Affiliation(s): 1NingboTech University, Ningbo 315100, China
2State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
3Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp, Ningbo 315040, China
4Ningbo Green Power Hydrogen Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. Zhejiang 315033, China
Abstract: Accurately predicting long-term degradation patterns in proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks (PEMFCs) under automotive operating conditions remains challenging. Prediction methods are largely constrained by laboratory-scale experiments and limited stack sizes, resulting in insufficient accuracy and generalization capability. To address these limitations, in this paper we propose a multi-scale bidirectional fusion network (MBFNet) tailored for an industrial 215-channel PEMFC stack, enabling accurate degradation prediction under accelerated real-world dynamic conditions using gas-heat-electricity (GHE) co-simulation data. A channel-joint adaptive noise correlation threshold (NCT) algorithm is introduced to account for variable correlations across sensors and operating conditions without relying on prior physical modeling. A multi-scale decomposition module captures degradation dynamics at different temporal scales, while a bidirectional fusion module integrates global trends and local details into the final prediction. Experimental results showed that MBFNet achieved 18.5% lower prediction error and 36.8% fewer parameters than the LSTM-Attention benchmark under real operating scenarios. In multi-step prediction tasks, MBFNet reduced error by 9% relative to LSTM-Attention and by 40.5% relative to 1D-CNN, better satisfying automotive application requirements. Moreover, MBFNet exhibits strong physical interpretability, making it efficient to implement and promising for practical deployment.
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