Krebskosmo Mercury Cells

The Krebskosmo cells [74] have steel bottoms with rubber-lined side channels, and brine flows over a weir to distribute it uniformly across the width of the cell. The anode stems are made of copper and are individually sealed to the rubber-lined steel top, using PTFE bellows. The anodes are supported in groups from steel frames, which may be adjusted manually or by electric motors. A pressure-operated switch in the mercury return line from the decomposer can shut the cells down, if the mercury pump fails. 

Copper or aluminum bus bars carry the electric current to the cell covers, and then by flexible copper straps to the anode rods. The short-circuiting switches are located beneath the cells and when the cell is short-circuited, the cell bottom also acts as a current conductor. A vertical amalgam decomposer is located at the end of each cell. 

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