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Cell-Room Design

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Abstract

In their design and construction, electrochemical plants differ from ordinary chemical plants in several ways:

  1. 1

    by the major importance of electrical supply and its conversion to direct current;

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    by the fact that the electrolyzers and the fluids they contain are parts of electrical circuits;

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    by the unique considerations that apply to the electrolysis area.

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  1. Independent Consultant Media, Pennsylvania, USA

    Thomas F. O’Brien

  2. Independent Consultant Grand Island, New York, USA

    Tilak V. Bommaraju

  3. Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan

    Fumio Hine (Professor Emeritus)

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O’Brien, T.F., Bommaraju, T.V., Hine, F. (2005). Cell-Room Design. In: Handbook of Chlor-Alkali Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48624-5_8

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