A new sensitivity evaluation based optimization algorithm for economic load dispatch problems

Author

Alam, Md Nafiul ; Chelliah, Thanga Raj

Author_Institution

Dept. of Water Resources Dev. & Manage., Indian Inst. of Technol., Roorkee, Roorkee, India

fYear

2013

fDate

10-12 April 2013

Firstpage

995

Lastpage

1000

Abstract

A new heuristic approach named Nawab´s Sensitivity Evaluation Optimization (NSEO) for minimizing nonlinear and non-differentiable continuous space functions is introduced. By means of an extensive tested on Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) problems with valve-point effects on 3, 13, and 40-unit systems it is demonstrated that the new method converges faster and with more certainty than many other acclaimed global optimization methods. The NSEO requires few control variables, is robust, easy to use, and lends itself very well to parallel computation.

Keywords

load dispatching; minimisation; sensitivity analysis; ELD problem; Economic Load Dispatch Problems; NSEO; Nawab Sensitivity Evaluation Optimization; heuristic approach; nondifferentiable continuous space functions; nonlinear continuous space functions; valve-point effects; Cost function; Economics; Generators; Power demand; Sensitivity; Standards; Heuristic approach; economic load dispatch; global optimization; human decision making behaviour; nonlinear optimization; sensitivity evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagercoil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6149-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEETS.2013.6533522

Filename

6533522