Research Article

Optimal Battery Sizing in Photovoltaic Based Distributed Generation Using Enhanced Opposition-Based Firefly Algorithm for Voltage Rise Mitigation

Table 3

Comparison of performance for GSA, FA, and EOFA in battery sizing.

Optimization algorithmPV size (MWp)Maximum load (MW)Minimum load (MW)BESS capacity (MWh)BESS off-
time (hour)
Total number of hours
the voltage exceeding 1.05 pu
With BESS (hour)Without BESS (hour)

GSA3.661.520.612.39287168297
FA2.42336196297
EOFA2.3138578297