Pool daily fuel scheduling. Volume 2: programming manual. Final report, February 1981

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6544448· OSTI ID:6544448

Pang, C. K.; Mikolinnas, T. A.

The results and efforts of research and development of methods for daily fuel scheduling performed under EPRI Project RP 1048-5 by Power Technologies, Inc. (PTI) are reported in three volumes: Technical Manual; Programming Manual and Program Listings. Daily fuel scheduling involves the scheduling and dispatching of generating facilities to meet all system loads and operating requirements for periods ranging from a day to a week. Daily fuel scheduling and computer requirements are defined. The scheduling problem is formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) optimization problem in which the total system operating cost is minimized. A potentially practical scheduling procedure, based on a combination of search and MILP approaches, was proposed; these two approaches were investigated, coded in FORTRAN and tested individually. Tests using the New York Power Pool system show that the search approach may produce potential savings for fuel scheduling approaches. Additional efforts are needed to make the MILP approach practical. Finally, a number of special scheduling problems have been identified and recommended for future work. This volume of the report (Volume 2) is the Programming Manual which describes the organization and structure of the programs. Layout and function of data files, sample outputs and test data are also presented. Program organization and data for the search and MILP approaches are given. Preliminary test results, system data descriptions and sample outputs for the search approach are included in the appendices.

• Research Organization: Power Technologies, Inc., Schenectady, NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6544448
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EL-1659(Vol.2)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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13 HYDRO ENERGY
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COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS
OPERATION
OPTIMIZATION
PLANNING
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
POWER SYSTEMS
PROGRAMMING
SIMULATION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS