FUZZY DECOUPLING TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF PEMFC THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OPTIMIZED BY TLBO-DE

Chen Junhong; Song Jiale; He Pu; Wang Mingyang; Zhang Jinwei; Tao Wenquan

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-1033

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (12) : 66-76. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-1033

FUZZY DECOUPLING TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF PEMFC THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OPTIMIZED BY TLBO-DE

Chen Junhong, Song Jiale, He Pu, Wang Mingyang, Zhang Jinwei, Tao Wenquan

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This paper proposes a temperature control strategy based on fuzzy decoupling to address the strong nonlinearity and strong coupling issues in the PEMFC thermal management system. Compared with traditional feedforward decoupling control, fuzzy decoupling control reduces the integral of absolute error （IAE） of the coolant inlet and outlet temperature difference by 23.09%, and reduces the IAE of the coolant inlet temperature by 14.53%. Then, a hybrid heuristic algorithm TLBO-DE is proposed, which combines differential evolution （DE） in the learning stage of teaching and learning based optimization （TLBO）, thus improving the convergence speed and global optimization ability of a single algorithm. Finally, in order to further improve the temperature control effect, this paper adopts the TLBO-DE algorithm to optimize the membership function and fuzzy rules of the fuzzy decoupling control, making it more suitable for the control scenario in this paper. The optimized fuzzy decoupling control can reduce the IAE of the coolant inlet and outlet temperature difference by 36.56% and the IAE of the coolant inlet temperature by 25.59%. The significant improvement in temperature control effect verifies the effectiveness of the optimization method.

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proton exchange membrane fuel cell / thermal management / temperature control / decoupling control / hybrid heuristic algorithm

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Chen Junhong, Song Jiale, He Pu, Wang Mingyang, Zhang Jinwei, Tao Wenquan. FUZZY DECOUPLING TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF PEMFC THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OPTIMIZED BY TLBO-DE[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2026, 47(12): 66-76 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2025-1033

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