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AssigneePermelec Electrode Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Shimamune, Masashi Tanaka, Yoshinori Nishiki
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A method of electrolytically producing acid water using an electrolytic cell partitioned by a cation-exchange membrane into an anode chamber and a cathode chamber. Chloride ion which generates hypochlorous acid by anodic oxidation is supplied to the cathode chamber without directly supplying chloride ion to the anode chamber. Part of the chloride ion permeates from the cathode chamber into the anode chamber through the cation-exchange membrane. The chloride ion which permeates through the cation-exchange membrane is present at the surface of an anode closely adhering to the cation-exchange membrane in the anode chamber or only in the vicinity of the anode, and is efficiently anodically oxidized to form hypochlorite ion. Also disclosed is an electrolytic cell for carrying out the method of electrolytically producing acid water.
A method of producing acid water by carrying out electrolysis while supplying raw material water to a water electrolytic cell which is partitioned by a cation-exchange membrane into an anode chamber having an anode disposed therein and a cathode chamber and recovering acid water from the anode chamber, which comprises supplying a chlorine compound comprising chloride ion to the cathode chamber, permeating a part of the chloride ion formed by dissolution of said chlorine compound from the cathode chamber into the anode chamber through the cation-exchange membrane, and contacting the permeated chloride ion with the anode to oxidize the chloride ion.
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