What is the optimal temperature control for a zero-gap electrolyzer?
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What is the optimal temperature control for a zero-gap electrolyzer? What effects do too high or too low levels have on the electrolyzer? What is the optimal temperature to maintain for E-173? What effects do too high or too low levels have on the electrolyzer?
The cell temperature is maintained at 87–88°C under full load. A low cell temperature results in a high cell voltage, while a high cell temperature causes the coatings on the anode and cathode to become passivated and the ion membrane to deteriorate, leading to an increase in cell voltage.
The temperature should not exceed 89; the minimum and maximum values are 87. Either too high or too low a temperature reduces the service life of the ion membrane, it also affects the coatings on the electrodes, and the voltage tends to increase. For the ion membranes that have just been replaced, the voltage is 2.80, while for those that haven’t been replaced it’s 3.27. The membranes need to be replaced every four years.