EXAMPLE: The fuel cost functions in Rs.

/hr for TWO

thermal plants are given by
C1=420+9.2 P +0.004 P
1
2
1

C2 =350+8.5 P +0.0029 P
2
2
2

Where P1, P2, are in MW. Determine the optimal

scheduling of generation if the total load is
640.82MW. Estimate value of LAMBDA =12
Rs./MWh. The transmission power loss is given by
the expression
PL=0.0346 P +0.00643 P
2
1( PU )
2
2 (PU )

Solution:
%MATLAB PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC LOAD DISPATCH WITH LOSSES AND NO GENERATOR LIMITS
clc;
clear;
% uno d b a
costdata=[1 420 9.2 0.004;
2 350 8.5 0.0029];

Ng=length(costdata(:,1));
for i=1:Ng
uno(i)=costdata(i,1);
d(i)=costdata(i,2);
b(i)=costdata(i,3);
a(i)=costdata(i,4);
end
lambda=12;
pd=640.82;
delp=0.1;
dellambda=0;
lossdata=[0.0346 0.00643];
totgencost=0;
for i=1:Ng
B(i)=lossdata(1,i);
end
iter=0;
disp('iter lambda pg1 pg2 ploss');
while(abs(delp)>=0.001)
iter=iter+1;
lambda=lambda+dellambda;
pl=0;
sum=0;
delpla=0;
for i=1:Ng
den=2*(a(i)+lambda*B(i)*0.01);
p(i)=(lambda-b(i))/den;
pl=pl+(B(i)*0.01*p(i)*p(i));
sum=sum+p(i);
end
delp=pd+pl-sum;
for i=1:Ng
den=2*(a(i)+lambda*B(i)*0.01)^2;
delpla=delpla+(a(i)+B(i)*0.01*b(i))/den;
end
dellambda=delp/delpla;
[iter;lambda;p(1);p(2);pl]'
end
for i=1:Ng
den=1-(B(i)*p(i)*2*0.01);
l(i)=1/den;
end
totgencost=0;
for i=1:Ng
totgencost=totgencost+(d(i)+b(i)*p(i)+a(i)*p(i)*p(i));
ifc(i)=2*a(i)*p(i)+b(i);
end
disp('FINAL OUTPUT OF MATLAB PROGRAM dispatch3.m');
lambda
disp('GENERATING UNIT OPTIMAL GENRATION(MW)');
[uno; p]'
disp('INCREMENTAL FUEL COST(Rs./MWhr.) AND PENALTY FACTOR ARE');
disp('UNIT NO. IFC L');
[uno; ifc; l]'
disp('CHECK LAMBDA=IFC*L');
disp('UNIT NO. LAMBDA');
[uno; ifc.*l]'
disp('TOTAL GENERATION COST(Rs./hr.)');
totgencost