Table 7 Optimal sizing results from the proposed algorithms for the studied configurations.

From: Techno-economic optimization for isolated hybrid PV/wind/battery/diesel generator microgrid using improved salp swarm algorithm

MS

Algorithm

\({N}_{pv}\)

PV

(kW)

\({N}_{wt}\)

WT

(kW)

\({N}_{batt}\)

BESU

(kW)

\({N}_{DG}\)

DG

(kW)

Time

(s)

PV/WT/BESU/DG

ISSA

10

73.0000

9

45.1400

24

49.9999

3

2.4221

950.5462

SSA

10

73.0000

12

56.1855

23

49.2601

3

2.5213

955.0167

ALO

14

96.5790

8

38.1487

23

49.6377

3

2.7940

1082.542

DA

22

156.8879

12

56.0965

22

47.9773

3

2.6395

1212.283

MFO

25

180.8246

5

25.2562

23

49.0679

4

3.7316

1319.526

PV/BESU/DG

ISSA

20

146.0460

–

–

24

49.9999

4

3.3284

1002.983

SSA

21

152.6540

–

–

24

49.9980

4

3.4996

1055.774

ALO

26

185.4879

–

–

23

49.6009

4

3.4523

1455.23

DA

27

196.3262

–

–

24

49.9997

5

4.6178

1494.567

MFO

30

212.9717

–

–

22

47.3736

5

5.0000

1667.075

WT/BESU/DG

ISSA

–

–

22

105.6795

21

45.5421

4

3.7800

1024.599

SSA

–

–

22

108.6075

20

41.6247

4

3.9000

1076.804

ALO

–

–

23

110.6090

20

41.5852

4

4.0000

1457.172

DA

–

–

25

121.8705

18

38.4849

5

4.5418

1491.183

MFO

–

–

25

124.9215

19

39.4913

5

4.1848

1623.207