Analysis of Grid-tied Solar Photovoltaic Energy Generation under Uncertain Atmospheric Conditions Using Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Control System

Abstract

The grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) power system has remained the most practical and sustainable configuration among renewable energy generation systems. Although uncertainties persist in solar irradiance and temperature, the grid-tied system faces transient instability issues during maximum power point tracking, adversely affecting power quality and resulting in substantial costs. To overcome this issue, we proposed analyzing the grid-tied system under uncertain atmospheric conditions based on an adaptive neuro-fuzzy control system (ANCS). This control scheme incorporates a hybrid learning algorithm and undergoes evaluation across various operating conditions. The obtained results demonstrate the effectiveness of the learning algorithm in maintaining a fast convergence speed. Consequently, this capability ensures the consistent preservation of sufficient power quality in the power system without any discernible transient impact. Furthermore, the investigation reveals the significant impact of solar radiation and temperature on the performance of the solar grid-tied PV system. Specifically, temperature alone contributes to over 15% power reduction when reaching 45 °C. As the temperature decreases to 5 °C at 1000 W/m2 irradiance, the ANCS influences an increase in the system's power generation from 100.72 kW at 25 °C to 103.01 kW.

Received: 21 November 2023 | Revised: 9 January 2024 | Accepted: 18 January 2024

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.

Data Availability Statement

The Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

Author Contribution Statement

Ja'afar Sulaiman Zangina: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - eeview & editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration; Muhammad Aliyu Suleiman: Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization; Abdulla Ahmed: Methodology, Validation, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Visualization.