High-speed real-time dynamic economic load dispatch

Abstract

A large amount of renewable energy penetration may cause a serious problem in load dispatch in the future power system, where the amount of controllable generators will decrease while disturbances increase. Therefore, a new economic load dispatch (ELD) method is required in order to make the best use of the ramp-rate capability of existing generators to cope with the disturbances caused by loads as well as by renewable energy generations. This paper proposes a new dynamic ELD method to meet the general requirements for real-time use in a future power system, where load following capability is critically limited. The method is also satisfactory from an economical point of view, and is suitable for high-speed online application due to fast and steady computation time. The proposed method has been successfully tested on several systems supplying a typical morning to noon demand profile.