XGBRegressor and tree-structured Parzen estimator based approach for predicting proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance of electro-hydrogen
Résumé
The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is a critical and essential component of a zeroemission
electro-hydrogen generator. The accurate prediction of its performance is important for optimal operation
management and preventive maintenance of the system. However, the prediction is not easy because the
PEMFCs have complex electrochemical reactions with multiple nonlinear relations between operating variables
as inputs and voltage as output. In this paper, we propose an efficient prediction approach based on
XGBRegressor and Tree-structured Parzen Estimator. In addition, to better select relevant features, Kernel
Principal Component Analysis and Mutual Information are jointly used. The proposed approach allows considering
the dynamic operating conditions of the fuel cells. To test and validate the robustness of the proposed
approach, a data-set of ten PEMFCs was used. Furthermore, a comparison study with traditional machine
learning models, such as Artificial Neural Networks and Support Vector Machine Regressors is investigated. It
was shown that the proposed approach provides better results.