Smith EGR 325 - Least Cost System Operation Economic Dispatch

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Least Cost System Operation: Economic Dispatch 1OverviewSlide 3Power System Economic OperationWhat is “Economic Dispatch?”Economic Dispatch FormulationSlide 7Slide 8Generator CostsTime Variation in CostsNatural Gas Prices Over the Years (adjusted for inflation)Slide 12Generator LoadingSlide 14Slide 15Mathematical Formulation of CostsSlide 17Discussion QuestionsSummary1Least Cost System Operation: Economic Dispatch 1Smith College, EGR 325March 3, 2006some slides from T. Overbye, UIUC2Overview•Complex system time scale separation•Least cost system operation–Economic dispatch first view–Generator cost characteristics•Four curves of generator performance•Constrained optimization –Linear programming–Economic dispatch completed3•Long term system planning: Production cost–Decide what to build•Hourly to monthly decisions: Unit commitment–Decide which plants to have warmed up and ready to go–Different technologies have different requirements•Minutes to Hour: Economic dispatch–Decide which plants to use to meet the expected load now–5 minutes to 1 hour•Cycles to Minutes: Short term system operations and Load Flow Model–Maintain supply and demand balance moment to moment–~17msec per cycle up to 5 minute control functions4Power System Economic Operation•The installed generating capacity is greater than the load at any specific moment•This give us a lot of flexibility in deciding which generators to use to meet the load at any momentAug 25-31, 2000 California ISO Load0501001502002503003504004501 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155Hour of weekDemand (G W )5What is “Economic Dispatch?”•Economic dispatch (ED) determines the least cost dispatch of generation for a system.–To dispatch ≡ To order to generate (more) energy•Economic Dispatch (from EPACT 1992)–The operation of generation facilities to produce energy at the lowest cost to reliably serve consumers, recognizing any operational limits of generation and transmission facilities.6Economic Dispatch Formulation•Focusing on our objective–How do we represent our objective mathematically?–What mathematical tool do we use to obtain this objective?•What does solving our (to be developed) set of equations help us to decide?7Economic Dispatch Formulation•Therefore we need to understand–How to represent system generating costs mathematically•Costs of operating (dispatching) generators•Indirect costs associated with constraints on the system–How to find the minimum system cost given•Generator costs and•System constraintsConstrained optimization via linear programming8Generator Cost Characteristics9Generator Costs•Many fixed and variable costs are associated with power system operation–The major variable cost is associated with generation•The cost to generate a MWh can vary widely–For thermal units we have well-defined equations to calculate generating costs–For other generating units (e.g., hydro and nuclear) the cost is difficult to quantify10Time Variation in Costs11Natural Gas Prices Over the Years(adjusted for inflation)Peak was $15/Mbtu, current is $12As we have already seen, different generators are used in different ways, as determined by their different costs...13Load Duration Curve, CAISO 8/25/00 - 8/81/000501001502002503003504004501 14 27 40 53 66 79 92 105 118 131 144 157# Hours at Load LevelSystem Load (GW)Generator LoadingIntermediateBaseloadPeak Load14Diurnal Load Shape0501001502002503003504004501 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23Hour of DayDemand (GW)Generator LoadingIntermediateBaseloadPeak Load15To minimize total system generating costs we develop cost relationships between cost of power output and operating costs, inputSteamBody of waterStackThermal TurbineGGeneratorCoolingTowerCondenserPumpGasesBoilerCoal feederBurner16Mathematical Formulation of Costs•Typically curves can be approximated using –quadratic or cubic functions–piecewise linear functions•Relying on the quadratic nature of HR, we will use a quadratic cost equation•Standard quadratic representation is...?$/hr )(2GiiGiiiGiiPPPC17Mathematical Formulation of Costs•From total cost to marginal cost...•The marginal cost is one of the most important quantities in operating a power system–Marginal cost = incremental cost: the cost of producing the next increment of power (the next MWh)•How do we find the marginal cost?18Discussion Questions•If we have 3 generators, our first-pass system cost equation is...?•We find the minimum system cost by ...?•How do we then find values for PGi from each generator (our original goal)?•What is missing for the actual problem of finding the minimum system operating cost?19Summary•Formulated the economic dispatch problem conceptually •Examined the mathematical origin for generator costs–Defined heat rate•Began mathematical formulation of the economic dispatch problem•To be completed next


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