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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1982
Sanders H Moore, Cleveland, TN (US);
Maurice R Smith, Cleveland, TN (US);
Olin Corporation, New Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
A process for removing chlorate ions from a recirculating anolyte brine as typically used in membrane chlor-alkali cells is disclosed. In this, a portion of the circulating brine after dechlorination and resaturation with additional alkali metal chloride is diverted and treated with an acidified aliphatic aldehyde to convert substantially all of the hypochlorite and chlorate to chlorine dioxide, chlorine gas and chloride ion. When performed in this manner, substantially lower quantities of acid are required as compared to prior art processes and the problems with the generation of excessive quantities of ClO.sub.2 are minimized.