History
The original concept for FAST-FC was born in 2002 during David B. Harvey's research at Queen's University. Faced with the inability of commercial software to meet the needs for cutting edge fuel cell design and fabrication, David (at the behest of his academic supervisors, Jon Pharoah and Kunal Karan) began the work on the equations and algorithms that laid the foundation for the FAST suite. The work was furthered during his doctorate work, funded by the United States Department of Energy and Ballard Power Systems, which added the capability to simulate the durability of electrocatalysts and electrocatalyst supports to the source code.
From the initial conception in 2002, FAST-FC remains a dedicated open-source project released under the GNU Public License Version 3.
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Features
FAST-FC offers the user a fully open-source fuel cell simulation package with the following features:
- Zero license costs coupled with a scalable, parallel architecture
- Full dimensionality from 1-D to 3-D
- Transient and Steady-state operation modes
- Fully coupled, composition-based treatment of electrocatalyst layers
- Single-Phase and Two-phase descriptions for water by-products
- Mechanisms for electrocatalyst dissolution, migration, and plating, as well as for electrocatalyst support oxidation and corrosion
- Capability to simulate Accelerated Stress Tests for electrocatalysts and electrocatalyst supports
- an open-source code promoting customization and research
FAST-FC is an open source performance and degradation model for fuel cells (PEMFCs) that includes steady-state and transient operation
Open source PEMFC PEM fuel Cell performance durability catalyst GDL degradation PEM FUel CEll Model modelling simulation
Check out the FAST-FC source code
FAST-FC | THE BACKGROUND
FAST-FC is an Open Source Fuel Cell Model Toolbox
Open source PEMFC PEM fuel Cell performance durability catalyst GDL degradation PEM FUel CEll Model modelling simulation
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