Phenotypic Evolutionary Programming for Economic Operation of Thermal-Wind Coordination

This paper aims to solve Economic Dispatch (ED) problem involving conventional thermal generators with wind generation. This co-ordinated ED problem is solved by the application of Phenotypic Evolutionary Programming (PhEP) with correlated mutation. In the recent past it has become necessary to utilize renewable energy generation as an alternative for thermal energy power generation due to its depletion nature. This paper considers wind power generation as renewable generation. The main advantage of wind power generation is that it produces cleaner electrical power without introducing harmful environmental pollutants. The incorporation of wind generation into conventional ED problem modifies to a higher degree of non-linear problem. Hence this paper attempts to solve this wind integrated ED problem through PhEP algorithm with correlated mutation. The proposed algorithm has been tested with standard 3, 13 and 40 unit test systems and implemented through matlab.