Three units are on-line all 720h of a 30-day month. Their characteristics are as
follows:
+8.47P, +0.0025P?, 50< P, <350
729+6.20P, +0.0081P?, 50< P, <350
100+ 7.20P, +0.0025P?, 50< P, < 450
y=
In these equations, the H, are in MBtu/h and the P, are in MW.
Fuel costs for units 2 and 3 are 0.60 S/MBtu. Unit 1, however, is operated
under a take-ot-pay fuel contract where 60,000 t of coal is to be bumed and/or
paid for in each 30-day period. This coal costs 12 $/t delivered and has an
average heat content of 12,500 Btu/Ib (1 t=2000 Ib),
‘The system monthly load-duration curve may be approximated by three steps
as follows.
Load(MW) Duration (h) Energy (MWh)
800 50 40,000
500 550 275,000
300 120 36,000
Total 20 351,000
a, Compute the economic schedule for the month assuming all three units are
on-line all the time and that the coal must be consumed. Show the MW
loading for cach load period, the MWh of each unit, and the value of gamma
(the pseudo-fuel cost).
b, What would be the schedule if unit 1 was burning the coal at 12 $/t with no
constraint to use 60,000 t? Assume the coal may be purchased on the spot
market for that price and compute alll the data asked for in part a. In addition,
calculate the amount of coal required for the unit.
5.2. Referto Example SC. The first problem solved in Example SC left the end-point
restrictions at 0-200,000 t for both coal piles at the end of the 3-week period.
Resolve the first problem V,(1)=70,000 and V,(1)=70,000 with the added
restriction that the final volume of coal at plant 2 at the end of the third week be
at Teast 20,000 t.5.4 Using the LP problem in the text shown in Example 5C, run a linear program
1o find the following:
1. The coal unloading machinery at plant 2 is going to be taken out for main-
tenance for | week. During the maintenance work, no coal can be delivered
to plant 2. The plant management would like to know if this should be done
‘in week 2 or week 3.The decision will be based on the overall 3-week total
cost for running both plants.
2. Could the maintenance be done in week 1? If not, why not?
Use as initial conditions those found in the beginning of the sample LP execu-
tions found in the text, that is, V,(1)=70,000 and V,(1)=70,000.
5.9 Given the following steam-plant and hydroplant characteristi
‘Steam plant:
Incremental cost = 2.0+0.002P $/MWh and 100< P< 500 MW
Hydroplant
Incremental water rate = 50+0.02P, f€ /MW-sec 0S Py S
Load:
Time Period Pas (MW)
2400-0900 350
‘0900-1800 700
1800-2400 350
Assume:
+ The water input for P,,=0 may also be assumed to be 0, that is
+ q(P,)=0 for P,=0
+ Neglect losses,
+ The thermal plant remains on-line for the 24-h period.
Find the optimum schedule of P, and P,, over the 24-h period that meets the
restriction that the total water used is 1250 million £0 of water; that is,
ror = 1.25% 10" 15.13 Hydro Unit Commitment Problem
‘The “Light Up Your Life Power Company” operates one hyro-unit and four
thermal-generating units. The on/off schedule of all units, as well as the MW
output of the units, is to be determined for the load schedule given below.
‘Thermal unit data (fuel = 1.0 $/MBtu
Unit Max Min IncrementalHleat No-Load Energy StartUp Min Up Min Down
No. (MW) (MW) Rate (BwwkWh) Input (MBtwh) (MBw) Time (h) Time (h)
1 300) 70 9.950 300 800 4 4
2 250 40 10,200 210 380 4 4
3 15030 11,000 120 no 4 8
4150 30 11,000 120 ho 4 16
Hydroplant data:
QP,
1000+25P, acre-fr/h
where