Abstract: Method for the gastight and liquid-tight installation of oxygen consuming electrodes in an electrolysis apparatus, and electrolysis apparatus for use in chloralkali electrolysis, in which particular regions are covered with an additional film having a composition comparable to the oxygen-consuming electrodes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 13, 2016
Date of Patent:
October 5, 2021
Assignees:
Covestro Deutschland AG, Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (Italia) S.R.L.
Inventors:
Andreas Bulan, Michael Großholz, Randolf Kiefer, Peter Woltering
Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of retrofitting of a membrane electrolysis cell, wherein a rigid cathode is shaped by plastic deformation of the regions in correspondence of cathodic supports; a pre-shaped conductive elastic element having compressed regions in correspondence of said cathodic supports is overlaid onto said rigid cathode; a flexible planar cathode provided with a catalytic coating is overlaid onto said conductive elastic element. The invention also concerns a correspondingly retrofitted electrolysis cell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 10, 2014
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2017
Assignee:
THYSSENKRUPP UHDE CHLORINE ENGINEERS (ITALIA) S.R.L.
Inventors:
Fulvio Federico, Dmitri Donst, Peter Woltering, Dirk Hoormann, Philipp Hoffmann, Michele Perego, Alessandro Fiorucci, Christoph Hohenberger
Abstract: What is proposed is an apparatus for conducting an electrolysis with an oxygen depolarized cathode, comprising: (a) an electrolyzer 1 which (b) is connected on the reactant side via an inlet control valve 2 to an oxygen source 3, and (c) on the product side has at least one off gas line 4, (d) which has at least one pressure regulator (PT) 5, at least one gas analyzer (QI) 6, at least one flow regulator (FT) 7 and at least one outlet control valve 8, wherein (e) the pressure regulator 5 controls the inlet control valve 2, (f) the gas analyzer 6 controls the flow regulator 7 or the outlet control valve 8 and/or (g) the flow regulator 7 controls the outlet control valve 8.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 2014
Date of Patent:
October 10, 2017
Assignee:
Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (Italia) S.r.l.
Inventors:
Gregor Polcyn, Philip Hofmann, Stephan Köberle, Dirk Hoormann, Peter Woltering, Dmitri Donst, Jens Wilhelm Kuhlmann, Peter Toros, Frank Funck, Sebastian Austenfeld, Jörg Wilfried Kolbe
Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of retrofitting of a membrane electrolysis cell, wherein a rigid cathode is shaped by plastic deformation of the regions in correspondence of cathodic supports; a pre-shaped conductive elastic element having compressed regions in correspondence of said cathodic supports is overlaid onto said rigid cathode; a flexible planar cathode provided with a catalytic coating is overlaid onto said conductive elastic element. The invention also concerns a correspondingly retrofitted electrolysis cell.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 10, 2014
Publication date:
February 4, 2016
Applicant:
Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (Italia) S.r.l.
Inventors:
Federico FULVIO, Dmitri DONST, Peter WOLTERING, Dirk HOORMANN, Philippe HOFFMANN, Michele PEREGO, Alessandro FIORUCCI, Christoph HOHENBERGER
Abstract: In the case of a process for the manufacture of contact strips, in particular for electrolyzers (membrane cells), the objective is to provide a solution that allows to create a cheap but also extremely efficient method for the manufacture of such contact strips at a high electrical efficiency. This objective is achieved by applying the roll bonding method to attach a copper strip to a titanium strip.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 30, 2008
Date of Patent:
January 26, 2016
Assignee:
THYSSENKRUPP UHDE CHLORINE ENGINEERS (ITALIA) S.R.L
Inventors:
Steffen Köhler, Hans-Jürgen Kunz, Karl Heinz Dulle, Peter Woltering, Heinz Sibum