Integrating Physical Laws and Deep Learning: A Comparative Study of CNN and LSTM PINNs for Wind Energy
摘要
This study conducts a systematic evaluation of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and long short-term memory networks (LSTMs) integrated within a physics-informed neural network (PINN) framework for wind turbine power prediction. Using SCADA data from a 2.3 MW turbine in Turkey, we compare four configurations: CNN–MSE, CNN–PINN, LSTM–MSE, and LSTM–PINN. The LSTM–MSE model achieved the best overall performance, significantly outperforming the PINN variants in key error metrics. The CNN–PINN configuration showed intermediate results, while the PINN models exhibited extremely high MAPE values, indicating substantial difficulties in balancing physical constraints with data fitting. These findings highlight three critical insights: (1) LSTMs temporal feature modeling remains dominant despite CNNs spatial pattern extraction capabilities; (2) current PINN implementations may inadequately capture turbine-specific physics under variable operational conditions; and (3) hybrid architectures require carefully tuned weighting between data-driven and physics-based loss components. Overall, the results challenge prevailing assumptions about PINN superiority in this context and suggest the need for refined constraint-integration strategies in renewable energy forecasting systems.