Aqueous HCl electrolysis utilizing an oxygen reducing cathode

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 757-762

  Mohammadi, F ^a   Ashrafizadeh, S N ^b   Sattari, A ^b  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aqueous HCl; CCE; Electrolysis; MEA; Membrane; Oxygen reducing cathode

Indexed keywords

ANOLYTES; APPLIED CURRENT; AQUEOUS HCL; CELL VOLTAGES; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIMENSIONALLY STABLE ANODES; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IN-CELL; MEMBRANE ELECTROLYSIS; OXYGEN FLOW RATES; OXYGEN REDUCING CATHODE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; TAGUCHI;

CHLORINE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; OXYGEN;

ELECTROLYSIS;

EID: 71949100656     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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