Numerical methods of a 3D multiphysics,two-phase transport model of proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC)is studied in this paper.Due to the coexistence of multiphase regions,the standard finite element/finite vol...Numerical methods of a 3D multiphysics,two-phase transport model of proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC)is studied in this paper.Due to the coexistence of multiphase regions,the standard finite element/finite volume method may fail to obtain a convergent nonlinear iteration for a two-phase transport model of PEMFC[49,50].By introducing Kirchhoff transformation technique and a combined finite element-upwind finite volume approach,we efficiently achieve a fast convergence and reasonable solutions for this multiphase,multiphysics PEMFC model.Numerical implementation is done by using a novel automated finite element/finite volume programgenerator(FEPG).By virtue of a high-level algorithmdescription language(script),component programming and human intelligence technologies,FEPG can quickly generate finite element/finite volume source code for PEMFC simulation.Thus,one can focus on the efficient algorithm research without being distracted by the tedious computer programming on finite element/finite volume methods.Numerical success confirms that FEPG is an efficient tool for both algorithm research and software development of a 3D,multiphysics PEMFC model with multicomponent and multiphase mechanism.展开更多
基金supported by NSF Grant DMS-0913757 and 111-Program for energysaving and environment-friendly automobile(B08019)of ChinaPengtao Sun was also partially supported by State Key Laboratory of Scientific and Engineering Computing,Chinese Academy of Sciences during his visit in July,2010.Su Zhou is supported by 863 Program(2008AA050403)+2 种基金Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan(08PJ1409)of China.Qiya Hu is supported by The Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of China G11031006National Basic Research Programof China G2011309702Natural Science Foundation of China G10771178.
文摘Numerical methods of a 3D multiphysics,two-phase transport model of proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC)is studied in this paper.Due to the coexistence of multiphase regions,the standard finite element/finite volume method may fail to obtain a convergent nonlinear iteration for a two-phase transport model of PEMFC[49,50].By introducing Kirchhoff transformation technique and a combined finite element-upwind finite volume approach,we efficiently achieve a fast convergence and reasonable solutions for this multiphase,multiphysics PEMFC model.Numerical implementation is done by using a novel automated finite element/finite volume programgenerator(FEPG).By virtue of a high-level algorithmdescription language(script),component programming and human intelligence technologies,FEPG can quickly generate finite element/finite volume source code for PEMFC simulation.Thus,one can focus on the efficient algorithm research without being distracted by the tedious computer programming on finite element/finite volume methods.Numerical success confirms that FEPG is an efficient tool for both algorithm research and software development of a 3D,multiphysics PEMFC model with multicomponent and multiphase mechanism.
