Research Article

Hybrid Multistarting GA-Tabu Search Method for the Placement of BtB Converters for Korean Metropolitan Ring Grid

Table 4

Simulation elapsed time before and after applying Kron reduction.

Number of locationsTotal simulation timePercent reduction
Without Kron reduction
(sec)
With Kron reduction
(sec)

13383.08700.0079.31%
217592.383247.1681.54%
319183.407859.3459.03%
414877.601302.9091.24%
512890.591266.4890.18%
612256.85469.0696.17%