Concave clouds will cause miscalculation by the power prediction model based on cloud ieatures for distributed photovoltaic （PV） plant. The algorithm for decomposing concave cloud into convex images is proposed. Ado...Concave clouds will cause miscalculation by the power prediction model based on cloud ieatures for distributed photovoltaic （PV） plant. The algorithm for decomposing concave cloud into convex images is proposed. Adopting minimum polygonal approximation （MPP） to demonstrate the contour of concave cloud, cloud features are described and the subdivision lines of convex decomposition for the concave clouds are determined by the centroid point scattering model and centroid angle func- tion, which realizes the convex decomposition of concave cloud. The result of MATLAB simulation indicates that the proposed algorithm can accurately detect cloud contour comers and recognize the concave points. The proposed decomposition algorithm has advantages of less time complexity and decomposition part numbers compared to traditional algorithms. So the established model can make the convex decomposition of complex concave clouds completely and quickly, which is available for the existing prediction algorithm for the ultra-short-term power output of distributed PV system based on the cloud features.展开更多
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Programme of China(No.2013AA050405)Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education(No.20123317110004)+1 种基金Foundation of Zhejiang Province Key Science and Technology Innovation Team(No.2011R50011)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LY15E070004)
文摘Concave clouds will cause miscalculation by the power prediction model based on cloud ieatures for distributed photovoltaic （PV） plant. The algorithm for decomposing concave cloud into convex images is proposed. Adopting minimum polygonal approximation （MPP） to demonstrate the contour of concave cloud, cloud features are described and the subdivision lines of convex decomposition for the concave clouds are determined by the centroid point scattering model and centroid angle func- tion, which realizes the convex decomposition of concave cloud. The result of MATLAB simulation indicates that the proposed algorithm can accurately detect cloud contour comers and recognize the concave points. The proposed decomposition algorithm has advantages of less time complexity and decomposition part numbers compared to traditional algorithms. So the established model can make the convex decomposition of complex concave clouds completely and quickly, which is available for the existing prediction algorithm for the ultra-short-term power output of distributed PV system based on the cloud features.
