Particle Swarm Optimization for Short-Term Scheduling of Thermal-Hydro-Solar Power Generation Systems

Abstract

Abstract Thermal-hydro-solar scheduling is the most difficult power system optimization issue in the modern day. The core mean of the arrangement of thermal-hydro-solar is to decide the most favorable power from thermal, hydro, and solar sources while meeting the various constraints of thermal, hydro, solar, and network. This paper describes the optimum hourly generation schedule plan in a thermal-hydro-solar power network utilizing particle swarm optimization (PSO) approach to attain the best or optimum solutions for scenarios involving three thermal power plants, four hydro power plants and ten solar photovoltaic (PV) plants. The conclusion of the simulation shows that the suggested PSO method seems to be able to minimize fuel costs, and emissions and has improved outcomes performance and strong integration than other approaches.