this hour. For this purpose, before performing roulette wheel for each unit, the minimum
and maximum of required power should be calculated. These amounts are different from unit's
maximum and minimum power generation (Pmax and Pmin) that are calculated according to the
rate of produced power by previous units up to now (p-now) and unit's minimum and maximum
generated power after this unit.
By assuming that all the units are on after this unit, by reducing the generated power up to now
and by sum of unit's minimum generated power after this unit, the maximum amount of required
power in this hour can be obtained as.
p_u_needed_max=PNEEDED-p_now-sum(PMIN(unit+1:end));
For the minimum power amount that is required to be generated by each unit, exactly the same
way can be acted., The only difference is that the maximum power of unit is considered instead of
the minimum amount:
p_u_needed_min=PNEEDED-p_now-sum (PMAX (unit +1 :end));
But this is possible that required minimum power is lower than unit's minimum generating power
and maximum required power is higher than unit's maximum generating power. So, for avoiding
the possibility of selecting out of unit's generating amount, between minimum required power and
minimum generating power, we get maximum and between required maximum power and unit's
maximum generating power we get minimum.
Now, for roulette wheel calculation, we should separate the required amounts (which are
minimum and maximum among created discrete amounts). But up to now it did not discussed
about units' off mode! This unit can be off while the required power be lower or equal to zero. In
another case, while none of the generated discrete amounts are not obtained between minimum
and maximum of the unit, this unit is forced to be off.
While we are at the first stage of required minimum and maximum power calculation, it is
supposed that all of the units after this unit be on, but this is not always true and also the system's
off mode should be considered. For this purpose, the required power at this moment should be
lower than the maximum power of unit until the unit generates all required power (other units be
off). By doing these calculations, necessary amounts have been prepared for performing roulette
wheel; the remaining stages of roulette wheel are similar to ACO algorithm.
3.4. Constraints
Among existing constraints in UC, the constraints of minimum and maximum generated power
for each unit and the load supply are considered directly for roulette wheel calculation. Economic
dispatch (ED) constraint among units is problem's main goal and it will be intend to while
minimizing the fitness function. Hence, three constraints remains that we mention them in below.
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3.4.1. Minimum off-time constraint for each unit
If a unit is off and we have not still achieved the minimum off-time, two modes are possible to
occur:
1- Unit's off-mode possibility is provided which in this case it is informed that the unit is off and
without doing roulette wheel; the next unit will be selected.
2. Unit's off-mode possibility is not provided which in this case the possibility of continuing ED
is not provided and ED should be performed among the units for the related ant from the
beginning of the optimization process.
3.4.2. Minimum on-time constraint for each unit
This constraint must be perused both before and after roulette wheel. Before roulette wheel
implementation, we should peruse that if the unit must be on but the required maximum is lower
than the minimum generated power and is forced to be off, the possibility of continuing ED is not
provided for ant and ED should be performed among the units for the related ant from the
beginning of the optimization process.
3.4.3. The constraint of the system's spinning reserve
After finishing ED for each ant among the units, we should peruse that whether the total
maximum generated power of the active units in circuit is more than the total required power
generation in the current time and the system's spinning reserve? While the answer is no, ED
should be performed among the units for the current ant from the beginning of the optimization
process.
3.4.4. Fitness function
For fitness calculation, the main equation for each unit's cost is as same as consuming fuel cost
function at output power which its parameters are obtained using constants such as ALPHA,
BETA, and GAMA. Moreover, in the unit's off mode during previous hours, we should add the
start-up cost to one of the cold or hot methods. If the off mode time of the unit be more than its
CSHRS, starting is done by cold method otherwise start-up will be done by hot method. After
calculating costs for each unit, by collecting all of these amounts, fitness quantity are earned for
all the units.
4. SIMULATION RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1. Simulated system properties
For simulating the required system for UC problem, two groups of information is needed:
1- The load demand curve
2- The unit's characteristics
Where, here the above information is brought for two systems by four and ten generators.
4.1.1. Load demand curve
As we explained in the previous sections, for solving this problem a curve is needed which
determines the amount of load demand in every hour. So, in Figure 1, a load curve is introduced
for 8 hours related to a system with 4 generators and Figure 2 shows this curve for 24 hours
related to a system with 10 generators.
4.1.2. Unit's characteristics
The characteristics of the units which are used by 4 and 10 generator systems are shown in tables
1 and 2 respectively.
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Figure 1. Load demand curve for a system by 4 generators
Figure 2. Load demand curve for a system by 10 generators
Table 1. Unit's properties in a sample system by 4 units
Table 2. Unit's properties in a sample system by 10 units
In tables 1 and 2:
: The maximum of generating power for each unit
: The minimum generating power for units
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, and are coefficients of cost function related to every unit which is by general form of
below [15]:
MU: The minimum on mode time of each unit
MD: The minimum off mode time of each unit
Cs-hrs: is equal to the number of hours which after spending that, the required cost for restarting
the unit is equal to CSC; otherwise renewed cost is equal to HSC. This can be summarized as
[15]:
Where:
: The time intervals that unit i was in off mode continuously.
: The minimum off mode time for each unit i
Initial state: is initial state of each unit
4.2. Results for a system by 4 generators
For this system in every time, we have 15 point of maximum power station mixture which for
each ED has been done and its results are used as algorithm input. The UC optimization program
has been developed using MATLAB code which is implemented repeatedly for 15 times. In this
part, the MACO has been applied to the mentioned system in the precious subsections and the
simulation results are shown in table 3
.
