The Expansion Planning of Wind-Thermal Co-generation System Based on Harmony Search Algorithm under Smart Grid

Abstract

Under Smart Grid circumstance, the problem that the large grid system is difficult to schedule can be solved by the micro-grid. Meanwhile, the shortage of traditional energy makes the demand-supply gap enlarge and renewable energy will become the primary energy supply in the future. Therefore, the study on how to expand renewable energy in the co-generation system in micro-grid is of great significant and valuable. In this paper, the minimum total cost of the expansion plan and the improvement of micro-grid reliability are taken as the optimal goal. The expansion planning model of the wind-thermal co-generation system is established, which uses the Harmony Search (HS) and the Genetic Algorithm (GA) to simulate a micro-grid with five nodes in a decade respectively. The comparison results of the simulation results show that the expansion planning model of the co-generation system with the HS method is more feasible and effective than that with GA. Through the research on the expansion planning of wind-thermal co-generation system, it can provide the decision support and reference for the long-term expansion planning of co-generation system in micro-grid under the Smart Grid.