A New Modeling Approach for the Probability Density Distribution Function of Wind power Fluctuation

Lingzhi Wang, Jun Liu and Fucai Qian
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Lingzhi Wang: School of Automation and Information, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Jun Liu: School of Automation and Information, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Fucai Qian: School of Automation and Information, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: With the rapid development of grid-connected wind power, analysing and describing the probability density distribution characteristics of wind power fluctuation has always been a hot and difficult problem in the wind power field. In traditional methods, a single distribution function model is used to fit the probability density distribution of wind power output fluctuation; however, the results are unsatisfying. Therefore, a new distribution function model is proposed in this work for fitting the probability density distribution to replace a single distribution function model. In form, the new model includes only four parameters which make it easier to implement. Four statistical index models are used to evaluate the distribution function fits with the measured probability data. Simulations are designed to compare the new model with the Gaussian mixture model, and results illustrate the effectiveness and advantages of the newly developed model in fitting the wind power fluctuation probability density distribution. Besides, the fireworks algorithm is adopted for determining the optimal parameters in the distribution function model. The comparison experiments of the fireworks algorithm with the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and the genetic algorithm (GA) are carried out, which shows that the fireworks algorithm has faster convergence speed and higher accuracy than the two common intelligent algorithms, so it is useful for optimizing parameters in power systems.

Keywords: wind power fluctuation; probability density function; Gaussian mixture model; new distribution model; fireworks algorithm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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