Performance of Various Metaheuristic Techniques for Economic Dispatch Problem with Valve Point Loading Effects and Multiple Fueling Options

Table 7

(a) Data for fifteen thermal units of generating unit capacity and coefficient [19–21]. (b) Data for fifteen thermal units of generating units of ramp-rate limits and prohibited zones of generating units.

(a)

Units	(MW)	(MW)	($/MW^2)	($/MW^2)	($/MW^2)
1	150	455	0.000299	10.1	671
2	150	455	0.000183	10.2	574
3	20	130	0.001126	8.8	374
4	20	130	0.001126	8.8	374
5	150	470	0.000205	10.4	461
6	135	460	0.000301	10.1	630
7	135	465	0.000364	9.8	548
8	60	300	0.000338	11.2	227
9	25	162	0.000807	11.2	173
10	25	160	0.001203	10.7	175
11	20	80	0.003586	10.2	186
12	20	80	0.005513	9.9	230
13	25	85	0.000371	13.1	225
14	15	55	0.001929	12.1	309
15	15	55	0.004447	12.4	323

(b)

Units	(MW)	(MW/h)	(MW/h)	Prohibited zones
				Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3
1	400	80	120
2	300	80	120	185 255	305 335	420 450
3	105	130	130
4	100	130	130
5	90	80	120	180 200	305 335	390 420
6	400	80	120	230 255	365 395	430 455
7	350	80	120
8	95	65	100
9	105	60	100
10	110	60	100
11	60	80	80
12	40	80	80	30 40	55 65
13	30	80	80
14	20	55	55
15	20	55	55