MODELING COUPLED TRANSFERS IN AN INDUSTRIAL FLUORINE ELECTROLYZER

The construction of efficient electrolysers requires a detailed knowle dge of the mass flows, currents and temperatures in the cell. The pape r describes three successive models designed for modelling transfers i n an industrial electrolysis cell for fluorine production. The conserv ation laws for charge, mass and energy are approximated by use of a Ga lerkin finite element code. The solution of coupled transfers is neces sary to describe the thermal behaviour of the cell. The method used he re may be extended to the modelling of other electrochemical cells.