Research Article

Using Machine Learning for Performance Classification and Early Fault Detection in Solar Systems

Table 1

Attributes of the solar energy dataset retrieved from OpenData platform.

Attribute nameAttribute typeDescription

SiteNominalTotal of 26 distinct sites around Saudi
LatitudeNumericGeographical latitude of a specific solar system site
AltitudeNumericGeographical altitude of a specific solar system site
DateDateThe time and date at which data was collected
Air temperature (C)NumericAir temperature at the site
Air temperature uncertainty (C)NumericUncertainty window
Wind direction at 3 m (N)NumericWind direction
Wind direction at 3 m uncertainty (N)NumericUncertainty window
Wind speed at 3 m (m/s)NumericWind speed
Wind speed at 3 m uncertainty (m/s)NumericUncertainty window
Wind speed at 3 m (std dev) (m/s)NumericWind speed standard deviation
DHI (Wh/m2)NumericDiffuse horizontal irradiance
DHI uncertainty (Wh/m2)NumericUncertainty window
Standard deviation DHI (Wh/m2)NumericDHI SD
DNI (Wh/m2)NumericDirect normal irradiance
DNI uncertainty (Wh/m2)NumericUncertainty window
Standard deviation DNI (Wh/m2)NumericDNI SD
GHI (Wh/m2)NumericGlobal horizontal irradiance
GHI uncertainty (Wh/m2)NumericUncertainty window
Standard deviation GHI (Wh/m2)NumericGHI SD
Peak wind speed at 3 m (m/s)NumericPeak wind speed at site
Peak wind speed at 3 m uncertainty (m/s)NumericUncertainty window
Relative humidity (%)NumericHumidity level at site
Relative humidity uncertainty (%)NumericUncertainty window
Barometric pressure (mB (hPa equiv))NumericPressure at site
Barometric pressure uncertainty (mB (hPa equiv))NumericUncertainty window
GHI classNominalCalculated attribute with three possible values: running, monitoring, inspecting