title: GCtool for fuel cell systems design and analysis : user documentation.
creator: Geyer, H. K.
creator: Ahluwalia, R. K.
contributor: United States. Department of Energy.
publisher: Argonne National Laboratory
date: 1999-01-15
language: English
description: GCtool is a comprehensive system design and analysis tool for fuel
 cell and other power systems. A user can analyze any configuration of
 component modules and flows under steady-state or dynamic conditions.
 Component models can be arbitrarily complex in modeling sophistication and new
 models can be added easily by the user. GCtool also treats arbitrary system
 constraints over part or all of the system, including the specification of
 nonlinear objective functions to be minimized subject to nonlinear, equality
 or inequality constraints. This document describes the essential features of
 the interpreted language and the window-based GCtool environment. The system
 components incorporated into GCtool include a gas flow mixer, splitier,
 heater, compressor, gas turbine, heat exchanger, pump, pipe, diffuser, nozzle,
 steam drum, feed water heater, combustor, chemical reactor, condenser, fuel
 cells (proton exchange membrane, solid oxide, phosphoric acid, and molten
 carbonate), shaft, generator, motor, and methanol steam reformer. Several
 examples of system analysis at various levels of complexity are presented.
 Also given are instructions for generating two- and three-dimensional plots of
 data and the details of interfacing new models to GCtool.
subject: 30 Direct Energy Conversion
subject: Documentation
subject: 24 Power Transmission And Distribution
subject: Water Heaters
subject: Gas Turbines
subject: Gas Flow
subject: Phosphoric Acid
subject: Design
subject: Fuel Cells
subject: Power Systems
subject: Heat Exchangers
subject: Chemical Reactors
source: Other Information: PBD: 15 Jan 1999
type: Report
format: Medium: P; Size: 128 pages
format: Text
identifier: rep-no: ANL-98/8
identifier: grantno: W-31109-ENG-38
identifier: doi: 10.2172/12005
identifier: osti: 12005
identifier: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc621886/
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