SlideShare a Scribd company logo
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE)
Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2021, pp. 1022~1028
ISSN: 2088-8708, DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i2.pp1022-1028  1022
Journal homepage: http://ijece.iaescore.com
Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with
multiple fuel sources
Phan Nguyen Vinh1
, Bach Hoang Dinh2
, Van-Duc Phan3
, Hung Duc Nguyen4
, Thang Trung Nguyen5
1
Faculty of Cinema and Television, The University of Theatre and Cinema Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2,5
Power System Optimization Research Group, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang
University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
3
Faculty of Automobile Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
4
Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam National
University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Article Info ABSTRACT
Article history:
Received May 29, 2020
Revised Sep 10, 2020
Accepted Oct 7, 2020
In this paper, the combined wind and thermal power plant systems are
operated optimally to reduce the total fossil fuel cost (TFFC) of all thermal
power plants and supply enough power energy to loads. The objective of
reducing TFFC is implemented by using antlion algorithm (ALA), particle
swarm optimization (PSO) and Cuckoo search algorithm (CSA). The best
method is then determined based on the obtained TFFC from the three
methods as dealing with two study cases. Two systems with eleven units
including one wind power plant (WPP) and ten thermal power plants are
optimally operated. The two systems have the same characteristic of MFSs
but the valve loading effects (VLEs) on thermal power plants are only
considered in the second system. The comparisons of TFFC from the two
systems indicate that CSA is more powerful than ALA and PSO.
Furthermore, CSA is also superior to the two methods in terms of faster
search process. Consequently, CSA is a powerful method for the problem of
optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with consideration
of MFSs from thermal power plants.
Keywords:
Cuckoo search algorithm
Multiple fuel sources
Thermal power plant
Total fossil fuel cost
Wind power plant
This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license.
Corresponding Author:
Thang Trung Nguyen
Power System Optimization Research Group
Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ton Duc Thang University
19 Nguyen Huu Tho street, Tan Phong ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Email: nguyentrungthang@tdtu.edu.vn
1. INTRODUCTION
The main text format consists of a flat left-right columns on A4 paper (quarto). The margin text
from the In power system operation, the main target of operating thermal power plants (TPPs) is to determine
the most appropriate active power generation of each thermal power plant (TPP) to reduce TFFC as much as
possible [1-3]. The fact that fossil fuel sources (FFSs) will be exhausted in future and its cost will increase.
So, the optimal use plan of the fuels can enable to last the use time of the sources and power system will be
more stable and work with high reliability. The purpose of using FFSs with lower cost and long time is
encouraged in power systems [4, 5].
The problem of minimizing TFFC from TPPs was concerned in many recent decays. This problem
was called economic load dispatch (ELD) and mathematical modeled by the presence of objective function
and constraints such as limits of generation and active power balance [6-8]. Some first ELD problems
Int J Elec & Comp Eng ISSN: 2088-8708 
Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources (Phan Nguyen Vinh)
1023
considered only single fuel source (SFS) for each TPP and only the minimum and maximum power generation of
the sole SFS was considered. More complicated problems considered total power loss in transmission lines and
ignored other complicated constraints regarding TPPs such as reserve fuel source limits and VLEs [9, 10].
There many algorithm types have been applied for the problem with SFS such as deterministic algorithms
and metaheuristic algorithms. Among the two algorithm groups, the second group was more widely and
successfully applied. The first algorithm group consists of Lagrange method [11], Newton method [12, 13],
dynamic programming [14] and gradient search method [15]. The second group includes PSO [16-17],
genetic algorithm (GA) [18-20], differential evolution (DE) [21], fractal search algorithm (FSA) [22],
teaching learning optimization algorithm (TLOA) [23], bee colony algorithm (BCA) [24], crow optimization
algorithm (COA) [25] and hybrid algorithm (HA) [26]. Deterministic methods had an advantage of using a
low iteration number and reaching the same results for different implementations. However, they suffering
from taking partial derivative with respect to control variables before executing an iterative algorithm. Hence,
they could not be applied for solving ELD problems containing non-differentiable functions. On the contrary,
metaheuristic algorithms did not suffer from the shortcoming of the deterministic algorithms and they could
deal with nondifferentiable function and complicated problem. But the metaheuristic algorithms had the same
disadvantages of falling into local search zones with local optimal solution or a nearby global solution with
worse quality than the best solutions.
As ELD problem is more complicated by considering much complicated fossil fuel cost function
(FFCF) and constraints. VLEs were considered during power increasing or decreasing process of thermal power
plants [26]. A complicated FFCF considered MFSs for burning fuel and driving steam or gas turbines [27].
The combination of VLEs and MFSs was implemented and the solution of the problem was found in the
study [28]. The model with both VLEs and MFSs is the most complicated FFCF in ELD problems. However,
all the considered problems did not consider renewable energies like wind power plants or photovoltaic
systems. Nowadays, wind power plants (WPPs) can produce a very high power and supply electricity to
loads via transmission power network. There were studies combining the wind power plant and thermal
power plants [29-30] for determining TFFC minimization. In the study [29], wind velocity was modeled by a
probability function and its power was dependent on the function. Thermal power plants were in charging of
producing a remaining power after wind power plant can supply its power to loads. The study mainly
introduced the change of wind velocity or considered the uncertainty of wind velocity rather than minimizing
total fuel cost of TPPs. In the study [30], PSO and bat algorithm (BA) were applied to optimize power
generation for TPPs and WPPs. Two systems with 7 plants and 16 plants using SFS were employed in the
study. The demonstration was that power generation from WPP could reduce TFFC of all TPPs and BA was
superior to PSO in terms of reducing TFFC.
In this paper, WPPs and TPPs are combined to produce electricity to loads in which MFSs is
considered in TPPs to produce electricity. In addition, the objective function becomes more complicated
since VLEs is considered during the generation process of the TPPs. Two systems with eleven plants
including one WPP and ten TPPs are taken into account. For reaching the optimal generation of the plants,
three methods including antlion algorithm (ALA) [31], particle swarm optimization (PSO) [32] and cuckoo
search algorithm (CSA) [33] are implemented. The novelty and contribution of the paper is as follows:
 Combine WPPs and TPPs where TPPs consider MFSs and VLEs
 Compare the performance of PSO, ALA and CSA
 Provide optimal solutions for reducing TFFC for the combined system
Other parts of the paper are as follows: Section 2 describes objective function and constraints of the
combined system. Section 3 present Cuckoo search algorithm. Section 4 shows the result comparisons
between CSA and two other methods. Section 5 shows the conclusions.
2. THE PROBLEM FORMULATION
2.1. Objective function of the ELD problem with single fuel option
In optimal operation of the combined system, power generated by WPPs and TPPs is supplied to
loads in which the cost of power from WPPs is supposed to be a constant and it is much less than the cost of
power from TPPs. So, the objective is to use all power from WPPs while the cost from TPPs. The objective is
as follows:
Minimize

 
1
( )
Nt
t t
t
TFFC FFC P (1)
where FFCt is the fossil fuel cost of the tth TPP; Pt is power generation of the tth TPP; Nt is the number of TPPs.
 ISSN: 2088-8708
Int J Elec & Comp Eng, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2021 : 1022 - 1028
1024
As MFSs is considered, FFCt of the tth TPP is represented as follows:
    

