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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Permelec Electrode Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ; C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
205466 ; 205468 ; 204265 ;
Abstract
A seawater electrolysis apparatus for generating hydrogen peroxide from seawater by electrolysis to thereby treat the seawater. The seawater electrolysis apparatus comprises an electrolytic cell, a gas diffusion electrode partitioning the electrolytic cell into a gas chamber and an electrolysis chamber, an insoluble metal electrode disposed in the electrolysis chamber as an anode, an inlet and an outlet for passing seawater through the electrolysis chamber, an inlet for supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the gas chamber, and means for passing and diffusing at least part of the gas supplied to the gas chamber passing through the gas diffusion electrode and into the seawater, respectively.