An Ultra-Fast Power Prediction Method Based on Simplified LSSVM Hyperparameters Optimization for PV Power Smoothing

• Main Authors: Zhenxing Zhao, Kaijie Chen, Ying Chen, Yuxing Dai, Zeng Liu, Kuiyin Zhao, Huan Wang, Zishun Peng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: advanced smoothing control strategy; hybrid local search; power fluctuation in seconds; single-iteration
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/18/5752

With existing power prediction algorithms, it is difficult to satisfy the requirements for prediction accuracy and time when PV output power fluctuates sharply within seconds, so this paper proposes a high-precision and ultra-fast PV power prediction algorithm. Firstly, in order to shorten the optimization time and improve the optimization accuracy, the single-iteration Gray Wolf Optimization (SiGWO) method is used to simplify the iteration process of the hyperparameters of Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LSSVM), and then the hybrid local search algorithm composed of Iterative Local Search (ILS) and Self-adaptive Differential Evolution (SaDE) is used to improve the accuracy of hyperparameters, so as to achieve high-precision and ultra-fast PV power prediction. The power prediction model is established, and the proposed algorithm is applied in a test experiment which can complete the power prediction within 3 s, and the RMSE is only 0.44%. Finally, combined with the PV-storage advanced smoothing control strategy, it is verified that the performance of the proposed algorithm can satisfy the system’s requirements for prediction accuracy and time under the condition of power mutation in a PV power generation system.