A quantitative study of the optimal control model for an electric power generating system
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Date
2013
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IEEE
Abstract
The importance of electric power in today’s world
cannot be overemphasized for it is the key energy source for
industrial, commercial and domestic activities. Its availability in
the right quantity is essential to advancement of civilization. In
fact, a direct relationship can be shown to exist between (electric)
power availability and per capital of a nation. The economy of a
nation is easily identified with the amount of electricity it
supplies. The advanced economy of the world generates a lot
electric power and hence they witness rapid economical and
industrial development. Third-world countries often witness
epileptic or unstable supply of electric power. It is common
knowledge that to have constant and stable electricity supply, a
country needs to invest in its power generation. In the light of
this, an optimal control model is proposed herein for the electric
power generating system. In the model, the power generated and
the capital investment describe the state of the system while the
generator capacity is chosen as the control. The goal is to
minimize the cost of generation and maximize the generator
output without violating operating limits on the equipment. In
this study, we consider the minimization of the total operating
cost incurred in the process of generating the required quantity
of electric power as our specific objective. A quantitative
treatment of the optimal control model of the electric power
generating system is then undertaken using real-life data. The
result of the analysis indicate that the model gave an actual
representation of the system under consideration.
Description
Proceedings of IEEE conference, Mauricia, 9-12 September, 2013, 1-4
Keywords
Electric power generating system, Mathematical model, Optimal control, Quantitative study
Citation
Aderinto and Bamigbola (2013)