Training Catalogue

 
Fluid Dynamics
Modeling Fuel Cells using CFD-ACE+
Reference: CFD-FC-A

Level: Advanced
Duration: 1-2 days (depends on customers requests)
Audience: Fuel cell design engineers with a basic understanding of CFD-ACE+
Objectives: Learn to model, analyze and optimize the fundamental fuel cell components and systems
Prerequisites:

CFD-ACE+ Introduction for Fluid Dynamics and Multiphysics (CFD-A-B) course or working knowledge of CFD-ACE+ tool
Description:

Fuel cells consist of many complex physical processes, such as mass and heat transfer, species transport, and electrochemistry, which must be tightly coupled for modeling purposes. The CFD-ACE+ Advanced Fuel Cell training class provides participants with detailed knowledge for modeling Fuel Cells using CFD-ACE+. The course is a combination of lectures and hands on tutorials.
Course content:
  • Introduction on fuel cell technology and processes
  • Comprehensive porous media treatment, including effects on heat and mass transfer
  • Heterogeneous reactions within porous media, which includes finite-rate multi-step reactions of arbitrary complexity, both neutral as well as electrochemical
  • Solution of DC conduction equations (current continuity equations) both for the pore phase as well as the solid phase of porous media.
  • Full implementation of Butler-Volmer kinetics.
  • Implicit coupling between flow, heat transfer, mass transfer, species transport, and electron transport.
  • Liquid water transport in the membrane (PEMFC)
Schedules:

Upcoming training courses:

  • September 14-15, 2009, Rungis, France
  • March 10-11, 2009, Essen, Germany

 

Location: USA: Huntsville, AL; Detroit, MI and Santa Clara, CA. Europe: Essen, Germany and Rungis, France.

Scheduled on demand
Registration:

Please contact your local Training Coordinator for further information and to register for this course.