Electrolytic cell
Abstract
Abstract AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR THE ELECTROREFINING AND ELECTROWINNING OF METALS, NOTABLY COPPER. IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE USE OF HIGH CURRENT DENISITIES, WHILE STILL OBTAINING SATISFACTORY DEPOSITS OF METAL ON THE CATHODE ELECTRODES OF THE CELL, THERE IS PROVIDED AN ELECTROLYTEINFLOW SYSTEM WHICH DIRECTS FEED OF ELE CTROLYTE INTO THE CELL BETWEEN MUTUALLY ADJACENT ANODE AND CATHODE ELECTRODES ALONG THE LENGTH AND THE EFFECTIVE HEIGHT OF THE CELL TANK, WITH DISCHARGE OF ELECTROLYTE EITHER ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CELL TANK IN OPPOSITION TO THE FEED OR AT AN END OF THE CELL TANK, SO THAT FLOW OF ELECTROLYTE THROUGH THE CELL TAKES PLACE AT HIGH VELOCITY AND MINIMUM TURBULENCE BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE BROAD FACES THEREOF. D R A W I N G
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph M Lebrizzi
- 👤 Daniel M Lewis
- 👤 Kent F Marquardson
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