Title:
ELECTROLYSIS CELL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/056463
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electrolysis cell (1) for chlor-alkali or alkaline water electrolysis comprising two cell elements (2) each defining an electrode chamber (3) by providing a back wall (4) and sidewalls (5) of the electrode chambers (3), and a sheet-like separator (6) being interposed in a joint (7) between the two cell elements (2) and providing a separating wall (8) between the electrode chambers (3), wherein an electrode (9) and an electrode support unit (10) is accommodated in each of the electrode chambers (3), wherein the electrode support units (10) provide an electrical connection between the back wall (4) and the electrode (9) in each of the electrode chambers (3), wherein the electrodes (9) are in direct contact with the sheet-like separator (6), and wherein at least in one of the electrode chambers (3) the electrical connection between the back wall (4) and the electrode support unit (10) and/or between the electrode support unit (10) and the electrode (9) is provided by means of a surface contact connection (11).
Inventors:
TOROS PETER (DE)
AUSTENFELD SEBASTIAN (DE)
AUSTENFELD SEBASTIAN (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2023/074299
Publication Date:
May 02, 2024
Filing Date:
September 05, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THYSSENKRUPP NUCERA AG & CO KGAA (DE)
International Classes:
C25B9/19; C25B9/65
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2014167048A1 | 2014-10-16 |
Foreign References:
| US20030047446A1 | 2003-03-13 | |||
| DE102019219027A1 | 2021-06-10 | |||
| US6282774B1 | 2001-09-04 | |||
| US4732660A | 1988-03-22 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
THYSSENKRUPP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH (DE)
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