A Matlab-based power generator maintenance scheduler

Author

Sharma, C. ; Bahadoorsingh, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

fYear

2004

fDate

10-13 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1344

Abstract

This paper presents a PC-based Windows application software package for production of optimised maintenance schedules, performing economic dispatch, predicting actual dates for long-term maintenance scheduling and querying the current status of a generating unit from data files. A new heuristic algorithm based on the tabu search has been proposed as a solution. Using The Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago as the testing ground, a software package was developed and implemented in Matlab 6.5 providing user-friendly graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Numerical results have been obtained and the effectiveness of this developed software has been demonstrated. Selected outputs of the software are presented in this paper for illustration purposes.

Keywords

graphical user interfaces; heuristic programming; mathematics computing; numerical analysis; optimisation; power engineering computing; power generation dispatch; power generation economics; power generation scheduling; preventive maintenance; software packages; GUI; Matlab 6.5; Power Generation Company; Trinidad; Windows application software package; data files; economic dispatch; graphical user interfaces; heuristic algorithm; numerical analysis; optimised maintenance scheduling; power generator maintenance scheduler; preventive maintenance; tabu search; Application software; Computer languages; Economic forecasting; Heuristic algorithms; Packaging; Power generation; Power generation dispatch; Power generation economics; Production; Software packages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2004. IEEE PES

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8718-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2004.1397663

Filename

1397663