   

 

    

2
1 1 1 ,1,min ,1,max
2
2 2 2 ,2,min ,2,max
2
, ,min , ,max
( )
...
t t t t t t t t
t t t t t t t t
t t
tM t tM t tM t M t t M
a P b P c for P P P
a P b P c for P P P
FFC P
a P b P c for P P P
(2)
where M is the number of fuels; Pt,M,min and Pt,M,max are the lower bound and upper bound of power generation
of the tth TPP for the Mth fuel.
As considering the VLEs in the generation process, FFCt of the tth TPP is represented as follows:
 
 
 
       
       

       
2
1 1 1 1 1 ,min ,1,min ,1,max
2
2 2 2 2 2 ,min ,2,min ,2,max
2
,min , ,min ,
sin( ( ))
sin( ( ))
( )
...
sin( ( ))
t t t t t t t t t t t t
t t t t t t t t t t t t
t t
tM t tM t tM tM tM t t t M t t M
a P b P c P P for P P P
a P b P c P P for P P P
FFC P
a P b P c P P for P P P






 ,max
(3)
The FFCt without and with VLEs is plotted in Figure 1.
Figure 1. FFC with and without VLEs
2.2. Power generation of wind turbines
Wind turbines can produce and supply electricity to loads but their stability is not certain due to the
influence of wind velocity. If wind velocity is high, power generation of the wind turbines is high and vice
versa. The generation of the wind turbines is determined as follows: [29]:
 


  

 

  



,
,
0
0
w rate
w
w rate
if V Vi
V Vi
WP if Vi V Vr
WP Vr Vi
WP if Vr V Vo
else
(4)
where WPw and WPw, rate are Power generation and rated power generation of the wth WPP; V and Vr, are
speed of wind, rated speed of wind at the wth WPP; and Vi and Vo are the minimum and maximum speed of
wind for power generation.
2.3. Constraints of the problem
2.3.1. Constraints of WPPs
Wind power is dependent on values of velocity. So, as the velocity has the lowest value, the power
is minimum and as the velocity has the highest value, the power is maximum. As a results, limits of wind
power are as follows:
Int J Elec & Comp Eng ISSN: 2088-8708 
Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources (Phan Nguyen Vinh)
1025
  
,min ,max
; 1,...,
w w w
WP WP WP w Nw (5)
where WPw is power generation of the wth WPP; WPw,min and WPw,min are the lower bound and upper bound
of power generation of the wth WPP; and Nw is the number of WPPs.
2.3.2. Constraints of TPPs
Active power generation limits: In the problem, the fossil fuel sources at TPPs are supposed to be
plentiful and unlimited. However, the power generation of each TPP is constrained due to the limits of
gas/steam turbines and generators. The generation restriction is described as follows:
 
,min ,max
t t t
P P P (6)
In the constraint, Pt,min and Pt,max are the minimum and maximum active power generation of the tth TPP.
Because the TPPs use MFSs, Pt,min and Pt,max are, respectively, equal to Pt,1,min and Pt,M,max, which are shown in
(2) and (3).
2.3.3. Constraints of system
The power system constrains the balance of power between supply side and consume side. If the
balance is achieved, the frequency of the system can be stable and system is working stably. The supply side
consists of TPPs and WPPs where consume side is load demand. The balance constraint is as follows:
 
 
 
1 1
Nt Nw
t w demand
t w
P WP P (7)
where Pdemand is the active power of all loads in the system.
3. CUCKOO SEARCH ALGORITHM (CSA)
3.1. Lévy flights
Lévy flights is a power search technique of CSA thank to the use of an infinite step size by using
Lévy distribution. The technique is used to update new solutions as shown in the following equation:
. ; 1,...,
new
s s po
Sol Sol Levy s N

   (8)
where ε is scale factor; Levy is Lévy distribution [33]; and Npo is population size.
3.2. Mutation technique
Mutation technique is employed in CSA to update new solutions for the second time. However, the
technique does not update the whole population but it selects solutions based on the comparison condition
between a random number cs and mutation factor MF. The technique is shown as follows:
1 2
.( )
s rp rp s
new
s
s
Sol c Sol Sol if c MF
Sol
Sol otherwise
  


 


