To reliably evaluate the practical performance and to undertake optimal control of PV systems, a precise PV cell parameter extraction–based accurate modeling of PV cells is extremely crucial. However, its inherent high nonlinear and multimodal characteristics usually hinder conventional optimization methods to obtain a fast and satisfactory performance. Besides, insufficient current–voltage (I–V) data provided by manufacturers cannot guarantee high accuracy and flexibility of PV cell parameter extraction under various operation scenarios. Hence, this article proposes a novel parameter extraction strategy by data prediction–based meta-heuristic algorithm (DPMhA). An extreme learning machine (ELM) is adopted to predict output I–V data from measured data, which can provide a more reliable fitness function to meta-heuristic algorithms (MhAs). Consequently, MhAs can undertake a more stable search for optimal solution through extended I–V data; thus, PV cell parameters can be obtained with high accuracy and convergence rate. Its effectiveness is validated via three typical PV cell models, that is, single diode model (SDM), double diode model (DDM), and three diode model (TDM). Last, comprehensive case studies illustrate that the DPMhA can considerably enhance the accuracy and effectiveness compared with those without data prediction.
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