Optimal Siting and Sizing of Multiple DG Units for the Enhancement of Voltage Profile and Loss Minimization in Transmission Systems Using Nature Inspired Algorithms

Table 3

Best outcome among all cases.

5 DGs’ LSF
Algorithm	PSO			GSA			Hybrid
DG type
FIT	3.0851	4.260241	4.165504	2.309231	4.260241	2.358722	1.696819	4.295037	1.920378
(MW)	3.930302	5.447339	5.004235	2.973936	5.447339	3.022499	2.149479	5.496311	2.407849
(MVAR)	17.06019	23.53672	21.41433	12.68353	23.53672	13.00848	9.444453	23.70543	10.57728
VD	0.006318		0.495616					0.001427	0.036186
solar (MW)	35.01449	—	34.57517	35.23621	—	35.72001	46.64924	—	41.69984
%   solar	12.35515	—	12.20013	12.43338	—	12.6041	16.46056	—	14.71413
solar (MVAR)	—	15.41866	13.55552	—	15.41866	15.43187	—	15.40234	14.53383
%   solar	—	12.21764	10.7413	—	12.21764	12.22811	—	12.2047	11.51651