摘要:
An electrolysis cell for chlor-alkali electrolysis, having an anode half-cell, a cathode half-cell and a cation exchange membrane that separates the anode half-cell and the cathode half-cell from one another, an anode arranged in the anode half-cell for evolution of chlorine, an oxygen-consuming electrode arranged in the cathode half-cell as the cathode, a catholyte space which is formed between the cation exchange membrane and the oxygen-consuming cathode, and through which electrolyte flows, a gas space adjoining the oxygen-consuming electrode at a surface facing away from the catholyte space, a conduit for supply of gaseous oxygen to this gas space, a second cathode for generation of hydrogen arranged within the catholyte space and at least one conduit for purging of the gas space with inert gas, enables flexible use of power in a method in which, when power supply is low, the oxygen-consuming electrode is supplied with gaseous oxygen and oxygen is reduced at the oxygen-consuming electrode at a first cell voltage, and when power supply is high, the oxygen-consuming electrode is not supplied with oxygen and hydrogen is generated at the second cathode at a second cell voltage which is higher than the first cell voltage.
摘要:
In an apparatus, comprising a plant for the electrothermic preparation of ethyne from coal or a hydrocarbon-containing gas providing a hydrogen-containing gas, a plant for the production of iron by reduction of oxidic iron ores, and at least one gas conduit which feeds the hydrogen-containing gas from the plant for the electrothermic preparation of ethyne as reducing agent to the plant for the production of iron by reduction of oxidic iron ores, electric energy can be utilized for the production of iron from oxidic iron ores by feeding a hydrogen-containing gas, obtained in the electrothermic preparation of ethyne from coal or a hydrocarbon-containing gas, as reducing agent to the plant for the production of iron by reduction of oxidic iron ores.
摘要:
An apparatus for chlor-alkali electrolysis, comprising a cathode half-cell, an oxygen-consuming electrode arranged therein, a conduit for supply of gaseous oxygen to the cathode half-cell and a conduit for purging the cathode half-cell with inert gas, enables the flexible use of power by a method in which chlorine is produced in the apparatus by chlor-alkali electrolysis, wherein, when power supply is low, the oxygen-consuming electrode is supplied with gaseous oxygen, and oxygen is reduced at the oxygen-consuming electrode at a first cell voltage, and when power supply is high, the oxygen-consuming electrode is not supplied with any oxygen, and hydrogen is generated at the cathode at a second cell voltage which is higher than the first cell voltage.