Long-Term Electrical Load Forecasting in Rwanda Based on Support Vector Machine Enhanced with Q-SVM Optimization Kernel Function

In recent years, Rwanda’s rapid economic development has created the “Rwanda Africa Wonder”, but it has also led to a substantial increase in energy consumption with the ambitious goal of reaching universal access by 2024. Meanwhile, on the basis of the rapid and dynamic connection of new households, there is uncertainty about generating, importing, and exporting energy whichever imposes a significant barrier. Long-Term Load Forecasting (LTLF) will be a key to the country’s utility plan to examine the dynamic electrical load demand growth patterns and facilitate long-term planning for better and more accurate power system master plan expansion. However, a Support Vector Machine (SVM) for long-term electric load forecasting is presented in this paper for accurate load mix planning. Considering that an individual forecasting model usually cannot work properly for LTLF, a hybrid Q-SVM will be introduced to improve forecasting accuracy. Finally, effectively assess model performance and efficiency, error metrics, and model benchmark parameters there assessed. The case study demonstrates that the new strategy is quite useful to improve LTLF accuracy. The historical electric load data of Rwanda Energy Group (REG), a national utility company from 1998 to 2020 was used to test the forecast model. The simulation results demonstrate the proposed algorithm enhanced better forecasting accuracy.

Analysis of Forecast and Early Warning of Flood in Medium and Small Rivers

Flooding of small and medium rivers is caused by environmental factors like rainfall and soil loosening.With the development and application of technologies such as the Internet of Things and big data,the disaster supervision and management of large river basins in China has improved over the years.However,due to the frequent floods in small and medium-sized rivers in our country,the current prediction and early warning of small and medium-sized rivers is not accurate enough;it is difficult to realize real-time monitoring of small and medium-sized rivers,and it is also impossible to obtain corresponding data and information in time.Therefore,the construction and application of small and medium-sized river prediction and early warning systems should be further improved.This paper presents an analysis and discussion on flood forecasting and early warning systems for small and medium-sized rivers in detail,and corresponding strategies to improve the effect of forecasting and early warning systems are proposed.

Long-Term Load Forecasting of Southern Governorates of Jordan Distribution Electric System

Load forecasting is vitally important for electric industry in the deregulated economy. This paper aims to face the power crisis and to achieve energy security in Jordan. Our participation is localized in the southern parts of Jordan including, Ma’an, Karak and Aqaba. The available statistical data about the load of southern part of Jordan are supplied by electricity Distribution Company. Mathematical and statistical methods attempted to forecast future demand by determining trends of past results and use the trends to extrapolate the curve demand in the future.

Spatial and temporal synthesized probability gain for middle and long-term earthquake forecast and its preliminary application

The principle of middle and long-term earthquake forecast model of spatial and temporal synthesized probability gain and the evaluation of forecast efficiency (R-values) of various forecast methods are introduced in this paper. The R-value method, developed by Xu (1989), is further developed here, and can be applied to more complicated cases. Probability gains in spatial and/or temporal domains and the R-values for different forecast methods are estimated in North China. The synthesized probability gain is then estimated as an example.

ANALYSES OF ERRORS IN MEDIUM-TERM NUMERICAL FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH 1998

By statistic and dynamic analyses, we have come to the following conclusions: (1) The ECMWF medium-term numerical forecast can forecast medium-term activity of subtropical high, and the accuracy rate of forecast cannot have large improvement by translational corrections. (2) The important cause for the ECMWF medium-term numerical forecast to have errors in 1998 is that the astronomical tide is not included in the model. (3) Two indexes are found from which it can be judged that ECMWF medium-term numerical forecast will have errors if the astronomical tide is ignored in the model : ① When the 54.7?line under the moon of the nodical month astronomical singularities coincides with the trough-line of the subtropical jet flow from 50癊 to 150癊 on the 500 hPa level at 2000 L.T. of the same day, and is approximately vertical (α>60? with the isotherm, then the day 0 2 days after the appearance of the nodical month astronomical singularities is defined as the initial day. Then in three successive days after the initial day, ECMWF medium-term numerical forecast of the northern latitude of the 588 line at 120 癊 will have continuous errors as large as two latitudes (7/9). Otherwise, it won’t have continuous errors (13/13). ② Otherwise, if the 54.7 ?line is in the range of a low pressure between two high pressures, then there is a dispersive error on the day of the nodical month astronomical singularities (5/7). There is not any error (6/6) otherwise.

