Catalyst sieve electrode and production therewith of a directed flow in devices for electrochemical conversion of liquid materials

Claim 1

CATALYST SIEVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPACED APART ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SIEVE MEANS FORMING AN ELECTRODE INTERIOR THEREBETWEEN AND BEING PROVIDED WITH CURRENT TERMINAL MEANS, SAID SIEVE MEANS HAVING SIEVE FLOW PATH OPENINGS WITH A HYDRAULIC DIAMETER BETWEEN ABOUT 1-2000 MICRONS, AND INDIVIDUAL GRANULES OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE DIVIDED MATERIAL BEING LOOSELY DISPOSED IN DIRECT CONDUCTIVE CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER WITHIN SAID ELECTRODE INTERIOR BETWEEN SAID SIEVE MEANS, THE OPENINGS OF ONE OF SAID SIEVE MEANS WITH RESPECT TO THE OPENINGS OF THE OTHER SIEVE MEANS BEING OF NUMBER AND DIMENSION SUCH THAT WHEN THE ELECTRODE IS IMMERSED IN AN ELECTROLYTE LIQUID, ANY FLOW PENETRATION OF GAS BUBBLES THROUGH SAID ONE SIEVE MEANS FROM SAID INTERIOR TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE ELECTRODE IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY INHIBITED, WHILE LIQUID FLOW PENETRATION THERETHROUGH IS PERMITTED.