Decreasing the Energy Consumption of the CO2 Electrolysis Process Using a Magnetic Field

2021 ◽  
pp. 2427-2433
Author(s):  
Saket S. Bhargava ◽  
Daniel Azmoodeh ◽  
Xinyi Chen ◽  
Emiliana R. Cofell ◽  
Anne Marie Esposito ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 279 ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Tang Xia ◽  
Xiao Yan Xiang ◽  
Wen Qiang Yang ◽  
Jian Guo Yin

Because of distinctive properties, such as dendritic structure, high green strength, and low oxygen content, electrolytic copper powder has been widely used in aviation, aerospace, national defense industry and other domains. But at present, energy consumption of the electrolysis process in copper powder production is high, and the current efficiency is only about 90%. Therefore,the decrease in energy consumption of the electrolysis process has become the major bottlenecks in the development of the enterprises. In this paper, a new electrolysis cell with different electrolyte inlet arranged on the cell was manufactured. Then, the effect of flow pattern of electrolyte on the current efficiency, energy consumption and properties of copper powder was investigated. The experimental results showed that the electrolytic process had the higher current efficiency, lower energy consumption and smaller copper powders when the flow rate is 0.5l/min in the paralleled inlet and 1.5 l/min in the traditional inlet. Under the optimal conditions, the current efficiency, energy consumption and copper powder size were 99.10%, 712.90kw∙h/t and 47.80um respectively. This means an obvious rise in current efficiency and decrease in energy consumption compared to traditional feeding method.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-542
Author(s):  
Isana Supiah Yosephine Louise ◽  
Siti Marwati ◽  
S. Sulistyani ◽  
Heru Pratomo Al ◽  
Felix Arie Setiawan

Improving the efficiency of hydrogen gas production in the water electrolysis process draws great attention from many scholars. To improve the efficiency of the process and reduction in the cost, stainless steel has been widely implemented in the industrial water electrolysis process. Electrolyte modification is also one of the methods to improve the water electrolysis process. The study used Dioscorea opposita tuber flour as a media addition in an alkaline solution. The efficiency of water electrolysis was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry. The result showed that the activity of the electrode and energy consumption were increased with values of 29 and 23%, respectively, by adding 3 g of the media. However, no media addition showed the lowest energy consumption regarding overpotential value. In general, the Dioscorea opposita tuber flour tends to cover the electrode and reduce the activity. Moreover, the utilization of wastewater from Dioscorea opposita flour industry is still beneficial to produce hydrogen gas instead of using freshwater.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Nelson Saksono ◽  
Fakhrian Abqari ◽  
Setijo Bismo

Plasma electrolysis technology applications in Chlor-Alkali process productionChlor-alkali industry sector is one of the important industrial sectorsin chemical industry. However, the chlor-alkali industry is one of the industry sectors that consume the most electrical energy due to the production using the methodof electrolysis. Plasma electrolysis is an electrolysis process with high voltage so that produce the glow discharge plasma in electrolyte solution. This method can be applied in the production of chlor-alkali and can reduce energy consumption several times. This research is aimed to observe the plasma electrolysis method in producing chlorine gas and also to measure the electricity consumption needed in chlor-alkali production process. This study was conducted by using plasma electrolysis reactor equipped by electrodes and cooling system. Process variables observed are voltage, NaCl concntration, and anode depth. Result of this research shows that the increase of all variables will cause the increase of chlorine gas production. The highest chlorine gas production is 1.44 mmol for 15 minutes at 400 V and 0.15 M NaCl solution where the anode position is at the surface of solution. Energy consumption of the process reaches 284 kJ/mmol Cl2, which is 38 times lower than electrolysis process in the same reactor configuration.Keywords: electrolysis, plasma electrolysis, production of chlor-alkali AbstrakIndustri klor-alkali merupakan salah satu industri penting dalam industri kimia dengan konsumsi energi listrik yang tinggi karena proses produksinya menggunakan metode elektrolisis. Elektrolisis plasma merupakan proses elektrolisis dengan tegangan yang jauh lebih tinggi sehingga terbentuk lecutan api listrik pada larutan elektrolit. Metode ini dapat diterapkan dalam aplikasi produksi klor-alkali dan mampu mengurangi konsumsi energi listrik hingga beberapa kali lipat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji metode elektrolisis plasma dalam menghasilkan gas klor serta mengukur konsumsi energi listrik yang dibutuhkan dalam proses produksi klor-alkali. Penelitian dilakukan menggunakan reaktor elektrolisis plasma yang telah dilengkapi elektroda dan sistem pendingin. Variabel proses yang diamati meliputi tegangan, konsentrasi NaCl, dan kedalaman anoda. Hasil percobaan menunjukkan kenaikan produksi gas klor dengan meningkatnya tegangan, konsentrasi NaCl dan kedalaman anoda. Produksi gas klor tertinggi adalah sebesar 1,44 mmol yang diperoleh selama 15 menit proses pada tegangan 400 V dan konsentrasi NaCl 0,15 M dimana posisi anoda pada permukaan larutan. Konsumsi energi listrik mencapai 284 kJ/mmol Cl2 yang berarti 38 kali lebih rendah dibanding proses elektrolisis dalam konfigurasi reaktor yang sama.Kata kunci: elektrolisis, elektrolisis plasma, produksi klor-alkali


