Title :
Optimal operation scheduling of Nam Ngum-1 and Nam Leuk hydropower plants
Author :
Deevanhxay, P. ; Premrudeepreechacharn, Suttichai ; Ngamsanroaj, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chiang Mai Univ., Chiang Mai, Thailand
Abstract :
This work is concerned with hydropower scheduling procedure, applied from economic dispatch problems, to determine the optimal operation scheduling of Nam Ngum-1 and Nam Leuk hydropower plants. The hydropower plant was formulated as a nonlinear optimization problem and solved by using the modified lambda iteration method. This objective function was considered to minimize water discharge rate by using the quadratic function cost of generator to take power balance. The simulation results have shown that water can be saved about 7.15% of actual water discharge of January of 2010.
Keywords :
hydroelectric power stations; iterative methods; nonlinear programming; power generation dispatch; power generation economics; power generation scheduling; Nam Leuk hydropower plants; Nam Ngum-1 hydropower plants; economic dispatch problems; modified lambda iteration method; nonlinear optimization problem; objective function; optimal operation scheduling; power balance; quadratic function cost; water discharge rate minimization; Economics; Equations; Generators; Hydroelectric power generation; Linear programming; Optimal scheduling; Hydropower plant; optimization methed; power; scheduling; water discharge rate;
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagasaki
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2328-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2329-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICRERA.2012.6477404
