Method of and apparatus for circulating liquid metals in fused salt electrolysis
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD OF AND AN APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATING A LIQUID METAL IN FUSED SALT ELECTROLYSIS COMPRISING PASSING THE FUSE ALLOY OF THE CATHODE LIQUID METAL AND THE ELECTROLYTICALLY LIBERATED METAL BOTH COMING OUT OF THE CELL AND THE LIQUID METAL FOR CNTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CELL THROUGH A LIFT PIPE BY MAKING A MIXTURE OF AN INERT GAS AND THE LIQUID METALS BY THE JETTING FORCE OF THE GAS, SAID MIXTURE BEING SMALL IN SPECIFIC GRAVITY, LIFTING SAID LIQUID METALS INTO A HEAD TANK POSITIONED AT A LEVEL HIGH ENOUGH FOR RECIRCULATING THE LIQUID METALS, INTO THE ELECTROLYTIC CELL BY GRAVITY, SEPARATING THE LIQUID METALS FROM THE INERT GAS IN SAID HEAD TANK, RECIRCULATING THE LIQUID METAL NECESSARY FOR ELECTROLYSIS INTO THE CELL, CONDENSING AND SEPARATING THE ELECTROLYTICALLY LIBERATED METAL CONTAINED IN THE INERT GAS FROM THE GAS, AND RETURNING THE INERT GAS INTO THE LIFT PIPE FOR FURTHER USE BY CIRCULATION.
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- 👤 H Sakai
- 👤 M Arita
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