Dispatch Of Power System Research Articles

Metaheuristic optimization algorithms for multi-area economic dispatch of power systems: Part I—a comprehensive survey

Multi-area economic dispatch (MAED) provides an indispensable component for the security and economic operation of contemporary power systems. Over recent years, numerous metaheuristic optimization algorithms (MOAs) have surfaced for addressing the MAED problem. However, none of the literature to date conducted a comprehensive statistical research work on the MAED problem. In part I of this series, we present a comprehensive survey on this problem. (1) We collect all eleven reported MAED cases studied over the years. These cases have different structures, scales, and constraints. We illustrate the structures of all cases and provide their corresponding system parameters. (2) We collect all the MOA solution algorithms. These algorithms are inspired by different ways, and we categorize them in detail and review them comprehensively. (3) We list the detailed applications of MOAs on different cases and count the percentage of studies on each case. (4) Finally, we summarize the current research progress and point out the future research directions in terms of MAED models and solution methods, respectively. This survey provides an extensive overview of the MAED cases and its solution methods. It can provide applicable and reference suggestions for future research on the MAED problem.

Simulation Results of a Thermal Power Dispatch System from a Generic Pressurized Water Reactor in Normal and Abnormal Operating Conditions

Simulation Results of a Thermal Power Dispatch System from a Generic Pressurized Water Reactor in Normal and Abnormal Operating Conditions

Dynamic Multi-Energy Optimization for Unit Commitment Integrating PEVs and Renewable Energy: A DO3LSO Algorithm

The global energy crisis and the pursuit of carbon neutrality have introduced significant challenges to the optimal dispatch of power systems. Despite advancements in optimization techniques, existing methods often struggle to efficiently handle the uncertainties introduced by renewable energy sources and the dynamic behavior of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). This study presents a multi-energy collaborative optimization approach based on a dynamic opposite level-based learning optimization swarm algorithm (DO3LSO). The methodology explores the impact of integrating PEVs and renewable energy sources, including photovoltaic and wind power, on unit commitment (UC) problems. By incorporating the bidirectional charging and discharging capabilities of PEVs and addressing the volatility of renewable energy, the proposed method demonstrates the ability to reduce reliance on traditional fossil fuel power generation, decrease carbon emissions, stabilize power output, and achieve a 7.01% reduction in costs. Comparative analysis with other optimization algorithms highlights the effectiveness of DO3LSO in achieving rapid convergence and precise optimization through hierarchical learning and dynamic opposite strategies, showcasing superior adaptability in complex load scenarios. The findings underscore the importance of multi-energy collaborative optimization as a pivotal solution for addressing the energy crisis, facilitating low-carbon transitions, and providing essential support for the development of intelligent and sustainable power systems.

A novel economic dispatch of energy-renewable multi-area power systems with group-based differential evolution

Spinning reserve capacity can handle the effects of load and renewable energy output forecasting errors. To ensure the safe and stable operation of the power systems and enhance economic benefits, it is meaningful to develop reasonable reserve capacity model for multi-area power systems. In this paper, a calculation method for reserve capacity, based on multi-area joint reserve capacity, is proposed to handle the uncertainty of renewable energy output. Multi-area interconnected economic dispatch with renewable energy, based on multi-area joint reserve capacity, can comprehensively consider the characteristics of power generation resources in each areas, and then reasonably allocate reserve capacity in each areas. Furthermore, to solve the multi-area interconnected economic dispatch with renewable energy, a sorted grouping-based adaptive multi-strategy differential evolution algorithm is designed, which divides the population into four groups according to the current convergence and balance, then adopts several new mutation strategies, and uses adaptive schemes for each group of populations separately. Notably, the sorted grouping-based adaptive multi-strategy differential evolution algorithm has advantages over several differential evolution variants and several well-known algorithms. Finally, the proposed method is compared with individual reserve capacity, which proves that the superiority of the proposed method in reserve capacity programming.

