- European Mechanical Science
- Vol: 2 Issue: 2
- Estimation of the Global Solar Radiation with the Artificial Neural Networks for the City of Sivas
Estimation of the Global Solar Radiation with the Artificial Neural Networks for the City of Sivas
Authors : Cahit Gurlek, Mustafa Sahin
Pages : 46-51
Doi:10.26701/ems.359681
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Publication Date : 2018-06-20
Article Type : Research
Abstract :In this study, global solar radiation in the city of Sivas was estimated by artificial neural networks (ANNs) using meteorological and geographical data obtained from four different measurement stations. Mean bias error (MBE), root mean square error (RMSE) and R 2 ranged from -1.264 MJ/m 2 to 0.938 MJ/m 2 , 0.710 MJ/m 2 to 1.598 MJ/m 2 and 0.984 to 0.994, respectively. It is believed that ANN models could be used to predict global solar radiation for locations where only the temperature and sunshine duration data are available in the city of Sivas.Keywords : Artificial neural networks, Sivas, Solar radiation