%0 Journal Article
%T Distribution of the Current Density in Electrolyte of the Pem Fuel Cell
%A Eugeniusz Kurgan
%A Pawel Schmidt
%J Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
%D 2004
%I Technical University of Ostrava
%X In this paper water management in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is considered. Firt mass convervation law for water is applied. Next proton transport is described by the Nernst-Planck equation and liqid water convection velocity is eliminated by the Schlogl equation. Electro-osmotic drag coefficient is related to hydrogen index and experimentally determined swelling coefficient. Three partial differential equations for molar water concentration Cw, electric potential   and water pressure Pw are formulated. Current density vector i is derived from proton flux expression. These equations together with adequate boundary conditions were solved using finite element method. The distribution of electric potential and current density in function of geometrical parametres is investigated. At the end some illustrative example is given.
%K Water
%K coefficient
%K pressure
%K electric potential.
%U http://advances.utc.sk/index.php/AEEE/article/view/437