FPA applied to the resolution of the economic dispatch problem with operational limits of maximum and minimum power of the generating units
Palavras-chave:
Economic Dispatch, FPA, Operating Limits, Optimization first keywordResumo
This paper presents an application analysis of a computational intelligence (CI) technique based on
flower pollination (FPA - Flower Pollination Algorithm) to solve an Economic Dispatch (ED) problem, aiming to
minimize the total generation costs, considering operational restrictions of maximum and minimum generation
power and the power balance. The algorithm will be tested, in two systems the first one with three generating units
and the second with fifteen generating units. Both studies are available in the current literature. Finally, the
obtained data will be compared with others already released, where the authors applied a Directional Search
Genetic Algorithm (DSGA) to solve the problem. The good results achieved demonstrate the applicability of the
proposed technique.
