Patent ID: 7927470

Claim:
An electrolytic cell comprising: a first electrode having a first surface, the first electrode comprising a monolithic graphite plate that has been impregnated with one or more resins by a flow-through impregnation technique, the first surface comprising an outer periphery; a second electrode having a second surface, that opposes the first surface, the second electrode comprising a monolithic graphite plate that has been impregnated with one or more resins by a flow-through impregnation technique; an electrolytic reaction zone between the first surface and the opposing second surface; an inlet to the electrolytic reaction zone an outlet from the electrolytic reaction zone; an insulating spacer disposed between the first surface and the second surface, the insulating spacer comprising an outer peripheral edge that has a shape that corresponds to the shape of the outer periphery of the first surface; and an interior chamber bound by the first surface, the spacer, and the opposing second surface.