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What is Minimum On Time (MOT) Constraint

Chapter 7
Handbook of Research on Artificial Immune Systems and Natural Computing: Applying Complex Adaptive Technologies
Minimum on time constraint is the minimum time interval during which CHP must be on when it is switched on. This constraint is set because the switching on of the machine has some costs on its own and so it is justified only if the working time interval is sufficiently long. In addition, some technologies, like micro-turbines of aeronautical derivation, have a limited number of switching on before maintenance must be applied.
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Artificial Immune System in the Management of Complex Small Scale Cogeneration Systems
Fabio Freschi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) and Maurizio Repetto (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-310-4.ch007
Abstract
The increasing cost of energy and the introduction of micro-generation facilities and the changes in energy production systems require new strategies to reach their optimal exploitation. Artificial Immune System (AIS) metaphor can be used to reach this aim. In this kind of management, the energy system can be seen as a living body which must react to external stimuli (cost of fuel, energy prices, fares, etc.) fulfilling its internal requirements (user loads, technical constraints, etc.). In this chapter, a developed procedure based on AIS is described and applied to this problem. Its performance is compared with the mixed integer linear programming on the same test. The result shows that AIS based method obtained better results, in terms of computational efficiency, compared with classical energy production management procedures based on Mixed Integer Linear Programming.
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