Geographic information system and weather based dynamic line rating for generation scheduling

Abstract

Transmission line ratings influence the economic and security aspects of power system operation, generation and planning. The use of geographical information systems in power system generation and planning activities is gaining importance. This paper proposes a geographical information system and weather based dynamic line rating (GISWDLR) and investigates its effectiveness in a security constrained unit commitment problem (SCUCP). Here, the dynamic line ratings (DLRs) of conductors at different locations along the transmission line are calculated using the geographic parameters and weather parameters. Thereafter, the minimum value of DLRs at all indentified locations of the transmission line is taken as DLR of the transmission line. Here, binary real coded particle swarm optimization (BRPSO) is employed to solve the SCUCP. The proposed method is validated using the benchmark IEEE 30 bus system. Here, results obtained using the proposed GISWDLR, static line rating (SLR) and conventional UCP are compared. Also, the effectiveness of BRPSO is validated by comparing it with the conventional enhanced priority list based method.