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By
Prof. E. Matlotse
Economic Dispatch of Generation
• In reality, power plants are not located at the
same place as the load centres and their fuel
costs are different
• Usually, under normal operating conditions,
the generation capacity is more than total
demand and losses
• In this sense, there are many options for
scheduling generation
Economic Dispatch of Generation
or
Economic Dispatch Neglecting Losses
and No Generator Limits
i 2 i Pi (8)
2nd condition provided by (7), yields
Ng
Pi PD (9)
i 1
Solving (8) for Pi , yields
i
Pi (10)
2 i
Substituting for Pi from (10) into (9)
Ng
i (11)
2 PD
i 1 i
Economic Dispatch Neglecting Losses
and No Generator Limits
or
i
PD i 1
Ng
2 i
(12)
1
i1 2
Ng
d
or
P ( k )
(k )
df ( )
(k )
d
P ( k )
(k )
(15)
dPi
d
Economic Dispatch Neglecting Losses
and No Generator Limits
or
(k )
P ( k ) (16)
1
2
i
and, therefore
( k 1) ( k ) ( k ) (17)
Ng
where: P (k )
PD Pi ( k ) (18)
i 1
2 i
1
i1 2
ng
8.5 $ / MWh
Solution
1 8.5 5.3
P1 400 MW
2 1 2(0.004)
2 8.5 5.5
P2 250 MW
2 2 2(0.006)
3 8.5 5.8
P3 150 MW
2 3 2(0.009)