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Engineering Physics International Conference, EPIC 2016
Dynamic Model of Chloralkali Membrane Process
T Budiarto a , E Esche a , J U Repke a , E Leksono b
a Process Dynamics and Operations Group, DBTA , Technische Universität Berlin, Str. des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany *
b Engineering Physics Group, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Str. Ganesha 10, 40132 Bandung, Indonesia †
Abstract
Chloralkali is one of the most important and energy intensive pr ocesses in the chemical industry. The process produces chlorine through
electrochemical conversion. The process’s energy consumption is a major production cost for the chloralkali industry. Since the demand for
energy efficiency and environmentally friendl y processes in industry increases, ion exchange membranes are used intensively in the process.
One of the prospective energy sources for this process is rene wable energy, which shows strong fluctuations and highly unpredic table
behavior. Dynamic behavior of the process becomes important to m easure and predict the feasibility of the process. Therefore, m odelling of
the process dynamics is required. Rigorous m odel of material balance and voltage balance of the process are developed and inves tigated in this
paper. The material transport phenomena inside the electrolyser are modelled considering a number of driving forces. The develo ped model
also predicts the voltage and current density of the cell. The process simulation result is compared to experime ntal data.
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Keywords: chloralkali; dynamic model; electrochem ical process; demand response potential
1. Introduction
By now, renewable energy has become an important compone nt of Germany’s energy mix. In 2014, renewable sources
amounted to 26.2% of power generation, a nd this is increasing further due to the German Government requiring the renewable
energy share in power generation to reach 40 - 45% by 2025 a nd 55 - 60% by 2035 [14]. The anourmous share of renewable
energy introduces its dynamic characteristics in to the whole power grid. An integration with energy storage systems is one of t he
possible solutions for fluctuating power generation. Unfort unately, the power generation ha s reached the limit of energy
storage’s capacity and the produced electricity needs to be consum ed in order to save the integrity of the power grid. This
condition causes electricity prices to fall below zero. Another possible solution for the overproduction of electricity is a de mand
response scheme. The chemical industry emerge s as one of the potential energy consumers for the latter. Chlorine is one of the
most indispensable intermediates in the ch emical industry. It is comm only produced through the chloralkali process, which is an
electrochemical process that decomposes an aqueous solution of sodium chloride by direct current, producing chlorine gas,
hydrogen gas, and sodium hydroxide soluti on. The process’ energy consumption dom inates the production costs. Given the
large-scale introduction of renewable energy sources in Germany’ s electrical grid, both energy suppliers as well as consumers
must adjust to an increasingly flexible market. Therefore, dynamic operation of the process has become a new issue in recent
discussions.
In a previous paper [17], the dynamic characteristic of a chlo ralkali process has been modelle d. The model assumed that the
driving force for ion diffusion through the membrane is just the concentration gradient. Toshikat su Sata [18] explained the
significance of the electric potential gradient as an additional driving force of the ionic transport through the ion exchange
membrane. In this paper, the process m odel includes the electric potential as a majo r driving force for ion transport through t he
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* Thomas Budiarto. E-mail address: [email protected] ; Erik Esche. E-mail address: [email protected] ;
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membrane. The model is compared with expe rimental data from reference [4]. The dyna mic behavior of the chloralkali process
is simulated in order to understand the dynamic response of the chloralkali process to an incr ease of the current density.
2. The Process Model
The chloralkali process consists of two half-cells, which are known as anode cell and cathode cell. In the anode cell,
oxidation of chloride ions takes place. A nd electrons are driven towards the cathode by an external electric potential. Within the
cathode cell, the transferred electrons redu ce hydronium ions. The chemical reactions, which are considered in the developed
model, can be expressed as:

Anode cell: 2Na + + 2Cl -  Cl 2 + 2Na + + 2e -
2Cl -  Cl 2 + 2e -

Cathode cell: 2H 2 O + 2e -  H 2(g) + OH -
Na + + OH -  NaOH (aq)

Total reaction: 2H 2 O + 2NaCl  H 2(g) + Cl 2(g) + 2NaOH (aq)

The developed model consists of material balances for all ions , liquids and gases and the energy balance in terms of voltage
in the electrochemical cell. Figure 1 illustrates the process, which is modelled in this study.

Fig. 1 Diagram of chlor-alkali model
The reactor was modelled as a continuously stirred tank reactor , which makes the electrolyte concentration uniform in each
cell compartment. The material balance considers sodium ions , hydroxide ions, water, and chlo ride. The liquid volume of each
half cell is assumed to be constant. Based on Faraday’s Law, re dox reaction rates in the chlor-al kali cell are estimated with t he
following expressions:

F
A i
N
H
Ca tO u t
2
2
⋅
=

( 1 )

F
A i
N
Cl
AnOut
2
2
⋅
=

( 2 )
wherein
N

is the molar rate of production in kmol/s, and subscript CatOut and AnOut denote cathode outlet and anode outlet
respectively. The model assumes that the current efficiency is 100%, so that the quantity of produced gas flows out of both
compartments is equal to the production rate of the gases. The other parallel reactions, which appear to be current inefficienc ies,
are neglected in this model. Tilak and Chen [2] mention that chlorine gas in the anode might dissolve in water to form soluble
chlorine, which hydrolyses to form HOCl and OCl - . Both of them react further to form ClO 3
- . However, based on reference [3],
the solubility of Chlorine in water and a solution of NaC l is be low 1% of the solution weight when the solution temperature is
above 20 o C. In accordance with [3], Fig. 2 shows that the solubility of chlorine in water, HC l solution, and NaCl solution
decreases with rising temperature and concen tration. Hence, the influence of these parallel reactions is minor compared to the
other chloralkali reactions, and can be neglected.