Informer learning framework based on secondary decomposition for multi-step forecast of ultra-short term wind speed

Accurate and dependable wind speed prediction holds paramount importance in facilitating the dispatch and safe operation of power systems. Nonetheless, the inherent instability of wind speed makes wind speed prediction challenging. Consequently, a short-term wind speed prediction framework, amalgamating secondary decomposition (SD)-Informer, has been proposed in this paper. Initially, the variational mode decomposition (VMD) is applied to decompose the primary wind speed sequence. Through the VMD feature decomposition module, it effectively filters and eliminates superfluous noise from wind speed data. Subsequently, the complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise technique is introduced for a secondary decomposition targeting the high-frequency components derived from the initial decomposition. To address the limitation of neural network models in capturing essential information from lengthy sequential data concurrently, a predictive model based on Informer is proposed as wind speed prediction module, thereby enhancing prediction accuracy. The validation of this hybrid model encompasses four distinct time ranges. Multiple models are scrutinized through comparative analysis to ascertain the superior performance of the proposed hybrid model. The root mean square error of the proposed method is reduced by 33.02%、25.46%、24.26%, and 23.12% compared to gate recurrent unit (GRU), vision Transformer (ViT), attention (AT)-ViT, and CNN-atteneion (CA)-Bi-directional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) respectively. The mean absolute error of the proposed method in the first quarter is 0.432, with model comparison values reduction of 36.19%、22.99%、20.44%, and17.71% respectively. The experimental results indicate that the proposed model exhibits a strong capability in capturing the long-term dependencies between the input and output sequences of wind speed. It can perform multi-step predictions while ensuring high prediction accuracy.

Multi-Objective Reliable Optimization Dispatch of High-proportion Power System Based on Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm

Abstract Energy storage technology is pivotal for managing high-proportion power system consumption and maintaining real-time power balance. The optimal configuration of energy storage is influenced by factors such as capacity, wind power loads, and output power. This paper utilizes dynamic programming to evaluate the operational efficiency of conventional units and wind turbines within the power system, followed by the application of an enhanced particle swarm optimization algorithm to tackle optimization challenges. A BP neural network is employed to predict the impact of different units on the power balance of the micro-grid, aiming to achieve maximum comprehensive benefits and minimize investment costs. A reliability model is proposed to balance power storage and load release, thereby improving system stability and reliability. Simulation results demonstrate that dynamic programming combined with enhanced particle swarm optimization can reduce the operating costs of the micro-grid, highlighting the practical advantages of power system energy storage technology.

Data-driven stochastic dynamic economic dispatch for combined heat and power systems using particle swarm optimization

In modern power systems, the uncertain behavior of renewable energy sources (RESs) may result in deviations from the optimal operating dispatches for the various power sources. The electric power generation from Combined Heat and Power (CHP) units is characterized by high efficiency with less pollution. To use CHP units more efficiently, the dynamic economic dispatch problem is applied to obtain the optimal power and heat sources’ outputs to satisfy heat and power demands while meeting the different operational constraints. In this paper, data-driven stochastic optimization is used to model these uncertainties utilizing the Generative Adversarial Networks in scenario generation that are accurate and do not require fitting models or modeling probability distributions. Then, the Fast Forward Selection technique is used to decrease the number of scenarios to improve system tractability. The results obtained indicate that the variability in electrical load, photovoltaic (PV), and wind turbine (WT) output significantly impacts the overall operational costs of the power system. Therefore, it is essential to incorporate the uncertainties associated with electrical load, PV, and WT when aiming for accurate results in economic dispatch. the study found that the overall operation cost of the dynamic economic dispatch of the electrical system for 24 hours after integrating RES achieved a daily savings of 2.5 % in the first scenario. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate that RESs positively contribute to reducing the total operational costs of the power system. The economic dispatch of CHP systems is influenced by the integration of RESs and the uncertainties associated with electrical parameters.

Integrated real-time dispatch of power and gas systems

The integrated operation of the electricity and gas systems has attracted the attention of many researchers due to the ever-increasing interdependency between the two systems. In this paper, a novel framework for the real-time rolling dispatch of the integrated system is presented, targeting to attain the economically optimal and technically secure gas system real-time operation through the control of the available flexibility procured by various resources. A decoupled day-ahead scheduling is initially executed to determine unit commitment and gas linepack target decisions, which are then utilized as inputs to the proposed integrated real-time dispatch model. Intra-day gas system control is executed in a hierarchical procedure through the deployment of four control actions from various inter-system flexibility providers. The presented analysis illustrates that, based on the selection of control parameters, the activation of flexibility resources from both systems can be steered in such a way as to alleviate linepack deviations, even in cases of severely limited scheduled gas supply. The proposed control framework is tested on the Greek power and gas systems, providing significant insights regarding the activation of the control actions for the real-time gas system balancing in different look-ahead horizons.

