Method for shutting down an electrolysis cell with a membrane and an oxygen-reducing cathode
AssigneeElf Atochem S.A.
InventorFrancoise Andolfatto
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for shutting down an electrolysis cell with a membrane and an oxygen-reducing cathode, which comprises, after the electrical power and oxygen supplies have been disconnected, in emptying the oxygen compartment and filling it with demineralized water having a pH≦7 and in keeping this water in the oxygen compartment throughout the shutdown period.
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A method for shutting down an electrolysis cell used for the production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide with a membrane and an oxygen-reducing cathode, characterized in that, after the electrical power and oxygen supplies to the said cell have been disconnected, the gas compartment is emptied and filled with demineralized water optionally acidified, having a pH equal to or less than 7, and treating the cathode by rinsing with demineralized water from the gas compartment, measuring the pH and continuing the rinsing until a pH equal to or less than 7 is obtained, and said gas compartment is kept filled with the said demineralized water throughout the shutdown period.
A method for shutting down an electrolysis cell used for the production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide with a membrane and an oxygen-reducing cathode, characterized in that, after the electrical power and oxygen supplies to the said cell have been disconnected, the gas compartment is emptied and filled with demineralized water optionally acidified, having a pH equal to or less than 7, the cathode is rinsed with demineralized water from the gas compartment until a pH equal to or less than 7 is obtained, and the said gas compartment is kept filled with the said demineralized water throughout the shutdown period;
- the anode compartment is also emptied then filled with a clean anolyte and the sodium hydroxide compartment is emptied then filled with a sodium hydroxide solution with a molar concentration of between 0.5 and 5 mol-g/l.
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