Table 7 Losses and minimum load voltage before and after the capacitor placement in the scenario of connected to the network with cosφ = 1.

From: Spotted hyena optimizer algorithm for capacitor allocation in radial distribution system with distributed generation and microgrid operation considering different load types

 

SHO

GA20

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Before cap placement

Loss (kW)

46.064

169.018

315.979

46.064

169.018

315.979

Minimum voltage (p.u)

0.9928

0.9779

0.9499

0.9928

0.9779

0.9499

After cap placement

Loss (kW)

28.21

65.40

123.24

28.632

68.311

123.953

Minimum voltage (p.u)

0.9987

0.9916

0.9739

0.9989

0.9894

0.9728

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