Abstract An electrode for a flow-through type electrolytic cell which comprises: a frame spacer formed with a plate made of an insulating material and textile fabric made of carbon fibers disposed in the inner space of the spacer; said spacer and said textile fabric being held between a membrane and a collector plate so that an reactant flows through the inside the texture of the above textile fabric in one direction or in the reverse direction; said textile fabric being composed of thicker yarns of not finer than 5 metric counts and yarns finer than said thicker yarns which are disposed so as to cross said thicker yarns; and said textile fabric being fixed so that the thicker yarns are substantially in parallel with the flow direction of an aqueous solution of an reactant.
An electrode for a flow-through type electrolytic cell which comprises: a frame spacer formed with a plate made of an insulating material and textile fabric made of carbon fibers disposed in the inner space of the spacer; said spacer and said textile fabric being held between a membrane and a bipolar plate so that an electrolytic solution flows through the texture of the above textile fabric in one direction or in the reverse direction; said textile fabric being composed of thicker yarns of not finer than 5 metric counts and yarns finer than said thicker yarns which are disposed so as to cross said thicker yarns; and said textile fabric being fixed so that the thicker yarns are arranged adjacent to one another and substantially in parallel with the flow direction of a reactant, so as to form split paths between said adjacent thicker yarns.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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An electrode for a flow-through type electrolytic cell which comprises: a frame spacer formed with a plate made of an insulating material and textile fabric made of carbon fibers disposed in the inner space of the spacer; said spacer and said textile fabric being held between a membrane and a bipolar plate so that an electrolytic solution flows through the texture of the above textile fabric in one direction or in the reverse direction; said textile fabric being composed of thicker yarns of not finer than 5 metric counts and yarns finer than said thicker yarns which are disposed so as to cross said thicker yarns; and said textile fabric being fixed so that the thicker yarns are arranged adjacent to one another and substantially in parallel with the flow direction of a reactant, so as to form split paths between said adjacent thicker yarns.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the thicker yarns have 0.1 to 3.0 metric counts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The electrode according to claim 1, wherein the yarns finer than said thicker yarns are disposed so as to cross said thicker yarns at right angles.