Research Article

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

Table 5

Minimum fuel cost and emission for various load demands using the firefly algorithm.

Firefly algorithm
D = 500 MWD = 700 MWD = 900 MW

PG1 (MW)46.94040672.997450102.24677
PG2 (MW)55.66885656.099051149.58352
PG3 (MW)63.889521164.74354156.58499
PG4 (MW)73.894725129.65927142.96344
PG5 (MW)130.000000151.09698200.92360
PG6 (MW)125.000000125.00000145.97127
Fuel cost27414.97737072.47748652.824
Emission259.488314447.59928664.78570
PLoss7.91058614.86536123.263366