Research Article

Reconfiguration of Distribution Networks with Distributed Generation Using a Dual Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

Table 3

Reconfiguration results with DG connected into grid.

Reconfiguration conditionDisconnect network switchMinimum node voltageNetwork loss/kw

Before reconfiguration8-21 9-15 12-22 18-33 25-290.9185202.65
Before reconfiguration (DG connected)8-21 9-15 12-22 18-33 25-290.9194169.50
Literature7-8 9-10 14-15 24-25 32-330.9482115.04
Algorithm in this paper8-9 8-21 14-15 28-29 32-330.9448112.58