Patent ID: 6554978
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: C02F,C25B,Y02E

Abstract:
A high pressure electrolyser module comprising a series of stacked electrolysis chambers, each chamber being held within a first and a second ring-shaped holding frame, and each of said ring-shaped holding frames having an outer wall and an inner wall and a first and a second connecting surface, such that said second connecting surface of said first ring-shaped holding frame and said first connecting surface of said second ring-shaped holding frame are adjacent connecting surfaces, each of said ring-shaped holding frames further having circular shaped openings that form conduits for the supply of electrolyte and the removal of gas that is generated, wherein(1) said connecting surfaces of said ring-shaped frames have one or more elevations and/or one or more depressions in such a manner that in said adjacent connecting surfaces, said elevations fit in said depressions; (2) a flat gasket is placed between said adjacent connecting surfaces; (3) the distance between said outer wall and said circular shaped openings forming gas or electrolyte conduits is at least 1.5 cm; (4) the diameter of said conduits is in the range of from 1 cm to 3 cm.