Blind current losses

The loss term, represented by Eq. (76), accounts for the oxygen generated chemically via Eq. (8), and for the blind current losses (BCLs) arising from the thermodynamically favored cathodic reduction of OCP and CIO3, as described by reactions (77) and (78). 

Hydrogen current inefficiency arises from the blind current losses (BCLs) from the discharge of available chlorine at the cathode, forming NaCl and NaOH. 

Product Purity. In chlor-alkali cells, there are two parasitic cathode reactions, which lead to blind current efficiency losses ... 

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