Medium-Term Electric Load Forecasting Using Multivariable Linear and Non-Linear Regression

Medium-term forecasting is an important category of electric load forecasting that covers a time span of up to one year ahead. It suits outage and maintenance planning, as well as load switching operation. We propose a new methodol-ogy that uses hourly daily loads to predict the next year hourly loads, and hence predict the peak loads expected to be reached in the next coming year. The technique is based on implementing multivariable regression on previous year's hourly loads. Three regression models are investigated in this research: the linear, the polynomial, and the exponential power. The proposed models are applied to real loads of the Jordanian power system. Results obtained using the pro-posed methods showed that their performance is close and they outperform results obtained using the widely used ex-ponential regression technique. Moreover, peak load prediction has about 90% accuracy using the proposed method-ology. The methods are generic and simple and can be implemented to hourly loads of any power system. No extra in-formation other than the hourly loads is required.

Study of Holocene glacier degradation in central Asia by isotopic methods for long-term forecast of climate changes

This article presents a summary of our studies of Holocene moraines and glaciers of the Tien-Shan, Pamir, and Himalaya moun- mills with the purpose of providing pattern regularity of the Holocene glaciation decomposition. We developed a method for ob- taining reliable radiocarbon dating of moraines with the use of autochthonous organic matter dispersed in fine-grained morainic material, as well there were shown new possibilities of isotope-oxygen and isotope-uranium analysis for the Holocene glaciations dynamics. We found that Holocene glaciations disintegrate stadiaUy according to the decaying principle, and seven main stages may be distinguished. We achieved the absolute dating of the first three stages, identifying these periods as 8,000, 5,000, and 3,400 years ago. The application of the above-mentioned isotope methods of the Holocene glaciations and moraines study will allow re- searchers to improve the offered model of the Holocene glaciations disintegration; it will be great contribution to salvation of the problem of long-term climatic and glaciations forecast.

Medium Term Load Forecasting for Jordan Electric Power System Using Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Based on Least Square Regression Methods

This paper presents a technique for Medium Term Load Forecasting (MTLF) using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm based on Least Squares Regression Methods to forecast the electric loads of the Jordanian grid for year of 2015. Linear, quadratic and exponential forecast models have been examined to perform this study and compared with the Auto Regressive (AR) model. MTLF models were influenced by the weather which should be considered when predicting the future peak load demand in terms of months and weeks. The main contribution for this paper is the conduction of MTLF study for Jordan on weekly and monthly basis using real data obtained from National Electric Power Company NEPCO. This study is aimed to develop practical models and algorithm techniques for MTLF to be used by the operators of Jordan power grid. The results are compared with the actual peak load data to attain minimum percentage error. The value of the forecasted weekly and monthly peak loads obtained from these models is examined using Least Square Error (LSE). Actual reported data from NEPCO are used to analyze the performance of the proposed approach and the results are reported and compared with the results obtained from PSO algorithm and AR model.

Long-Term Electricity Demand Forecasting for Malaysia Using Artificial Neural Networks in the Presence of Input and Model Uncertainties

