Economic dispatch of renewable power generators in a microgrid

Author

Acosta, L.C. ; Revelo, J.V. ; Fajardo, D.F. ; Bucheli, A.P.

Author_Institution

Estudiantes de Maestria en Ing. Electr., Univ. de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

fYear

2012

fDate

25-26 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The improvement of new energy generation technologies has supported the usage of renewable alternative sources in a distributed way based on an information structure known as a Smart Grid. In this work, we explore the applicability of the distributed generation concept in a small city with renewable energy provided by biomass and small hydro plants in a microgrid configuration. The management of the generators is performed with in an economic dispatch framework with modified metaheuristic optimization algorithms.

Keywords

bioenergy conversion; distributed power generation; hydroelectric power stations; particle swarm optimisation; power generation dispatch; power generation economics; smart power grids; biomass plants; distributed generation; economic dispatch; energy generation technology; hydro plants; metaheuristic optimization algorithm; microgrid; renewable alternative source; renewable power generator management; smart grid; Distributed power generation; Economics; Gases; Generators; Microgrids; Particle swarm optimization; Vectors; Constrained Optimization; Distributed Generation; Economic Dispacth; Particle Swarm Optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Alternative Energies and Energy Quality (SIFAE), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Barranquilla

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4653-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIFAE.2012.6478891

Filename

6478891