The Short-term Load Forecasting Method of Transformer Based on Prophet-LightGBM
Short-term load forecasting of transformer plays an important role in optimal operation,fine management,energy saving and loss reduction of distribution network.In order to accurately forecast the transformer load in the short-term,we proposed a short-term load forecasting method of transformer based on Prophet-LightGBM.It used the i-dea of secondary forecasting and combined the advantages of Prophet and LightGBM to achieve more accurate forecas-ting.Firstly,we analyzed the characteristic of the transformer load and the specific changes of a transformer load in a week.Then,we used Prophet's algorithm for historical load fitting and the first prediction to extract the characteristic items of the transformer load with more regular changes.Finally,we used the above-mentioned characteristics and LightGBM algorithm to forecast the transformer load for the second time,so as to achieve the goal of predicting the over-all change of transformer load.The experimental results show that compared with the prediction results of Prophet and LightGBM,the proposed method has higher prediction accuracy in three types of transformers.