Evaluating fuel cell systems performance using a simulation-based approach - ERP Spain.com - España y América Latina

 

In the trend of zero-emission vehicles, a fuel cell is gaining preference as an alternative to battery, especially for commercial vehicles, buses, or passenger cars requiring a long range without repeatedly recharging. However, integrating the stack and the Balance of Plant (BoP) into a vehicle is not straightforward: it involves many interacting physics and subsystems that need to be perfectly combined with optimal control strategies to reach the required levels of performance, the lowest energy consumption while ensuring strong reliability and long lifetime.

 

In this 30-minute webinar, our Siemens experts and Jules Sery from IFP Energies nouvelles will introduce how a multi-physics system simulation-based approach helps to predict and better understand the behavior of the fuel cell integrated with its air and hydrogen supply systems, as well as the water and thermal management systems. We’ll also demonstrate our simulation capabilities showing a comparison of results for hydrogen consumption and fuel cell system behavior with dynamometer test bench data on a Hyundai Nexo. We’ll explain how off-the-shelves models and application-oriented tools make it possible to simulate the fuel cell stack and the BoP from the concept phase, for subsystems and control design, and finally for components integration and control calibration.

 

 

During this session, we’ll introduce how this model-based design approach helps to make better design decisions in shorter timeframes:

 

- At concept stage for components pre-sizing, architecture choice, and high-level control strategy design using simple models with limited parameters and fast simulations

- For the subsystems and components design using more accurate models integrating more physics

- During the integration and validation stage using models combing accuracy with fast simulations

 

 

 

Research and Innovation engineer, Mobility and Systems Research Division, IFP Energies nouvelles

 

Jules is a system simulation engineer working at IFP Energies nouvelles, a research center focusing on the fields of energy, transport and environment. For the last 3 years he has been working on various automotive engineering topics ranging from energy management strategy simulation for hybrid vehicles to 0/1D simulation of xHEVs and FCEVs.

 

 

Business Development Manager, Siemens Digital Industries Software

 

Patrice is the Business Development Manager for System simulation activities, focusing on green energies, hydrogen and fuel cells. He has a master's degree in mechanical engineering and has been involved in multi-domain system simulation since 1998.

 

 

Product Manager Electrification, Siemens Digital Industries Software

 

In his role, Benoit focuses on aligning the Simcenter Amesim product features with the customers accelerating vehicle electrification challenges. He has a master's degree in thermodynamic engineering and has been involved in multi-domain system simulation since 1995.