US 12,435,434 B2
Method for conditioning an electrolysis system
Dennis F. van der Vliet, Skokie, IL (US); Chunqing Liu, Arlington Heights, IL (US); and Xueliang Dong, Schaumburg, IL (US)
Assigned to UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed by UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/046,587.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/267,803, filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0250545 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. C25B 15/021 (2021.01); C25B 1/04 (2021.01); C25B 9/21 (2021.01); C25B 9/23 (2021.01); C25B 9/67 (2021.01); C25B 11/081 (2021.01); C25B 13/02 (2006.01); C25B 13/04 (2021.01)
CPC C25B 15/021 (2021.01) [C25B 1/04 (2013.01); C25B 9/21 (2021.01); C25B 9/23 (2021.01); C25B 9/67 (2021.01); C25B 11/081 (2021.01); C25B 13/02 (2013.01); C25B 13/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of conditioning an electrolysis system comprising:
providing the electrolysis system comprising:
at least one cell comprising a cathode electrode, an anode electrode, and an ionically conductive membrane positioned between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode,
conditioning the electrolysis system by heating an electrolysis feed, the electrolysis system, or both at a conditioning temperature higher than a desired operating temperature for a time in a range of about 30 minutes to about 100 hours; and
reducing a temperature of the electrolysis feed, the electrolysis system, or both to the desired operating temperature.