Unit Commitment by improved pre-prepared power demand table and Muller method

Abstract

This paper proposes a new methodology for solving Unit Commitment (UC) problem. In the proposed approach, Improved Pre-prepared Power Demand (IPPD) table solves the UC problem and then the Muller method solves the Economic Dispatch (ED) sub-problem. The proposed method has been tested on 3–, 10–, 38– and 40–100 units. Comparison of the simulation results of the proposed method with the results of previous published methods shows that the proposed method provides better solution with less computational time.