| 摘要 |
Economical, pollution-free treatment of textiles occurs in a low voltage electrochemical cell (30) that mercerizes (or scours), sours, and optionally bleaches with effluents and without the purchase of bulk caustic, neutralizing acids, or bleaches. The cell (30) produces base in the cathodic chamber (38) for mercerization and an equivalent amount of acid in the anodic chamber (36) for neutralizing the fabric. Gas diffusion electrodes (32, 34) are used for one or both electrodes and may simultaneously generate hydrogen peroxide for bleaching. The preferred configuration is a stack of bipolar electrodes, in which one or both of the anode (32) and cathode (34) are gas diffusion electrodes, and where no hydrogen gas is evolved at the cathode (34). |
