Device for supporting electrodes in an electrolysis installation
AssigneeSnecma Propulsion Solide
InventorJean-Pierre Maumus
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for supporting electrodes in an electrolysis installation, said support comprising a busbar having electrodes fastened thereto, said electrodes being disposed on either side of the busbar and extending vertically below said busbar, the busbar and said electrodes being designed to be immersed at least in part in an electrolyte that gives off one or more gaseous species of a corrosive nature. The device further comprises a protective element of carbon/carbon material placed under the busbar, the protective element being of length and width that are not less than the length and the width of the busbar.
Claims9
A device for supporting electrodes in an electrolysis installation, said support comprising a busbar having electrodes fastened thereto, said electrodes being disposed on either side of the busbar and extending vertically below said busbar, the busbar and said electrodes being designed to be immersed at least in part in an electrolyte that gives off one or more gaseous species of a corrosive nature,
- wherein the device further comprises a protective element placed under an underside of the busbar with said protective element blocking said gaseous species from the underside of the busbar, said protective element being of a length and a width that are not less than the length and the width of the busbar, and wherein said protective element is made of carbon/carbon material.
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