Parameters estimation of single‐ and multiple‐diode photovoltaic model using whale optimisation algorithm

Abstract

The high level of penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems into electric power grids increases rapidly due to many merits of such promising technology. In the simulation investigation of PV systems, an accurate PV model is vital, where it plays an important role through the dynamic analysis of these systems. The mathematical model of the PV module is a nonlinear I-V characteristic including many unknown parameters as data provided by the PV manufacturers' are inadequate. This paper introduces a novel application of the whale optimisation algorithm (WOA) for estimating the parameters of the single, double, and three diode PV models of a PV module. The WOA-based PV models are validated by the simulation results, which are carried out under various environmental conditions using MATLAB program. The effectiveness of the WOA-based PV models is checked by comparing their results with that obtained using other optimisation methods. To obtain a realistic study, these simulation outcomes are compared with the experimental outcomes of a Kyocera KC200GT PV module. The WOA-based PV model is efficiently evaluated by comparing the absolute current error of this model with that obtained using other PV models. Using this meta-heuristic algorithm application, an accurate PV model can be obtained.

Pemodelan dan Simulasi Photovoltaic Menggunakan Pendekatan Model Tiga Diode

“…Spesifikasi modul PV ini disajikan pada Tabel I [8], [9], [18]. [9], Sun Flower Optimization (SFO) [11], Manta-Rays Foraging Optimizer (MRFO) [13], Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA), Simulated Annealing (SA), dan Genetic Algorithm (GA) [14]. Secara umum, hasil simulasi model mempunyai bentuk kurva yang sama dan sangat identik.…”

“…Model matematis sebuah PV dapat diselesaikan secara analitik maupun numerik. Beberapa makalah menyajikan penyelesaian model PV secara analitik [6]- [8], sedangkan penelitian lain menggunakan algoritme kecerdasan buatan berbasis numerik [9]- [14]. Penelitian-penelitian tersebut membahas model PV menggunakan pendekatan satu diode [4], [6], pendekatan dua diode [8], dan pendekatan tiga diode [9]- [14].…”

“…Namun, dalam beberapa penelitian, dan ℎ diselesaikan dengan metode numerik [4], [8]. Parameterparameter tersebut juga dapat diperoleh dengan menggunakan algoritme kecerdasan buatan berbasis numerik [9]- [14]. Dalam pendekatan ini, semua nilai parameter tersebut didefinisikan dan diberikan nilainya dengan rentang tertentu, kemudian algoritme tersebut memilih salah satu nilai yang paling optimal terhadap kurva I-V. Pada makalah ini, parameter yang tidak diketahui ( ℎ dan ) dihitung secara analitik, sedangkan dan dihitung dengan pendekatan numerik serta ditentukan nilainya.…”

Artificial electric field algorithm to extract nine parameters of triple‐diode photovoltaic model

“…Any error of the PV model affects the PV system results and this is considered an important matter. 5 This PV module can be modeled by current and voltage (I-V) expression, which consists of several unknown parameters because of restriction of the PV data from the PV datasheet. These parameters rely on the number of diode within the model, where it is 5, 7, and 9 that corresponds to one-, two-, and triple-diode model.…”

“…This is ineffective to determine these parameters by multiple approaches during one study. Also, several heuristic algorithms have been used to find optimally the parameters like SFO, 9 GA, 12,13 differential evolution, 14,15 GCPSO, 16 TVACPSO, 17 fractional chaotic ensemble PSO, 18 SA, 19 bacterial-foraging, 20 harmony-search, 21 bee-colony, 22,23 shuffled frog-leaping, 24 WOA, 5,25 crowsearch, 26 mine-blast, 27 and oppositional teaching learning based optimization. 28 Additional to the above-said brief review, flow of researches in this regard have been recently published such as MSA, 29 opposition-based sine cosine, 30 salpswarm, 31 JAYA algorithm, 32 manta-rays foraging optimizer 33 GWO and cuckoo search, 34 collaborative swarm intelligence, 35 BSA, 36 improved ant lion optimizer, 37 WCA 38 and many more.…”