Modeling the major overhaul cost of gas-fired plants in the unit commitment problem

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1001-1011

  Rodilla, Pablo ^a   Cerisola, Santiago ^a   Batlle, Carlos ^a  

^a ICAI School of Engineering   (Spain)

Author keywords

combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT); Cycling; major overhaul; operation and maintenance (O M) cost; power generation dispatch; unit commitment

Indexed keywords

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; COSTS; GAS PLANTS; GAS TURBINES;

COMBINED CYCLE GAS TURBINE; CYCLING; MAJOR OVERHAULS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; POWER GENERATION DISPATCH; UNIT COMMITMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899635112     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2293604     Document Type: Article

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