Short term generation scheduling of cascaded hydro electric system using novel self adaptive inertia weight PSO

Hydro power plants are multipurpose projects, which are not only generating power but also responsible for the fulfillment of irrigation requirements of nearby zone. To harness the potential energy of released water Canal Head Power Houses (CHPHs) are also located at irrigation canals of the multipurpose projects. The present paper proposed a Novel Self Adaptive Inertia Weight Particle Swarm Optimization (NSAIW_PSO) approach to determine the optimal generation schedule of real operated cascaded hydroelectric system located at Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh, India. Here generation scheduling problem has been formulated in two cases. Case one considers natural inflows, evaporation losses and irrigation requirements assuming no generation through CHPHs. Whereas second case considers all above factors along with generation through CHPHs. Results show that in case two the amount of water discharge through all hydro power plants is less in comparison to case one to fulfill the same load demand, which shows the importance of CHPHs. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.