PV panel model parameter estimation by using particle swarm optimization and artificial neural network

Wai Lun LO, Henry Shu Hung CHUNG, Richard Tai Chiu HSUNG, Hong FU, Tak-Wai SHEN

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Abstract

Photovoltaic (PV) panels are one of the popular green energy resources and PV panel parameter estimations are one of the popular research topics in PV panel technology. The PV panel parameters could be used for PV panel health monitoring and fault diagnosis. Recently, a PV panel parameters estimation method based in neural network and numerical current predictor methods has been developed. However, in order to further improve the estimation accuracies, a new approach of PV panel parameter estimation is proposed in this paper. The output current and voltage dynamic responses of a PV panel are measured, and the time series of the I–V vectors will be used as input to an artificial neural network (ANN)-based PV model parameter range classifier (MPRC). The MPRC is trained using an I–V dataset with large variations in PV model parameters. The results of MPRC are used to preset the initial particles’ population for a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The PSO algorithm is used to estimate the PV panel parameters and the results could be used for PV panel health monitoring and the derivation of maximum power point tracking (MMPT). Simulations results based on an experimental I–V dataset and an I–V dataset generated by simulation show that the proposed algorithms can achieve up to 3.5% accuracy and the speed of convergence was significantly improved as compared to a purely PSO approach. Copyright © 2024 by the authors.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3006
JournalSensors
Volume24
Issue number10
Early online dateMay 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Citation

Lo, W.-L., Chung, H. S.-H., Hsung, R. T.-C., Fu, H., & Shen, T.-Q. (2024). PV panel model parameter estimation by using particle swarm optimization and artificial neural network. Sensors, 24(10), Article 3006. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24103006

Keywords

  • Model parameters estimation
  • Neural network
  • Particle swarm optimization
  • Photovoltaic panel

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