(9)
where Solrp1 and Solrp2 are picked solutions by using randomization.
4. NUMERICAL RESULTS
In this section, PSO, ALA and CSA are executed for reaching the optimal solutions of two test
systems. Each method is run fifty trials on Matlab platform and a PC with processor of 2.2GHz and RAM of
4.0GB. The detail of simulation result is presented in the two following sections.
4.1. The first wind-thermal power plant system
In this section, the data of ten TPPs with MFSs and without VLEs is taken from [34] while the data
of WPP is taken from [35]. The rated speed of wind and the rated power of the WPP is 15 m/s and 120 MW.
 ISSN: 2088-8708
Int J Elec & Comp Eng, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2021 : 1022 - 1028
1026
The wind speed at the scheduling hour is 14 m/s and the power generation of the WPP is 108MW.
The TPPs and the WPP supply electricity to a 2400 MW load. In order to get results for PSO, ALA and CSA,
Npo and Nit (which is the number of iterations) are respectively set to 20 and 100 for PSO and ALA, and 10
and 100 for CSA. The results are summarized in Figures 2 and 3. Figure 2 shows that CSA can reach the
smallest cost with $437.7 while PSO is the worst method with the highest cost of $441.4. Similarly, CSA and
PSO are the best and the worst methods with the smallest and highest maximum cost. The comparisons of
mean cost of 50runs can indicate the best stability of CSA since that of the method is the smallest. Figure 3
can confirm the best stability of CSA one more time since all runs of CSA have much less cost than those of PSO
and ALA.
Figure 2. Comparisons of result for the first system Figure 3. TFFC comparisons of 50 trial runs for the
first system
4.2. The second wind-thermal power plant system
In this section, the data of ten TPPs with MFSs and VLEs is taken from [35] while the data of WPP
is taken from [36]. The rated speed of wind and the rated power of the WPP is 15 m/s and 80 MW. The wind
speed at the scheduling hour is 14.5 m/s and the power generation of the WPP is 76MW. The TPPs and the
WPP supply electricity to a 2700 MW load.
For running PSO, ALA and CSA, Npo and Nit are respectively set to 20 and 200 for PSO and ALA,
and 10 and 200 for CSA. The Figures 4 and 5 show the best performance of CSA because CSA can reach the
smallest minimum, mean and maximum cost. ALA is the second best method whereas PSO is still the worst
performance method. TFFC of 50 runs from CSA is approximately lied on a line while that of PSO and ALA
have the high fluctuations. The analysis can lead to a conclusion that CSA is superior to PSO and ALA for
the system with MFSs, VLEs and wind power plants. Optimal solutions of the two systems are shown
Table A1 in Appendix.
Figure 4. Comparisons of result for the second
system
Figure 5. TFFC comparisons of 50 trial runs for the
second system
Int J Elec & Comp Eng ISSN: 2088-8708 
Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources (Phan Nguyen Vinh)
1027
5. CONCLUSION
In this paper, PSO, ALA and CSA solved two wind-thermal power plant systems where TPPs used
multiple fuel sources to generate electricity to loads. The two system had the same number of power plants,
ten TPPs and one WPP in which the first system did not consider valve loading effects on TPPs during the
power increase or decrease process but the second system did. The result comparison indicated that CSA was
more robust than PSO and ALA in reaching the optimal power generation and the search stability. CSA could
reach the smallest minimum, mean and maximum cost among three executed methods. In addition, the cost
from fifty runs of CSA was approximately lied on a line without fluctuations whilst the cost of PSO and ALA
had high fluctuations. Consequently, CSA is recommended as a powerful search algorithm for the optimal
generation of wind-thermal power plant systems.
APPENDIX
Table A1. Optimal generation of the two systems found by PSO, ALA and CSA methods
Pt (MW)
System 1 System 2
PSO ALA CSA PSO ALA CSA
P1 168.9 182.7 179.8 207.8 195.3 208.4
P2 208.6 197.3 196.8 303.2 273.6 271.3
P3 220.9 239.9 239.6 265.0 237.6 237.5
P4 220.2 232.2 230.4 298.8 244.9 270.0
P5 225.7 214.1 223.7 235.8 244.4 235.9
P6 223.5 229.2 229.8 295.2 290.9 278.1
P7 261.7 236.2 235.1 234.0 234.4 238.5
P8 224.2 230.0 229.1 330.4 394.7 409.6
P9 327.0 300.8 306.5 208.8 276.6 262.8
P10 211.1 229.5 221.2 244.9 231.7 211.8
REFERENCES
[1] Montoya, O. D., Gil-González, W., Grisales-Noreña, L., Orozco-Henao, C., Serra, F., “Economic Dispatch of
BESS and Renewable Generators in DC Microgrids Using Voltage-Dependent Load Models,” Energies, vol. 12,
no. 23, p. 4494, 2019.
[2] Trivedi, I. N., Jangir, P., Bhoye, M., and Jangir, N., “An economic load dispatch and multiple environmental
dispatch problem solution with microgrids using interior search algorithm,” Neural Computing and Applications,
vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 2173-2189, 2018
[3] Al-Betar, M. A., Awadallah, M. A., Krishan, M. M., “A non-convex economic load dispatch problem with valve
loading effect using a hybrid grey wolf optimizer,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 32, pp. 12127-12154, 2020.
[4] Gnawali, K., Han, K. H., Geem, Z. W., Jun, K. S., Yum, K. T., “Economic Dispatch Optimization of Multi-Water
Resources: A Case Study of an Island in South Korea,” Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 21, p. 5964, 2019.
[5] Das, D., Bhattacharya, A., Ray, R. N., “Dragonfly Algorithm for solving probabilistic Economic Load Dispatch
problems,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 32, pp. 3028-3045, 2020.
[6] Ang, S., Leeton, U., Chayakulkeeree, K., Kulworawanichpong, T., “Sine Cosine Algorithm for Optimal Placement
and Sizing of Distributed Generation in Radial Distribution Network,” GMSARN International Journal vol. 12,
pp. 202-212, 2018.
[7] Mmary, E. R., and Marungsri, B., “Integration of Multi-Renewable Energy Distributed Generation and Battery in
Radial Distribution Networks,” GMSARN International Journal, vol. 12, pp. 194-201, 2018.
[8] Mmary, E. R., and Marungsri, B., “Multiobjective optimization of renewable distributed generation and shunt
capacitor for techno-economic analysis using hybrid invasive weeds optimization,” GMSARN International
Journal, vol. 12, pp. 24-33, 2018.
[9] Kamboj, V. K., Bhadoria, A., and Bath, S. K., “Solution of non-convex economic load dispatch problem for small-
scale power systems using ant lion optimizer,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 2181-2192, 2017.
[10] Kamboj, V. K., Bath, S. K., and Dhillon, J. S., “Solution of non-convex economic load dispatch problem using
Grey Wolf Optimizer,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1301-1316, 2016.
[11] Zhou, J., “Solving economic dispatch problem with piecewise quadratic cost functions using Lagrange multiplier
theory,” In Proc. 3rd ICCTD, pp. 25-27, 2011.
[12] Kaur, N., and Singh, I., “Economic Dispatch Scheduling using Classical and Newton Raphson Method,”
International Journal of Engineering and Management Research (IJEMR), vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 711-716, 2015.
[13] Lin, C. E., Chen, S. T., and Huang, C. L., “A direct Newton-Raphson economic dispatch,” IEEE Transactions on
Power Systems, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1149-1154, 1992.
[14] Liang, Z. X., and Glover, J. D., “A zoom feature for a dynamic programming solution to economic dispatch
including transmission losses,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 544-550, 1992.
[15] Ray, S., “Economic Load Dispatch Solution using Interval Gradient Method,” Advanced Research in Electrical and
Electronic Engineering, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 55-58, 2015.
 ISSN: 2088-8708
Int J Elec & Comp Eng, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2021 : 1022 - 1028
1028
[16] Sudhakaran, M., Raj, P. A. D. V., and Palanivelu, T. G., “Application of particle swarm optimization for economic
load dispatch problems,” In 2007 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems,
Toki Messe, Niigata, pp. 1-7, 2007.
[17] Aristidis, V., “Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) techniques solving Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) Problem,”
Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 761-769, 2008.
[18] Sahay, K. B., Sonkar, A., and Kumar, A., “Economic Load Dispatch Using Genetic Algorithm Optimization
Technique,” In 2018 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on Green Energy for Sustainable
Development (ICUE), Phuket, Thailand, 2018, pp. 1-5.
[19] Kaur, A., Singh, H. P., and Bhardwaj, A., “Analysis of economic load dispatch using genetic algorithm,” International
Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM), vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 240-246, 2014.
[20] Olakunle, A. O., and Folly, K. A., “Economic Load Dispatch of Power System Using Genetic Algorithm with
Valve Point Effect,” In International Conference in Swarm Intelligence, vol. 9140, 2015, pp. 276-284.
[21] Dinh, B. H., and Nguyen, T. T., “New solutions to modify the differential evolution method for multi-objective
load dispatch problem considering quadratic fuel cost function,” In International Conference on Advanced
Engineering Theory and Applications, vol. 415, 2016, pp. 598-607.
[22] Phan Van Hong T. and Tran The T., “Economic Dispatch in Microgrid using Stochastic Fractal Search Algorithm,”
GMSARN International Journal, vol. 11, pp. 102-115, 2017.
[23] Rao, D. S. N. M., and Kumar, N., “Comparisional Investigation of Load Dispatch Solutions with TLBO,”
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 3246-3253, 2017
[24] Gachhayat, S. K., Dash, S. K., and Ray, P., “Multi Objective Directed Bee Colony Optimization for Economic
Load Dispatch With Enhanced Power Demand and Valve Point Loading,” International Journal of Electrical &
Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 2382-2391, 2017
[25] Spea, S. R., “Solving practical economic load dispatch problem using crow search algorithm,” International
Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 3431-3440, 2020.
[26] Rajesh, K., and Visali, N., “Hybrid method for achieving Pareto front on economic emission dispatch,”
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 3358-3366, 2020.
[27] Basu, M., “Modified particle swarm optimization for nonconvex economic dispatch problems,” International
Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 69, pp. 304-312, 2015.
[28] Balamurugan, R., Subramanian, S., “Hybrid integer coded differential evolution-dynamic programming approach
for economic load dispatch with multiple fuel options,” Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 49, no. 4,
pp. 608-614, 2008.
[29] Chiang, C. L., “Improved genetic algorithm for power economic dispatch of units with valve-point effects and
multiple fuels,” IEEE transactions on power systems, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1690-1699, 2005.
[30] Hetzer, J., David, C. Y., and Bhattarai, K., “An economic dispatch model incorporating wind power,” IEEE
Transactions on energy conversion, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 603-611, 2008.
[31] Jose, J. T., “Economic load dispatch including wind power using Bat Algorithm,” In 2014 International Conference
on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), Vellore, 2014, pp. 1-4.
[32] Amaireh, A. A., Al-Zoubi, A. S., and Dib, N. I., “The optimal synthesis of scanned linear antenna arrays,”
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1477-1484, 2020.
[33] Abdul-Adheem, W. R., “An enhanced particle swarm optimization algorithm,” International Journal of Electrical
and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 4904-4907. 2019.
[34] Paul, K., and Kumar, N., “Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Congestion Alleviation with Incorporation of Wind Farm,”
International Journal of Electrical & Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 4871-4879, 2018.
[35] Zhang, H., Yue, D., Xie, X., Dou, C., Sun, F., “Gradient decent based multi-objective cultural differential evolution
for short-term hydrothermal optimal scheduling of economic emission with integrating wind power and
photovoltaic power,” Energy, vol. 122, pp. 748-766, 2017.
[36] Lee, K. Y., Sode-Yome, A., Park, J. H., “Adaptive Hopfield neural networks for economic load dispatch,” IEEE
transactions on power systems, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 519-526, 1998.

