Power Generation Scheduling Research Articles

Including Lifetime Hydraulic Turbine Cost into Short-Term Hybrid Scheduling of Hydro and Solar

In traditional short-term hydropower scheduling problems, which usually determine the optimal power generation schedules within one week, the off-design zone of a hydraulic turbine is modeled as a forbidden zone due to the significantly increased risk of turbine damage when operating within this zone. However, it is still plausible to occasionally operate within this zone for short durations under real-world circumstances. With the integration of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) into the power system, hydropower, as a dispatchable energy resource, operates complementarily with VRE to smooth overall power generation and enhance system performance. The rapid and frequent adjustments in output power make it inevitable for the hydraulic turbine to operate in the off-design zone. This paper introduces the operating zones associated with various production costs derived from fatigue analysis of the hydraulic turbine and calculated based on the turbine replacement cost. These costs are incorporated into a short-term hybrid scheduling tool based on Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP). Including production costs in the optimization problem shifts the turbine’s working point from a high-cost zone to a low-cost zone. The resulting production schedule for a Hydro-Solar hybrid power system considers not only short-term economic factors such as day-ahead market prices and water value but also lifetime hydraulic turbine cost, leading to a more comprehensive calculation of the production plan. This research provides valuable insights into the sustainable operation of hydropower plants, balancing short-term profits with lifetime hydraulic turbine costs.

Integration of Price Data in Wind Power Sales Systems Using Association Rule Mining Combined with Deep Learning Algorithms

With the growing attention of the global population towards renewable energy sources such as wind power derived from natural resources such as Solar, Geothermal, and Wind energy, there is a growing need for genuine estimation of wind energy. Wind energy is important in the supply of electricity in the global energy markets because of its enormous importance in the delivery of renewable energy. As such, it is crucial for accurate appreciation of the power of the wind to ably respond to issues that relate to the trading of power while at the same time addressing issues to do with planning, scheduling and strategic positioning of wind power generation. Therefore, the present work aims to develop a new model known as the Association Rule with DL-based Wind Power Generation and Price Prediction (ARDL-WPGPP). It utilizes two datasets: An Energy dataset includes various columns like tie, wind onshore forecast, and price actual, whereas the weather features dataset includes only wind speed. These datasets are combined to create a dataset where each transaction represents 2 hours of wind generation. A data mining approach is employed to uncover hidden patterns, rules, concepts, and correlations within these datasets, operating on various types of data including quantitative, textual, and multimedia formats. To efficiently extract rules from the dataset, an improved Apriori algorithm is introduced. Subsequently, the generated rules incorporating wind speed are passed into an improved LSTM model, which learns by comparing the label data. The price actual value serves as the label data, assigning labels to data points based on their actual price value. High price actual values indicate high wind power prices, while low values indicate low wind power prices.

Research on Electricity Balance and Measurement Optimization of New Energy Power System Considering Renewable Energy Consumption Mechanism

With the rapid development of renewable energy, the new energy power system is facing the challenge of large-scale grid connection and consumption of renewable energy. In order to achieve efficient utilization and stable power supply of renewable energy, this study proposes a renewable energy consumption mechanism based on optimization methods. By establishing a power and electricity balance model, consider the relationship between different types of renewable energy generation and electricity demand. Various optimization strategies have been proposed for energy consumption issues in different scenarios, including power generation scheduling, energy storage optimization, and flexible load management. Validate the effectiveness of the proposed mechanism in terms of electricity balance and metering optimization through a model. The experimental results indicate that this mechanism can effectively enhance the renewable energy consumption capacity of the new energy power system, reduce energy waste, promote energy cleanliness and sustainable development, and has certain theoretical and practical significance for promoting the sustainable development of the new energy power system and responding to energy transformation.

Real-Time Solar Power Generation Scheduling for Maintenance and Suboptimally Performing Equipment Using Demand Response Unified with Model Predictive Control

This paper proposes a novel approach that unifies a demand response (DR) with a master plan of the model predictive control method focusing on scheduling maintenance and replacement for suboptimal equipment in real-time solar power plants. By leveraging DR mechanisms and MPC algorithms, our proposed framework starts with understanding the correlation between solar module temperature, surrounding temperature, and irradiation—essential for predicting and optimizing the performance of solar energy installations. It extends to evaluate the DC to AC conversion ratio, which is an indicator of the efficiency of the inverters. This integration enables proactive decisions for repair, maintenance, or replacement of equipment. Through exploratory data analysis using Python, we establish the efficiency and benefits of our anticipated approach in identifying the relationship between the factors that affect solar power generation.

