Linearization method for the nonlinear factors of cascaded hydropower system

With the developments in linear programming code, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP)-based approaches have started to attract more attention in the word, some new linearization methods have been proposed. In this paper, MILP formulation of short-term scheduling for cascaded plants with pumped-storage units is established, for the nonlinear factors such as nonlinear hydroelectric production function, the characteristics of pumped-storage units, minimum/maximum down/up time of hydro units, etc. A new practical and systematic linearization approach is proposed. Some integer variables are introduced such that the problem is formulated as MILP. Numerical testing results show that the MILP formulation given in this paper is efficient and effective.

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