摘要 |
<p>FLOW OF ELECTROLYTE THROUGH ELECTROLYTIC CELLS This invention provides an electrode system which includes a vessel with an ion-permeable wall, a current feeder within the vessel spaced apart from the ion-permeable wall, and a plurality of electrically conductive particles free to move within a region between the current feeder and the ionpermeable wall. The said particles constitute, in use, a particulate electrode. The vessel incorporates at its base a flow distributor which comprises at least one channel discharging into the interior of the vessel, the channel or channels being so arranged that, when the electrode system is in use, a fluid discharged into the vessel through the flow distributor debouches into the vessel in a direction away from the ionpermeable wall towards one or more surfaces in, or forming part of, the vessel, and is deflected by said one or more surfaces towards the ion-permeable wall.</p> |