The purpose of the present work was to investigate some properties of a propane electrode at ambient conditions. First, a search for suitable electrode was undertaken. Several ways of manufacturing porous carbon electrodes were tried and a satisfactory technique developed. The electrodes were then activated by incorporation of catalysts having known catalytic activity with hydrogen and ethylene. The potentialities of the catalysts chosen were assessed by exploratory work with a disc cell. Later, a modified cell was devised to permit measurement of concentration and volume change at constant pressure of reactants. The arrangement also allowed variation in, and measurement of, distance between electrodes. Next, detailed cell performance was investigated from physical and electrochemical measurements. Lastly, the results were discussed from the point of view of (a) mass balance or stoichiometry of reaction- from the quantity of reactants and electricity involved in the reaction (b) energy balance- from the energy input and output (c) ther-modynamics from the loss of open circuit potentials and (d) kinetics- from voltage polarisation on porous electrodes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:602231 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Jose, Vedasto Ruiz |
| Contributors | Long, V. D. |
| Publisher | Imperial College London |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/13339 |
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