Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrolytic enrichment method for heavy water
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Application No.: US14902363Application Date: 2014-07-24
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Publication No.: US09890062B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Akiyoshi Manabe , Yoshinori Nishiki , Akira Kunimatsu
- Applicant: INDUSTRIE DE NORA S.p.a.
- Applicant Address: IT Milan
- Assignee: INDUSTRIE DE NORA S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: INDUSTRIE DE NORA S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Milan
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-158735 20130731
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/065948 WO 20140724
- International Announcement: WO2015/014716 WO 20150205
- Main IPC: C02F1/46
- IPC: C02F1/46 ; C02F1/461 ; B01D59/40 ; C01B5/02 ; C25B1/04 ; C01B13/02

Abstract:
An electrolytic enrichment method for heavy water includes enriching heavy water by electrolysis using an alkaline water electrolysis cell including an anode chamber that holds an anode, a cathode chamber that holds a cathode, and a diaphragm. In the method, an electrolyte prepared by adding high-concentration alkaline water to raw material water containing heavy water is circularly supplied to the anode chamber and the cathode chamber from a circulation tank; an anode-side gas-liquid separator and an anode-side water-seal device are connected to the anode chamber, and a cathode-side gas-liquid separator and a cathode-side water-seal device are connected to the cathode chamber; and electrolysis is continued while the alkali concentration in the electrolyte supplied to both electrolysis chambers is maintained at a constant concentration by circularly supplying, to the circulation tank, the electrolyte from which the gas generated from the anode-side gas-liquid separator and the cathode-side gas-liquid separator is separated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160368789A1 ELECTROLYTIC ENRICHMENT METHOD FOR HEAVY WATER Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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