A Novel Technique for Solving Hydrothermal Scheduling and Unit Commitment Using Artificial Immune System

Abstract:

This paper presents an artificial immune system algorithm to the short-term hydrothermal scheduling and unit commitment problem. This technique is applied to maximize the profit of Generating Companies (GENCO) which consider the softer demand constraint. A novel method is proposed for solving Hydrothermal Scheduling (HTS) using Artificial Immune System (AIS) in a competitive electricity market. The proposed algorithm is tested on four-hydro and three-thermal system for 12 hours. It is observed from the numerical results that the proposed algorithm provides better profit as compared to the conventional method and hence can be adopted by GENCO. Keywords: Hydrothermal Scheduling (HTS), Artificial Immune System (AIS)

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 573)
• Pages: 679-683
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.573.679
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: S. Padmini*, R. Jegatheesan, K. Rubini
• Keywords: Artificial Immune System (AIS), Hydrothermal Scheduling (HTS)

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