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Ralph E. White

Selected Works

2015

Electrolysis

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Parallel Plate Electrochemical Reactor Model, Ralph E. White, Mike Bain, Mike Raible Mar 2015

Parallel Plate Electrochemical Reactor Model, Ralph E. White, Mike Bain, Mike Raible

Ralph E. White

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Predicting Shunt Currents In Stacks Of Bipolar Plate Cells With Conducting Manifolds, H. S. Burney, Ralph E. White Mar 2015

Predicting Shunt Currents In Stacks Of Bipolar Plate Cells With Conducting Manifolds, H. S. Burney, Ralph E. White

Ralph E. White

A method is presented for predicting shunt currents in stacks of bipolar plate cells with conducting manifolds. The method is based on the requirement that the potential drop through the solution in a manifold be large enough to force current to leave the solution and to enter the conducting manifold. The current that leaves the solution in the manifold enters the conducting manifold at the anode end of the stack and returns to the solution at the cathode end. This could cause catastrophic failure of a manifold.


Using Parameter Estimation Techniques With A Simple Model Of A Diaphragm-Type Electrolyzer To Predict The Electrical Energy Cost For Naoh Production, John Van Zee, Ralph E. White Mar 2015

Using Parameter Estimation Techniques With A Simple Model Of A Diaphragm-Type Electrolyzer To Predict The Electrical Energy Cost For Naoh Production, John Van Zee, Ralph E. White

Ralph E. White

Predictions of the electrical energy cost for NaOH production are determined as a function of the independent operating variables and diaphragm characterizing properties. The predictions are based on data from a statistically designed experiment, a simple model of a diaphragm-type electrolyzer, a simple model of the cell voltage losses, and parameter estimation techniques. The data were obtained over a sufficiently large range of operating conditions so that the resulting design equation may be industrially useful. The simple model of the diaphragm is based on the mass transport of the hydroxyl ion, a linear potential gradient, and is presented in terms …