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US 4,789,443 AGranted
Novel electrolysis cell
AssigneeOronzio deNora Impianti Elettrochimici S.p.A.
InventorsOronzio deNora, Placido M. Spaziante
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AssigneeOronzio deNora Impianti Elettrochimici S.p.A.
InventorsOronzio deNora, Placido M. Spaziante
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An electrolysis cell comprising a housing containing a plurality of alternating anode units and cathode units and an ion permeable membrane sheet disposed therebetween and having in direct contact with the opposite sides of the membrane sheet a porous anode and a porous cathode, said cathode units comprising a pair of spaced foraminous cathodes of the same polarity forming a space for catholyte therebetween and means for flowing aqueous electrolyte through the catholyte space of the cathode unit and means for removing electrolysis products, the anode units comprising a pair of spaced foraminous anodes forming a space for anolyte therebetween, means for flowing aqueous halide solution through the said anolyte space and means for removing electrolysis products therefrom and means for uniformly compressing the units and membranes together and to a novel method of generating halogens by electrolysis of aqueous halide solutions.
An electrolytic cell having a pair of oppositely charged electrodes extending along and separated by an ion exchange membrane capable of transporting cations and minimizing passage of anions therethrough, wherein one of said electrodes bearing against one side of the membrane is flexible and comprises resilient means;
An electrolyte cell having a pair of oppositely charged electrodes extending along and separated by an ion exchange membrane capable of transporting cations and minimizing passage of anions therethrough, wherein one of said electrodes bearing against one side of the membrane is flexible and comprises resilient means;
An electrolytic cell having a pair of oppositely charged electrodes extending along and separated by an ion exchange membrane capable of transporting cations and minimizing passage of anions therethrough, wherein one of said electrodes bearing against one side of the membrane is flexible and comprises resilient means;
An electrolytic cell having an anode and cathode extending along and separated by an ion exchange membrane capable of transporting cations and mimimizing passage of anions therethrough, wherein one of said anode or cathode is a flexible foraminous sheet, at least one anode pressure element comprising resilient means and at least one cathode pressure element comprising resilient means are provided to press said cathode, anode and membrane together at a plurality of spaced points substantially over the entire surface of the membrane, said cathode and anode resilient means being offset with respect to each other.
A method of generating halogen comprising electrolyzing an aqueous alkali metal halide solution in an electrolytic cell having a pair of oppositely charged electrodes extending along and separated by an ion exchange membrane capable of transporting cations and minimizing passage of anions therethrough, wherein one of said electrodes bearing against one side of the membrane is flexible and comprises resilient means;
A method of generating halogen comprising electrolyzing an aqueous alkali metal halide solution in an electrolytic cell having a pair of oppositely charged electrodes extending along and separated by an ion exchange membrane capable of transporting cations and minimizing passage of anions therethrough, wherein one of said electrodes bearing against one side of the membrane is flexible and comprises resilient means;
A method of generating halogen comprising electrolyzing an aqueous alkali metal halide solution in an electrolytic cell having a pair of oppositely charged electrodes extending along and separated by an ion exchange membrane capable of transporting cations and minimizing passage of anions therethrough, wherein one of said electrodes bearing against one side of the membrane is flexible and comprises resilient means;
A method of generating halogen comprising electrolyzing an aqueous alkali metal halide solution in an electrolytic cell having an anode and cathode extending along and separated by an ion exchange membrane capable of transporting cations and minimizing passage of anions therethrough, wherein one of said anode or cathode is a flexible foraminous sheet, at least one anode pressure element comprising resilient means and at least one cathode pressure element comprising resilient means are provided to press said cathode, anode and membrane together at a plurality of spaced points substantially over the entire surface of the membrane, said cathode and anode resilient means being offset with respect to each other.
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