Hydrothermal–pumped-storage scheduling considering renewable energy uncertainty by improved cheetah optimization

The growth of renewable wind and solar energy in modern power systems affects the short-term scheduling of hydrothermal power generation. This article presents the optimum day-ahead scheduling of wind–solar–hydrothermal systems with pumped-storage plants (PSPs). To assess the contribution of PSPs in decreasing the generation costs of a renewable integrated power system, a scheduling model is formulated that considers different security constraints. An improved cheetah optimizer (ICO) is implemented on a renewable integrated test power system to solve the short-term optimum wind–solar–pumped-storage plant–hydrothermal scheduling (OWSPHTS) problem, taking into account all thermal, hydraulic and network constraints. Optimum solutions are obtained with different objectives considering renewable uncertainties. The proposed ICO solution method is compared with the similar algorithms in terms of optimal fuel costs, emissions, convergence success rate and computation time. The comparative solutions show that the introduced optimization technique is efficient for solving the real-world OWSPHTS problem.

Optimization of short-term hydropower scheduling with dynamic reservoir capacity based on improved genetic algorithm and parallel computing

The optimal scheduling of hydropower plants is important for the efficient operation and management of hydropower energy systems. In the short-term optimization scheduling of river-type reservoirs, the dynamic reservoir capacity is a key factor. Currently, the short-term power generation scheduling model considering dynamic reservoir capacity was solved by the enumeration method, providing a more accurate simulation of the water flow process compared to the model considering static reservoir capacity. However, the solving process had the disadvantage of a large computational burden and excessive time consumption, which restricted application in the actual scheduling of reservoirs. Therefore, to solve the time-consuming problem of repeated calculation of hydrodynamics model in optimization scheduling, an improved genetic algorithm including adaptive and elitist-selection strategies combined with the parallel computing technique was proposed. The optimal scheduling plan generated by this model were compared with the optimization results of the enumeration method and the genetic algorithm scheduling model. The results showed that the optimal power generation selected by the three models were extremely similar and the optimization model could find the optimal value for the scheduling period. In terms of computing speed, the improved genetic algorithm parallel technique took approximately 0.8 h, around 246 times faster than the enumeration method and 20 times faster than the model without using parallel computing. It demonstrates that the present algorithm is practically usable, significantly enhancing the optimization efficiency of scheduling solutions. Furthermore, it satisfies the engineering application efficiency requirements and can provide technical support for the subsequent power generation scheduling of the Three Gorges Reservoir.

Optimizing Power Generation Scheduling: A Comparative Analysis of Metaheuristic Algorithms

Purpose: This research compares six optimization methods, including the Mayfly Optimization Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm, Simulated Annealing, Firefly Algorithm, and Differential Evolution (DE). Design/Methodology/Approach: The evaluation of any algorithm is predicated on its ability to strike a balance between meeting demand, taking into account renewable energy sources, and lowering the total cost of producing power. Findings: The analysis shows that although PSO and GA converge to similar overall costs, the algorithms' performances differ. Then come SA, FA, and DE in close succession, with the Mayfly Optimization Algorithm showing higher total costs than the other techniques. Originality: By addressing difficult power generating scheduling problems, this work advances our understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of various optimization techniques.

Optimal scheduling of battery energy storage train and renewable power generation

Optimal scheduling of battery energy storage train and renewable power generation

Multi-Time-Scale Optimal Scheduling Strategy for Marine Renewable Energy Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithm.

Surrounded by the Shandong Peninsula, the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea possess vast marine energy resources. An analysis of actual meteorological data from these regions indicates significant seasonality and intra-day uncertainty in wind and photovoltaic power generation. The challenge of scheduling to leverage the complementary characteristics of various renewable energy sources for maintaining grid stability is substantial. In response, we have integrated wave energy with offshore photovoltaic and wind power generation and propose a day-ahead and intra-day multi-time-scale rolling optimization scheduling strategy for the complementary dispatch of these three energy sources. Using real meteorological data from this maritime area, we employed a CNN-LSTM neural network to predict the power generation and load demand of the area on both day-ahead 24 h and intra-day 1 h time scales, with the DDPG algorithm applied for refined electricity management through rolling optimization scheduling of the forecast data. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed strategy effectively meets load demands through complementary scheduling of wave power, wind power, and photovoltaic power generation based on the climatic characteristics of the Bohai and Yellow Sea regions, reducing the negative impacts of the seasonality and intra-day uncertainty of these three energy sources on the grid. Additionally, compared to the day-ahead scheduling strategy alone, the day-ahead and intra-day rolling optimization scheduling strategy achieved a reduction in system costs by 16.1% and 22% for a typical winter day and a typical summer day, respectively.

