The Feasibility Assessment of Power System Dispatch with Carbon Tax Considerations

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

1. Rewrite the abstract by including some numerical results.

2. Add more literature papers for PSO. 

3. State the parameters used in this work.

4. Add a nomenclature section. 

5. Write more explanations for the equations. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

Thank you for providing us the review’s comments. We have taken care of these precious comments and revised manuscript with the changes clearly identified by a highlighter pen. The point-to-point responses to you are shown below.

 

Q1: Rewrite the abstract by including some numerical results.

Ans.: The abstract had been added some numerical results in “Abstract section”.

 

Q2. Add more literature papers for PSO.

 Ans.: The literature had been described in our references.

 

Q3. State the parameters used in this work.

Ans.: The parameters had been used in our work.

 

4. Add a nomenclature section. 

Ans.: a nomenclature section had been added in Pg.1&2.

 

5. Write more explanations for the equations.

 Ans.: More explanations had been described in our paper.

 

 

 

Your assistance is very much appreciated.

 

Sincerely yours

 

              

Ming-Tang Tsai

Department of Electrical Engineering,

Cheng-Shiu University,

840 Cherng-Ching Road,

Neau-Song Country, 833

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.,

E-mail:[email protected]

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

The presented publication represents a significant contribution to the issue of the optimization of fuel costs of power plants together with the reduction of produced emissions. It has a good scientific quality, is free from obvious errors, and is clear, concise, and well-organized.

Comments:

1) Please define the variable „M“ in formula (5).

2) Indicate the approximate time of calculation of individual cases.

3) How many energy blocks (and what types) were considered in the optimization calculation in the case study in Chapter 4?

4) What are the cost characteristics of production blocks and what is their performance range (Pmin, Pmax)?

5) It would be appropriate to provide a network diagram in the case study in Chapter 4.

6) Were the voltage limits in the nodes of the network considered in the case study?

 

7) Were the capacity limits of branches considered in the case study?

Author Response

 

 

Dear Reviewer:

Thank you for providing us the review’s comments. We have taken care of these precious comments and revised manuscript with the changes clearly identified by a highlighter pen. The point-to-point responses to you are shown below.

 

• Please define the variable „M“ in formula (5).

Ans.: The Variable “M” is re-defined in Eq.(5).

 

• Indicate the approximate time of calculation of individual cases.

Ans.: The executed time of all cases is described in pg.8,10,12.

 

• How many energy blocks (and what types) were considered in the optimization calculation in the case study in Chapter 4?

Ans.: This question is explained in pg.7.

 

• What is their performance range (Pmin, Pmax)?

Ans.: It had been defined in pg.1.

 

6) Were the voltage limits in the nodes of the network considered in the case study?

Ans.: It had been defined in pg.1.

 

7) Were the capacity limits of branches considered in the case study?

Ans.: It had been defined in pg.1.

 

Your assistance is very much appreciated.

 

Sincerely yours

 

              

Ming-Tang Tsai

Department of Electrical Engineering,

Cheng-Shiu University,

840 Cherng-Ching Road,

Neau-Song Country, 833

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.,

E-mail:[email protected]

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf