EP0687312A1 - Agencement d'electrode pour processus electrolytiques formant des gaz dans des cellules a membrane, et son utilisation - Google Patents

Agencement d'electrode pour processus electrolytiques formant des gaz dans des cellules a membrane, et son utilisation

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EP0687312A1
EP0687312A1 EP94906164A EP94906164A EP0687312A1 EP 0687312 A1 EP0687312 A1 EP 0687312A1 EP 94906164 A EP94906164 A EP 94906164A EP 94906164 A EP94906164 A EP 94906164A EP 0687312 A1 EP0687312 A1 EP 0687312A1
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electrode
gas
electrode arrangement
membrane
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Robert Scannell
Bernd Busse
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De Nora Deutschland GmbH
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Heraeus Elektrochemie GmbH
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • 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
    • C25B11/03—Electrodes; Manufacture thereof not otherwise provided for characterised by shape or form perforated or foraminous
    • C25B11/031—Porous electrodes
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • 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
    • C25B11/03—Electrodes; Manufacture thereof not otherwise provided for characterised by shape or form perforated or foraminous

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  • the invention relates to an electrode arrangement for gas-forming electrolytic processes, in particular processes in membrane cells, made of a flat electrode structure with at least two electrically conductive and mechanically firmly connected electrode elements, between each of which a gap is provided for gas discharge, the electrode elements have bearing surfaces for an ion exchange membrane or a diaphragm along the column and edge regions adjacent to the gap are designed as gas discharge devices and their use.
  • a membrane electrolysis cell of the filter press type with pairs of planar electrodes is known, the electrodes each containing at least one open active part and a membrane being arranged between the paired electrodes; a seal is arranged between the electrode edge and the membrane edge; the perforated central part of the electrodes has a grid-like structure, the grid rods of the electrodes assigned in pairs being offset from one another by a maximum of half a rod width and the grid rods of an electrode being arranged such that their spacing from one another is smaller than the projection of their width; the grids have a convex curvature at least on the active side, the thickness of the seal between the electrode edge and the membrane edge being equal to or less than the height of the portion of the grid rod projecting beyond the electrode edge. It turns out to be problematic that with one such an arrangement with depletion and with gas bubbles in the area of the storage surface must be expected, which results in unfavorable effects on membrane and electrode coating.
  • the electrolysis cell is provided for the electrolysis of an aqueous halide-containing electrolyte, such as, for example, brine, in order to produce an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution and halogen and hydrogen.
  • an aqueous halide-containing electrolyte such as, for example, brine
  • EP-PS 0 102099 discloses an electrode arrangement for gas-forming electrolyzers, in particular membrane electrolysers, with a vertically arranged plate electrode, a counter electrode and a membrane between the two electrodes; the plate electrode is divided into horizontal strips, the entire active electrode surface of which is arranged parallel and at the shortest distance from the counterelectrode, but a gap is provided between the membrane and the electrode for discharging the gas formed during the electrochemical reaction; For the gas discharge of the gas rising from the electrode gap, the horizontal strips in the area of their upper edge are each provided with an angled gas discharge element, on which the rising gas expands and is partly guided behind the electrode.
  • the electrode gap between the membrane and the two electrodes which is always necessary for gas discharge, proves to be problematic, such a relatively large electrode spacing also resulting in an increase in the cell voltage.
  • an electrode arrangement for gas-forming electrolysers in particular for monopolar membrane electrolyzers with vertically arranged plate electrodes and counter electrodes and a membrane between plate electrode and counter electrode, is known;
  • electrically conductive and electrically connected surface structures are known as pre-electrodes, which run in parallel planes to the plate electrodes.
  • the fabric serving as an electrode is formed in the form of perforated sheets, expanded metals, wire mesh or wire mesh, the distance between the fabrics being between 1 and 5 mm; the plate electrodes are divided continuously into several separate units horizontally in order to improve the current distribution in the membrane and to reduce the voltage drop on the surfaces facing the membrane.
  • EP-OS 0150018 discloses a process for the electrolysis of liquid electrolytes by means of perforated electrodes in electrolysis cells divided by an ion exchange membrane, a gas space being formed laterally to the main flow direction of the electrolyte due to the formation of gas bubbles.
  • the resulting gas bubbles give off their gas content to the gas space adjacent to the main flow direction by bursting at the phase boundary, which is formed in the case of plate-shaped electrodes by the rear space behind the electrode.
  • the perforated electrodes can consist of expanded metals or sheet metal strips, among other things.
  • EP-OS 0150018 A problem with the arrangements known from EP-OS 0150018 is the relatively complex construction of electrodes with gas flow-guiding elements which are composed of individual sheet metal strips