Hybrid team game algorithm for dynamic economic-emission electric power generation scheduling

The rising greenhouse gases, insufficient electricity production, and growing demand call for optimal thermal power generation scheduling to minimise fuel costs and emissions. Traditional optimisation methods are unable to find solutions due to non-convex objective functions and constrained convergence. Meta-heuristic techniques gain attention to address static and dynamic economic-emission generation scheduling challenges, owing to their adaptable nature and derivative-free structures. This paper proposes a Hybrid Team Game Algorithm (HTGA) that incorporates learning and exchange operators, simplex search, passing, mistake, substitution, and player within the field operators to solve the dynamic economic-emission generation scheduling (DEEPGS) of thermal units while considering multiple fuel options, valve loading effect, prohibited zone avoidance, meeting ramp-rate limits, and spinning reserve constraints. By evaluating generation scheduling at initial intervals, the forward strategy provides a solution to the dynamic EEPGS problem. A non-interactive approach uses the price penalty method to combine the objective functions, and heuristics are employed to explore feasible solutions using a replacement technique and proportional power sharing for unmet load demand. The algorithm's versatility is demonstrated across benchmark problems and electric power systems, as affirmed by Friedman and Wilcoxon's tests. Notably, HTGA requires fewer sensitive parameters, enhancing its practical applicability in addressing the DEEPGS of thermal units.

HP3O algorithm-based all electric ship energy management strategy integrating demand-side adjustment

To tackle the energy management challenge that integrates power generation scheduling and demand-side adjustment for all-electric ship in uncertain marine environment, a hybrid penalized proximal policy optimization algorithm (HP3O)-based energy management strategy is proposed. First, demand-side adjustment, which involves adjusting the power of the ship's electric propulsion motors and flexible service loads, is integrated into the energy management problem. Second, HP3O algorithm is employed to obtain both continuous and discrete variables simultaneously. It utilizes a continuous actor network to obtain continuous variables, such as the generator's power and ship cruising speed, while employing a discrete actor network to determine discrete variables, i.e., the on/off status of the generators. Third, to handle complex constraints reasonably, the energy management problem is formulated as a constrained Markov decision process (CMDP), and an action mask mechanism is also integrated into the energy management framework to make agent's actions more reliable. The simulation results of an all-electric cruise ship validate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed strategy in achieving near-optimal scheduling while satisfying operation constraints. Furthermore, a case study on a hybrid diesel-electric ferry confirms its generalization performance.

Design and modelling of an AI governed type-2 Fuzzy tilt control strategy for AGC of a multi-source power grid in constraint to optimal dispatch

The robust design and application of a novel type-2 fuzzy tilt controller (Type2-FTC) has been well demonstrated in this manuscript. This controller is anticipated to build automatic generation control (AGC) of a multi-area hybrid power system in concern to the optimal power generation scheduling. The combined action of AGC and optimal scheduling of a power system is referred as economic AGC or commonly ELD-AGC. At the initial stage of the analysis, the concept of only AGC has been discussed through various robust approaches. Then the extensive study on ELD-AGC of the proposed power system has been progressed under various controller actions. Further, the proposed Type2-FTC controller is designed ideally with employing an innovative quassi-opposition path finder algorithm (QO-PFA) in various operating conditions. The effectiveness and the viability of the proposed Type2-FTC controller has been verified over type-I fuzzy PID and conventional PID controllers for AGC as well as ELD-AGC of the multi area power system. In controller comparison study, it has been revealed that proposed Type2-FTC is a potential candidate to improve frequency stability of the system. Further, the analysis over technique study justifies supremacy of the suggested QO-FPA algorithm over standard PFA and PSO algorithms for optimal designing all implemented controllers.

Short-term prediction of the power generation of wind turbines.

Since the erection of the first wind turbine in Hungary in 2001, the proportion of power generated from wind has increased considerably, furthermore an even faster growth is expected in the next years. However, the more widespread use of wind energy plays a role in the fact that deviations from the international exchange schedule are becoming more frequent. In this paper we summarize the present situation concerning the usage of wind power in Hungary, detail the results and the limitations of our investigations carried out on the public data of the meteorological forecasts that are the primary sources of power generation schedules of wind power plants and suggest possible improvements on the reliability of the schedules based on the forecasts.