More Related Content

PDF
Modified moth swarm algorithm for optimal economic load dispatch problem
PDF
Optimal power generation for wind-hydro-thermal system using meta-heuristic a...
PDF
Optimal Unit Commitment Based on Economic Dispatch Using Improved Particle Sw...
PDF
Comparison between neural network and P&O method in optimizing MPPT control f...
PDF
Improved backtracking search optimization algorithm for PV/Wind/FC system
PDF
Renewable Energy
PDF
Novel technique for hill climbing search to reach maximum power point tracking
PDF
Optimizing location and size of capacitors for power loss reduction in radial...
Modified moth swarm algorithm for optimal economic load dispatch problem
Optimal power generation for wind-hydro-thermal system using meta-heuristic a...
Optimal Unit Commitment Based on Economic Dispatch Using Improved Particle Sw...
Comparison between neural network and P&O method in optimizing MPPT control f...
Improved backtracking search optimization algorithm for PV/Wind/FC system
Renewable Energy
Novel technique for hill climbing search to reach maximum power point tracking
Optimizing location and size of capacitors for power loss reduction in radial...

What's hot (19)

PDF
Optimal tuning of a wind plant energy production based on improved grey wolf ...
PDF
The quality of data and the accuracy of energy generation forecast by artific...
PDF
A probabilistic multi-objective approach for FACTS devices allocation with di...
PDF
Stochastic renewable energy resources integrated multi-objective optimal powe...
PDF
Impact of compressed air energy storage system into diesel power plant with w...
PDF
Economic and Emission Dispatch using Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA)
PDF
Optimal Power Flow with Reactive Power Compensation for Cost And Loss Minimiz...
PDF
Gy3312241229
PDF
Congestion Management in Power System by Optimal Location And Sizing of UPFC
PDF
Bulk power system availability assessment with multiple wind power plants
PDF
Solar PV parameter estimation using multi-objective optimisation
PDF
I1065259
PDF
A novel method for determining fixed running time in operating electric train...
PDF
NOVEL PSO STRATEGY FOR TRANSMISSION CONGESTION MANAGEMENT
PDF
Stochastic control for optimal power flow in islanded microgrid
PDF
Multi Objective Directed Bee Colony Optimization for Economic Load Dispatch W...
PDF
Resource aware wind farm and D-STATCOM optimal sizing and placement in a dist...
PDF
Power Flow Control in Grid-Connected Wind Energy Conversion System Using PMSG...
PDF
A039101011
Optimal tuning of a wind plant energy production based on improved grey wolf ...
The quality of data and the accuracy of energy generation forecast by artific...
A probabilistic multi-objective approach for FACTS devices allocation with di...
Stochastic renewable energy resources integrated multi-objective optimal powe...
Impact of compressed air energy storage system into diesel power plant with w...
Economic and Emission Dispatch using Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA)
Optimal Power Flow with Reactive Power Compensation for Cost And Loss Minimiz...
Gy3312241229
Congestion Management in Power System by Optimal Location And Sizing of UPFC
Bulk power system availability assessment with multiple wind power plants
Solar PV parameter estimation using multi-objective optimisation
I1065259
A novel method for determining fixed running time in operating electric train...
NOVEL PSO STRATEGY FOR TRANSMISSION CONGESTION MANAGEMENT
Stochastic control for optimal power flow in islanded microgrid
Multi Objective Directed Bee Colony Optimization for Economic Load Dispatch W...
Resource aware wind farm and D-STATCOM optimal sizing and placement in a dist...
Power Flow Control in Grid-Connected Wind Energy Conversion System Using PMSG...
A039101011
Ad

Similar to Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources (20)

PDF
Stochastic fractal search based method for economic load dispatch
PDF
Multi-objective based economic environmental dispatch with stochastic solar-w...
PDF
Optimal power flow with distributed energy sources using whale optimization a...
PDF
Multi objective economic load dispatch using hybrid fuzzy, bacterial
PDF
A Case Study of Economic Load Dispatch for a Thermal Power Plant using Partic...
PDF
An Effectively Modified Firefly Algorithm for Economic Load Dispatch Problem
PDF
Solving combined economic emission dispatch problem in wind integrated power ...
PDF
Solution for optimal power flow problem in wind energy system using hybrid mu...
PDF
Application of a new constraint handling method for economic dispatch conside...
PDF
Analysis of economic load dispatch using fuzzified pso
PDF
Evolutionary algorithm solution for economic dispatch problems
PDF
International Journal of Engineering Research and Development
PDF
Antlion optimization algorithm for optimal non-smooth economic load dispatch
PDF
1015367.pdf
PDF
Improved particle swarm optimization algorithms for economic load dispatch co...
PPTX
Solution to ELD problem
PDF
Electricity Generation Scheduling an Improved for Firefly Optimization Algorithm
PDF
Economic dispatch by optimization techniques
PDF
s42835-022-01233-w.pdf
PDF
Non-convex constrained economic power dispatch with prohibited operating zone...
Stochastic fractal search based method for economic load dispatch
Multi-objective based economic environmental dispatch with stochastic solar-w...
Optimal power flow with distributed energy sources using whale optimization a...
Multi objective economic load dispatch using hybrid fuzzy, bacterial
A Case Study of Economic Load Dispatch for a Thermal Power Plant using Partic...
An Effectively Modified Firefly Algorithm for Economic Load Dispatch Problem
Solving combined economic emission dispatch problem in wind integrated power ...
Solution for optimal power flow problem in wind energy system using hybrid mu...
Application of a new constraint handling method for economic dispatch conside...
Analysis of economic load dispatch using fuzzified pso
Evolutionary algorithm solution for economic dispatch problems
International Journal of Engineering Research and Development
Antlion optimization algorithm for optimal non-smooth economic load dispatch
1015367.pdf
Improved particle swarm optimization algorithms for economic load dispatch co...
Solution to ELD problem
Electricity Generation Scheduling an Improved for Firefly Optimization Algorithm
Economic dispatch by optimization techniques
s42835-022-01233-w.pdf
Non-convex constrained economic power dispatch with prohibited operating zone...
Ad

