Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm

Fuel cells could be a highly effective and eco-friendly technology to transform chemical energy stored in fuel to useful electricity and thus are presently appraised as a standout among the most encouraging advancements for future energy demand. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have several advantages...

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Main Authors: Minh-Vien Le, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, T.-Anh-Nga Nguyen
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7828019
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description Fuel cells could be a highly effective and eco-friendly technology to transform chemical energy stored in fuel to useful electricity and thus are presently appraised as a standout among the most encouraging advancements for future energy demand. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have several advantages over other types of fuel cells, such as the flexibility of fuel used, high energy conversion, and relatively inexpensive catalysts due to high-temperature operation. The single chambers, wherein the anode and cathode are exposed to the same mixture of fuel, are promising for the portable power application due to the simplified, compact, sealing-free cell structure. The empirical regression models, such as artificial neural networks (ANNs), can be used as a black-box tool to simulate systems without solving the complicated physical equations merely by utilizing available experimental data. In this study, the performance of the newly proposed BSCF/GDC-based cathode SOFC was modeled using ANNs. The cell voltage was estimated with cathode preparation temperature, cell operating temperature, and cell current as input parameters by the one-layer feed-forward neural network. In order to acquire the appropriate model, several network structures were tested, and the network was trained by backpropagation algorithms. The data used during the training, validation, and test are the actual experimental results from our previous study. The optimum conditions to achieve maximum power of the cell were then determined by the genetic algorithm and the developed ANN.
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spelling doaj-art-b9392b2857d64dbbadd7bdbfd726dd0f2025-02-03T05:48:27ZengWileyJournal of Chemistry2090-90632090-90712019-01-01201910.1155/2019/78280197828019Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic AlgorithmMinh-Vien Le0Tuan-Anh Nguyen1T.-Anh-Nga Nguyen2Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNU-HCM, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, VNU-HCM, 268 Ly Thuong Kiet, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFaculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, 19 Nguyen Huu Tho Str., Tan Phong Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamFuel cells could be a highly effective and eco-friendly technology to transform chemical energy stored in fuel to useful electricity and thus are presently appraised as a standout among the most encouraging advancements for future energy demand. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have several advantages over other types of fuel cells, such as the flexibility of fuel used, high energy conversion, and relatively inexpensive catalysts due to high-temperature operation. The single chambers, wherein the anode and cathode are exposed to the same mixture of fuel, are promising for the portable power application due to the simplified, compact, sealing-free cell structure. The empirical regression models, such as artificial neural networks (ANNs), can be used as a black-box tool to simulate systems without solving the complicated physical equations merely by utilizing available experimental data. In this study, the performance of the newly proposed BSCF/GDC-based cathode SOFC was modeled using ANNs. The cell voltage was estimated with cathode preparation temperature, cell operating temperature, and cell current as input parameters by the one-layer feed-forward neural network. In order to acquire the appropriate model, several network structures were tested, and the network was trained by backpropagation algorithms. The data used during the training, validation, and test are the actual experimental results from our previous study. The optimum conditions to achieve maximum power of the cell were then determined by the genetic algorithm and the developed ANN.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7828019
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Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm
Journal of Chemistry
title Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm
title_full Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm
title_fullStr Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm
title_full_unstemmed Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm
title_short Modeling and Optimization of the BSCF-Based Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm
title_sort modeling and optimization of the bscf based single chamber solid oxide fuel cell by artificial neural network and genetic algorithm
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7828019
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