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Record W4405324502 · doi:10.3934/gf.2024027

Developing a machine learning model for fast economic optimization of solar power plants using the hybrid method of firefly and genetic algorithms, case study: optimizing solar thermal collector in Calgary, Alberta

2024· article· en· W4405324502 on OpenAlex
Ali Omidkar, Razieh Es’haghian, Hua Song

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Bibliographic record

VenueGreen Finance · 2024
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicSolar Radiation and Photovoltaics
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Calgary
Fundersnot available
KeywordsFirefly algorithmFirefly protocolGenetic algorithmComputer sciencePower (physics)Solar powerThermalConcentrated solar powerOptimization algorithmEngineeringMathematical optimizationAlgorithmSolar energyMathematicsMachine learningElectrical engineeringGeographyBiologyMeteorologyPhysicsParticle swarm optimization

Abstract

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<p>Due to the depletion of fossil fuels and environmental concerns, renewable energy has become increasingly popular. Even so, the economic competitiveness and cost of energy in renewable systems remain a challenge. Optimization of renewable energy systems from an economic standpoint is important not only from the point of view of researchers but also industry owners, stakeholders, and governments. Solar collectors are one of the most optimized and developed renewable energy systems. However, due to the high degree of nonlinearity and many unknowns associated with these systems, optimizing them is an extremely time-consuming and expensive process. This study presents an economically optimal design platform for solar power plants with a fast response time using machine learning techniques. Compared with traditional mathematical optimization, the speed of economic optimization with the help of the machine learning method increased by up to 1100 times. A total of seven continuous variables and three discrete variables were selected for optimization of the parabolic trough solar collector. The objective functions were to optimize the exergy efficiency and the heat cost. As part of the environmental assessment, the cost of carbon dioxide emission was calculated based on the system's exergy and energy efficiencies. According to the sensitivity analysis, the mass flow of working fluid and the initial temperature of the fluid play the most significant roles. A simulated solar collector in Calgary was optimized in order to evaluate the applicability of the proposed platform.</p>

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.203
Threshold uncertainty score0.599

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
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Machine scores (provisional)

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Opus teacher head0.033
GPT teacher head0.284
Teacher spread0.252 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it