A limited adaptive genetic algorithm (LAGA) is proposed in the paper for inner-plant economical operation of a hydropower station. In the LAGA, limited solution strategy, with the feasible solution generation method for generating an initial population and the limited perturbation mutation operator, is presented to avoid hydro units operating in cavitation–vibration regions. The adaptive probabilities of crossover and mutation are introduced to improve the convergence speed of the genetic algorithm (GA). Furthermore, the performance of the limited solution strategy and the adaptive parameter controlling improvement are checked against the historical methods, and the results of simulating inner-plant economical operation of the Three Gorges hydropower station demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. First, the limited solution strategy can support the safety operations of hydro units by avoiding cavitation–vibration region operations, and it achieves a better solution, because the non-negative fitness function is achieved. Second, the adaptive parameter method is shown to have better performance than other methods, because it realizes the twin goals of maintaining diversity in the population and advancing the convergence speed of GA. Thus, the LAGA is feasible and effective in optimizing inner-plant economical operation of hydropower stations.
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Research Article|December 04 2012
Limited adaptive genetic algorithm for inner-plant economical operation of hydropower station
Jiao Zheng
Jiao Zheng
1College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Gulou District, Nanjing, 210098, China
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Kan Yang
Kan Yang
1College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road, Gulou District, Nanjing, 210098, China
E-mail: kyang@hhu.edu.cn
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Xiuyuan Lu
Xiuyuan Lu
2College of Information and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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Hydrology Research (2012) 44 (4): 583-599.
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Received:
December 20 2011
Accepted:
June 28 2012
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Jiao Zheng, Kan Yang, Xiuyuan Lu; Limited adaptive genetic algorithm for inner-plant economical operation of hydropower station. Hydrology Research 1 August 2013; 44 (4): 583–599. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2012.198
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