Sustainable Development of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Using the Enhanced LSHADE Algorithm and Newton Raphson Method

Manish Kumar Singla, Jyoti Gupta, Mohammed H. Alsharif (), Abu Jahid () and Khalid Yahya
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Manish Kumar Singla: Department of Interdisciplinary Courses in Engineering, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India
Jyoti Gupta: School of Engineering and Technology, K.R. Mangalam University, Gurugram 122103, Haryana, India
Mohammed H. Alsharif: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
Abu Jahid: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, 25 Templeton St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada
Khalid Yahya: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul 34310, Turkey

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: This paper presents a mathematical model for stacks of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) using an optimised method. In order to reduce the sum of squared errors (SSE) in calculating the polarisation profile, the suggested technique makes use of simulated experimental data. Given that DMFC is one of the viable fuel cell choices, developing an appropriate model is essential for cost reduction. However, resolving this issue has proven difficult due to its complex and highly nonlinear character, particularly when adjusting the DMFC model to various operating temperatures. By combining the algorithm and the objective function, the current work introduces a novel method called LSHADE (ELSHADE) for determining the parameters of the DMFC model. This technique seeks to accurately identify DMFCs’ characteristics. The ELSHADE method consists of two stages, the first of which is controlled by a reliable mutation process and the latter by a chaotic approach. The study also recommends an improved Newton–Raphson (INR) approach to deal with the chaotic nature of the I-V curve equation. The findings show that, when used on actual experimental data, the ELSHADE-INR technique outperforms existing algorithms in a variety of statistical metrics for accurately identifying global solutions.

Keywords: parameter extraction; sustainability; modelling of DMFC; optimisation; ELSHADE-INR; operating temperature; non-parametric test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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