
New Heuristic Approach for Unit Commitment
Lai Fei1,Zhao
Xiaofei2
(1. Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China; 2. Electric Power Company of Xi'an)
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Abstract: A heuristic model of unit commitment is proposed by using
dynamic programming. Start-up and shut down costs affect the priority list. The Lagrangian
relaxation method is used to solve the economic dispatch. The optimal solution is obtained
and computing time is greatly decreased.
Keywords: unit commitment;heuristic method;dynamic programming;Lagrangian
relaxation