College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056021, China

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Abstract—The optimum load distribution between the hydropower units is an effective measure for reducing the total water rate and increasing the energy output of a hydropower station, and it is becoming a more interesting studying topic. In order to increase the economic benefit of the station, a multi-objective optimization model of load allocation between hydropower units is established in accordance with the characteristics and particularity of the hydropower station, and the minimum water rate of the station is used as the optimal objective, the Glowworm Swarm Optimization (GSO) algorithm is applied to optimization of the model, The simulation shows the method could easily get the best solutions of load allocation between hydropower units and reflect the actual operation situation of the hydropower station much better. So the proposed scheme has an important reference value for other hydropower stations.

Index Terms—Glowworm Swarm Optimization, hydropower units, load allocation.

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Cite: Liying Wang, Linming Zhao, Dehua Wei, "Application of GSO for Load Allocation between Hydropower Units and Its Model Analysis based on Multi-objective," Journal of Computers vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 1142-1146, 2012.