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A Space Reduction Heuristic for Thermal Unit Commitment Considering Ramp Constraints and Large-Scale Generation Systems

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  • Layon Mescolin de Oliveira

    (Laboratory of Power Systems, Department of Electrical Energy, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, José Lourenço Kelmer St., São Pedro, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil)

  • Ivo Chaves da Silva Junior

    (Laboratory of Power Systems, Department of Electrical Energy, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, José Lourenço Kelmer St., São Pedro, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil)

  • Ramon Abritta

    (Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, PTS Paviljong, 540, Valgrinda, S.P. Andersens veg 15, 7031 Trondheim, Norway)

Abstract

This paper expands the research around a recently proposed method to reduce the search space region for thermal unit commitment problems. The importance of such techniques comes from the combinatorial explosion regarding the variables of the problem when there are a large quantity of generating units in the system. The proposed heuristic approach utilizes sensitivity indices to gather information about the system and fix many of the binary decision variables over the planning horizon. This work further explores the method by demonstrating its effectiveness in large-scale systems subjected to ramp constraints. Despite the significantly increased complexity, the results of this paper indicate that the method can achieve high quality solutions notably faster than other approaches from the literature.

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  • Layon Mescolin de Oliveira & Ivo Chaves da Silva Junior & Ramon Abritta, 2023. "A Space Reduction Heuristic for Thermal Unit Commitment Considering Ramp Constraints and Large-Scale Generation Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:14:p:5370-:d:1194017
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