a social spider algorithm for solving the non-convex economic load dispatch problem：求解非凸经济负荷调度问题的一种社会蜘蛛算法.pdfVIP

Neurocomputing ∎ (∎∎∎∎) ∎∎∎–∎∎∎ Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Neurocomputing journal homepage: /locate/neucom A social spider algorithm for solving the non-convex economic load dispatch problem James J.Q. Yu n, Victor O.K. Li Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) is one of the essential components in power system control and operation. Received 18 March 2015 Although conventional ELD formulation can be solved using mathematical programming techniques, Received in revised form modern power system introduces new models of the power units which are non-convex, non-differenti- 13 July 2015 able, and sometimes non-continuous. In order to solve such non-convex ELD problems, in this paper we Accepted 13 July 2015 propose a new approach based on the Social Spider Algorithm (SSA). The classical SSA is modified and Communicated by W. Yu enhanced to adapt to the unique characteristics of ELD problems, e.g., valve-point effects, multi-fuel operations, prohibited operating zones, and line losses. To demonstrate the superiority of our proposed Keywords: approach, five widely adopted test systems are employed and the simulation results are compared