Power plant maintenance scheduling: optimizing economics and reliability

Modified ABC Algorithm for Generator Maintenance Scheduling

“…It is done for a time horizon of different durations. Generally, there are two main categories of objective functions in GMS, such as, based on reliability and economic cost [2]. This study applies the reliability criteria of leveling reserve generation for the entire period of study.…”

“…Modern power system is experiencing increased demand for electricity with related expansions in system size, which has resulted in higher number of generators and lower reserve margins making the GMS more complicated. There are two categories of criteria for GMS problem; based on economic cost and reliability [2].…”

Condition based Maintenance Optimization for the Hydro Generating Unit with Dynamic Economic Dependence

“…In a traditional centralized power system, the independent system operator (ISO) [4] schedules maintenance time for all generating units in a corresponding area, aiming to keep the reliability level of the whole power system, meanwhile reducing the total maintenance cost. A great number of papers have been published for the solution of such a problem, such as [5,6]. However, in the aforementioned maintenance models, the generating unit was simplified as a single-component system; actually it is multi-component system in practice.…”

Encompassing Electricity Market Predictions and Weather Forecasts in Power Plan O&M Strategies

“…The criteria based on economic cost or based on reliability are the most employed for O&M problem [49,50]. The most common economic objective is to minimize the costs of energy production and maintenance, i.e.…”

“…The outage durations are a trade-off between the energy production cost and the maintenance cost. Shorter outage durations lead to higher maintenance costs but reduce the load of expensive generation and possible energy purchases, resulting in lower energy production costs [49].…”