Research Article
Multiobjective Sizing of an Autonomous Hybrid Microgrid Using a Multimodal Delayed PSO Algorithm: A Case Study of a Fishing Village
Table 5
Comparison of LCOE with other studies available in the literature.
| Reference | HMG components | Location | LCOE ($/kWh) | Optimization technique |
| [45]-2016 | PV/WT/DG | Singapore (Singapore) | 0.29 | Distributed mutated particle swarm optimization |
| [39]-2016 | PV/WT/FC | Nikouyeh (Iran) | 0.56 | Computer program | Ghadamgah (Iran) | 0.799 | Moaleman (Iran) | 0.54 | Marvdasht (Iran) | 0.62 |
| [3]-2018 | PV/WT/DG/battery | Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) | 0.33 | Cuckoo Search algorithms |
| [46]-2018 | PV/WT/DG/LB | Chhattisgarh (India) | 0.27 | HOMER software |
| [40]-2018 | PV/WT/battery | Gökçeada (Turkey) | 1.90 | HOMER software |
| [47]-2019 | PV/WT/LB/BDG/FC/H2 | Dickinson (US) | 0.37 | Genetic Algorithm | Lubbock (US) | 0.41 | Tucson (US) | 0.43 |
| [48]-2020 | PV/WT/DG/battery | Baghdad (Iraq) | 0.2330 | PSO algorithms | Rabat (Morocco) | 0.3214 |
| This study | PV/WT/DG/battery | Essaouira (Morocco) | 0.17 | MDPSO |
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LB : lead acid battery, BDG : biodiesel generators, FC : fuel cell, and H2: hydrogen.
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