Table 8 Losses and minimum load voltage before and after the capacitor placement in the scenario of islanding 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)

20.670

77.923

149.980

20.670

77.923

149.980

Minimum voltage (p.u)

0.9717

0.9324

0.8892

0.9717

0.9324

0.8892

After cap placement

Loss (kW)

15.00

32.064

57.87

13.641

33.170

55.850

Minimum voltage (p.u)

0.9927

0.9966

0.9716

0.9935

0.9856

0.9605

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