摘要 |
PURPOSE:To keep the flow velocity of a reactant practically constant and to enable a well-balanced power source design by forming an electrode with a porous plate or a reticular plate, and uniformly passing an electrolyte contg. the reactant through the inside of the electrode. CONSTITUTION:One electrode 6 between a couple electrodes 5 and 6 is formed with a liq.-permeable porous plate or reticular plate in the org. electrochemical reaction vessel, and the other electrode 5 is formed by the impermeable plate. Alternatively, both electrodes 5 and 6 are formed with a liq.-permeable plate. A couple of electrode plates 5 and 6 are arranged in parallel at a desired distance from each other, and connected by a collector rod 8 to form a bipolar electrode. The bipolar electrodes are arranged in parallel in the reaction vessel to narrowly separate the inside of the vessel into the passages for an electrolyte, and connected in series. The electrolyte 9 contg. the reactant is introduced between the bipolar electrodes, passed through the insides of the electrodes 5 and 6, introduced into the adjacent electrolytic cells 17 and 18, and then discharged from an outlet 16. |