Optimal Parameter Estimation for Solar PV Panel Based on ANN and Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization

Parameter estimation for solar photovoltaic panels is a popular research topic in green energy. Model parameters can be used for fault diagnosis in solar panels. Artificial neural network (ANN) approaches have been developed to estimate the model parameters of solar panels. In this study, an ANN and...

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Published in:Algorithms
Main Authors: Wai Lun Lo, Henry Shu Hung Chung, Richard Tai Chiu Hsung, Hong Fu, Tony Yulin Zhu, Tak Wai Shen, Harris Sik Ho Tsang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/18/10/598
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Summary:Parameter estimation for solar photovoltaic panels is a popular research topic in green energy. Model parameters can be used for fault diagnosis in solar panels. Artificial neural network (ANN) approaches have been developed to estimate the model parameters of solar panels. In this study, an ANN and Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization (APSO) approach for model parameter estimation of solar panel is proposed. Load perturbation is injected at the output of the solar PV panel, and the load voltage and current time series are measured. The current and voltage vectors are used as inputs for an ANN, which is used as a classifier for the ranges of the model parameters. The population of the APSO is initialized according to the results of the ANN classifier, and the APSO algorithm is then used to estimate the model parameters of the PV panel. Simulations and experimental studies show that the proposed method has better performance than conventional PSO, and it requires a smaller number of generations to achieve an average parameter estimation error of less than 5%.
ISSN:1999-4893