Electricity demand is also known as load in electric power system.This article presents a Long-Term Load Forecasting(LTLF)approach for Malaysia.An Artificial Neural Network(ANN)of 5-layer Multi-Layered Perceptron(MLP)structure has been designed and tested for this purpose.Uncertainties of input variables and ANN model were introduced to obtain the prediction for years 2022 to 2030.Pearson correlation was used to examine the input variables for model construction.The analysis indicates that Primary Energy Supply(PES),population,Gross Domestic Product(GDP)and temperature are strongly correlated.The forecast results by the proposed method(henceforth referred to as UQ-SNN)were compared with the results obtained by a conventional Seasonal Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average(SARIMA)model.The R^(2)scores for UQ-SNN and SARIMA are 0.9994 and 0.9787,respectively,indicating that UQ-SNN is more accurate in capturing the non-linearity and the underlying relationships between the input and output variables.The proposed method can be easily extended to include other input variables to increase the model complexity and is suitable for LTLF.With the available input data,UQ-SNN predicts Malaysia will consume 207.22 TWh of electricity,with standard deviation(SD)of 6.10 TWh by 2030.

Nonlinear Differential Equation of Macroeconomic Dynamics for Long-Term Forecasting of Economic Development

In this article we derive a general differential equation that describes long-term economic growth in terms of cyclical and trend components. Equation is based on the model of non-linear accelerator of induced investment. A scheme is proposed for obtaining approximate solutions of nonlinear differential equation by splitting solution into the rapidly oscillating business cycles and slowly varying trend using Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky averaging. Simplest modes of the economic system are described. Characteristics of the bifurcation point are found and bifurcation phenomenon is interpreted as loss of stability making the economic system available to structural change and accepting innovations. System being in a nonequilibrium state has a dynamics with self-sustained undamped oscillations. The model is verified with economic development of the US during the fifth Kondratieff cycle (1982-2010). Model adequately describes real process of economic growth in both quantitative and qualitative aspects. It is one of major results that the model gives a rough estimation of critical points of system stability loss and falling into a crisis recession. The model is used to forecast the macroeconomic dynamics of the US during the sixth Kondratieff cycle (2018-2050). For this forecast we use fixed production capital functional dependence on a long-term Kondratieff cycle and medium-term Juglar and Kuznets cycles. More accurate estimations of the time of crisis and recession are based on the model of accelerating log-periodic oscillations. The explosive growth of the prices of highly liquid commodities such as gold and oil is taken as real predictors of the global financial crisis. The second wave of crisis is expected to come in June 2011.

Short-Term and Long-Term Price Forecasting Models for the Future Exchange of Mongolian Natural Sea Buckthorn Market

Sea buckthorn market floated uncertainly within a narrow range. The market situation provided upward pressure on prices, and producer and consumer interest were poor, coupled with weak prices in the regional markets. The objectives of the study are: 1) to estimate the relationship between wild Sea buckthorn (SB) price and Supply, Demand, while some other factors of crude oil price and exchange rate by using simultaneous Supply-Demand and Price system equation and Vector Error Correction Method (VECM);2) to forecast the short-term and long-term SB price;3) to compare and evaluate the price forecasting models. Firstly, the data was analyzed by Ferris and Engle-Granger’s procedure;secondly, both price forecasting methodologies were tested by Pindyck-Rubinfeld and Makridakis’s procedure. The result shows that the VECM model is more efficient using yearly data;a short-term price forecast decreases, and a long-term price forecast is predicted to increase the Mongolian Sea buckthorn market.

Application and Verification of Multi-Model Products in Medium Range Forecast

The verification analysis is applied to medium-range forecast products of T639, ECMWF, Japan model, NCEP ensemble forecast and NMC multi-model integration in late October 2012. The results show that ECMWF model has obvious advantage over other models in terms of height field and precipitation forecast;the westerly-wind index, geostrophic U wind and 850 hPa temperature prediction products can reflect the adjustment of atmospheric circulation and the activity of cold air, which have a good reference for the medium-range temperature forecast in the eastern China;the prediction of ECMWF height field and wind field can well grasp the main weather processes within 192 h, but beyond 192 h the model forecast ability decreases significantly;different models have large deviations in the medium-range forecast of typhoon track and the intensity and range of typhoon precipitation.

