PEMFC, SOFC & Electrolysis Solutions
Solutions for PEMFC, SOFC, and Electrolysis.
GT-SUITE is the ideal platform for the analysis and optimization of fuel cell systems and their components
Solution Overview
Range Of Capabilities
Combining industry leading productivity tools and collaboration features with advanced multi-physics modeling capabilities, GT-SUITE can be used throughout the entire product development process.
GT-SUITE integrates flow, thermal, chemical, and electrical solutions to enable complete modeling of the Balance of Plant and Vehicle Systems, such as air compression and humidification, hydrogen storage and recirculation, cooling systems, power management controls, and more.
The flexible range of fidelity provides an ideal simulation environment for system design, component selection, and controls optimization.
Application Highlights
Modeling the Complete Fuel Cell System
Modeling of any fuel-cell or electrolyzer system configuration with GT-SUITE’s object-oriented model building architecture
- Design and selection of components such as fuel cell stack, compressors, pumps, humidifiers, ejectors, heat exchangers, hydrogen tanks, water separators and more
- Optimization of water management, thermal, stoichiometry, and pressure controls
- Drive-cycle analysis for power management and battery sizing to ensure drivability, fuel economy, and reliability
- Ability to operate at the proper combination of fidelity and speed to capture important transient effects, such as flooding, starvation, hot spots, and more
- Solver Features:
- Compressible Navier-Stokes solution with real gas equation
- Dynamic condensation and evaporation models
- Time-accurate solver – required for transient analyses and control system development
- Well-tested compressor and turbine map interpolation and extrapolation capabilities
Advanced Features
Advanced Fuel Cell System Integration Tools
GT-SUITE supports higher-fidelity analysis with real-time simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, degradation modeling, and multi-domain co-simulation for the most demanding fuel cell development needs.
Multi-System Integration
Integration with other systems modeled in GT-SUITE.
Real-Time & XiL Modeling
Real-time modeling and XiL compatibility.
Dedicated Fuel Cell Component Templates
Dedicated templates for modeling fuel cell system components such as humidifiers and ejectors.
High-Fidelity 3D-to-1D Model Conversion
High fidelity 3D-1D model conversion from CAD geometry using GEM3D.
Fluid Property Library & User-Defined Fluids
Library of fluids provided with software, plus option to add user defined fluids.
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