Hourly load prediction based feature selection scheme and hybrid CNN‐LSTM method for building's smart solar microgrid

AbstractThe short‐term load prediction is the critical operation in the peak demand administration and power generation scheduling of buildings that integrated the smart solar microgrid (SSM). Many research studies have proved that hybrid deep learning strategies achieve more accuracy and feasibility in practical applications than individual algorithms. Moreover, many buildings have integrated the SSM on the rooftop with the battery management system (BMS) to enhance energy efficiency management. However, the traditional methodologies only processed the weather parameters and power demand information for short‐term load prediction, ignoring the collected data from SSM and BMS by the advanced metering infrastructures (AMI), which probably improved prediction accuracy. In this research, many accumulated data of building and SSM are collected before methodology implementation. Considering the diversities of accumulated parameters from SSM and BMS, an adaptive convolution neural network long short‐term memory (CNN‐LSTM) is proposed for hourly electrical load prediction. The CNN could extract the critical large‐scale input feature, while the LSTM could achieve better accurate forecasts. The Pearson correlation matrix is calculated for the feature selection scheme from different data units. The hyperparameter tuning is utilized for obtaining the optimized hybrid CNN‐LSTM algorithm. The K‐fold cross‐validation is employed for deep learning algorithm verification, which includes LSTM, GRU, CNN, and Bi‐LSTM methodologies. The results prove that the hybrid CNN‐LSTM achieved outperformed improvements, which are 20.57%, 29.63%, 19.06% in MSE, MAE, MAPE, and 21.24%, 22.02%, 3.82% in validating MSE, MAE, MAPE, respectively. The hybrid CNN and LSTM combined with the feature selection scheme achieve superior predicting accuracies, proving the adaptability ability for integrating into the energy management system (EMS) of the building's SSM.

A swarm intelligence and deep learning strategy for wind power and energy storage scheduling in smart grid

In today's world, rising energy demands are a significant challenge, and the smart grid emerges as a solution for sustainable energy management. An essential view of advancing the Smart Grid (SG) capabilities is the collaborative scheduling of Wind Power Generation (WPG) and energy storage. It plays a significant role in elevating SG efficiency, reliability, and environmental sustainability. This kind of strategic planning is essential to increase coordination between WPG and flexible deployment of Energy Storage Systems (ESS). Efficient SG functions will be maintained, and energy sources can be regulated with demand variations. Putting an emphasis on assumptions and empirical data is vital in conventional techniques. When it comes to the continuously shifting environment of SG and RE resources, traditional approaches aren't highly reliable or adaptable. The present article uses a hybrid model that integrates Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to address those drawbacks. The primary purpose of it is to help with the joint scheduling of WP and ESS. This technique is what permits DRL to reach selections rapidly in convoluted, ever-changing environments. The proposed approach, when combined with PSO's effectiveness for variable optimization, will result in improved scheduling findings. The framework additionally exploits the finest use of ESS, but it also effectively addresses the challenging task of integrating dynamic WP with the SG. Reliable and cost-effective supply is ensured by the system's design. The accuracy, stability, and versatility of the suggested approach to the dynamic features of Wind Energy (WE) and storage management are incomparable to traditional approaches. The findings indicate the method's actual validity and its significance for improving SG functions. Applying state-of-the-art statistical techniques for holistic optimization of RE resources and storage systems is emphasized by the framework. Owing to minimizing Energy Consumption (EC) and lowering greenhouse gas emissions, this study provides a significant step towards achieving the goal of effective and eco-friendly SG functions.

Joint Optimization of Power Generation and Voyage Scheduling in Ship Power System Based on Operating Scene Clustering and Multi-Task Deep Reinforcement Learning

Joint Optimization of Power Generation and Voyage Scheduling in Ship Power System Based on Operating Scene Clustering and Multi-Task Deep Reinforcement Learning

Mitigating the Impact of Photovoltaic Power Ramps on Intraday Economic Dispatch Using Reinforcement Forecasting