2020 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 01020
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar Sidheshware ◽  
S Ganesan ◽  
Virendra K Bhojwani

A research on different refrigerants with and without influence of the magnetic field is provided in this paper. The magnetic field degree viz is four gauss. The condenser exit row was 3000, 6000, 9000 and 12000 gauss. Magnetic fields at condenser exit lines are found to reduce the consumption of the compressor energy. Through applying magnet fields on R134a, compressor energy savings was observed up to 1.35%, 6.23%, 5.40% and 4.19%, respectively, in gauss levels of 3000, 6000, 9000 and 12000, while R152a savings in energy levels were up 13.10%, 15.59% and 25.86% and R407a saving in power up to 7.3%, 9.19%, 13.05% and 12.40%. The coolant R152a saves energy in contrast to other coolant compressors. As the magnetic field strength increases, a vapor refrigeration system decreases the energy consumption of the compressor.


2014 ◽  
Vol 789 ◽  
pp. 355-361
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Hui Min Meng

A new method of an oxygen depolarization gas diffusion electrode (GDE) is proposed to reduce the energy consumption of the electrolysis process for electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD). Substitute oxygen reduction reaction for hydrogen evolution reaction can reduce energy consumption, avoid acid mist, improve working environment, as well as reduce hidden danger. The effect of temperature on electrodeposition was researched. The results show that the cell voltage and the energy consumption of new method by using GDE (Pt/C type) is 4/5-2/3 of that by using Cu or Pt cathode at 40-90°C. The current efficiency is up to 95%, when the temperature is greater than 70°C. The optimum temperature of the new electrolysis process is 80°C, while the life span reaches 400 h. The as-gained EMD belongs to γ-MnO2 when temperature reaches 60°C. The performance of EMD fulfills the industrial requirements when the temperature reaches 70°C. By greatly influence the dissolution rate of Ni net, temperature affects the life span of GDE.


2021 ◽  
Vol MA2021-01 (26) ◽  
pp. 942-942
Author(s):  
Saket Bhargava ◽  
Daniel Azmoodeh ◽  
Xinyi Chen ◽  
Emiliana R. Cofell ◽  
Anne Marie Esposito ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
K.V. Kirilenko

In the context of rising energy costs and the need to use new energy sources, works aimed at raising the surface temperature of heat radiators with reduced energy consumption are of particular importance, and it is especially important if these processes are also accompanied by the effects of self-stabilization. Bulk materials do not possess these properties. However, materials whose dielectric matrix is also an active element can provide up to 10 - 30% of the thermal energy that will be released in the material, thereby increasing the surface temperature and without increasing energy consumption. Therefore, the study of composite materials with different matrices is relevant. This article the influence of the matrix material on the electrical properties of composite materials was examined. It was established that the microstructure morphology of resistive materials changes significantly depending on the matrix type. In composites based on matrix AlN, for the entire range of concentrations HfC, conducting cluster is formed with a metallic conductivity. For composite systems Al2O3-HfC and Si3N4-HfC thermoactivated hopping conduction between nearest neighboring states observed. Thus, for materials based on Si3N4 matrix at temperatures up to 300°C observed reduction of charge carriers concentration with increasing temperature. The approximation of the temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity was carried out on the basis of the following possible variants of the nature of the electrical conductivity, namely: jump conductivity (nonlocalized states, localized states in the tails of conduction and valence bands, localized states near the Fermi level), tunneling. It can be assumed that the formation of conductive clusters occurred under the influence of two factors: magnetic field and mechanical loading. When using the AlN matrix, the influence of the magnetic field on the structure formation is smallest. This conclusion can be drawn from the fact that the formed conductive clusters have the appearance of a linear chain structure.


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