Patent ID: 7025868

Claim:
A system comprising a chemical oxygen iodine laser, where the system produces chlorine and alkaline peroxide for the chemical oxygen iodine laser that produces an alkali salt, the system comprising an electrolytic cell and a pre-treatment chamber configured to treat the alkali salt with chlorine to produce an alkali chloride, wherein the electrolytic cell comprises: an anode partition having an inlet configured to receive an aqueous solution of the alkali chloride, an anode configured to electrolyze the alkali chloride to produce chlorine and alkali ions, and an output configured to provide the chlorine; a cathode partition comprising a catholyte compartment and a gas plenum separated by a gas diffusion cathode, wherein the cathode is configured to reduce oxygen received from the gas plenum through the cathode in the catholyte compartment, and wherein the gas plenum is configured to re-circulate oxygen; and a cation exchange membrane separating the anode partition from the cathode partition, wherein the membrane is configured to allow the alkali ions to pass from the anode partition to the cathode partition to form alkaline peroxide in the cathode partition.