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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Srinivasan Sarangapani, Walpole, MA (US);
Tilak Bommaraju, Grand Island, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A process for separating chlorine gas from a mixture with other gases is disclosed. In the process, chlorine gas, either as an impure gas or as dissolved gas in hydrochloric acid, is reduced at the cathode of an electrochemical cell to form chloride ions, which are discharged at the anode of the same cell as pure chlorine gas. An apparatus for performing the process is also disclosed.