More from IJECEIAES (20)

PDF
Redefining brain tumor segmentation: a cutting-edge convolutional neural netw...
PDF
Embedded machine learning-based road conditions and driving behavior monitoring
PDF
Advanced control scheme of doubly fed induction generator for wind turbine us...
PDF
Neural network optimizer of proportional-integral-differential controller par...
PDF
An improved modulation technique suitable for a three level flying capacitor ...
PDF
A review on features and methods of potential fishing zone
PDF
Electrical signal interference minimization using appropriate core material f...
PDF
Electric vehicle and photovoltaic advanced roles in enhancing the financial p...
PDF
Bibliometric analysis highlighting the role of women in addressing climate ch...
PDF
Voltage and frequency control of microgrid in presence of micro-turbine inter...
PDF
Enhancing battery system identification: nonlinear autoregressive modeling fo...
PDF
Smart grid deployment: from a bibliometric analysis to a survey
PDF
Use of analytical hierarchy process for selecting and prioritizing islanding ...
PDF
Enhancing of single-stage grid-connected photovoltaic system using fuzzy logi...
PDF
Enhancing photovoltaic system maximum power point tracking with fuzzy logic-b...
PDF
Adaptive synchronous sliding control for a robot manipulator based on neural ...
PDF
Remote field-programmable gate array laboratory for signal acquisition and de...
PDF
Detecting and resolving feature envy through automated machine learning and m...
PDF
Smart monitoring technique for solar cell systems using internet of things ba...
PDF
An efficient security framework for intrusion detection and prevention in int...
Redefining brain tumor segmentation: a cutting-edge convolutional neural netw...
Embedded machine learning-based road conditions and driving behavior monitoring
Advanced control scheme of doubly fed induction generator for wind turbine us...
Neural network optimizer of proportional-integral-differential controller par...
An improved modulation technique suitable for a three level flying capacitor ...
A review on features and methods of potential fishing zone
Electrical signal interference minimization using appropriate core material f...
Electric vehicle and photovoltaic advanced roles in enhancing the financial p...
Bibliometric analysis highlighting the role of women in addressing climate ch...
Voltage and frequency control of microgrid in presence of micro-turbine inter...
Enhancing battery system identification: nonlinear autoregressive modeling fo...
Smart grid deployment: from a bibliometric analysis to a survey
Use of analytical hierarchy process for selecting and prioritizing islanding ...
Enhancing of single-stage grid-connected photovoltaic system using fuzzy logi...
Enhancing photovoltaic system maximum power point tracking with fuzzy logic-b...
Adaptive synchronous sliding control for a robot manipulator based on neural ...
Remote field-programmable gate array laboratory for signal acquisition and de...
Detecting and resolving feature envy through automated machine learning and m...
Smart monitoring technique for solar cell systems using internet of things ba...
An efficient security framework for intrusion detection and prevention in int...

Recently uploaded (20)

PDF
EXPLORING LEARNING ENGAGEMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND ...
PPTX
Information Storage and Retrieval Techniques Unit III
PDF
PREDICTION OF DIABETES FROM ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
PPTX
6ME3A-Unit-II-Sensors and Actuators_Handouts.pptx
PDF
SMART SIGNAL TIMING FOR URBAN INTERSECTIONS USING REAL-TIME VEHICLE DETECTI...
PDF
Design Guidelines and solutions for Plastics parts
PPTX
Nature of X-rays, X- Ray Equipment, Fluoroscopy
PPTX
Artificial Intelligence
PPT
INTRODUCTION -Data Warehousing and Mining-M.Tech- VTU.ppt
PDF
Abrasive, erosive and cavitation wear.pdf
PDF
BIO-INSPIRED HORMONAL MODULATION AND ADAPTIVE ORCHESTRATION IN S-AI-GPT
PPTX
Software Engineering and software moduleing
PPT
Occupational Health and Safety Management System
PDF
737-MAX_SRG.pdf student reference guides
PPTX
Management Information system : MIS-e-Business Systems.pptx
PPTX
CURRICULAM DESIGN engineering FOR CSE 2025.pptx
PPTX
introduction to high performance computing
PDF
Soil Improvement Techniques Note - Rabbi
PPTX
Current and future trends in Computer Vision.pptx
PPTX
Safety Seminar civil to be ensured for safe working.
EXPLORING LEARNING ENGAGEMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND ...
Information Storage and Retrieval Techniques Unit III
PREDICTION OF DIABETES FROM ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
6ME3A-Unit-II-Sensors and Actuators_Handouts.pptx
SMART SIGNAL TIMING FOR URBAN INTERSECTIONS USING REAL-TIME VEHICLE DETECTI...
Design Guidelines and solutions for Plastics parts
Nature of X-rays, X- Ray Equipment, Fluoroscopy
Artificial Intelligence
INTRODUCTION -Data Warehousing and Mining-M.Tech- VTU.ppt
Abrasive, erosive and cavitation wear.pdf
BIO-INSPIRED HORMONAL MODULATION AND ADAPTIVE ORCHESTRATION IN S-AI-GPT
Software Engineering and software moduleing
Occupational Health and Safety Management System
737-MAX_SRG.pdf student reference guides
Management Information system : MIS-e-Business Systems.pptx
CURRICULAM DESIGN engineering FOR CSE 2025.pptx
introduction to high performance computing
Soil Improvement Techniques Note - Rabbi
Current and future trends in Computer Vision.pptx
Safety Seminar civil to be ensured for safe working.

Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources

  • 1. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2021, pp. 1022~1028 ISSN: 2088-8708, DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v11i2.pp1022-1028  1022 Journal homepage: http://ijece.iaescore.com Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources Phan Nguyen Vinh1 , Bach Hoang Dinh2 , Van-Duc Phan3 , Hung Duc Nguyen4 , Thang Trung Nguyen5 1 Faculty of Cinema and Television, The University of Theatre and Cinema Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2,5 Power System Optimization Research Group, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 3 Faculty of Automobile Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 4 Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received May 29, 2020 Revised Sep 10, 2020 Accepted Oct 7, 2020 In this paper, the combined wind and thermal power plant systems are operated optimally to reduce the total fossil fuel cost (TFFC) of all thermal power plants and supply enough power energy to loads. The objective of reducing TFFC is implemented by using antlion algorithm (ALA), particle swarm optimization (PSO) and Cuckoo search algorithm (CSA). The best method is then determined based on the obtained TFFC from the three methods as dealing with two study cases. Two systems with eleven units including one wind power plant (WPP) and ten thermal power plants are optimally operated. The two systems have the same characteristic of MFSs but the valve loading effects (VLEs) on thermal power plants are only considered in the second system. The comparisons of TFFC from the two systems indicate that CSA is more powerful than ALA and PSO. Furthermore, CSA is also superior to the two methods in terms of faster search process. Consequently, CSA is a powerful method for the problem of optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with consideration of MFSs from thermal power plants. Keywords: Cuckoo search algorithm Multiple fuel sources Thermal power plant Total fossil fuel cost Wind power plant This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license. Corresponding Author: Thang Trung Nguyen Power System Optimization Research Group Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Ton Duc Thang University 19 Nguyen Huu Tho street, Tan Phong ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Email: nguyentrungthang@tdtu.edu.vn 1. INTRODUCTION The main text format consists of a flat left-right columns on A4 paper (quarto). The margin text from the In power system operation, the main target of operating thermal power plants (TPPs) is to determine the most appropriate active power generation of each thermal power plant (TPP) to reduce TFFC as much as possible [1-3]. The fact that fossil fuel sources (FFSs) will be exhausted in future and its cost will increase. So, the optimal use plan of the fuels can enable to last the use time of the sources and power system will be more stable and work with high reliability. The purpose of using FFSs with lower cost and long time is encouraged in power systems [4, 5]. The problem of minimizing TFFC from TPPs was concerned in many recent decays. This problem was called economic load dispatch (ELD) and mathematical modeled by the presence of objective function and constraints such as limits of generation and active power balance [6-8]. Some first ELD problems
  • 2. Int J Elec & Comp Eng ISSN: 2088-8708  Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources (Phan Nguyen Vinh) 1023 considered only single fuel source (SFS) for each TPP and only the minimum and maximum power generation of the sole SFS was considered. More complicated problems considered total power loss in transmission lines and ignored other complicated constraints regarding TPPs such as reserve fuel source limits and VLEs [9, 10]. There many algorithm types have been applied for the problem with SFS such as deterministic algorithms and metaheuristic algorithms. Among the two algorithm groups, the second group was more widely and successfully applied. The first algorithm group consists of Lagrange method [11], Newton method [12, 13], dynamic programming [14] and gradient search method [15]. The second group includes PSO [16-17], genetic algorithm (GA) [18-20], differential evolution (DE) [21], fractal search algorithm (FSA) [22], teaching learning optimization algorithm (TLOA) [23], bee colony algorithm (BCA) [24], crow optimization algorithm (COA) [25] and hybrid algorithm (HA) [26]. Deterministic methods had an advantage of using a low iteration number and reaching the same results for different implementations. However, they suffering from taking partial derivative with respect to control variables before executing an iterative algorithm. Hence, they could not be applied for solving ELD problems containing non-differentiable functions. On the contrary, metaheuristic algorithms did not suffer from the shortcoming of the deterministic algorithms and they could deal with nondifferentiable function and complicated problem. But the metaheuristic algorithms had the same disadvantages of falling into local search zones with local optimal solution or a nearby global solution with worse quality than the best solutions. As ELD problem is more complicated by considering much complicated fossil fuel cost function (FFCF) and constraints. VLEs were considered during power increasing or decreasing process of thermal power plants [26]. A complicated FFCF considered MFSs for burning fuel and driving steam or gas turbines [27]. The combination of VLEs and MFSs was implemented and the solution of the problem was found in the study [28]. The model with both VLEs and MFSs is the most complicated FFCF in ELD problems. However, all the considered problems did not consider renewable energies like wind power plants or photovoltaic systems. Nowadays, wind power plants (WPPs) can produce a very high power and supply electricity to loads via transmission power network. There were studies combining the wind power plant and thermal power plants [29-30] for determining TFFC minimization. In the study [29], wind velocity was modeled by a probability function and its power was dependent on the function. Thermal power plants were in charging of producing a remaining power after wind power plant can supply its power to loads. The study mainly introduced the change of wind velocity or considered the uncertainty of wind velocity rather than minimizing total fuel cost of TPPs. In the study [30], PSO and bat algorithm (BA) were applied to optimize power generation for TPPs and WPPs. Two systems with 7 plants and 16 plants using SFS were employed in the study. The demonstration was that power generation from WPP could reduce TFFC of all TPPs and BA was superior to PSO in terms of reducing TFFC. In this paper, WPPs and TPPs are combined to produce electricity to loads in which MFSs is considered in TPPs to produce electricity. In addition, the objective function becomes more complicated since VLEs is considered during the generation process of the TPPs. Two systems with eleven plants including one WPP and ten TPPs are taken into account. For reaching the optimal generation of the plants, three methods including antlion algorithm (ALA) [31], particle swarm optimization (PSO) [32] and cuckoo search algorithm (CSA) [33] are implemented. The novelty and contribution of the paper is as follows:  Combine WPPs and TPPs where TPPs consider MFSs and VLEs  Compare the performance of PSO, ALA and CSA  Provide optimal solutions for reducing TFFC for the combined system Other parts of the paper are as follows: Section 2 describes objective function and constraints of the combined system. Section 3 present Cuckoo search algorithm. Section 4 shows the result comparisons between CSA and two other methods. Section 5 shows the conclusions. 2. THE PROBLEM FORMULATION 2.1. Objective function of the ELD problem with single fuel option In optimal operation of the combined system, power generated by WPPs and TPPs is supplied to loads in which the cost of power from WPPs is supposed to be a constant and it is much less than the cost of power from TPPs. So, the objective is to use all power from WPPs while the cost from TPPs. The objective is as follows: Minimize    1 ( ) Nt t t t TFFC FFC P (1) where FFCt is the fossil fuel cost of the tth TPP; Pt is power generation of the tth TPP; Nt is the number of TPPs.
