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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Energy Res.
Sec. Smart Grids
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1490152
This article is part of the Research Topic Advances in Renewable Energy System Monitoring, Situational Awareness, and Control View all 13 articles

A comparative study of different deep learning methods for time-series probabilistic residential load power forecasting

Provisionally accepted
Liangcai Zhou Liangcai Zhou 1*Yi Zhou Yi Zhou 1Linlin Liu Linlin Liu 1Xiaoying Zhao Xiaoying Zhao 2
  • 1 East China Branch of State Grid Corporation, Shanghai, China
  • 2 AINERGY,LLC, Santa Clara, United States

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    The widespread adoption of nonlinear power electronic devices in residential settings has significantly increased the stochasticity and uncertainty of power systems. The original load power data, characterized by numerous irregular, random, and probabilistic components, adversely impacts the predictive performance of deep learning techniques, particularly neural networks. To address this challenge, this paper proposes a time-series probabilistic load power prediction technique based on the mature neural network point prediction technique, i.e., decomposing the load power data into deterministic and stochastic components. The deterministic component is predicted using deep learning neural network technology, the stochastic component is fitted with Gaussian mixture distribution model and the parameters are fitted using great expectation algorithm, after which the stochastic component prediction data is obtained using the stochastic component generation method. Using a mature neural network point prediction technique, the study evaluates six different deep learning methods to forecast residential load power. By comparing the prediction errors of these methods, the optimal model is identified, leading to a substantial improvement in prediction accuracy.

    Keywords: deep learning neural networks, Gaussian mixture model, Expectation Maximization algorithm, probabilistic load power prediction, time-series probabilistic load power prediction

    Received: 02 Sep 2024; Accepted: 07 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhou, Zhou, Liu and Zhao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Liangcai Zhou, East China Branch of State Grid Corporation, Shanghai, China

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