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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1991
Richard J Coin, Mentor, OH (US);
Joseph E Elliott, Painesville Township, Lake County, OH (US);
Eric J Rudd, Painesville, OH (US);
Anthony R Sacco, Mentor, OH (US);
Eltech Systems Corporation, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention resides in a process and apparatus for the electrolytic production of strong solutions of halogen oxyacids, more specifically for the production of such acids having a normality of about 0.1 to about 3.6 from the corresponding alkali metal salts of such acids. The present invention comprises establishing a solution of the corresponding alkali metal salt having a molar concentration less than that at which precipitation of said salt occurs. An electrolytic cell is provided comprising an anode compartment containing an anode, a cathode compartment containing a cathode, and a middle feed compartment intermediate the anode compartment and cathode compartment. The feed compartment is separated from the anode compartment by a diaphragm and from the cathode compartment by a cation-selective membrane. Means are provided for introducing said alkali metal salt solution into said middle feed compartment and for applying a voltage between the anode and cathode. Under the influence of the applied voltage, the alkali metal ions migrate through the cation-selective membrane to the cathode, reacting with hydroxyl ions to form alkali metal hydroxide, and the oxyhalogen ions migrate through the diaphragm to the anode reacting with protons to form halogen oxyacid. Means are provided for maintaining the cell at a temperature in the range of about 10.degree. C. to about 40.degree. C.