Anode mounting member of fluorine electrolytic cell, fluorine electrolytic cell, and method for producing fluorine gas
An anode mounting member ( 16 ) of a fluorine electrolytic cell including: a plurality of stacked annular packings surrounding a sidewall of a cylindrical anode packing gland ( 14 ); a cylindrical exterior member ( 23 ) surrounding an outer periphery of the packings; and an annular fastening member ( 24 ) that fastens the plurality of packings and the exterior member ( 23 ) to the anode packing gland ( 14 ), wherein among the packings a first ceramic packing ( 17 ) is located at an end of the longitudinal direction on an electrolyte tank side, and a second resin packing ( 18 ) is adjacent to the first packing ( 17 ), central axes of the anode packing gland ( 14 ) and the exterior member ( 23 ) coincide, an inner diameter ( 17 r ) is 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm larger than an outer diameter ( 14 R), and an outer diameter ( 17 R) is 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm smaller than an inner diameter ( 23 r ).
1. An anode mounting member of a fluorine electrolytic cell comprising:
a plurality of annular packings which surround a sidewall of a cylindrical anode packing gland and are stacked along a longitudinal direction thereof;
a cylindrical exterior member which surrounds an outer periphery of the packings; and
an annular fastening member which fastens the packings and the exterior member to the anode packing gland,
wherein among the packings, a first packing which is located at an end of the longitudinal direction on an electrolyte tank side is made of a ceramic material, and a second packing which is adjacent to the first packing is made of resin,
central axes of the anode packing gland and the exterior member coincide,
an inner diameter of the first packing is 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm larger than an outer diameter of the anode packing gland, and
an outer diameter of the first packing is 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm smaller than an inner diameter of the exterior member.
2. The anode mounting member of a fluorine electrolytic cell according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first packing is made of one or more ceramic materials selected from alumina, calcium fluoride, potassium fluoride, yttria, and zirconia.
3. The anode mounting member of a fluorine electrolytic cell according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second packing is made of at least one or more resins selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene, tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer, polyvinylidene fluoride, polychlorotrifluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer, and fluororubber.
4. A fluorine electrolytic cell comprising:
the anode mounting member of a fluorine electrolytic cell according to claim 1 .
5. A method for producing fluorine gas,
wherein the fluorine electrolytic cell according to claim 4 is used.
6. The anode mounting member of a fluorine electrolytic cell according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the first packing is 0.2 to 1.5 times an inner diameter of the second packing.
7. The anode mounting member of a fluorine electrolytic cell according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the second packing is 1.0 mm to 10 mm.
8. The fluorine electrolytic cell according to claim 4 , comprising:
an anode;
a cylindrical anode packing gland; and
an electrolyte tank.
9. The method for producing fluorine gas according to claim 5 , comprising:
a step of electrolyzing a KF-2HF electrolyte to generate fluorine gas from an anode and hydrogen gas from a cathode.
10. The method for producing fluorine gas according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a step of replenishing hydrogen fluoride to the electrolyte.
11. The method for producing fluorine gas according to claim 9 ,
wherein oxygen is generated together with the fluorine gas.