the continuous spread of distributed energy resources (ders) such as combined heating and power (chp), diesel generators, boilers and renewable energy sources provide an effective solution to energy related problems to serve the power and heat demands with minimum cost. moreover, the ders may play a significant role for supplying power and heat in rural areas, where grid electricity is not avai...

A multi-agent system (MAS) is currently under development at the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at Florida State University. CAPS is attempting reconfigure the shipboard power system without human intervention and without centralized scheduling and planning. CAPS has had success with radial plants. The CAPS solution is to use an agent to represent and exert high-level control on each ...

Hydro-power plants are able to produce electrical energy in a sustainable way. A known format for producing is through generation scheduling, which task usually established as Unit Commitment problem. The challenge this process define the amount of that each turbine-generator needs deliver plant, fulfill requested dispatch commitment, while coping with operational restrictions. An optimal sched...

With the advent of new types electrical systems that attach more importance to renewability energy resource, issues arising out randomness and volatility renewable such as safety, reliability, economic operation underlying power generation system, are expected be challenging. Generally speaking, company can do a reasonable dispatch each unit according weather forecast load demand information. F...

The Economic Load Dispatch problem concerns the determination of the optimal combination of power generators’ outputs with the lowest generation cost for a defined level of load. The problem arises from the fact that there are rated limits of generators’ power output, fuel costs of power plants are different, energy should be balanced, and plants are not located at the same distance from load c...

Approximately 2.4 million tons of bagasse are produced each year in Iran, most of which are currently treated as waste adding to serious environmental concerns. Application of bagasse for energy production is a sustainable solution to supply the required energy within the sugar refineries and export the surplus electricity to the grid. Currently, the energy demand in Iranian sugar mills is main...