About the CAMELOT project ...

The FCH 2 JU funded CAMELOT project brings together highly experienced research institutes, universities, fuel cell membrane electrode assembly suppliers and transport OEMs to improve understanding of the limitations in fuel cell electrodes. This will enable the partners to provide guidance on the next generation of MEAs required to achieve 2024 performance targets.

COMSOL-Based FAST-FC

The COMSOL-Based FAST-FC has been improved as part of the project to include updated transport models for dissolved water within the ionomeric phase and liquid water within the pore space of the porous media. The model has also been fully rebuilt and the structure of the model modified to make it easier for users to directly interact with.
This updated and improved COMSOL-based version has been uploaded into a GitHub public repository and released to the public; the repository as includes issue tracking in order to allow users to raise issues and requested changes for bugs and issue management topics.

As part of the CAMELOT project objectives, a free and open source Fuel Cell Performance Model developed by FAST Simulations UG, FAST-FC, has been utilized, improved and extended to describe the transport and kinetic processes in ultra-thin, low-loaded membrane electrode assemblies.
The workshop will provide attendees an understanding of the general theory behind the model, improvements made within the CAMELOT Project, hands-on application of the model through tutorial studies, and an instructor supported, open application and question and answer session.

CAMELOT WORKSHOP

Fuel Cell Modeling: Understanding Charge, Mass, and Heat Transfer in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

6th-7th December 2023
Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Overall Project Objectives

Improve the power density of fuel cells by understanding the limitations on the performance of MEA.

objectif 1

Objective 1: to diagnose the fundamental transport properties that limit performance in SoA and prototype beyond‐SoA MEAs and materials.

objectif 2

Objective 2: Extend a leading open source model to enable the accurate simulation of SoA MEAs using automotive SRU Hardware.

objectifs 3

Objective 3: Produce MEAs with features that have the potential to enable disruptive performance increases and to validate the open source model for beyond‐SoA MEAs.

objectif 4

Objective 4: Propose new beyond‐SoA MEA designs in automotive SRU geometries that address SoA performance limitations and provide simulation tools that guide rational development of new MEA concepts.

CONSORTIUM


SINTEF AS	BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	IMTEK UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG


CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	JOHNSON MATTHEY HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	PRETEXO


	FAST SIMULATIONS UG	POWERCELL Group

This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (now Clean Hydrogen Partnership) under grant agreement No 875155. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program, Hydrogen Europe and Hydrogen Europe Research.