Optimal parameter identification of solid oxide fuel cell using modified fire Hawk algorithm

Abstract An accurate and efficient approach is required to identify the unknown parameters of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) mathematical model for a robust design of any energy system considering SOFC. This research study proposes a modified fire hawk algorithm (MFHA) to determine the values of SOFC model parameters. The performance evaluation of MFHA is tested on two case studies. Firstly, the performance of MFHA is tested on commercially available cylindrical cell developed by Siemens at four temperatures. Results reveal that the least value of sum of squared error (SSE) is 1.04E−05, 2.30E−05, 1.03E−05, and 1.60E−05 at 1073 K, 1173 K, 1213 K, and 1273 K respectively. Results obtained using MFHA have been compared with original fire hawk algorithm (FHA) and other well established and recent algorithms. Secondly, MFHA is implemented for estimating unknown parameters of a 5 kW dynamic tabular stack of 96 cells at various pressures and temperatures. The obtained value of SSE at different temperatures of 873 K, 923 K, 973 K, 1023 K and 1073 K is 1.18E−03, 6.12E−03, 2.21E−02, 5.18E−02, and 6.00E−02, respectively whereas, SSE at different pressures of 1 atm, 2 atm, 3 atm, 4 atm, and 5 atm is 6.05E−02, 6.11E−02, 5.53E−02, 5.11E−02, and 6.64E−02 respectively.