EP0466266A1 - Elektrolyseur mit mindestens zwei, längs einer gemeinsamen Trennwand elektrisch seriengeschalteten Elementarzellen - Google Patents

Elektrolyseur mit mindestens zwei, längs einer gemeinsamen Trennwand elektrisch seriengeschalteten Elementarzellen Download PDF

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EP0466266A1
EP0466266A1 EP91201753A EP91201753A EP0466266A1 EP 0466266 A1 EP0466266 A1 EP 0466266A1 EP 91201753 A EP91201753 A EP 91201753A EP 91201753 A EP91201753 A EP 91201753A EP 0466266 A1 EP0466266 A1 EP 0466266A1
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    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B11/00—Electrodes; Manufacture thereof not otherwise provided for
    • C25B11/02—Electrodes; Manufacture thereof not otherwise provided for characterised by shape or form
    • C25B11/036—Bipolar electrodes
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    • C25B9/00—Cells or assemblies of cells; Constructional parts of cells; Assemblies of constructional parts, e.g. electrode-diaphragm assemblies; Process-related cell features
    • C25B9/60—Constructional parts of cells
    • C25B9/65—Means for supplying current; Electrode connections; Electric inter-cell connections
    • C25B9/66—Electric inter-cell connections including jumper switches
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    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25B9/00—Cells or assemblies of cells; Constructional parts of cells; Assemblies of constructional parts, e.g. electrode-diaphragm assemblies; Process-related cell features
    • C25B9/70—Assemblies comprising two or more cells

