SIMULINK/FLUENT Collaborative Simulation for PEM Fuel Cells

A collaborative simulation method for proton exchange membrane fuel cells was proposed based on both SIMULINK and FLUENT solvers.By combining the simulation functions of these two solvers,and utilizing the S-Function of SIMULINK and Journal file of FLUENT,the interface between SIMULINK and FLUENT was developed,through which, the synchronous data transmission was realized by sharing the same data file.On the basis of above operations,a preliminary three dimensional collaborative simulation platform of PEMFCs was established.Numerical simulations show the correctness of this platform by validating the error of mass balance of the transient fuel cell model.