摘要:
In a process for making chlorine electrolytically in which a build-up of nitrogen trichloride occurs in the bottoms of cooling apparatus, a method and apparatus is provided wherein the nitrogen trichloride is dissolved in an organic solvent such as carbon tetrachloride, the chlorine removed, and the solution treated to destroy the otherwise hazardous nitrogen trichloride. The solvent is then separated and recycled to avoid environmentally undesirable waste products.
摘要:
Initial cell voltages are reduced by decreasing the resistance of the diaphragm through a degassing procedure prior to or at installation thereof. This degassing procedure involves subjecting the diaphragm to subatmospheric pressure while contacting the diaphragm with electrolyte, said electrolyte being an aqueous saline solution having a surface active agent therein in an amount sufficient to reduce the surface tension below the critical surface tension for wetting the fibers, and increasing the pressure to atmospheric or cell working pressure to force electrolyte solution into the interstices of the diaphragm.
摘要:
Synthetic-fiber diaphragms are further improved by incorporating in the diaphragm an effective proportion of a suitable inorganic material such as TiO.sub.2, BaSO.sub.4 or K.sub.2 Ti.sub.8 O.sub.17, which is more hydrophilic than the fluoropolymer forming the diaphragm. This is done either by mixing the inorganic material with the resin before it is made into fiber or by supplying sub-micron-sized particles of the inorganic material, during or even after diaphragm formation. A principal benefit is that this lowers the cell voltage which is required during an initial period (up to about 300 hours) of the operation of a chlor-alkali cell provided with such a diaphragm, making it possible to avoid such drawbacks as suffering an initial period of low production or the necessity of providing external cooling to the cell during such an initial period.
摘要翻译:合成纤维隔膜通过在隔膜中结合有效比例的合适的无机材料例如TiO 2,BaSO 4或K 2 Ti 8 O 17,比形成隔膜的氟聚合物更亲水,进一步改进。 这可以通过在制成纤维之前将无机材料与树脂混合,或者在隔膜形成期间或甚至在隔膜形成之后通过供应亚微米级的无机材料颗粒来完成。 主要的好处是这降低了在设置有这种隔膜的氯碱电池的操作的初始阶段(高达约300小时)期间所需的电池电压,使得可以避免诸如遭受初始 在生产初期或在这样的初始阶段对电池提供外部冷却的必要性。
摘要:
In an electrolytic cell for the production of halogen and caustic from an aqueous alkali metal halide solution containing anode and cathode compartments separated by a diaphragm an improved diaphragm is provided. The diaphragm is a porous sheet material made of a tetrafluoroethylene polymer having a low amorphous content and a micro-structure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils having a porosity of about 50 to 90 percent and a very tortuous path of interconnection. The improved diaphragm has an extremely long service life.
摘要:
Small quantities of metal ions can be removed from an aqueous solution by subjecting the solution to an electric current in the presence of an anode and a fibrous metal cathode. The invention also provides an electrolytic apparatus having such electrodes. The process is particularly adaptable to the removal of mercury contamination from liquid brine streams.
摘要:
A ferrous metal cathode used in a chlor-alkali electrolytic cell has a metallic coating deposited thereon. The metallic coating is applied by either flame spraying or plasma spraying a powdered metal onto the ferrous metal surface. The metals which are utilized are those having a lower hydrogen overvoltage than iron.
摘要:
Fibers about micron size in cross-section of certain fluorine-containing polymers can be treated after being deposited as a diaphragm, either during operation or separately before installation, so that they develop a 0.25-millimeter-thick ply on either side of a central body which is substantially different in chemical composition. This yields a diaphragm 1 to 5 millimeters thick which has a Mullen burst strength approximately three to five times greater than that of an untreated diaphragm (20-25 pounds per square inch versus 5 to 7 pounds per square inch) and a remarkably improved service life in the treated diaphragm (200 days and up) in comparison with such untreated diaphragm (30 days or less). Use of a polymer based upon a major proportion of chlorotrifluoroethylene appears to be required. This discovery is economically significant, in that it is an essential element in the technology of the replacement of asbestos diaphragms now used with a synthetic material. Health-hazard and pollution-control considerations have made it desirable to replace asbestos, and this invention provides the key to the solution of the problem.Moreover, a synthetic-polymer diaphragm has two significant advantages that an asbestos one lacks--it will withstand washing or cleaning with an acid solution, and it does not swell in service and resists erosion, so that a closer electrode spacing can be used and the cell voltage can thus be lower.
摘要:
Fibers about micron size in cross-section of certain fluorine-containing polymers can be treated after being deposited as a diaphragm, either during operation or separately before installation, so that they develop a 0.25-millimeter-thick ply on either side of a central body which is substantially different in chemical composition. This yields a diaphragm 1 to 5 millimeters thick which has a Mullen burst strength approximately three to five times greater than that of an untreated diaphragm (20-25 pounds per square inch versus 5 to 7 pounds per square inch) and a remarkably improved service life in the treated diaphragm (200 days and up) in comparison with such untreated diaphragm (30 days or less). Use of a polymer based upon a major proportion of chlorotrifluoroethylene appears to be required. This discovery is economically significant, in that it is an essential element in the technology of the replacement of asbestos diaphragms now used with a synthetic material. Health-hazard and pollution-control considerations have made it desirable to replace asbestos, and this invention provides the key to the solution of the problem. Moreover, a synthetic-polymer diaphragm has two significant advantages that an asbestos one lacks--it will withstand washing or cleaning with an acid solution, and it does not swell in service and resists erosion, so that a closer electrode spacing can be used and the cell voltage can thus be lower.
摘要:
Brine from a conventional treatment process is pre-filtered prior to the electrolysis of same by a method which includes the steps of: (a) heating the brine, (b) adding sodium carbonate thereto, (c) stirring the solution, (d) allowing the solution to settle, and (e) passing the solution through an absolute membrane filter. The filter "polishes" the brine feed by removing the high hardness ions.
摘要:
Discrete thermoplastic fibers of fluorohydrocarbons and other self-bonding thermoplastic fibers are deployed as separators or diaphragms in electrochemical cells.