16th Chlorine Symposium

NaCl-ODC electrolysis - future development

15th – 17th June, 2016 | Jörg Kolbe
thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers GmbH
Key statements

1. Five years of reliable operation in industrial plant scale and first commercial
plant

2. Operation at 6 kA/m² successfully realized

3. Improving the technology: better performance and lower price at once

16th Chlorine Symposium – Dortmund, Germany - 15th – 17th June 2016

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 1. Five years of reliable operation in industrial plant scale and first
commercial plant

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Strong and successful partnership with Covestro

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Successful market entry of NaCl-ODC technology
NaCl-ODC technology
Commercial plant
Demonstration Chinese market
Demonstration Indian market
Full industrial scale

Befar Group, Binzhou, China.

Grasim, Aditya Birla Nagda India
Covestro, Uerdingen Germany1) 2015
2013
2011 Capacity: 35,500 t/year Cl2
Market entry Current density: 4 kA/m²
Capacity: 20,000 t/year Cl2 Power consump.: 1,480 kWh/t NaOH2)
Current density: 4-4.5 kA/m²
Power consump.: 1,504 kWh/t NaOH1)

Five years of reliable operation in industrial plant scale

1) Average over 5 years, picture copyright of company Covestro 2) guaranteed values

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 2. Operation at 6 kA/m² successfully realized

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Path from 4.5 kA/m² to 6 kA/m² operation is challenging

6 kA/m²

4.5 kA/m²

Heat management

How to dissipate heat out of cell?

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Enhancement of a key component – a new percolator design
From 4.5 kA/m² to 6 kA/m² operation

NaOH 30%

O2
Anode

Percolator
Membrane
ODC

O2 Elastic element

Support structure
NaOH 32%

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Enhancement of a key component – a new percolator design
From 4.5 kA/m² to 6 kA/m² operation

New design
 Operating window

New design
Caustic flow in l/h

Current design

Percolator Current
design

Thickness of percolator
New percolator design fulfils demands for 6 kA/m² operation

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 3. Improving the technology:
technology: better performance and lower price at
once

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Continuous improving of our technology
How to improve a proven design?

Design 2017

Current design

Design Au coating Manufacturing Standardization Reduction of parts

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A C

1 2 3 D

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Continuous improving of our technology
Impressions

Elastic
element
Support
structure

Percolator

Significant lower power consumption and lower cell costs1)

1) Compared to previous NaCl-ODC cell design. Cell design is still in development status

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Power consumption of latest NaCl-ODC cell generation
at 6 kA/m² operation

Power consumption in kWh/t NaOH100%

2170
v3
2130
v4
2070
v5 2055
2020-
v5plus 2035
v6

15501)
ODC

1997 2005 2008 2011 2012 2016

Lower power consumption by NaCl-ODC technology
1) at 6 kA/m2 (90°C, 32 % NaOH).

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Summary

1. Five years of reliable operation in industrial plant scale and first commercial
plant

2. Operation at 6 kA/m² successfully realized

3. Improving the technology: better performance and lower price at once

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Thank you
for
your attention