  • 3.  ISSN: 2088-8708 Int J Elec & Comp Eng, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2021 : 1022 - 1028 1024 As MFSs is considered, FFCt of the tth TPP is represented as follows:                     2 1 1 1 ,1,min ,1,max 2 2 2 2 ,2,min ,2,max 2 , ,min , ,max ( ) ... t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t tM t tM t tM t M t t M a P b P c for P P P a P b P c for P P P FFC P a P b P c for P P P (2) where M is the number of fuels; Pt,M,min and Pt,M,max are the lower bound and upper bound of power generation of the tth TPP for the Mth fuel. As considering the VLEs in the generation process, FFCt of the tth TPP is represented as follows:                                2 1 1 1 1 1 ,min ,1,min ,1,max 2 2 2 2 2 2 ,min ,2,min ,2,max 2 ,min , ,min , sin( ( )) sin( ( )) ( ) ... sin( ( )) t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t tM t tM t tM tM tM t t t M t t M a P b P c P P for P P P a P b P c P P for P P P FFC P a P b P c P P for P P P        ,max (3) The FFCt without and with VLEs is plotted in Figure 1. Figure 1. FFC with and without VLEs 2.2. Power generation of wind turbines Wind turbines can produce and supply electricity to loads but their stability is not certain due to the influence of wind velocity. If wind velocity is high, power generation of the wind turbines is high and vice versa. The generation of the wind turbines is determined as follows: [29]:                  , , 0 0 w rate w w rate if V Vi V Vi WP if Vi V Vr WP Vr Vi WP if Vr V Vo else (4) where WPw and WPw, rate are Power generation and rated power generation of the wth WPP; V and Vr, are speed of wind, rated speed of wind at the wth WPP; and Vi and Vo are the minimum and maximum speed of wind for power generation. 2.3. Constraints of the problem 2.3.1. Constraints of WPPs Wind power is dependent on values of velocity. So, as the velocity has the lowest value, the power is minimum and as the velocity has the highest value, the power is maximum. As a results, limits of wind power are as follows:
  • 4. Int J Elec & Comp Eng ISSN: 2088-8708  Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources (Phan Nguyen Vinh) 1025    ,min ,max ; 1,..., w w w WP WP WP w Nw (5) where WPw is power generation of the wth WPP; WPw,min and WPw,min are the lower bound and upper bound of power generation of the wth WPP; and Nw is the number of WPPs. 2.3.2. Constraints of TPPs Active power generation limits: In the problem, the fossil fuel sources at TPPs are supposed to be plentiful and unlimited. However, the power generation of each TPP is constrained due to the limits of gas/steam turbines and generators. The generation restriction is described as follows:   ,min ,max t t t P P P (6) In the constraint, Pt,min and Pt,max are the minimum and maximum active power generation of the tth TPP. Because the TPPs use MFSs, Pt,min and Pt,max are, respectively, equal to Pt,1,min and Pt,M,max, which are shown in (2) and (3). 2.3.3. Constraints of system The power system constrains the balance of power between supply side and consume side. If the balance is achieved, the frequency of the system can be stable and system is working stably. The supply side consists of TPPs and WPPs where consume side is load demand. The balance constraint is as follows:       1 1 Nt Nw t w demand t w P WP P (7) where Pdemand is the active power of all loads in the system. 3. CUCKOO SEARCH ALGORITHM (CSA) 3.1. Lévy flights Lévy flights is a power search technique of CSA thank to the use of an infinite step size by using Lévy distribution. The technique is used to update new solutions as shown in the following equation: . ; 1,..., new s s po Sol Sol Levy s N     (8) where ε is scale factor; Levy is Lévy distribution [33]; and Npo is population size. 3.2. Mutation technique Mutation technique is employed in CSA to update new solutions for the second time. However, the technique does not update the whole population but it selects solutions based on the comparison condition between a random number cs and mutation factor MF. The technique is shown as follows: 1 2 .( ) s rp rp s new s s Sol c Sol Sol if c MF Sol Sol otherwise          (9) where Solrp1 and Solrp2 are picked solutions by using randomization. 4. NUMERICAL RESULTS In this section, PSO, ALA and CSA are executed for reaching the optimal solutions of two test systems. Each method is run fifty trials on Matlab platform and a PC with processor of 2.2GHz and RAM of 4.0GB. The detail of simulation result is presented in the two following sections. 4.1. The first wind-thermal power plant system In this section, the data of ten TPPs with MFSs and without VLEs is taken from [34] while the data of WPP is taken from [35]. The rated speed of wind and the rated power of the WPP is 15 m/s and 120 MW.
  • 5.  ISSN: 2088-8708 Int J Elec & Comp Eng, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2021 : 1022 - 1028 1026 The wind speed at the scheduling hour is 14 m/s and the power generation of the WPP is 108MW. The TPPs and the WPP supply electricity to a 2400 MW load. In order to get results for PSO, ALA and CSA, Npo and Nit (which is the number of iterations) are respectively set to 20 and 100 for PSO and ALA, and 10 and 100 for CSA. The results are summarized in Figures 2 and 3. Figure 2 shows that CSA can reach the smallest cost with $437.7 while PSO is the worst method with the highest cost of $441.4. Similarly, CSA and PSO are the best and the worst methods with the smallest and highest maximum cost. The comparisons of mean cost of 50runs can indicate the best stability of CSA since that of the method is the smallest. Figure 3 can confirm the best stability of CSA one more time since all runs of CSA have much less cost than those of PSO and ALA. Figure 2. Comparisons of result for the first system Figure 3. TFFC comparisons of 50 trial runs for the first system 4.2. The second wind-thermal power plant system In this section, the data of ten TPPs with MFSs and VLEs is taken from [35] while the data of WPP is taken from [36]. The rated speed of wind and the rated power of the WPP is 15 m/s and 80 MW. The wind speed at the scheduling hour is 14.5 m/s and the power generation of the WPP is 76MW. The TPPs and the WPP supply electricity to a 2700 MW load. For running PSO, ALA and CSA, Npo and Nit are respectively set to 20 and 200 for PSO and ALA, and 10 and 200 for CSA. The Figures 4 and 5 show the best performance of CSA because CSA can reach the smallest minimum, mean and maximum cost. ALA is the second best method whereas PSO is still the worst performance method. TFFC of 50 runs from CSA is approximately lied on a line while that of PSO and ALA have the high fluctuations. The analysis can lead to a conclusion that CSA is superior to PSO and ALA for the system with MFSs, VLEs and wind power plants. Optimal solutions of the two systems are shown Table A1 in Appendix. Figure 4. Comparisons of result for the second system Figure 5. TFFC comparisons of 50 trial runs for the second system
  • 6. Int J Elec & Comp Eng ISSN: 2088-8708  Optimal generation for wind-thermal power plant systems with multiple fuel sources (Phan Nguyen Vinh) 1027 5. CONCLUSION In this paper, PSO, ALA and CSA solved two wind-thermal power plant systems where TPPs used multiple fuel sources to generate electricity to loads. The two system had the same number of power plants, ten TPPs and one WPP in which the first system did not consider valve loading effects on TPPs during the power increase or decrease process but the second system did. The result comparison indicated that CSA was more robust than PSO and ALA in reaching the optimal power generation and the search stability. CSA could reach the smallest minimum, mean and maximum cost among three executed methods. In addition, the cost from fifty runs of CSA was approximately lied on a line without fluctuations whilst the cost of PSO and ALA had high fluctuations. Consequently, CSA is recommended as a powerful search algorithm for the optimal generation of wind-thermal power plant systems. APPENDIX Table A1. Optimal generation of the two systems found by PSO, ALA and CSA methods Pt (MW) System 1 System 2 PSO ALA CSA PSO ALA CSA P1 168.9 182.7 179.8 207.8 195.3 208.4 P2 208.6 197.3 196.8 303.2 273.6 271.3 