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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Placido M Spaziante, Comano, CH;
Assignee:
Panclor S.A., Comano, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 95 ; 204 98 ; 204128 ; 204267 ;
Abstract
In a process for the electrolysis of sea water to produce hypochlorite in at least one electrolysis cell equipped with anodes and cathodes forming interelectrodic spaces, the improvement comprising admixing sea water before electrolysis with sufficient hypochlorite solution to substantially oxidize bromine, iodine and sulfur ion impurities to their elemental forms and an apparatus for said process. Preferably, the hypochlorite solution is recycled from an electrolysis cell and the ratio of recycle liquid to sea water is adjusted to increase the temperature of the sea water mixture to at least 9.6.degree. C.