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Prediction of grid-connected photovoltaic performance using artificial neural networks and experimental dataset considering environmental variation

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Photovoltaic (PV) investment requires a feasibility study of the PV system in terms of environmental parameters at the location, which is the implementation time and cost. In this study, a 1.4 PV system was installed in Sohar, Oman and the system recorded data, which was modelled using an artificial neural network (ANN). The contribution of this study is to use three proposed ANN models (MLP, SOFM, and SVM) to predict similar systems in twelve other locations throughout the country based on measured solar irradiance and ambient temperature in these locations. The experimental results of Sohar show feasible values of 6.82 A, 150–160 V, 800–1000 W, and 245.8 kWh, peak current, voltage, power, and energy, respectively. Also, the proposed models show an excellent prediction with less error and high accuracy. Furthermore, statistical and sensitivity analyses are presented with a comparison of results found by researchers in the literature for validation. The lowest RMSE was found for SOFM (0.2514) in the training phase compared with (0.2528) for MLP and (0.2167) for SVM. The same sequence but with a higher accuracy was found for SOFM (95.25%), while (92.55%) and (89.19%) for MLP and SVM, respectively. In conclusion, the sensitivity analysis shows that solar irradiance has more effect on the output compared with ambient temperature. Also, a prediction of PV output for Duqm was forecasted till 2050, where it is found insignificant deviation due to climate change compared with 2020.
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Environment, Development and Sustainability
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02174-0
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Prediction ofgrid‑connected photovoltaic performance
using artificial neural networks andexperimental dataset
considering environmental variation
HusseinA.Kazem1,2
Received: 28 June 2021 / Accepted: 31 January 2022
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2022
Abstract
Photovoltaic (PV) investment requires a feasibility study of the PV system in terms of envi-
ronmental parameters at the location, which is the implementation time and cost. In this
study, a 1.4 PV system was installed in Sohar, Oman and the system recorded data, which
was modelled using an artificial neural network (ANN). The contribution of this study is
to use three proposed ANN models (MLP, SOFM, and SVM) to predict similar systems
in twelve other locations throughout the country based on measured solar irradiance and
ambient temperature in these locations. The experimental results of Sohar show feasible
values of 6.82 A, 150–160V, 800–1000W, and 245.8 kWh, peak current, voltage, power,
and energy, respectively. Also, the proposed models show an excellent prediction with less
error and high accuracy. Furthermore, statistical and sensitivity analyses are presented with
a comparison of results found by researchers in the literature for validation. The lowest
RMSE was found for SOFM (0.2514) in the training phase compared with (0.2528) for
MLP and (0.2167) for SVM. The same sequence but with a higher accuracy was found for
SOFM (95.25%), while (92.55%) and (89.19%) for MLP and SVM, respectively. In conclu-
sion, the sensitivity analysis shows that solar irradiance has more effect on the output com-
pared with ambient temperature. Also, a prediction of PV output for Duqm was forecasted
till 2050, where it is found insignificant deviation due to climate change compared with
2020.
Keywords Grid-connected PV· Artificial neural network· MLP· SOFM· SVM· PV
performance
List of symbols
PV Photovoltaic
GCPV Grid-connected photovoltaic
ANN Artificial neural networks
VOC Open circuit voltage
* Hussein A. Kazem
h.kazem@su.edu.om
1 Sohar University, PO Box44, SoharPCI311, Oman
2 Solar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600Bangi, Selangor,
Malaysia
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