Title :
Economic factors in power plant operation
Author :
Clelland, P.J. ; Sauk, P.L.
Author_Institution :
Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia, PA
Abstract :
Electric utilities minimize their operating expenses by allocating load to those units having the lowest operating cost. This economic dispatch problem utilizes a curve for each generating unit relating operating cost to power output. Various off-normol operational modes within the plant can cause the available cost curves for a given unit to be significantly in error. This paper presents test data quantifying these cost curve errors and suggests possible solutions to the situation.
Keywords :
Costs; Performance evaluation; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Temperature control; Temperature distribution; Testing; Turbines; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control including the Symposium on Adaptive Processes, 1979 18th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1979.270278