Study on medium-short term earthquake forecast in Yunnan Province by precursory events

The medium-short term forecast for a certain kinds of main earthquake events might be possible with the time-to-failure method presented by Varnes (1989), Bufe and Varnes (1993), which is to simulate an accelerative releasing model of precursory earthquake energy. By fitting the observed data with the theoretical formula, a medium-short term forecast technique for the main shock events could be established, by which the location, time and magnitude of the main shock could be determined. The data used in the paper are obtained from the earthquake catalogue recorded by Yunnan Regional Seismological Network with a time coverage of 1965~2002. The statistical analyses for the past 37 years show that the data of M2.5 earthquakes were fairly complete. In the present paper, 30 main shocks occurred in Yunnan region were simulated. For 25 of them, the forecasting time and magnitude from the simulation of precursory sequence are very close to the actual values with the precision of about 0.57 (magnitude unit). Suppose that the last event of the precursory sequence is known, then the time error for the forecasting main shock is about 0.64 year. For the other 5 main shocks, the simulation cannot be made due to the insufficient precursory events for the full determination of energy accelerating curve or disturbance to the energy-release curve. The results in the paper indicate that there is no obviously linear relation in the optimal searching radius for the main shock and the precursory events because Yunnan is an active region with damage earthquakes and moderate and small earthquakes. However, there is a strong correlation between the main shock moment and the coefficient k/m. The optimal fitting range for the forecasting time and magnitude can be further reduced using the relation between the main shock moment lgM0 and the coefficient lgk/m and the value range of the restricting index m, by which the forecast precision of the simulated main shock can be improved. The time-to-failure method is used to fit 30 main shocks in the paper and more than 80% of them have acquired better results, indicating that the method is prospective for its ability to forecast the known main shock sequence. Therefore, the prospect is cheerful to make medium-short term forecast for the forthcoming main shocks by the precursory events.

基于双重分解和双向长短时记忆网络的中长期负荷预测模型

针对中长期电力负荷序列噪声含量高、难以直接提取序列周期规律从而影响预测精度的问题,提出了一种基于完全自适应噪声集合经验模态分解(complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise,CEEMDAN)和奇异谱分析(singular spectrum analysis,SSA)双重分解的双向长短时记忆网络(bidirectional long and short time memory,BiLSTM)预测模型。首先,采用CEEMDAN对历史负荷进行分解,以得到若干个周期规律更为清晰的子序列;再利用多尺度熵(multiscale entropy,MSE)计算所有子序列的复杂程度,根据不同时间尺度上的样本熵值将相似的子序列重构聚合;然后,利用SSA去噪的功能,对高度复杂的新序列进行二次分解,去除序列中的噪声并提取更为主要的规律,从而进一步提高中长序列预测精度;再将得到的最终一组子序列输入BiLSTM进行预测;最后,考虑到天气、节假日等外部因素对电力负荷的影响,提出了一种误差修正技术。选取了巴拿马某地区的用电负荷进行实验,实验结果表明,经过双重分解可以将均方根误差降低87.4%;预测未来一年的负荷序列时,采用的BiLSTM模型将拟合系数最高提高2.5%;所提出的误差修正技术可将均方根误差降低9.7%。

基于多模型融合的中长期径流集成预测方法

中长期水文预报是流域水资源规划与合理配置的重要依据。为提高中长期径流预测精度,提出了一种基于多模型融合的水库中长期径流集成预测方法。该方法将ARMA、BP、LSTM、RF和SVR等5个异质预测模型进行融合,同时采用超参数优化方法确定各模型的最优参数。将其用于青海省龙羊峡水库的中长期径流预报中,结果表明,通过Stacking融合算法建立的集成预测模型相较于单一模型,取得了更高的预测精度(R2值由0.71提升至0.82)。此方法可为提升流域中长期径流预测精度提供一定参考。

