Electrochemical reactor designs

Newman, J. S., Electrochemical Reactor Design, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey (1973)... 

D. J. Pickett, Electrochemical Reactor Design, Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1977. 

Recent developments in material science, electrochemical reactor design, and electrocatalysis have led to an increasing number of electrolytic applications in the area of effluent treatment. These developments have allowed electrochemical treatment processes to become competitive with physicochemical and biological processes, in terms of both capital and operating costs. Some cost-competitive cases of electrochemical pollution control have appeared in the literature over the past several years [1-6]. 

DJ Pickett. Electrochemical Reactor Design. Amsterdam Elsevier, 1979. 

Electrochemical reactor design is ideally a good compromise between capital and power costs. The power consumption of a cell or reactor is the most important single factor needed to evaluate its performance. Both the powar production and chemical process industries, (CPI), involve heat and electrical energy in a similar fundamental way, and so are governed by the second law of thermodynamics. The second law actually imposes an absolute natural limitation on the efficiency of any energy transformation, and therefore it provides a reliable standard with which to compare and control practical operations (30) (31) (32). 

Numerous electrochemical reactor designs have been described in the literature for the removal and recovery of a range of dissolved metals from both synthetic and industrial process streams. Many of these have been developed into successful pilot- and full scale devices as indicated in this paper. In addition to the choice of reactor design (which includes decisions regarding electrode geometry and electrode/electrolyte motion), the following operational factors are seen to be important ... 

Classical electrochemical reactor designs invariably evolved from direct scale-up of simple laboratory electrolysis experiments. The most common example of this concept is the tank cell where an array of electrodes is immersed in a plastic or metal tank. More sophisticated versions involve a variety of approaches to enhancing convection, by rapid stirring, rotating or moving electrodes or improving geometry with plate and frame or filter-press-type cells. 

Pickett, D.J. Electrochemical Reactor Design Elsevier Amsterdam, 1979. 

Electrochemical Reactor Design for the Oxidation of Organic Pollutants... 

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