| 摘要 |
A MULTICELL ASSEMBLY IS CONSTITUTED BY ALTERNATELY STACKING TWO TYPES OFPREASSEMBLED ELEMENTS: A BIPOLAR ELECTRODE HOLDING SUBASSEMBLY AND A MEMBRANE HOLDING SUBASSEMBLY. THE ALTERNATE STACK OF ELEMENTS IS PILED OVER A BOTTOM END ELEMENT AND THE STACK IS TERMINATED BY PLACING OVER THE LAST MEMBRANE HOLDING ELEMENT A TOP END ELECTRODE ELEMENT. EACH BIPOLAR PLATE ELECTRODE HOLDING ELEMENT AND EACH ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE SEPARATOR HOLDING ELEMENT INCLUDES A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR RECTANGULAR FRAME PIECE, MADE OF AN ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE AND CHEMICALLY RESISTANT MATERIAL, TYPICALLY OF MOLDED PLASTIC MATERIAL, HAVING ON ITS UPPER (ASSEMBLY) FACE GROOVES FOR RECEIVING O-RING TYPE GASKET MEANS, AND HAVING THROUGH HOLES AND RECESSES IN COORDINATED LOCATIONS DISPOSED ALONG TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE RECTANGULAR FRAME FORMING, UPON COMPLETION OF THE ASSEMBLING, DUCTS FOR THE SEPARATE CIRCULATION OF THE NEGATIVE ELECTROLYTE AND OF THE POSITIVE ELECTROLYTE THROUGH ALL THE NEGATIVE ELECTROLYTE FLOW CHAMBERS AND ALL POSITIVE ELECTROLYTE FLOW CHAMBERS, RESPECTIVELY, IN CASCADE. (FIG 1) |
