Table 10 Comparison of the proposed method with the approach of reference13.

From: An MILP approach for optimal operation of unbalanced distribution networks through coordinated network reconfiguration and SOP utilization

  

Objective value

Objective improvement (%)

System losses (kW)

Total curtailment of P2P (kW)

Voltage magnitude imbalance (\(\rho^{mag}\))

Run time (s)

Open switches

Method of Zhou et al.13

Before reconfiguration

1.135

3.52

34.97

792.08

3.467

10.84

After reconfiguration

1.095

41.37

997.53

3.072

38.19

60–160, 18–135, 23–25, 36–64, 94–54

Proposed method

Before reconfiguration

1.277

15.58

141.10

1196.36

3.588

17.54

After reconfiguration

1.078

138.34

1095.73

2.917

72.66

23–25, 60–160, 151–300, 36–64, 94–54