Economic Emission Dispatch Solution Using Parallel Synchronous PSO Algorithms

Abstract

This paper presents recent advances in applying parallel synchronous PSO algorithms for Optimal Power Flow in Combined Economic Emission Dispatch environment of thermal units while satisfying the constraints such as generator capacity limits, power balance and line flow limits. The use of orthogonal polynomials will give a very convenient means to obtain the equivalent cost function of the generating units. A general formulation and the development of Cascade Correlation algorithm to solve the environmentally constrained dispatch problem are presented. The objective is the minimization of the cost of operation, subject to all the usual and emissions constraints. The results obtained by the proposed method are better than any other evolutionary computation techniques proposed so far.