基于集合Kalman滤波的中长期径流预报

为降低中长期径流预报的不确定性,增加水电站水库的发电效益,针对现有方法侧重于提高单一预报模型确定性预报结果的准确性以降低径流预报不确定性的问题,提出一种基于集合Kalman滤波的入库径流确定性预报方法。以旬为预见期的锦西水库实例验证结果表明:相比传统的单一预报模型和传统的信息融合预报模型,基于集合Kalman滤波的中长期径流预报可使RMSE降低4.78 m^(3)/s,合格率可提高0.56%,且更有效地降低了汛期预报的不确定性,得到了更加准确、可靠的确定性径流预报结果,可为开展流域梯级水电站优化调度提供技术支持。

基于历史天气的区域电网负荷预测

随着社会经济的迅速发展,人们对电能的需要日益增加,但是在电网运行中,常常会出现电力产能过剩或者不足的情况,为保证电力系统安全稳定、经济运行,就必须掌握各种区域电网负荷的变化规律和发展趋势。论文对重庆市区供电分公司供电区域电网中长期负荷进行预测,提出一种预测区域电网中长期负荷的方法,即一种基于前12个月历史天气条件和区域电网负荷关联关系的多元非线性拟合的特征参数因子曲线的中长期负荷预测方法,建立基于不同算法的多种预测模型,通过归一化处理,得到的区域电网中长期负荷预测的精度高,与实际区域电网负荷之间的误差小,对于区域电网中长期负荷预测分析具有重要参考利用价值。

基于气候特征分析及改进XGBoost算法的中长期光伏电站发电量预测方法

光伏发电在能源结构中的重要性不断凸显,而提高光伏发电量预测的准确性成为当前研究的关键问题。针对中长期光伏发电量预测问题,提出一个综合利用气候预测数据的中长期光伏发电量预测方法。首先,在基于气候预测数据的发电量预测框架中,根据气候预测数据特点和预测周期划分多重子模型以充分利用气候预测数据信息。其次,在进行数据预处理后,通过对气候特征衍生与交叉、特征筛选和选择,充分挖掘气候特征的高价值信息。然后,采取一种两重多阶段超参数寻优策略,对极端梯度增强(extreme gradient boosting, XGBoost)超参数进行调整以优化预测模型。最后,在真实光伏发电量数据上,以MAPE为标准评估预测水平,验证所提中长期光伏发电量预测方法的有效性。相关实验结果表明该方法可以有效提高光伏发电量预测精度。

基于扩大周期的电力负荷预测模型

针对现有电力负荷预测模型依赖近期数据导致预测结果偏离时间序列真实情况的问题,文中提出了基于扩大周期信息的电力负荷预测模型。将预处理完的电力负荷时间序列按照同一时刻不同天进行处理,在此基础上分别利用ARIMA(Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Model)模型和LSTM(Long Short-Term Memory Network)模型进行建模分析,并采用3种评价指标评估模型的预测表现。预测结果表明,扩大周期信息构建的ARIMA模型的3种评价指标都比传统ARIMA模型低,对应的RMSE(Root Mean Square Error)、MAE(Mean Absolute Error)和MAPE(Mean Absolute Percentage Error)分别为32 434.114 8、5 828.390 9和0.025 2;扩大周期信息的LSTM模型也比原始LSTM模型低,对应的RMSE、MAE和MAPE分别为13 520.497 4、9 298.352 6和0.091 4。

概念性水文模型与智能模型在中小河流洪水模拟中的比较研究

相较于大江大河的流域水文预报研究,中小流域的研究相对匮乏。以沅江河溪水文站以上流域为例,研究LSTM(Long Short-Term Memory)模型和新安江模型在场次洪水中的模拟效果。通过对比,新安江模型的整体模拟精度较高,洪量、洪峰、峰现时间的平均相对误差分别为9.39%、9.55%、1.6h,确定性系数为0.73,综合合格率为100%,达到甲级精度标准;LSTM模型的模拟精度较低,洪量、洪峰、峰现时间的平均相对误差分别为11.76%、12.33%、2.3 h,确定性系数为0.60,综合合格率为75%,达到乙级精度标准。结果表明,新安江模型和LSTM模型是中小河流洪水预报的有效方法,均可用于河溪流域的正式预报,且对于河溪流域,新安江模型的模拟精度比LSTM模型更高。