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A phenomenological model of water transport in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

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Janssen, G. J. M.·2001·Journal of The Electrochemical Society

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A steady-state, two-dimensional model is presented and discussed that describes the water transport in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Concentrated solution theory is used to describe the transport of water in the membrane, and of water vapor and liquid water in the electrodes. The inclusion of the liquid water transport into the model turned out to be essential for explaining recent experimental results on the effective drag coefficient and its dependence on operating conditions as well as on variations of the components that constitute the membrane electrode assembly. © 2001 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.

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  • The Weber-Newman theory argues, with support from Janssen, that liquid water content, as distinct from water content dissolved in the membrane, must be modelled explicitly to allow a pressure gradient to drive liquid water flow alongside the chemical potential gradient.

    “The Weber–Newman theory argues with support from Janssen that liquid water content, as distinct from water content dissolved in the membrane, must be modelled explicitly to allow a pressure gradient to drive liquid water flow alongside the chemical potential gradient [9,96];”

    From Modelling the Proton-Conductive Membrane in Practical Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) Simulation: A Review (2020) · cites this paper as [96]

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  • The Schlögl equation is unsuitable in the VE regime where the assumption of the presence of liquid water is not valid.

    “This equation is unsuitable in the VE regime where the assumption of the presence of liquid water is not valid [65,96].”

    From Modelling the Proton-Conductive Membrane in Practical Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) Simulation: A Review (2020) · cites this paper as [96]

    The discussion following Eqs. 18–25 says water transport is vapor-only below saturation, and the interface conditions state that no liquid phase exists there under those conditions. This supports the claim’s premise, but the paper does not identify a VE regime or say that the Schlögl equation is unsuitable in it. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Janssen, G. J. M.
Affiliations
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (NL)
Corresponding author
Janssen, G. J. M.
Venue
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Published
2001
Volume
148
Issue
12
Pages
A1313
ISSN
0013-4651 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2002651547
Cited by
164
References
19
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 7
FWCI
14.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Journal of The Electrochemical Society (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Keywords
proton exchange membrane fuel cells, water transport, liquid water transport, water vapor transport, concentrated solution theory, membrane electrode assembly, two-dimensional model

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