Table 3 contains 5 parts. In the first and the second columns, the number of hour and the amount
of load demand at each time are mentioned respectively. In the third to sixth columns, the results
of unit’s ED are extracted using the UC optimization. In the seventh column the start-up costs
related to each hour is expressed and the eighth column indicates the total costs related to each
hour which contains the total generation costs related to the generators and the start-ups.
As indicated in table 3, the average generation cost of first generator is lower than the others and
after that the second generator has the lowest cost. So firstly, generators 1 and 2 must be added to
the network that most of the load will be committed by the first generator and after that as for
compensation the lack of load, generator 3 should be placed in the circuit. Finally, if the required
load become more than the total generated power of the first three generators, ineluctability the
forth generator have to be placed in circuit.
As it is shown in table 3, the units with numbers 1 and 2 are always in circuit. Therefore, the start-
up costs related to these units will not appear. At the first hour, the third unit has been restarted
after 4 hours of blackout according to (2)-(4) and so their start-up cost is equal to 150.
Consequently at 4th hour, only unit 4 must enter in the circuit (the others are in circuit
previously); therefore, the start-up cost is only related to unit number 4 and according to (2)-(4) is
equal to 0.02 dollars. For the rest of the times, the start-up costs are zero because of no new input
that enters the circuit. In the last line of seventh and eighth columns the total start-up and
generation costs related to all 8 hours are shown.
In table 4, obtained results of MACO are compared to the past well-known methods. In the first
and second columns of this table, the planning hours and their related load demands are indicated.
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In the next columns, the different methods' results are brought. Under each method there are four
numbers which show the units numbers; ‘1’ under each unit means the on-mode and ‘0’ means
the off-mode for the unit. In the last row, the total generation costs for supplying each load are
compared for different methods. As it is observed, the results of MACO are better than the
obtained results from other references. And also the convergence speed and earning suitable
response is favorable limitation.
4.3. Results for a system with 10 generators
In this system for each hour the number of power station mixture cases is very high; therefore we
should limit the number of cases as much as possible which in this case the priority list has been
used. For each of these cases, ED has been done and the results of ED have been used as input
vector for MACO. MACO reaches the final response for a system with 10 generators fewer than
10 repeats. The results related to UC problem for a system with 10 generators is given in table 5.
In the first and second columns of table 5, the time (hour) and the related load demands are has
shown. In the 3rd column (related to the units' part), there are 10 numbers from 1 to 10 which
explains the number of each generator. Below the numbers, the state of each generator is placed
due to each hour (‘1’ indicates that the generator is active and ‘0’ means its off-mode). In the last
column, sum of the related costs of units are shown which contains the production and the start-
up costs in each hour. Either in the last row, the total costs related to all generators is brought for
24 hours.
The obtained result of MACO has compared with the results of other well-known methods as
shown in table 6. In table 6, in the first and second column by order number of each hour and
required load amount at that hour is mentioned. In the next columns obtained results of other
methods has been brought. In under of per method there is two columns which first column is
related to total required cost in that hour for generating required load and second column which
shows the mode of system. In column of system modes which is in front of per hour is places by
one number containing 10 digits with 0 and 1 indicates active mode or reactive mode of unit. The
first digit is related to first unit and last digit is related to the last unit and number 1 means the
unit is active and number 0 means it is reactive. In the last column under per method, sum of
required costs for generating is shown. As we can see, obtained result of MACO by accepted
limitation is better than the results of other methods and considerably decreases essential costs for
required load supply.
Table 3. Obtained results of simulation by MACO for 4 units
Hour
Load
(MW)
Unit number Strat-up
cost ($)
Generation
cost ($)
1 2 3 4
1 450 292.857 132.143 25 0 150 9539.038
2 530 300 205 25 0 0 10856.240
3 600 300 250 30 20 0.02 12534.560
4 540 300 215 25 0 0 11043.800
5 400 276.19 123.810 0 0 0 8205.788
6 280 196.190 83.810 0 0 0 6067.148
7 290 202.857 87.143 0 0 0 6243.828
8 500 300 200 0 0 0 10030.360
Total 150.02 74520.344
Table 4. Comparing the obtained results of simulation by MACO for 4 units with other references
Hour
Load
(MW)
MACO GA [9] GA [10] PSO [14] ACO [23]
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
1 450 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 530 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
3 600 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
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Regarding to this point is essential which giving amounts to parameters above is effective in the
speed of reaching to final response and its quantity and considered parameters are regarded by
trial and error. As we can see, after passing almost 25 repeats algorithm has been achieved to final
response, which is in more suitable limitation rather to other methods.
5. CONCLUSIONS
In this paper, at first an attention is paid to explain UC problem and necessarily of existence of a
suitable algorithm for solving it. Then, a modified ant colony optimization (MACO) algorithm is
introduced for solving this problem and its advantages and disadvantages was perused. In
continuation, after explaining the proposed algorithm and perusing its different aspects by
considering the load supply constraint, spinning reserve, unit's minimum on-mode time and
minimum off-mode time, the UC problem has been solved for two typical systems (one for a
system with 10 generating units for 24 hours and another for a system with 4 generating units for
8 hours). Then, by doing ED, the generation costs have been calculated. Finally, they have
compared to other well-known methods. The obtained simulation results show that proposed
method optimized the problem more than other methods in terms of economic constraint and it is
in good situation in terms of convergence speed.
Table 6. Comparing the results of simulation for a system by 10 generators with past method
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Figure 4. Reaching speed to optimized responses for a system by 10 generators
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