Hybrid deep CNN-SVR algorithm for solar radiation prediction problems in Queensland, Australia
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Article Title | Hybrid deep CNN-SVR algorithm for solar radiation prediction problems in Queensland, Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 32032 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ghimire, Sujan (Author), Bhandari, Binayak (Author), Casillas-Perez, David (Author), Deo, Ravinesh C. (Author) and Salcedo-sanz, Sancho |
Journal Title | Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence |
Journal Citation | 112, pp. 1-26 |
Article Number | 104860 |
Number of Pages | 26 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0952-1976 |
1873-6769 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2022.104860 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0952197622001099 |
Abstract | This study proposes a new hybrid deep learning (DL) model, the called CSVR, for Global Solar Radiation (GSR) predictions by integrating Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with Support Vector Regression (SVR) approach. First, the CNN algorithm is used to extract local patterns as well as common features that occur recurrently in time series data at different intervals. Then, the SVR is subsequently adopted to replace the fully connected CNN layers to predict the daily GSR time series data at six solar farms in Queensland, Australia. To develop the hybrid CSVR model, we adopt the most pertinent meteorological variables from Global Climate Model and Scientific Information for Landowners database. From a pool of Global Climate Models variables and ground-based observations, the optimal features are selected through a metaheuristic Feature Selection algorithm, an Atom Search Optimization method. The hyperparameters of the proposed CSVR are optimized by mean of the HyperOpt method, and the overall performance of the objective algorithm is benchmarked against eight alternative DL methods, and some of the other Machine Learning approaches (LSTM, DBN, RBF, BRF, MARS, WKNNR, GPML and M5TREE) methods. The results obtained shows that the proposed CSVR model can offer several predictive advantages over the alternative DL models, as well as the conventional ML models. Specifically, we note that the CSVR model recorded a root mean square error/mean absolute error ranging between 2.172–3.305 MJ m2/1.624–2.370 MJ m2 over the six tested solar farms compared to 2.514–3.879 MJ m2/1.939–2.866 MJ m2 from alternative ML and DL algorithms. Consistent with this predicted error, the correlation between the measured and the predicted GSR, including the Willmott’s, Nash-Sutcliffe’s coefficient and Legates & McCabe’s Index was relatively higher for the proposed CSVR model compared to other DL and Machine Learning methods for all of the study sites. Accordingly, this study advocates the merits of CSVR model to provide a viable alternative to accurately predict GSR for renewable energy exploitation, energy demand or other forecasting-based applications. |
Keywords | Convolutional Neural Networks; Support Vector Regression; Solar energy prediction; Feature selection; Hybrid models |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 460207. Modelling and simulation |
400803. Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics) | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing |
Woosong University, Korea | |
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain | |
School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing | |
University of Alcala, Spain | |
Funding source | Grant ID Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), through Project Number PID2020- 115454GB-C21 |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7597/hybrid-deep-cnn-svr-algorithm-for-solar-radiation-prediction-problems-in-queensland-australia
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