Salma RIAD

Ms. Salma RIAD

PhD student in energy and environmental research at Mohammed...

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 June 2024 in International Journal of Ambient Energy
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Salma RIAD
NBNaoual Bekkioui
Naoual Bekkioui
MSMerlin Simo-Tagne
Merlin Simo-Tagne
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BLBilal Lamrani
Bilal Lamrani
HEHamid EZ-ZAHRAOUY
Hamid EZ-ZAHRAOUY

29 July 2025 in Sustainability
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Salma RIAD
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Naoual Bekkioui
Merlin SIMO-TAGNEMerlin SIMO-TAGNE
Merlin SIMO-TAGNE
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macmanus Chinenye ndukwu
HEHamid EZ-ZAHRAOUY
Hamid EZ-ZAHRAOUY
This study aimed to train and validate two artificial neural network (ANN) models, one with four hidden layers and the other with five hidden layers, to predict the daily photovoltaic power output of a 20 Kw photovoltaic power plant with bifacial photovoltaic modules with tilt angle variation from 0° to 90° in two Moroccan cities, Ouarzazate and Oujda. To validate the two proposed models, photovoltaic power data calculated using the System Advisor Model (SAM) software version 2023.12.17 were employed to predict the average daily power of the photovoltaic plant for December, utilizing MATLAB software Version R2020a 9.8, and for the tilt angles corresponding to the latitudes of the two cities studied. The results differ from one model to another according to their mean absolute error (MAE), root mean squared error (RMSE), and coefficient of determination (R2) values. The artificial neural network model with five hidden layers obtained better results with a R2 value of 0.99354 for Ouarzazate and 0.99836 for Oujda. These two proposed models are trained using the Levenberg Marquardt (LM) optimizer, which is proven to be the best training procedure.