SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2011.251 2011.251 Effect of Porosity on the Water Transport in a Proton Exchange Membrane for Fuel Cell (PEMFC) OulmiK. k_oulmi@yahoo.com HaddadD. BenmoussaH. Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Batna, Algeria 05000 Batna. Algeria. Department of Processes Engineering , Faculty of Engineering Sciences. University of Setif- 1900-Algeria. Faculty of engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Batna ,Algeria 04092011 10 978-1-995850-03-0 1 3 4 September 2011 © 2011 Copyright WSSET 2011

A model of water transport in a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is developed. The model takes into account the three transfer modes, diffusion, migration, convection and drags in the membrane phase and considers the membrane as a porous structure. The mathematical model is solved using finite element tool. In this paper we had calculated and discussed one dimensional distribution of water in the cell with and without porosity.

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