Research Article
Optimal Placement of Wind Power Plants in Transmission Power Networks by Applying an Effectively Proposed Metaheuristic Algorithm
Table 5
The optimal solutions obtained by methods for case 1.1 and case 1.2.
| | Case | Method | FBI | HBO | MSGO | CEA | MEA | JYA [47] |
| | Case 1.1 (place WPP at node 3) | Location of WPP | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | Generation of WPP (MW) | 9.99 | 10.00 | 9.99 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 9.1169 | | Power factor of WPP | 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.85 | | Minimum cost ($/h) | 764.69 | 764.99 | 766.85 | 764.53 | 764.33 | 769.963 |
| | Case 1.1 (place one WPP at node 30) | Location of WPP | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | | Generation of WPP (MW) | 9.98 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 9.1478 | | Power factor of WPP | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.85 | | Minimum cost ($/h) | 763.56 | 763.24 | 765.74 | 762.62 | 762.53 | 768.039 |
| | Case 1.2 (find the location of WPP) | Location of WPP | 19 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 30 | — | | Generation of WPP (MW) | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | — | | Power factor of WPP | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.99 | 0.95 | — | | Minimum cost ($/h) | 763.96 | 762.72 | 765.22 | 762.89 | 762.52 | — |
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