Patent ID: 9551076
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: C01B,C01D,C07C,C25B

Claim:
1. A tubular electrochemical reactor, comprising: a tubular gas chamber, a tubular gas dispersion tube, a cathode flow channel, a tubular cathode, a tubular separator, a tubular anode, a tubular anolyte chamber, a tubular anolyte chamber housing, a first and a second toroidal seat plate which form a first and a second end respectively of said tubular anolyte chamber, a first end plate, a second end plate, a first toroidal cathode current distributor and compression ferrule, a second toroidal cathode current distributor and compression ferrule, and wherein said tubular gas chamber resides within and is defined by the interior surface of said tubular gas dispersion tube, and wherein the exterior surface of said tubular gas dispersion tube forms the interior side of said cathode flow channel, and wherein the interior surface of said tubular separator forms the exterior side of said cathode flow channel, and wherein said tubular cathode resides within said cathode flow channel, and wherein the exterior surface of said tubular separator forms the interior side of said tubular anolyte chamber, and wherein the exterior side of said tubular anolyte chamber is formed by the interior surface of said tubular anolyte chamber housing, and wherein said tubular anode resides within said tubular anolyte chamber, wherein a second side of said first toroidal seat plate forms said first end of said tubular anolyte chamber by bridging a first end of said interior surface of said tubular anolyte chamber housing at an exterior portion of said first toroidal seat plate and a first end of said exterior surface of said tubular separator at an interior portion of said first toroidal seat plate, and wherein a first side of said second toroidal seat plate forms said second end of said tubular anolyte chamber by bridging a second end of said interior surface of said tubular anolyte chamber housing at an exterior portion of said second toroidal seat plate and a second end of said exterior surface of said tubular separator at an interior portion of said second toroidal seat plate, and wherein a second side of said first toroidal cathode current distributor and compression ferrule contacts a first end of said tubular cathode, and wherein said second side of said first toroidal cathode current distributor and compression ferrule bridges a first end of said tubular separator and a interior surface of said first toroidal seat plate, and wherein a first side of said second toroidal cathode current distributor and compression ferrule contacts a second end of said tubular cathode, and wherein said first side of said second toroidal cathode current distributor and compression ferrule bridges a second end of said tubular separator and a interior surface of said second toroidal seat plate, and wherein a second side of said first end plate forms a first end of said tubular gas chamber, and wherein said second side of said first end plate forms a first end of said tubular gas dispersion tube, and wherein said second side of said first end plate compresses said first toroidal cathode current distributor and compression ferrule between said second side of said first end plate and said first side of said first toroidal seat plate, and wherein a first side of said second end plate forms a second end of said tubular gas chamber, and wherein said first side of said second end plate forms a second end of said tubular gas dispersion tube, and wherein said first side of said second end plate compresses said second toroidal cathode current distributor and compression ferrule between said first side of said second end plate and a second side of said second toroidal seat plate.