2.5 Setting Up the Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Module

The Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Model can be used to model polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), and the process of high-temperature electrolysis. The following describes an overview of the procedure required in order to use the Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Model in ANSYS FLUENT.

1.   Start ANSYS FLUENT.

2.   Read the case file.

3.   Scale the grid, if necessary.

4.   Use the Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Models dialog to define the fuel cell model parameters.

5.   Define material properties.

6.   Set the operating conditions.

7.   Set the boundary conditions.

8.   Start the calculations.

9.   Save the case and data files.

10.   Process your results.

The Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Models dialog greatly simplifies the input of parameters and boundary conditions, but it does not replace the boundary conditions interface. Therefore, it is a good policy to start the set up with the Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Models dialog and do the finishing steps for boundary conditions afterwards.

Note that the majority of this chapter describes how to set up the ANSYS FLUENT Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Model using the graphical user interface. You can also perform various tasks using the text user interface. For more information, see Section  2.12.