Research Article

Sizing Control and Hardware Implementation of a Hybrid Wind-Solar Power System, Based on an ANN Approach, for Pumping Water

Table 5

Structures of the proposed ANN controllers.

System1st layer2nd layer3rd layer
Number of neuronsActivation functionNumber of neuronsActivation functionNumber of neuronsActivation function

1Wind1Sigmoidal1Linear
Solar1Sigmoidal1Linear

2Wind20Sigmoidal1Linear
Solar20Sigmoidal1Linear

3Wind1Sigmoidal1Sigmoidal1Linear
Solar1Sigmoidal1Sigmoidal1Linear

4Wind30Sigmoidal1Sigmoidal1Linear
Solar30Sigmoidal1Sigmoidal1Linear

5Wind10Sigmoidal1Sigmoidal1Linear
Solar10Sigmoidal1Sigmoidal1Linear