A Deep Neural Network Approach for Optimizing Economic Load Dispatch in Power Systems

To ensure minimization of power losses as well as economic feasibility of electrical power generation, economic load dispatch happens to be one of the most challenging optimization problems which is faced in electrical engineering. With the advent of distributed power systems, an interconnection of power systems generating from different sources have come into consideration. However, all sources do not operate in the same manner and hence the generation cost for different sources varies significantly. Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) can be defined as a technique to schedule the power generator outputs with respect to the load demands, and to operate the power system in the most economical way. This paper presents a neural network model for implementing economic load dispatch for a three as well as six generation system. The load is also varied for both the 3 and 6 generations systems. The results clearly indicate that the cost of generation increases with the increase in load, which is also intuitive and hence gets tested. Thus the proposed model can be used to implement an optimized economic load dispatch mechanism for multi-unit power systems which is a typical characteristic of distributed power systems.

Fault traceability of power grid dispatching system based on DPHS-MDS and LambdaMART algorithm

Under the background of increasing system service data, it is difficult to trace the faults of power dispatching system. The current fault tracing method has some problems, such as low precision, low efficiency and difficult troubleshooting. To solve this problem, a fault tracing method based on data partition hybrid sampling method and multiple incremental regression tree algorithm is proposed. In this paper, it first uses the hybrid sampling method of data partition and dynamic selection technology to detect the business anomaly, and then applies the clustering algorithm and the information difference graph model to realize the fault tracing of system components. The experimental results showed that the F-metric value and geometric mean value of the study design method were 0.964 and 0.685, respectively. In addition, normalized discounted cumulative gains were observed in the top 10, and the mean average precision of the top 10 was 0.752 and 0.186, respectively. The proposed method can effectively improve the fault tracing efficiency of power grid operation and maintenance personnel, and provide strong data support for the safety maintenance of power grid dispatching system.

Active Power Dispatch of Renewable Energy Power Systems Considering Multiple Renewable Energy Station Short-Circuit Ratio Constraints

Active Power Dispatch of Renewable Energy Power Systems Considering Multiple Renewable Energy Station Short-Circuit Ratio Constraints

An Evolutionary Game Model of Market Participants and Government in Carbon Trading Markets with Virtual Power Plant Strategies

The utilization of conventional energy sources commonly leads to heightened energy consumption and the generation of specific forms of environmental pollution. As an innovative power management and dispatch system, virtual power plants (VPPs) have the potential to significantly enhance the flexibility and stability of power systems, while supporting carbon reduction targets by integrating distributed energy resources (DERs), energy management systems (EMSs), and energy storage systems (ESSs), which have attracted much attention in the power industry in recent years. Consequently, it can effectively address the variability and management challenges introduced by renewable energy. Furthermore, optimizing power market dispatch and user-side power management plays a pivotal role in promoting the transition of the energy industry towards sustainable development. The current study highlights the unresolved issue of strategic decision-making among market participants, such as energy companies, generation companies, and power distribution companies, despite the potentially significant benefits of VPPs. These entities must carefully evaluate the costs and benefits associated with adopting a VPP. Additionally, governments face the complex task of assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of providing subsidies to incentivize VPP adoption. Previous research has not adequately explored the long-term evolution of these decisions in a dynamic market environment, leading to a lack of adequate understanding of optimal strategies for market participants and regulators. This paper addresses this critical research gap by introducing an innovative bilateral evolutionary game model that integrates VPP and carbon trading markets. By utilizing the model, simulation experiments are carried out to compare different strategic decisions and analyze the stability and long-term evolution of these strategies. Research findings indicate that the adoption of VPP technology by market participants, in conjunction with government policies, results in an average 90% increase in market participants’ earnings, while government revenues see a 35% rise. This approach provides an alternative method for understanding the dynamic interactions between market participants and government policy, offering both theoretical and practical insights. The findings significantly contribute to the literature by proposing a robust framework for integrating VPPs into electricity markets, while offering valuable guidance to policymakers and market participants in developing effective strategies to support the sustainable energy transition. The application of this model has not only enhanced the understanding of market dynamics in theory, but also provided quantitative support for strategic decisions under different market conditions in practice.

