MERIT ORDER DISPATCH USING ANT LION OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM

This paper proposes Ant Lion Optimization (ALO) method to come up with solution for any Economic & Emission Dispatch problem. Comparison is done with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method to see the results with respect to already proven optimization methodology. The method is applied to solve IEEE-30 bus system to obtain minimum cost for its generation. Both fuel and emission costs are considered to come up with a result. The analysis shows good convergence property for ALO and provides better results in comparison with PSO.