Research Article

Application of the Firefly Algorithm for Solving the Economic Emissions Load Dispatch Problem

Table 4

Minimum fuel cost and emission for various load demands using new particle swarm optimization [5].

New particle swarm optimization algorithm [5]
D = 500 MWD = 700 MWD = 900 MW

PG1 (MW)34.546962.141190.8027
PG2 (MW)28.166061.8393100.0541
PG3 (MW)90.4942120.3419153.8375
PG4 (MW)91.4414119.1079148.0631
PG5 (MW)130.000178.2963220.7988
PG6 (MW)134.2356175.3215214.3293
Fuel cost276403750448358
Emission262.6220439.5522693.8518
PLoss8.884817.048127.8856