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[lancer]

Fluent Addon Modules:

0. None

1. MHD Model

2. Fiber Model

3. Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Model

4. SOFC Model with Unresolved Electrolyte

5. Population Balance Model

6. Adjoint Solver

7. Single-Potential Battery Model

8. MSMD Battery Model

9. PEM Fuel Cell Model

10. Macroscopic Particle Model

11. Reduced Order Model

12. PCB Model

 

Hello, I have a planar SOFC model, with interconnect, fuel channel, air channel, electrolyte, anode and cathode. I don't use catalyst layer for my SOFC model. Which module should I use? 

[Aleksey Gerasimov]

Hello Lancer,

If you use the Unresolved Electrolyte SOFC model (number 4) that the catalysts and the electrolyte regions will not be included. Alternatively, module number 3 can be used, however, this approach implies that the catalysts and the electrolyte are included in the geometry explicitly and are resolved. Module number 4 is a pragmatic simplification of the fully resolved approach. We do not offer an approach that includes electrolyte but excludes catalysts. Such approach would imply a dense mesh resolution comparable to the fully resolved approach, but would still imply that the reactions take place within the first planes of cells next to electrolyte on both: anode and cathode sides. 

The Unresolved Electrolyte SOFC model is a pragmatic and a cost effective way to simulate SOFC cells and stacks.

Kind regards,

Aleksey.