Optimal Thermal Generating Unit Commitment

1 July 1971

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems

Vol. PAS-90 (4) , 1752-1756
https://doi.org/10.1109/tpas.1971.293167

Abstract

The paper describes a new method of scheduling thermal generating units to achieve minimum operating costs including both running and start-up costs while at the same time maintaining a desired level of system security.

Keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
POWER SYSTEM SECURITY
SPINNING
POWER GENERATION
PROCESSOR SCHEDULING
POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS
POWER SYSTEM DYNAMICS
COST FUNCTION
CAPACITY PLANNING
POWER GENERATION ECONOMICS

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Short-Term Reliability Calculation
IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, 1970
The Markov Process as a Means of Determining Generating-Unit State Probabilities for Use in Spinning Reserve Applications
IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, 1969
Generating Unit Commitment by Dynamic Programming
IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, 1966