Wind power is one of the fastest growing renewable sources of generation in the U.S. and many other countries. As wind-generated electricity continues to grow, electric utilities increasingly grapple with the challenges of connecting that power to the grid although maintaining system security. It is difficult to predict and control the output of wind generation because of wind intermittency and...

Combined heat and power (CHP) generation plants are an assessed valuable solution to significantly reduce primary energy consumption carbon dioxide emissions. Nevertheless, the saving (PES) CO2 reduction potentials of this strictly related accurate definition management thermal electric loads. Data-driven analysis could represent a significant contribution for optimizing CHP plant design operat...

A decision support system is presented that addresses optimal unit dispatch and load allocation in a multi-unit hydroelectric plant. The concept behind the optimization approach is explained. Estimates of the improvements this system can provide over existing plant operational methodologies are provided. Actual use of this system has provided gains of over 2% in plant performance.

This paper presents a method to solve the optimal generation and dispatch of electrical power with multiple fuel options at different power levels. In general, the cost function for each generator is considered by a single quadratic function of power, for the optimal generation and dispatch problem. However, it is more realistic to represent the generation cost function for fossil fired plants ...

In this paper, the transformers over-load problem of Shiraz substation in Fars Regional Electric Company (FREC) is investigated for a period of three years plan. So the suggestions for using phase shifting transformer (PST) and unified power flow controller (UPFC) in order to solve this problem are examined in details and finally, some economical and practical designs will be given in order to ...