An Accurate Metaheuristic Mountain Gazelle Optimizer for Parameter Estimation of Single- and Double-Diode Photovoltaic Cell Models

Rabeh Abbassi (), Salem Saidi, Shabana Urooj (), Bilal Naji Alhasnawi, Mohamad A. Alawad and Manoharan Premkumar
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Rabeh Abbassi: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Ha’il, Ha’il City 81451, Saudi Arabia
Salem Saidi: LaTICE Laboratory, Higher National Engineering School of Tunis (ENSIT), University of Tunis, 5 Avenue Taha Hussein, P.O. Box 56, Tunis 1008, Tunisia
Shabana Urooj: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
Bilal Naji Alhasnawi: Department of Electricity Techniques, Al-Samawah Technical Institute, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Kufa 66001, Iraq
Mohamad A. Alawad: Department of Electrical Engineering, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia
Manoharan Premkumar: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru 560078, Karnataka, India

Mathematics, 2023, vol. 11, issue 22, 1-21

Abstract: Accurate parameter estimation is crucial and challenging for the design and modeling of PV cells/modules. However, the high degree of non-linearity of the typical I–V characteristic further complicates this task. Consequently, significant research interest has been generated in recent years. Currently, this trend has been marked by a noteworthy acceleration, mainly due to the rise of swarm intelligence and the rapid progress of computer technology. This paper proposes a developed Mountain Gazelle Optimizer (MGO) to generate the best values of the unknown parameters of PV generation units. The MGO mimics the social life and hierarchy of mountain gazelles in the wild. The MGO was compared with well-recognized recent algorithms, which were the Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO), the Squirrel Search Algorithm (SSA), the Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm, the Bat–Artificial Bee Colony Optimizer (BABCO), the Bat Algorithm (BA), Multiswarm Spiral Leader Particle Swarm Optimization (M-SLPSO), the Guaranteed Convergence Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm (GCPSO), Triple-Phase Teaching–Learning-Based Optimization (TPTLBO), the Criss-Cross-based Nelder–Mead simplex Gradient-Based Optimizer (CCNMGBO), the quasi-Opposition-Based Learning Whale Optimization Algorithm (OBLWOA), and the Fractional Chaotic Ensemble Particle Swarm Optimizer (FC-EPSO). The experimental findings and statistical studies proved that the MGO outperformed the competing techniques in identifying the parameters of the Single-Diode Model (SDM) and the Double-Diode Model (DDM) PV models of Photowatt-PWP201 (polycrystalline) and STM6-40/36 (monocrystalline). The RMSEs of the MGO on the SDM and the DDM of Photowatt-PWP201 and STM6-40/36 were 2.042717 × 10 − 3 , 1.387641 × 10 − 3 , 1.719946 × 10 − 3 , and 1.686104 × 10 − 3 , respectively. Overall, the identified results highlighted that the MGO-based approach featured a fast processing time and steady convergence while retaining a high level of accuracy in the achieved solution.

Keywords: metaheuristic algorithm; parameter identification; photovoltaic cells; single-diode; double-diode; mathematical models; mountain gazelle optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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