Parameter Identification of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Using Elman Neural Network and Dynamic Fitness Distance Balance-Manta Ray Foraging Optimization Algorithm

An accurate solid oxide fuel cell model is a prerequisite for optimizing the operation and state estimation of subsequent cell systems. Hence, this work aimed to utilize a vigoroso algorithmic tool, i.e., Elman neural network, for data prediction to enrich cell measurement data and employ the trained network model for noise reduction of voltage–current data. Furthermore, to obtain reliable cell parameters, a novel parameter identification model based on the dynamic fitness distance balance-manta ray foraging optimization (dFDB-MRFO) algorithm is proposed. Two datasets were applied to extract the electrochemical model and simple electrochemical model parameters of the solid oxide fuel cell model. To verify adequately the superiority of this method, which is compared with another seven conventional heuristic algorithms, four performance indicators were selected as evaluation criteria. Comprehensive case studies demonstrated that through data processing, the precision and robustness of identification could be effectively heightened. In general, the model fitting data obtained via parameter identification using dFDB-MRFO have excellent fitting precision contrast with the measured voltage–current data. Notably, the fitting degree obtained by dFDB-MRFO in the simple electrochemical model reached 99.95% and 99.91% under the two datasets, respectively.