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Electric field and potential determination for electrowinning cellswith bipolar electrodes by finite
difference models
Username Bittner, R.; Pagliero, A.; Salazar, L.; Valenzuela, M.
Industry Applications Conference, 1998. Thirty-Third IAS Annual Meeting. The 1998 IEEE
Volume 3, Issue , 12-15 Oct 1998 Page(s):1973 - 1980 vol.3
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/IAS.1998.729872
Summary:This paper is a contribution to the electric modeling of electrochemical cells. Specifically, cells for a
new copper electrowinning process, which uses bipolar electrodes, are studied. Electrowinning is used togeth
» Forgot your password? with solvent extraction and has gained great importance, due to its significant cost and environmental
advantages, as compared to other copper reduction methods. Current electrowinning cells use unipolar
Please remember to log out electrodes connected electrically in parallel. Instead, bipolar electrodes, are connected in series. They are als
when you have finished your called floating, because they are not wire-connected, but just immersed in the electrolyte. The main advantag
session. of this technology is that, for the same copper production, a cell requires a much lower DC current, as compar
with the unipolar case. This allows the cell to be supplied from a modular and compact PWM rectifier instead o
You must log in to access: a bulk high current thyristor rectifier, having a significant economic impact. In order to study the quality of the
Advanced or Author Search copper, finite difference algorithms in two dimensions are derived to obtain the distribution of the potential and
CrossRef Search the electric field inside the cell. Different geometrical configurations of cell and floating electrodes are analyzed
AbstractPlus Records The proposed method is a useful tool for analysis and design of electrowinning cells, reducing the time
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