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Improving Accuracy and Efficiency of Start-up Cost Formulations in MIP Unit Commitment by Modeling Power Plant Temperatures

Document type:
Misc
Author(s):
Silbernagl, Matthias; Huber, Matthias, Brandenberg, René
Abstract:
This paper presents an improved mixed-integer model for the Thermal Unit Commitment Problem. By introducing new variables for the temperature of each thermal unit, the off-time-dependent start-up costs are modeled accurately while using fewer inequalities than state-of-the-art formulations. This new approach significantly improves computational efficiency, even compared to existing formulations which only roughly approximate start-up costs. Our findings were validated on real-world test cases us...     »
Keywords:
Thermal Unit Commitment, Mixed Integer Pro- gramming, Start-up Costs, Power Plant Temperatures, Residual Temperature Inequalities, Integration of Renewables
Published as:
working paper
Year:
2014
URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.2644
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