Thermal generation scheduling is considered as one of the most important power system operational planning problems. The scheduling problem consists of two main parts; the economic dispatch problem and the unit commitment problem (UCP). The former belongs to nonlinear programming problems while the later is a combinatorial optimization problem. Dynamic economic dispatch problem (DEDP) is a special type of the generation scheduling problem in which all the units are considered online during the entire scheduling horizon. In this book, Hopfield Neural Network (HNN) is applied to solve the...

Optimal reactive power and voltage control for distribution system involves the installation of fixed shunt capacitors and tap changing voltage regulators along distribution feeders. This can improve voltage profiles for all end-use customers and reduce real power losses. In this book, the fuzzy logic optimization technique is studied and applied to solve the capacitor allocation problem in radial distribution systems. Using voltage regulator for voltage control of radial distribution systems is also studied to allow more loss reduction and to improve the whole system voltage profile. The...

Phasor measurement units (PMUs) are considered as a promising tool for future monitoring, protection and control of power systems. One of the applications of phasor measurements is state estimation. The first step in state estimation is to gather measured data from different substations in a power network. These measurements must be sufficient to make the system observable. This book adopts three algorithms for minimizing the size of the PMU configuration while allowing full observability of the network; Depth First Search (DFS), Simulated Annealing (SA) and Minimum Spanning Tree (MST)...