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In this paper we present numerical simulations for PEM (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane) Fuel Cells. Hereby, we focus on the simulation done in 3d using modern techniques like higher order discretizations using Discontinuous Galerkin methods, local grid adaptivity, and parallelization including dynamic load-balancing. As a test case for the developed software we simulate the two-phase flow and the transport of species in the cathodic gas diffusion layer of the Fuel Cell. Therefore, from the detailed model presented in [4] we derive a simplified Model Problem presented in Section [2]. In Section [3] one finds a few notes on the discretization schemes that were used for the simulation including comments on adaptation and parallelization. In Section [4] the results of an adaptive, parallel simulation in 3d are presented.
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Klöfkorn, R., Kröner, D., Ohlberger, M. (2008). Parallel and Adaptive Simulation of Fuel Cells in 3d. In: Krause, E., Shokin, Y.I., Resch, M., Shokina, N. (eds) Computational Science and High Performance Computing III. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 101. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69010-8_7
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