Security-constrained economic dispatch of power systems with line outage using firefly algorithm

The Security-constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) problem is the problem of finding the optimal generation dispatch for a power system that minimizes the operating cost while ensuring the security of the system. The security of the system is defined as the ability of the system to withstand disturbances without violating any operational constraints. Line outage is a common disturbance that can affect the security of a power system. The Firefly Algorithm, inspired by the flashing behavior of fireflies in nature, is a metaheuristic optimization technique known for its effectiveness in solving complex and dynamic optimization problems. In this study, the FA is adapted to the SCED problem with a specific focus on enhancing grid resilience during line outage scenarios. The proposed method aims to simultaneously optimize the economic cost of power generation and the system's ability to withstand line outages. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, extensive simulations are conducted on standard IEEE test systems with varying degrees of complexity and network sizes. The results showcase the superior performance of the SCEDL-Firefly Algorithm compared to traditional optimization methods, as it provides a resilient dispatch solution that can effectively adapt to unexpected line outages while maintaining economic efficiency. Overall, this research contributes to the advancement of secure economic dispatch techniques and power system resilience by leveraging the Firefly Algorithm's capabilities. The findings offer valuable insights for power system operators and planners seeking to enhance grid reliability in the presence of line outages, ultimately promoting a more sustainable and resilient energy infrastructure.

Continuous-Time Aggregation of Massive Flexible HVAC Loads Considering Uncertainty for Reserve Provision in Power System Dispatch

Continuous-Time Aggregation of Massive Flexible HVAC Loads Considering Uncertainty for Reserve Provision in Power System Dispatch

Coordinated Dispatch of Power and Transportation Systems Considering Hydrogen Storage Based on Heterogeneous Decomposition

Coordinated Dispatch of Power and Transportation Systems Considering Hydrogen Storage Based on Heterogeneous Decomposition

Early-stage Testing of Thermal Power Dispatch Simulator for Subjective Mental Workload and Evolution Time

The excess thermal energy produced by nuclear power plants (NPPs) during low electricity demands can be utilized in industrial processes, such as hydrogen production, through a thermal power dispatch (TPD) system. Initial testing of the first iteration of a single-train TPD design with a manual control mode at the Idaho National Lab (INL) revealed a high operator workload and degraded control capability. The current study evaluated the impact of an enhanced dual-train TPD design on operators’ subjective mental workload and evolution task-time while completing two operating scenarios in manual and automatic control modes. The results showed no statistically significant difference between participants’ mental workload using both control modes. Evolution time in automatic control mode took a shorter time than in manual control, with participants completing all evolutions in less than the 10-min set as the design specification limit. The shorter evolution time is discussed within the context of plant safety and operational efficiency.

Joint bidding strategy of multi‐virtual power plant operators

AbstractThe distributed generation of new energy can effectively use the local endemic clean new energy and provide green power. However, due to the small scale and scattered layout of distributed generation resources, it is difficult to participate in the economic dispatch of power systems and even the competition of the power market. Virtual Power Plant (VPP) can act as a carrier of Distributed Energy Resource (DER) to manage its internal energy, to carry out combined bidding in the day‐ahead energy market and the regulation market. When virtual power plants coordinate multiple distributed energy resources to participate in electricity market transactions, the degree of disclosure of their internal privacy information will produce different trading strategies. A Stackelberg game model between multiple virtual power plant aggregators and virtual power plant operators is constructed, and the Kriging model is combined to protect the privacy information in the transactions of virtual power plant operators. Energy management for distributed generation is carried out, and the profit situation of virtual power plant operators under different strategies is analyzed.

