Simulating hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen combustion

With stricter global emissions restrictions and target deadlines looming, manufacturers are facing ever increasing challenges to make motorcycles that meet the new environmental and legal requirements. Whilst the development of electric and hybrid machines offers one option for low emission small powertrains, many governments are investing in researching a new hydrogen economy.

In the initial stages of hydrogen engine development, physical prototype testing is extremely expensive, requiring virtual software tools to model both hydrogen fuel cell systems and hydrogen combustion engines, answering the ‘What ifs’ of new hydrogen technologies from hydrogen flame speed simulation to fuel cell humidity control, cooling and selection of components depending on the type of hydrogen being employed.

For hydrogen combustion the following toolsets are available:

WAVE 是一种一维计算流体动力学 (CFD) 工具，可解决控制可压缩气体流动的质量、动量和能量传递的 Navier-Stokes 方程，并包括燃烧和排放的子模型。

VECTIS 是一种 3D CFD 工具，它使用独特的热扩散模型，对传统碳氢化合物、电子燃料和合成燃料（包括氢）采用尖端动力学、火焰传播和排放模型。

FEARCE-Vulcan 使用独特的迭代有限元解决方案，详细考虑所有热路径，为氢燃料发动机的确凿结构研究提供可靠、准确的预测工具。

对于燃料电池和相关系统的建模，可以使用以下工具集：

IGNITE 是一款完整的基于物理的车辆系统建模模拟软件包。借助构建模块库系统，用户可以快速准确地模拟完整的燃料电池系统，分析性能和效率相关参数。

VECTIS 是一种 3D CFD 工具，用于优化电池组的冷却，以实现最高的热性能。