Combined Heat and Power Dispatch using Time Varying Acceleration Coefficient Particle Swarm Optimization

234 Abstract—Currently whole world is facing the problem of energy disaster. So to overcome this problem there is an urgent need to create awareness about optimal use of the energy, environmental and economic benefits and making a nation more energy-independent, for this one of the obvious thought is combined heat and power (CHP) or cogeneration. In this paper performance of TVAC_PSO is tested on two test cases of combined heat and power dispatch problem i) a recently introduced new test case taken from literature, ii) a new test case with valve point loading effect. The thought behind TVAC_PSO is to improve the seeking ability of the CPSO and to use a parameter automation strategy for appropriate balance between local and global search.