Emission constraints on short-term schedule of thermal units

This paper is about environmental protection of our habitat in what regards limiting the pollutant emission due to thermal power plants, burning fossil fuels, burning coal, oil or gas to convert into electric energy. On the one hand, within the liberalized energy power markets, schedule of thermal power plants has evolved from a point of view optimisation problem of electric companies to a market level problem. On the other hand, as a consequence of growing environmental concern, the impact of conventional power plants on the environment is being considered and efforts are being made to limit this impact. Consequently, the short-term schedule for thermal power plants needs to be not only considered within the energy market, but also within preserving healthy conditions and self recovery cycles in the environment. We present a case study for thermal power plants considering pollutant emissions and compare the results with the usual approach, ignoring pollutant emissions.