PEM water electrolyzer cell application
This is a test case for proton exchange membrane / polymer water electrolyzer cell.
Chemical reaction:
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Anode side:
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Cathode side:
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Overall Reaction:
The water may exist in vapor and liquid in PEM water electrolyzer cells
Operating conditions
```none
Temperature: 443 K, 140 oC
Pressure: 1 bar/1 bar (anode/cathode)
supply: Water vapor
Active area 0.8 cm2
Mean current density 8000 A/m3
```
To run the case:
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In serial
# Generate the meshes with 'blockMesh' make mesh # or Generate the meshes with 'salome' # make salomeMesh # Run in serial make srun -
In parallel
# Generate the meshes with 'blockMesh' make mesh # or Generate the meshes with 'salome' # make salomeMesh # Edit values of 'nx' and 'ny' in constant/cellProperties export NPROCS=nx*ny # (value of 'nx' times 'ny') # Generate the cellID # For manual decomposition make decompose # Decomposition for multiple regions make parallel # Run in parallel make run #( the value of 'nx' times 'ny' needs to be changed in 'Makefile') # or # mpirun -np nx*ny fuelCell0Foam -parallel -fileHandler collated | tee log.run
To view the result:
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In serial
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Residual plot
make plot #or gnuplot ResidualPlot -
Simulation results
make view paraview
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In parallel
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Residual plot
make plot or gnuplot ResidualPlot -
Simulation results
make reconstruct make view paraview
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