Abstract
Economic load dispatch (ELD) is a method of earmarking the required load demand between the existing generations in power system and principally determining allocation of generators to each generation for various systems load levels. ELD is an essential component in power system planning and operation. ELD solutions are found by solving the conventional load flow equations, while at the same time ensuring that fuel costs are minimized. There are many methods developed for solving ELD problems, but this work is restricted to two, which are the Lambda Iteration Method (LIM) and the Genetic Algorithm (GA) modified with sorting algorithm. The main objective is to apply the two methods to solve ELD problems in power system networks by comparing the performance of GA method with that of LIM in terms of fuel cost efficiency. The usefulness of LIM and GA to solving economic dispatch problem is emphasized. Simulation results obtained on this network using GA and LIM verify their effectiveness in solving ELD problems. Lastly, GA and LIM approaches have been effectively applied to the harmonization of the Nigerian 32-bus system powered by seven thermal and three hydro generating units. The study shows that GA exhibits better results than LIM from both best possible generation allocations. The results obtained demonstrate that GA based method gave better solution in terms of fuel cost reduction, when compared with those obtained using LIM. By blending the probabilities of crossover and mutation, and the application of sorting techniques, computer usage time can be significantly reduced in the system with better fuel cost reduction. Keywords: Economic load dispatch (ELD), genetic algorithm (GA), lambda iteration method (LIM), optimization, sorting algorithm . DOI: 10.7176/JETP/11-4-04 Publication date: August 31 st 2021
Highlights
IntroductionThe dimensions of the electric power systems are increasing significantly to sustain the energy requirements
Background of the StudyDuring the past decade, efforts have been focused toward solving the Economic Dispatch problem, incorporating different kinds of constraints through the various mathematical programming and optimization techniques
This study presents the combination of the Elitist and Sorting techniques to enhance the performance of Genetic Algorithm and application of LIM in solving economic load dispatch of the 32-bus system of Nigerian power system
Summary
The dimensions of the electric power systems are increasing significantly to sustain the energy requirements. This study presents the combination of the Elitist and Sorting techniques to enhance the performance of Genetic Algorithm and application of LIM in solving economic load dispatch of the 32-bus system of Nigerian power system. Chiragkumar et al (2016) solved Economic Load Dispatch problem in Power System using Genetic Algorithm method with the purpose of minimizing total fuel cost of generation. While Susheel et al (2015) proposed an efficient optimization, technique based on genetic algorithm for solution of economic load dispatch problem with continuous and non-smooth cost function considering various constraints. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm had been demonstrated on different systems with transmission loss in thermal power plant Despite all these positive results, there still remains the need to test GA, blended with sorting algorithm, on real and existing power networks. The concept behind this study is to improve the economic load dispatch solution by merging insertion sorting algorithm with GA and making comparison with a very effective LIM method
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