PES Meetings

Author

Malik, A.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Sultan Qaboos Univ., Muscat, Oman

Volume

22

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

16

Abstract

This paper describes how to estimate the expected number of starts of generating units in a power system using the frequency and duration approach. The information is useful both for independent power producers as well as to the utility evaluating dispatchability features in competitive bidding. The information can also be used for determining a suitable loading order position for the unit with restriction on the number of starts. The method can be employed to find out the burden imposed, in terms of increase in number of starts of thermal units, by integrating intermittent resources such as wind power plants into the power system.

Keywords

costing; power generation economics; probability; starting; competitive bidding; dispatchability features; frequency and duration approach; generating units expected start ups; generation planning; independent power producers; intermittent resources; loading order position; power system; probabilistic production costing; thermal unit starts; utility; wind power plants; Capacity planning; Costs; Equations; Frequency estimation; Power generation; Power industry; Power system planning; Power system reliability; Power systems; Wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Engineering Review, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/39.999664

Filename

999664