Single-objective Optimization of Profit and Emission Under Deregulated Environment

The objective of the paper is based on unit commitment problem with respect to environment perspective. Global warming has received substantial attentions because of possible disastrous consequences. The majority of greenhouse gases emissions are contributed by the combustion of fossil fuels at the thermal power plants. Therefore, power industry is expected to reduce the greenhouse gases emissions in the future operation. The cost curve of the generator and the emission curve of the generator are combined together to form a single-objective which is solved using various hybrid optimization techniques Gradient search, Logistic Regression, and Artificial neural network.