Electrochemical Membrane Incinerator

Patent Application · Tue Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:782810

Johnson, Dennis C; Houk, Linda L; Feng, Jianren

Electrochemical incineration of benzoquinone was evaluated as a model for the mineralization of carbon in toxic aromatic compounds. A Ti or Pt anode was coated with a film of the oxides of Ti, Ru, Sn and Sb. This quaternary metal oxide film was stable; elemental analysis of the electrolyzed solution indicated the concentration of these metal ions to be 3 {micro}g/L or less. The anode showed good reactivity for the electrochemical incineration of benzoquinone. The use of a dissolved salt matrix as the so-called ''supporting electrolyte'' was eliminated in favor of a solid-state electrolyte sandwiched between the anode and cathode.

• Research Organization: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-82
• Assignee: DOEGC
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A9206958
• Application Number: 9-206,958; TRN: AH200136%%109
• OSTI ID: 782810
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1998 Dec 08; Other Information: PBD: 8 Dec 1998; Supercedes report DE00782810; PBD: 8 Dec 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ANODES
AROMATICS
BENZOQUINONES
CARBON
COMBUSTION
ELECTROLYTES
INCINERATORS
MEMBRANES
MINERALIZATION
OXIDES