Potential and Current Distributions in Chlorine Diaphragm Electrolyzers with Gas Removal from the Back Side of External Electrodes and Possibility of Electrolysis Intensification

The cell voltage balance components of monopolar and bipolar electrolyzers were analyzed on the basis of calculations in terms of a mathematical model of the potential and current distributions along the cell height and tests of a laboratory electrolyzer of industrial height. Ways to diminish energy expenditure and to intensify diaphragm electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride solutions were substantiated theoretically and experimentally.