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Online Pre-Diagnosis of Multiple Faults in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells by Convolutional Neural Network Based Bi-Directional Long Short-Term Memory Parallel Model with Attention Mechanism

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  • Junyi Chen

    (School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-sen University, 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China)

  • Huijun Ran

    (School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-sen University, 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China)

  • Ziyang Chen

    (School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-sen University, 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China)

  • Trevor Hocksun Kwan

    (School of Advanced Energy, Sun Yat-sen University, No.66, Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen 518107, China)

  • Qinghe Yao

    (School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-sen University, 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China)

Abstract

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) fault diagnosis faces two critical limitations: conventional offline methods lack real-time predictive capability, while existing prediction approaches are confined to single fault types. To address these gaps, this study proposes an online multi-fault prediction framework integrating three novel contributions: (1) a sensor fusion strategy leveraging existing thermal/electrochemical measurements (voltage, current, temperature, humidity, and pressure) without requiring embedded stack sensors; (2) a real-time sliding window mechanism enabling dynamic prediction updates every 1 s under variable load conditions; and (3) a modified CNN-based Bi-LSTM parallel model with attention mechanism (ConvBLSTM-PMwA) architecture featuring multi-input multi-output (MIMO) capability for simultaneous flooding/air-starvation detection. Through comparative analysis of different neural architectures using experimental datasets, the optimized ConvBLSTM-PMwA achieved 96.49% accuracy in predicting dual faults 64.63 s pre-occurrence, outperforming conventional LSTM models in both temporal resolution and long-term forecast reliability.

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  • Junyi Chen & Huijun Ran & Ziyang Chen & Trevor Hocksun Kwan & Qinghe Yao, 2025. "Online Pre-Diagnosis of Multiple Faults in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells by Convolutional Neural Network Based Bi-Directional Long Short-Term Memory Parallel Model with Attention Mechanism," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-17, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:18:y:2025:i:10:p:2669-:d:1661270
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