US Patent Issued on Sept. 29 for "Production of chlorine, carbon monoxide and optionally hydrogen" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,507, issued on Sept. 29.

"Production of chlorine, carbon monoxide and optionally hydrogen" was invented by Andreas Bulan (Langenfeld, Germany), Juergen Kintrup (Emsdetten, Germany) and Alexander Lueken (Kaarst, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and an electrolysis device for the production of chlorine, carbon monoxide and optionally hydrogen via the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide and alkali chloride solution, wherein the carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide gas source (55) is electrochemically reduced at a gas diffusion electrode, designed as a cathode (11), in an aqueous alkali-c...