In this thesis implementation of MFO to solve multi-area economic dispatch problems is presented. The practical nonlinear generator constrained like VPL and POZ along with tie-lines power flow constraints are also considered in this study. The results obtained by MFO are compared with recently reported results to validate and to show superior performance for the solution of MAED problems with different dimensions and complexity levels. It was established that the MFO algorithm provides good solution in terms of convergence rate and optimum cost with less number of control parameters. The MFO is found to be a promising approach for real-world problems.
Some conclusions can be drawn from the obtained results & cost convergence
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The thesis has presented a new procedure for solving the Multi-Area Economic Dispatch problem using MFO algorithm. The procedure is shown to be very fast, robust, and extensible to include a large class of utility problems.
3.6 SUGGETION FOR FUTURE WORK
• The MAED problem is much complex due to the practical operational constraints such as valve point loading effect(VPL) ,prohibited operating zones (POZ) along with tie line power flow limit constraints, which make the system highly nonlinear. Therefore it requires a powerful optimization approach to solve these types of problems.
• The project successfully applied MFO for the solution of classical MAED problem with security consideration and without security consideration. The aims of the project were to introduce renewable energy to a classical MAED problem and minimize the production costs while taking into consideration the transmission lines, tie lines and bus voltage constraints. The proposed algorithm was successfully tested on a five-area system. Introduction of security aspects to the classical MAED problem resulted in an increase in the total production cost of power.
• Moth-Flame optimization (MFO) Algorithm, is applied for constrained optimization and engineering design problems. A comparative analysis of MFO algorithm expresses the optimum functional value in term of accuracy and standard deviation over rest of well-known constraint
Apart from the single objective functions considered for this problem, a combined function is also used to perform the multi-objective optimization for the FMS parameters. The function and the variable limits are given using following function. Equal weights are considered for all the responses in this multi-objective optimization problem. Hence W1 and W2 are equal to 0.5.
A power system is always in a state of disturbance that may lead to instability in the system. The consequences of a major power supply interruption can prove to be so disastrous, that every effort must be made to reduce the impact of such a disturbance. The process of determining the steadiness of the power system following any upset is known as security assessment. In particular, MW security assessment is a process to evaluate the security of the power system following a disturbance. It is done considering the loading conditions in respect of MW power flow on the lines. Each line has a capacity to carry MW power up to transmission line design limits beyond which the lines may trip due to overloading. In this paper MW security assessment has
The shipping cost and/or unavailability of transportation between the plants and some locomotive locations will eliminate some of the routes due to cost inefficiency. These routes are the unacceptable routes and will not be considered for distribution from the specified plant. By removing unacceptable routes, Solutions Plus is able to build a linear programming solution to determine which plant/locomotive location combinations are optimal. Based on the shipping cost provided, the routes that are eliminated are as follows:
The linear programming techniques will help the Mini factory improve their production by allowing the linear program to identify the problems and then through the application of scientific
To halt the drop in frequency, it is necessary to intentionally, and automatically disconnect a portion of the load equal to or greater than the generation deficiency in order to achieve balanced power economics while maintaining system stability. Automated load shedding systems are necessary for industrial power systems since sudden disturbances can plunge a system into a hazardous state much faster than an operator can react. These automated schemes must be designed and implemented to possess in-depth knowledge of system operating parameters and must rely on time sensitive
Introduction: Due to growing awareness of environmental issues, Australia is committed to the clean energy target of 33,000GWh by the year 2020. Integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) in low voltage system will play an important role in fulfilling the target. In order to accommodate DERs, the structure and control strategies of the modern power systems is moving from traditional centralised generation and control structure to localized generation and control and coordination [1]. However, it possesses a variety of economic and technical challenges.
Here, the revised non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II), and non-dominated sorting differential evolution (NSDE) are detailed. The test system is given in section V, and simulation results are provided in section VI. Finally, conclusions are drawn and future research is suggested. II. MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION APPROACH
good results regarding the solution quality and success rate in finding optimal solution. Performances of algorithms are tested on mathematical benchmark functions with known global optimum. In order evaluate the optimization power of BSA various benchmark functions are taken into consideration. This dissertation presents the application of GSA on 10 benchmark functions and GOA on 8 benchmark functions. These benchmark functions are the classical functions utilized by many researchers. Despite the simplicity, we have chosen these test functions to be able to compare our results to those of the current meta-heuristics. Benchmark functions used are minimization functions and are subdivided into the two groups i.e., unimodal and multimodal.
Introduction: The power demand growth is a critical concern for the power utilities as they must always supply the customers with the least interruptions and cost. Integration of DG units to distribution networks can be a better solution that defers investments of upgrading existent power systems. If the system topology is assumed to be constant during the planning period, the appearance of new loads or the peak load demand growth to the network [3]. In this case, DG can be a valuable choice for the planning engineers to reduce investments for upgrading the distribution system because it is located near the load and doesn’t need as much transmission and distribution infrastructures to served loads. In addition to this advantage, the main advantages of DG can be expressed as follows: improving the system reliability, improving voltage profile, power loss reduction, less pollution emissions (in comparison to traditional machines), feasibility to use CHP (Combine Heat and Power) generation. The problem of DG sizing and allocation has great importance. The installation of DGs at the places that is non-optimal can cause an increase in system losses, resulting an increase in costs and, therefore, having a negative impact [5].
In the past two decades, the problem of optimal power flow (OPF) has received much attention. It is of current interest of many utilities and it has been marked as one of the most operational needs. The OPF problem solution aims to optimize a selected objective function via optimal adjustment of the power system control variables, while at the same time satisfying various equality and inequality constraints.
The idea of applying exact optimisation approach on requirements selection and optimisation is similar with search-based requirements optimisation. The only difference is that, instead of using search-based optimisation algorithm, the search-based requirements selection and optimisation problem is tracked with exact optimisation algorithm. There are three main categories exact optimisations found in the literature. They are Integer linear programming [25], dynamic programming [26], and exhaustive search [27].
Various heuristic approaches have been adopted by researches including genetic algorithm (Holland 1975), simulated annealing (Kirkpatrick et al. 1983), immune system (Farmer et al. 1986), ant system (Dorigo et al. 1996) and particle swarm optimization (Kennedy and Eberhart 1995; Kennedy and Eberhart 1997).
Using a Dynamic Programming method would be a tedious search of all the the possible combinations. This reduction in possible combinations would make the problem complicated and would consume a greater amount of time. This problem of reducing combinations can be eliminated by using Lagrangian relaxation method.
Since the percent error does not go above 2.3% and the probability of the transportation cost not exceeding the goal is always above 90%, we can say that it is a viable option to choose the current limits on the constraints (Pop_size, P_c,P_m,α). Also this indicates that the hybrid algorithm is an effective model to solve these capacitated LAPs.
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