Company Information

Company Interest:
Fluent is the world's largest provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and consulting services. Fluent's software is used for simulation, visualization, and prediction of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemical reactions. It is a vital part of the computer-aided engineering (CAE) process for companies around the world and in almost every manufacturing industry.

Achievements in 2001:

• Release of FLUENT 6.0 with major new capabilities and enhancements in various areas
• Release of preprocessor GAMBIT 2.0 with improved CAD integration and automated meshing
• Fluent's quality management system registered to the ISO 9001 and TickIT International standards

News at HANNOVER FAIR 2002:
Fluent is developing a CFD- based model for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) and for Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) for all kind of applications. Detailed sub-models describing the physics specific to the PEM fuel cell are being implemented within FLUENT and a complete PEM model is to be validated for complex fuel cell configurations.

Mr. Braun, Support and Consulting Engineer at Fluent Deutschland, explains the new Fuel Cell module to an interested audience.

Carl-Henning Rexroth, Engineer, struggling with the result s of a Win NT breakdown.