The rapid growth of large-scale photovoltaic (PV) power generation has received considerable attention, where a major challenge is that PV power ramp events can adversely affect the operations of integrated power systems. Therefore, effective forecast and dispatch methodologies are critical. However, it is relatively difficult to predict an accurate PV power ramp rate. Another issue is that, since forecast and dispatch are typically considered in research as two separate problems, forecast modeling does not involve the knowledge of dispatch. In this case, unbiased PV forecast is unpractical for PV ramp events, increasing their negative effects. Besides, such a unified optimization with both forecast and dispatch cannot be solved easily since the problem is strongly nonlinear. Motivated by these challenges, a reinforcement forecasting framework is proposed for intraday economic dispatch in this study. First, the PV power ramp rate forecasting is categorized into two tasks of multi-classification and class expectation prediction, where the class continuity is considered in order to improve the forecast distribution. Next, a reinforcement learning agent is established for connecting PV forecast and system dispatch, which adjusts PV power generation schedules based on real-time system feedbacks. Comparative studies are conducted on an intraday system dispatch environment with energy storage. The results of the studies indicate that the proposed framework can provide higher economic benefits than those under benchmark schemes.

A coordinated generation and voyage planning optimization scheme for all-electric ships under emission policy

The International Maritime Organization has introduced the concept of Emission Control Area to reduce sulfur emissions from coastal areas. The expensive low-sulfur fuels are required to be used in Emission Control Area, leading to increased sulfide emissions due to bypassing by ship operators. It creates new challenges for navigation and power generation scheduling of all-electric ships. This article presents a new bi-objective joint optimization scheme for ship sailing routes and energy management. It considers emission control strategies to balance the total cost of operation and sulfur dioxide emissions throughout the ship’s voyage. Unlike previous optimization problems with fixed routes and sailing time, the influence of emission policies on the operator’s navigation decisions is considered. The route options and sailing time are treated as variables embedded in the model. In addition, the optimization accuracy is improved by integrating the model into mixed integer linear programming through a modified piecewise linearization model. The results show that the total operating cost for the same route is reduced by 6.05%, and the SO2 emission is 8.36% after integrating the emission policy influencing factor in the model. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is validated, and the model’s necessity for optimizing ship power generation and voyage within Emission Control Area is also illustrated.

De-Trend First, Attend Next: A Mid-Term PV forecasting system with attention mechanism and encoder–decoder structure

Performing accurate predictions on photovoltaic power generation is a crucial factor in complementary power generation scheduling. How to resolve the problem of extracting hidden features and correcting abnormal data is the key factor of improving mid-term prediction accuracy. This study proposes a mid-term PV forecasting system using the De-Trend First, Attend Next strategy. The prediction system employs the detrending before attending strategy. It first adopts and corrects abnormal time series data, and then reconstructs the corrected time series data into trend and seasonal components. After data is constructed, different models are applied to trend and seasonal data for separately predictions, and such predictions then be reconstructed into a realistic prediction result. To find hidden features and seasonal trends of seasonal components, we propose a new model. This model is constructed with an encoder–decoder structure temporal convolution, and attention mechanism. This study evaluates the prediction system using data from a photovoltaic power station in Australia. The experimental results show that the proposed model has a Coefficient of Determination value of 0.992, which represents a 73% improvement in the mean squared error index compared to the baseline model. In summary, the experiment result demonstrates that the system has a good capability of providing and predicting accurate data, which plays a significant role in power grid dispatch.

Random Furrowing for a Stochastic Unit Commitment Solution

The Unit Commitment Problem involves the inherent difficulty of obtaining optimal combinatorial power generation schedules over a future short term period. The formulation of the generalized Unit Commitment Schedule formulation involves the specific combination of generation units at several de-rated capacities during each hour of the planning horizon, the load demand profile, load indeterminateness and several other operating constraints. This largely deterministic schedule continues to find favor with several plant operators, keeping in mind the close operating time-periods involved. However, the deterministic nature of the load profile is sought to be phased out by a stochastic pattern that is realistic and mirrors real-life situations, owing to modern trends in Demand side management. This shift is in tune with the ongoing power restructuring activities of electricity power reforms. The stochastic profile is obtained by a suitably tuned 2-parameter Weibull distribution that uses appropriate shape and scale parameters. The resulting band of generated load profiles are used to evaluate net power and penal costs associated with a set of pervasive randomized probability indices. The exact UCS comprises of a specific unit absolute state corresponding to a certain time period within the planning horizon. Subsequently, regression analysis is applied to establish the correlation between the absolute states and the cumulative randomized load demand against the intervals within the planning horizon. This method is analogous to random furrowing of probabilistic demand profile.