Research Article
A Hybrid Evolutionary Approach to Design Off-Grid Electrification Projects with Distributed Generation
Table 5
GA-PSO vs centralized/decentralized models.
| | Centralized | GA-PSO | Decentralized |
| CM1 | | | |
| DG units | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ploss [kW] | 2.30 | 1.83 | 1.55 | Total Cost [] | 91759 | 95232 | 100157 | Quality Issues | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| CM2 | | | |
| DG units | 4 | 5 | 6 | Ploss [kW] | 3.88 | 3.53 | 3.35 | Total Cost [] | 127656 | 130050 | 133277 | Quality Issues | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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