scholarly journals Modified Particle Swarm Optimization with Time Varying Acceleration Coefficients for Economic Load Dispatch with Generator Constraints

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.N. Abdullah ◽  
A.H.A Bakar ◽  
N.A. Rahim ◽  
H. Mokhlis ◽  
H.A. Illias ◽  
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Author(s):  
Vijayakumar T ◽  
Vinothkanna R

Reduction of emission and energy conservation plays a major role in the current power system for realizing sustainable socio-economic development. The application prospects and practical significance of economic load dispatch issue in the electric power market is remarkable. The various generating sets must be assigned with load capacity in a reasonable manner for reducing the cost of electric power generation. This problem may be overcome by the proposed modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The practical issue is converted and modelled into its corresponding mathematical counterpart by establishing certain constraints. Further, a novel interdependence strategy along with a modified PSO algorithm is implemented for balancing the local search capability and global optimization. Multiple swarms are introduced in the modified PSO algorithm. Certain standard test functions are executed for specific analysis. Finally, the proposed modified PSO algorithm can optimize the economic load dispatch problem while saving the energy resources to a larger extent. The algorithm evaluation can be performed using real-time examples for verifying the efficiency. When compared to existing schemes like artificial bee colony (ABC), genetic algorithms (GAs), and conventional PSO algorithms, the proposed scheme offers lowest electric power generation cost and overcomes the load dispatch issue according to the simulation results.


In power generating plants, the expenses on combustible fuel is extremely costly and the concept of ELD (Economic Load Dispatch) make possible to save the considerable portion of profits. Practically generators have economic dispatch problems in terms of non-convexity. These kinds of problem cannot be resolved by conventional optimization techniques because the complication escalates due to manifold constrained that require to be fulfilled in all operating conditions. Recently a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm stimulated by collective conduct of swarm can be applied effectively to translate the ELD problems. The classical PSO bears the difficulty of early convergence mainly when the space of search is asymmetrical. To overcome the trouble “Crazy PSO with TVAC (Time Varying Acceleration Coefficients)” is launched which improve the search ability of the PSO by rebooting the vector of velocity whenever diffusion or saturation locate inside and to employ a scheme of parameter automation to maintain correct equilibrium between global hunt and local hunt and also circumvent the congestion. This arrangement is developed crazy PSO with TVAC and also demonstrated on two different model experimental structures of three generation units and six generation units. The result acquired from proposed method is evaluate with classical PSO and Real coded genetic algorithm (RGA) and it is found to be superior. This method is mathematically simple, gives fast convergence and robustness to resolve the rigid optimization inconvenience.


Author(s):  
Alrijadjis . ◽  
Shenglin Mu ◽  
Shota Nakashima ◽  
Kanya Tanaka

The proportional integral derivative (PID) controllers have been widely used in most process control systems for a long time. However, it is a very important problem how to choose PID parameters, because these parameters give a great influence on the control performance. Especially, it is difficult to tune these parameters for nonlinear systems. In this paper, a new modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) is presented to search for optimal PID parameters for such system. The proposed algorithm is to modify constriction coefficient which is nonlinearly decreased time-varying for improving the final accuracy and the convergence speed of PSO. To validate the control performance of the proposed method, a typical nonlinear system control, a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) process, is illustrated. The results testify that a new modified PSO algorithm can perform well in the nonlinear PID control system design in term of lesser overshoot, rise-time, settling-time, IAE and ISE.Keywords: PID controller, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO),constriction factor, nonlinear system.


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