  • the object of the invention is to develop an electrode arrangement with an open structure, possibly with a grid-like structure, in which rapid gas bubble discharge with increased electrolyte exchange in the region between the electrode and membrane is to be achieved with a high degree of efficiency; moreover, the electrode arrangement should be easy to manufacture, its long-term stability should be increased, and the catalytically active surface should be enlarged.
  • FIG. 1 a shows a plan view of the surface of the electrode arrangement, while FIG. 1 b shows a cut-out section A from FIG. 1 a; Figure 1c shows a cross section in the profile of the electrode arrangement.
  • Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a partially broken electrode arrangement
  • Figure 3 shows the use of the electrode arrangement according to the invention in a membrane electrolysis cell schematically in a fragmentary partial representation.
  • the electrode arrangement 1 made from a flat electrode sheet has a multiplicity of lamellar electrode elements 2 which are each separated from one another by a gap 3; the upper edges 4 of the electrode elements 2 are angled along a schematically illustrated line 5 on the side facing away from the membrane, in order to enable the gas bubbles formed in the region of the electrodes to be drawn off rapidly.
  • the schematically illustrated essentially diamond-shaped openings 8 of the expanded metal can be seen from FIG. 1b, an increase in the active surface area in the range from 1.1 to 1.3 being achievable despite the recesses; This means that the electrochemically active electrode surface is expanded compared to a closed surface of
  • Expanded metal with a web width in the range from 1.5 to 4 mm is advantageously used.
  • the long dimension of the opening (LWD) is in the range of 2 to 4.5 mm
  • the short dimension of the opening (SWD) is in the range of 1.2 to 3 mm. Because of the openings in the area of the catalytically active electrode surface, better mixing of the electrolyte gas bubble mixture with better gas bubble discharge can be achieved, which results in an improvement in the long-term stability in the area of the membrane and the anodically switched electrode; the anodically connected electrode lies directly on the membrane.
  • the angle between the upper edges 4 and the plane of the electrode arrangement 1 is approximately 30 °.
  • a bevel angle in the range of 20-35 ° has proven to be advantageous.
  • Particularly suitable materials for the electrode arrangement are titanium sheet with a noble metal and non-noble metal activation or nickel sheet with a noble metal activation.
  • the electrode arrangement has proven particularly useful when used as an anode and cathode in a membrane cell for chlor-alkali electrolysis or for hydrogen oxygen generation.
  • the edge strips 6 and 7 consist either of expanded metal or continuous sheet metal.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic cross-sectional illustration of a single membrane cell unit, only the ion exchange membrane with cathode and anode being shown in cross-section, and on the illustration of the associated other peripherals such as clamping elements, power supply, gas discharge for the sake of a better overview.
  • the anodically connected electrode 1 rests with its end face 10 directly on the surface of the diaphragm 11 shown schematically, the requirement for rapid gas discharge being good due to the openings 8 in the region of the electrode elements, which are only shown schematically here is recognizable.
  • the gas bubbles, not shown here flow upwards in the vertical direction due to their reduced specific weight compared to the anolyte 12 and are collected and forwarded there by collecting devices, not shown here.
  • a corresponding process also takes place on the opposite side of the membrane 11 by means of the cathodically switched electrode T; however, it should be noted here that the cathodic electrode is arranged at a distance from the membrane for the purpose of mass exchange and stability of the membrane, for example is supported by spacer elements 13 with respect to the ion exchange membrane 11 in order to achieve a distance in the range of 1 to 3 mm; However, it is also possible to use pressure difference to form a distance between the membrane and the cathodic electrode.
  • gas bubbles are discharged in a vertical direction from the catholyte 14, a gas collection device (not shown here) likewise being provided.
  • the fragmentary cell vessel containing anolyte and catholyte is designated by reference number 15.
  • the membrane cell arrangement is particularly suitable for electrolysis cells for generating chlorine, but it can also be used for generating hydrogen / oxygen.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un agencement d'électrode pour des processus électrolytiques formant des gaz dans des cellules à membrane, qui présente une lame plane contenant des éléments lamellaires (2) d'électrode, les éléments d'électrode adjacents étant séparés les uns des autres par une fente (3). Afin que les gaz puissent mieux se dégager de la zone électrode-membrane, les éléments lamellaires d'électrode sont munis d'une structure en métal déployé dont les ouvertures facilitent le passage des gaz. Les éléments d'électrode comportent des arêtes supérieures (4) coudées qui permettent un dégagement vertical des gaz. L'agencement d'électrode s'utilise principalement sous forme d'électrode connectée de manière anodique, en appui direct sur la membrane échangeuse d'ions, mais il peut également s'utiliser sous forme de cathode, placée à distance de la membrane.
EP94906164A 1993-03-05 1994-01-28 Agencement d'electrode pour processus electrolytiques formant des gaz dans des cellules a membrane ou a diaphragme Expired - Lifetime EP0687312B1 (fr)

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DE4306889A DE4306889C1 (de) 1993-03-05 1993-03-05 Elektrodenanordnung für gasbildende elektrolytische Prozesse in Membran-Zellen und deren Verwendung
DE4306889 1993-03-05
PCT/EP1994/000240 WO1994020649A1 (fr) 1993-03-05 1994-01-28 Agencement d'electrode pour processus electrolytiques formant des gaz dans des cellules a membrane, et son utilisation

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BR (1) BR9405884A (fr)
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ES (1) ES2097032T3 (fr)
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