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  • the invention relates to electrolysers of the series type, comprising a succession of elementary electrolysis cells electrically coupled in series.
  • It relates more particularly to an electrolyser in which two successive elementary cells comprise a common metallic vertical wall which ensures the electrical connection between the cells.
  • the common vertical wall of the two cells generally carries, on one side, an anode of one of the cells and, on the other side, a cathode of the other cell.
  • the common wall usually consists of two plates of different metals, joined to one another, for example by welding.
  • the plate carrying the anode is generally made of titanium, the other plate being of iron, steel, nickel or an alloy of these metals. The presence of a titanium plate associated with a different metal plate can lead to difficulties in the operation of the electrolyser.
  • the invention overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks of known electrolysers, by providing the means of producing a metal wall common to two consecutive electrolysis cells, which reconciles low electrical resistance and an efficient escape of a gas migrating inside the wall.
  • the invention relates to an electrolyser comprising at least two elementary electrolysis cells coupled in electrical series along a common vertical wall which comprises two vertical metal plates, arranged opposite one another. by forming between them a vertical chamber, one of the plates carrying an anode of one of the cells and the other plate carrying a cathode of the other cell; according to the invention, the chamber contains a metallic mass whose melting temperature is lower than the temperature prevailing in said chamber during the operation of the electrolyser.
  • the two cells are contiguous.
  • One of the plates constitutes a wall element of one of the two cells and carries an anode of this cell, and the other plate constitutes a wall element of the other cell of which it carries a cathode.
  • the plates can constitute these electrodes or serve as electrode supports, as is the case for example with the cells described in patent US-A-4088551.
  • the plates are made of an electrically conductive material, capable of withstanding the mechanical, thermal and chemical conditions normally prevailing in the cells during the operation of the electrolyser.
  • the plate carrying the anode can be made of a film-forming metal selected from titanium, tantalum, niobium, zirconium and the tungsten and the plate carrying the cathode can be made of a material selected from iron, nickel, cobalt and the alloys of these metals.
  • the film-forming metal plate constitutes at least part of the anode, this plate is covered, on at least part of its face situated in the cell, with an electrically conductive coating, having a low overvoltage in the oxidation of chloride ions.
  • This coating can for example be selected from the metals of the group of platinum (platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, osmium), the alloys of these metals and their oxides; it can advantageously be formed from mixed crystals of platinum group metal oxide and film-forming metal oxide as described above. It is also recommended to coat the film-forming metal plate, which is located inside the vertical chamber, with a nickel film. This nickel film can be obtained by any suitable nickel plating technique. Its function is to improve the wetting of the plate by the molten metal mass.
  • the two plates of the wall common to the two cells are arranged opposite one another, on either side of a peripheral frame, so as to delimit a vertical chamber.
  • the assembly of the frame and the plates must be hermetic, so that the chamber can retain a liquid mass during the normal operation of the electrolyser.
  • a frame of elastic material which is compressed between the two plates, or a rigid frame, for example of metal or of polymeric material, which is inserted between the two plates, with interposition. gaskets or that are welded or hermetically sealed to the two plates.
  • the chamber between the two plates contains a metallic mass, the melting point of which is lower than the temperature which normally prevails in said chamber during the normal operation of the electrolyser.
  • the choice of metallic mass will depend on the normal operating temperature of the electrolyser and, consequently, on the electrolysis process used. In the case of an electrolyser intended for the electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions, a metallic mass is chosen whose melting temperature is less than 100 ° C., for example mercury.
  • the metal mass ensures the transfer of electric current through the wall common to the two cells. Furthermore, being brought to a temperature above its melting temperature, it liquefies; the hydrogen which migrates through the wall and reaches the chamber can thus escape from it by passing through the liquid metallic mass.
  • the metallic mass has a melting temperature which is higher than ambient temperature, for example greater than 25 C.
  • This embodiment thus has the particularity that the metallic mass is solid at room temperature and liquid at the normal operating temperature of the electrolyser.
  • This embodiment of the invention has the advantage of facilitating the assembly and disassembly of the electrolyser.
  • Examples of metallic masses which can be used in this embodiment of the invention are the eutectic binary alloy of rubidium (68.0% by weight) and potassium (32.0% by weight) (melting temperature: 33 ° C.) ; the eutectic quaternary alloy of bismuth (49.5% by weight), lead (17.6% by weight), tin (11.6% by weight) and indium (21.3% by weight) (melting temperature: 58.2 ° C); the eutectic ternary alloy of indium (51.0% by weight), bismuth (32.5% by weight), and tin (16.5% by weight) (melting temperature: 60.5 * C ); Wood's alloy [quaternary alloy of bismuth (50.0% by weight), lead (25.0% by weight), tin (12.5% by weight) and cadmium (12.5% by weight) weight) (melting temperature: 70 ° C)]; the eutectic binary alloy of indium (67% by weight) and bismuth (33% by weight
  • the electrolyser according to the invention is specially adapted to the processes for electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride solutions using temperatures in the region of 1000 ° C., for example between 80 and 120 ° C.
  • the invention therefore finds an advantageous application in the construction of electrolysers intended for the production of aqueous solutions of sodium chlorate by electrolysis of aqueous solutions of sodium chloride. It finds another interesting application in the construction of electrolysers with diaphragms or membranes selectively permeable to cations, used for the production of chlorine and aqueous solutions of sodium hydroxide by electrolysis of aqueous solutions of sodium chloride.
  • the electrolyser shown in FIG. 1 is designed for the manufacture of aqueous solutions of sodium chlorate by electrolysis of aqueous solutions of sodium chloride. It comprises elementary cells 1 juxtaposed between two elementary end cells 2 and 3. Cells 1 comprise an electrolysis chamber delimited by a horizontal side wall 5 of rectangular section and two end walls 6 which are common to two cells contiguous. The two end cells 2 and 3 also include a horizontal side wall 5, an end wall 6 interposed between it and the adjoining cell 1 and an end wall 7 connected to a DC source, not shown.
  • Two pipes 8 and 9, in communication with the electrolysis chamber, are intended to be connected, one to a general intake manifold for an aqueous solution of sodium chloride, the other to a general intake manifold. evacuation of electrolysis products.
  • FIGS 2 and 3 show on a larger scale, the end wall 6 common to two adjoining cells.
  • the wall 6 comprises two vertical metal plates 10 and 11 arranged opposite one another, on either side of a peripheral frame 12.
  • the plate 10 is made of titanium and carries an anode made of 'A series of vertical sheets 13 welded transversely to the plate 10.
  • the sheets 13 are made of titanium and have a coating formed of mixed crystals of ruthenium oxide and titanium oxide.
  • the plate 11 is made of steel and carries a cathode made up of a series of vertical steel sheets 14, welded to the plate 11.
  • the frame 12 is made of steel and it is pierced with a series of openings 15 in its upper part .
  • the plates 10 and 11 are fixed in sealed manner to the frame 12, so as to form a sealed chamber 16.
  • the plates 10 and 11 are moreover fixed in sealed manner to the side walls 5 of two contiguous cells.
  • the fixing of the plates 10 and 11 to the frame 12 and to the side walls 5 can be carried out by welding.
  • the end wall 7 of the cell 2 is a titanium plate, identical to the plate 10 of the common wall 6 and, like it, it carries an anode consisting of a series of vertical sheets 13 of titanium carrying a coating d titanium oxide and ruthenium oxide.
  • the end wall 7 of the cell 3 is a steel plate, identical to the plate 11 of the common wall 6 and, like it, it carries a cathode made up of vertical steel sheets 14.
  • the fixing of the plates 7 to the wall 5 of cells 2 and 3 is similar to that of plates 10 and 11.
  • the chamber 16 of the common wall 6 contains a metallic alloy of bismuth (50.0% by weight), lead (25.0% by weight), tin (12.5% by weight ) and cadmium (12.5% by weight) (Wood alloy), the melting temperature of which is around 70 ° C.
  • the alloy fills almost all of the chamber 16.
  • a slight gap 17 must however be provided above the alloy, to allow it to expand during the operation of the electrolyser.
  • the wall 6 it suffices to assemble the plates 10 and 11 to the frame 12, then to pour into the chamber 16, via the openings 15, the alloy previously heated to a temperature above its melting temperature. During the subsequent assembly of the electrolyser, the alloy is in the solid state in chamber 16.
  • an aqueous solution of sodium chloride is introduced into the electrolysis cells, through the tubes 8 and the end walls 7 are connected to the terminals of a direct current source, not shown. .
  • the sodium chloride solution undergoes electrolysis in the electrolysis cells and an aqueous solution of sodium chlorate and of the hydrogen generated on the sheets 14 of the cathodes are collected by the tubes 9.
  • the metallic mass contained in the chambers 16 melts. If atomic hydrogen diffuses through the plate 11 into the chamber 16, it bubbles through the liquid metallic mass therein and escapes through the openings 15.
  • the liquid metallic mass of the chambers 16 also provides the flow of electric current between the adjoining cells.

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EP91201753A 1990-07-12 1991-07-05 Elektrolyseur mit mindestens zwei, längs einer gemeinsamen Trennwand elektrisch seriengeschalteten Elementarzellen Expired - Lifetime EP0466266B1 (de)

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