P3 220.9 239.9 239.6 265.0 237.6 237.5 P4 220.2 232.2 230.4 298.8 244.9 270.0 P5 225.7 214.1 223.7 235.8 244.4 235.9 P6 223.5 229.2 229.8 295.2 290.9 278.1 P7 261.7 236.2 235.1 234.0 234.4 238.5 P8 224.2 230.0 229.1 330.4 394.7 409.6 P9 327.0 300.8 306.5 208.8 276.6 262.8 P10 211.1 229.5 221.2 244.9 231.7 211.8 REFERENCES [1] Montoya, O. D., Gil-González, W., Grisales-Noreña, L., Orozco-Henao, C., Serra, F., “Economic Dispatch of BESS and Renewable Generators in DC Microgrids Using Voltage-Dependent Load Models,” Energies, vol. 12, no. 23, p. 4494, 2019. [2] Trivedi, I. N., Jangir, P., Bhoye, M., and Jangir, N., “An economic load dispatch and multiple environmental dispatch problem solution with microgrids using interior search algorithm,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 2173-2189, 2018 [3] Al-Betar, M. A., Awadallah, M. A., Krishan, M. M., “A non-convex economic load dispatch problem with valve loading effect using a hybrid grey wolf optimizer,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 32, pp. 12127-12154, 2020. [4] Gnawali, K., Han, K. H., Geem, Z. W., Jun, K. S., Yum, K. T., “Economic Dispatch Optimization of Multi-Water Resources: A Case Study of an Island in South Korea,” Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 21, p. 5964, 2019. [5] Das, D., Bhattacharya, A., Ray, R. N., “Dragonfly Algorithm for solving probabilistic Economic Load Dispatch problems,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 32, pp. 3028-3045, 2020. [6] Ang, S., Leeton, U., Chayakulkeeree, K., Kulworawanichpong, T., “Sine Cosine Algorithm for Optimal Placement and Sizing of Distributed Generation in Radial Distribution Network,” GMSARN International Journal vol. 12, pp. 202-212, 2018. [7] Mmary, E. R., and Marungsri, B., “Integration of Multi-Renewable Energy Distributed Generation and Battery in Radial Distribution Networks,” GMSARN International Journal, vol. 12, pp. 194-201, 2018. [8] Mmary, E. R., and Marungsri, B., “Multiobjective optimization of renewable distributed generation and shunt capacitor for techno-economic analysis using hybrid invasive weeds optimization,” GMSARN International Journal, vol. 12, pp. 24-33, 2018. [9] Kamboj, V. K., Bhadoria, A., and Bath, S. K., “Solution of non-convex economic load dispatch problem for small- scale power systems using ant lion optimizer,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 2181-2192, 2017. [10] Kamboj, V. K., Bath, S. K., and Dhillon, J. S., “Solution of non-convex economic load dispatch problem using Grey Wolf Optimizer,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1301-1316, 2016. [11] Zhou, J., “Solving economic dispatch problem with piecewise quadratic cost functions using Lagrange multiplier theory,” In Proc. 3rd ICCTD, pp. 25-27, 2011. [12] Kaur, N., and Singh, I., “Economic Dispatch Scheduling using Classical and Newton Raphson Method,” International Journal of Engineering and Management Research (IJEMR), vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 711-716, 2015. [13] Lin, C. E., Chen, S. T., and Huang, C. L., “A direct Newton-Raphson economic dispatch,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1149-1154, 1992. [14] Liang, Z. X., and Glover, J. D., “A zoom feature for a dynamic programming solution to economic dispatch including transmission losses,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 544-550, 1992. [15] Ray, S., “Economic Load Dispatch Solution using Interval Gradient Method,” Advanced Research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 55-58, 2015.
  • 7.  ISSN: 2088-8708 Int J Elec & Comp Eng, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2021 : 1022 - 1028 1028 [16] Sudhakaran, M., Raj, P. A. D. V., and Palanivelu, T. G., “Application of particle swarm optimization for economic load dispatch problems,” In 2007 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems, Toki Messe, Niigata, pp. 1-7, 2007. [17] Aristidis, V., “Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) techniques solving Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) Problem,” Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 761-769, 2008. [18] Sahay, K. B., Sonkar, A., and Kumar, A., “Economic Load Dispatch Using Genetic Algorithm Optimization Technique,” In 2018 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on Green Energy for Sustainable Development (ICUE), Phuket, Thailand, 2018, pp. 1-5. [19] Kaur, A., Singh, H. P., and Bhardwaj, A., “Analysis of economic load dispatch using genetic algorithm,” International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM), vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 240-246, 2014. [20] Olakunle, A. O., and Folly, K. A., “Economic Load Dispatch of Power System Using Genetic Algorithm with Valve Point Effect,” In International Conference in Swarm Intelligence, vol. 9140, 2015, pp. 276-284. [21] Dinh, B. H., and Nguyen, T. T., “New solutions to modify the differential evolution method for multi-objective load dispatch problem considering quadratic fuel cost function,” In International Conference on Advanced Engineering Theory and Applications, vol. 415, 2016, pp. 598-607. [22] Phan Van Hong T. and Tran The T., “Economic Dispatch in Microgrid using Stochastic Fractal Search Algorithm,” GMSARN International Journal, vol. 11, pp. 102-115, 2017. [23] Rao, D. S. N. M., and Kumar, N., “Comparisional Investigation of Load Dispatch Solutions with TLBO,” International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 3246-3253, 2017 [24] Gachhayat, S. K., Dash, S. K., and Ray, P., “Multi Objective Directed Bee Colony Optimization for Economic Load Dispatch With Enhanced Power Demand and Valve Point Loading,” International Journal of Electrical & Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 2382-2391, 2017 [25] Spea, S. R., “Solving practical economic load dispatch problem using crow search algorithm,” International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 3431-3440, 2020. [26] Rajesh, K., and Visali, N., “Hybrid method for achieving Pareto front on economic emission dispatch,” International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 3358-3366, 2020. [27] Basu, M., “Modified particle swarm optimization for nonconvex economic dispatch problems,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 69, pp. 304-312, 2015. [28] Balamurugan, R., Subramanian, S., “Hybrid integer coded differential evolution-dynamic programming approach for economic load dispatch with multiple fuel options,” Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 608-614, 2008. [29] Chiang, C. L., “Improved genetic algorithm for power economic dispatch of units with valve-point effects and multiple fuels,” IEEE transactions on power systems, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1690-1699, 2005. [30] Hetzer, J., David, C. Y., and Bhattarai, K., “An economic dispatch model incorporating wind power,” IEEE Transactions on energy conversion, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 603-611, 2008. [31] Jose, J. T., “Economic load dispatch including wind power using Bat Algorithm,” In 2014 International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE), Vellore, 2014, pp. 1-4. [32] Amaireh, A. A., Al-Zoubi, A. S., and Dib, N. I., “The optimal synthesis of scanned linear antenna arrays,” International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1477-1484, 2020. [33] Abdul-Adheem, W. R., “An enhanced particle swarm optimization algorithm,” International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 4904-4907. 2019. [34] Paul, K., and Kumar, N., “Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Congestion Alleviation with Incorporation of Wind Farm,” International Journal of Electrical & Computer Engineering (IJECE), vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 4871-4879, 2018. [35] Zhang, H., Yue, D., Xie, X., Dou, C., Sun, F., “Gradient decent based multi-objective cultural differential evolution for short-term hydrothermal optimal scheduling of economic emission with integrating wind power and photovoltaic power,” Energy, vol. 122, pp. 748-766, 2017. [36] Lee, K. Y., Sode-Yome, A., Park, J. H., “Adaptive Hopfield neural networks for economic load dispatch,” IEEE transactions on power systems, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 519-526, 1998.