Abstract: Economic Load Dispatch is the most important area of power system operation and planning. It is a deputize problem of the optimal power flow (OPF). The main objective of ELD problem is to diminish the overall fuel cost of generating units while simultaneously satisfying the equality, inequality and other constraints. Minimization of fuel cost only is not satisfactorily therefore emission constraints are also considered to minimize the pollutants form thermal units. The power system with large number of generating units is unable to provide a fast and vigorous solution using conventional methods. Thus in this paper, ELD problem is unravelled using a new metaheuristic nature- inspired algorithm called as Cuckoo Search Algorithm (CSA). The viability of proposed method is tested on numerous test systems like 3, 6, 10 & 13 unit systems and results obtained are compared with other techniques presented in literature. Simulation results clearly show that CS provides accurate solution with high convergence rate.
Keywords: economic dispatch, cuckoo search algorithm
Title: Solution to Economic Load Dispatch Problem Using Cuckoo Search Algorithm
Author: Ramandeep Kaur, Gurpreet Kaur Gill
International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research
ISSN 2348-6988 (online)
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