A robust must‐run capacity identifying approach in power system dispatch considering interdependence with natural gas system

AbstractIdentifying the must‐run capacity (MRC) could help to accelerate the unit commitment and assess market power, thus critical for achieving an efficient power system dispatch. However, the existing approaches identify the MRC without considering the ever‐strengthening interdependence between power system and natural gas (NG) system, as well as neglecting either the uncertainties of renewables or the constraints on start‐up/shut‐down states for thermal units. To fill the gaps, this article proposes a novel model and methodology for identifying the MRC in power system considering the interdependence with NG system, with adopting a distributionally robust (DR) approach to consider the uncertainties of renewables. A constraint‐generation based algorithm is devised to solve the model, with a relax‐round‐polish based Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) algorithm to address the interaction between the two energy systems. Comparative studies show the effectiveness in MRC assessment over the existing approaches.

System design and analysis of thermal power dispatch systems for boiling water reactors

Nuclear power plants are crucial to meeting net zero emission goals and achieving energy sustainability. Integrating these plants with clean energy technologies such as high-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) may improve the efficiency and economic competitiveness of these plants. The current study investigates the design and operation of a thermal power dispatch (TPD) system for coupling boiling water reactors (BWRs) to HTSE plants. The TPD system extracts a portion of the steam from the reactor’s main steam line and transfers its thermal energy to an HTSE plant through a power transport loop. A TPD system for 5 % steam extraction has been designed and the system performance during steady and transient operations has been analyzed. The TPD system dispatched a total of 197 MW thermal energy to the HTSE plant under nominal design conditions. Saturated steam at 7.17 MPa from the BWR plant was condensed and subcooled to a temperature of 168 °C, while a mass flow rate of 91.1 kg/s of superheated steam was dispatched to the HTSE plant. Furthermore, the system performance during transient operation showed a continuous transition from the initial hot standby mode to the nominal power dispatch level. The transient simulation results emphasized the importance of investigating component level performance for the TPD system design. The current results will guide future works on the development of integrated energy systems for hydrogen production or process heat applications.

3DTCN-CBAM-LSTM short-term power multi-step prediction model for offshore wind power based on data space and multi-field cluster spatio-temporal correlation

The accuracy of offshore wind power forecasting (OWPF) is the basis for guaranteeing the safe dispatch and economic operation of power systems, which can reduce the technical and economic risks faced by power market participants. Combining the theoretical approaches of data space and deep learning, this study proposes a hybrid short-term OWPF framework based on the integrated consideration of spatial and temporal correlations of regional field clusters in the data space and the 3DTCN-CBAM-LSTM model. Firstly, other offshore wind farms with spatio-temporal correlation with the target offshore wind farm are screened out using the K-means spatial clustering algorithm. The historical power sequences determined to be similar to the target offshore wind farm and feature data of target offshore wind farms are used as inputs to the prediction model to improve the efficiency of the framework's power prediction. Secondly, the short-term power prediction framework of offshore wind power based on the 3DTCN-CBAM-LSTM model is constructed, using the 3DTCN model's ability to capture the spatio-temporal dynamic characteristics of offshore wind farm data to improve the accuracy of the prediction model. The temporal characteristics of the data are strengthened using the LSTM model to improve the stability of the prediction model. Finally, the CBAM mechanism is introduced to combine channel attention and spatial attention to eliminate irrelevant information and capture the spatio-temporal characteristics of the data in a more targeted way, which further improves the accuracy of OWPF. To verify the practicality and reliability of the wind power prediction framework described in this study, the differences between the prediction results of the framework and those of the benchmark model are compared using single-step prediction and multi-step prediction (4, 6, 8, and 12 steps). Compared with the benchmark model (BPNN), the single-step prediction results show that the MAE, MAPE, and MSE metrics of the 3DTCN-CBAM-LSTM model are reduced by 20.004 MW, 50.13%, 55.61%, and 80.29%, respectively, and the R2 is improved by 3.39%, which is a substantial improvement in prediction performance. The multi-step prediction results show that, with the progression of the prediction steps, the 3DTCN-CBAM-LSTM model has the highest prediction accuracy and model fit at each step. Therefore, the proposed 3DTCN-CBAM-LSTM model presents obvious advantages and reliability in the prediction of offshore wind power multi-step power.