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Fig 2. Solubility of chlorine in water, hydrochloric acid, and sodi um chloride solutions, in accordance with reference [3].
2.1. Material balance
The developed model assumes that the process and ions tran sport between the anolyte and catholyte change the volume of
neither the catholyte nor anolyte, so that the accumulative volume of the catholyte and anolyte will be assumed to be constant,
by making the feed flow rate equal to the outlet flow rate.
2.1.1. Sodium ion balance
Sodium ions in the modelled process main ly originate from feeding electrolytes , which are NaCl and NaOH. The catholyte
feed is a lean solution of NaOH and the catholyte outlet has a higher concentration of NaOH. On the other side, the anode feed
has a high concentration of NaCl, and the anode outlet has a l ean concentration of NaCl. Some of the sodium ions (Na + ) in the
anolyte are driven through the membrane [18] . The following equations (Eq. 3, 4, and 5) formulate the sodium ion balance in the
cell.

() ( )

⎟
⎟
⎠

⎞
⎜
⎜
⎝

⎛ −
+
−
+
⋅ ⋅
⋅ ⋅
⋅ ⋅ + ⋅ − ⋅ =
δ
γ γ
δ δ
Na O H
Ca tA c c
Na Cl
AnAcc
Na
AnAcc
Na
Ca tA c c
Na
AnAcc Ce ll
Na
AnAcc
Na
mem Ca tO ut
Na
Ca tA c c Ca tI n
Na O H
Ca tI n
Na
Ca tA c c
C
C C
T R
V F C
D A V C V C
dt
dN ln ln
 
(3)

() ( )

⎟
⎟
⎠

⎞
⎜
⎜
⎝

⎛ −
+
−
+
⋅ ⋅
⋅ ⋅
⋅ ⋅ − ⋅ − ⋅ =
δ
γ γ
δ δ
Na O H
Ca tA c c
Na Cl
AnAcc
Na
AnAcc
Na
Ca tA c c
Na
AnAcc Ce ll
Na
AnAcc
Na
mem AnOut
Na
AnAcc AnIn
Na Cl
AnIn
Na
AnAcc
C
C C
T R
V F C
D A V C V C
dt
dN ln ln
 
(4)
The driving forces consist of gradients in the electrochemical potentials, which ar e the chemical potential and the electric
potential. The electric potential consists of a voltage differen ce between both electrodes, whic h produces an electric field th at
drives cations into the cathode’s direction and anions into th e anode’s direction. Sata [18] explained the cation flux through the
ion exchange membrane and presented the phenomenon in partial differential equations. The third term on the right hand of Eq.
3 and 4 are simplification of those equati ons. The simplification is acceptable since the electrochemical potentials gradients
across the membrane are assumed to be linear.
2.1.2. Hydroxide ion balance
The hydroxide ions are produced by the reduction reaction at the cathode, which breaks water into OH - and H 3 O + ions.
Based on Faraday’s Law, the OH - production rate is proportional to the electrolysi s current that represents the reaction rate.
Since the membrane is a cation exchange membrane, only cations can migrate through the membrane . In the practical case [19],
the membrane has an ion selectivity factor of at least 98% . The developed model, here, assumes th at the selectivity factor is
100%. The OH - ions then cease to exist in the anode compartm ent. Th e hydroxide ion balance in the developed model is written
as:

Ca tO ut
Ca tA c c
OH
Ca tA c c el
Ca tI n
Na O H
Ca tI n
OH
Ca tA c c
V
V
N
F
A i
V C
dt
dN   ⋅ −
⋅
+ ⋅ = 2
(5)

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2.1.3. Chloride balance
The chloride ions enter the anode compar tment along with the NaCl solution feed. Th e ions are consumed in the anolyte by
the oxidation reaction on the anode that produces chlorine gas. The reaction rate is estimated by counting the rate of electron s
taken by the chloride ion. The accumulated chloride ions in the anolyte is described by the following expression:

AnOut
AnAcc
Cl
AnAcc el
AnIn
Na Cl
AnIn
Cl
AnAcc
V
V
N
F
A i
V C
dt
dN   ⋅ −
⋅
− ⋅ = 2
(6)
2.2. Cell voltage
The chlor-alkali process consumes electri cal energy from an external power suppl y. The process energy consumption is
defined by overall cell voltage and the electrolysis current. The va lue of overall cell voltage is influenced by process variab les
and cell design, such as activities of the reactants, current density, temperature and distan ce between both electrodes and
membrane. In the developed model, the required cell voltage is the accumulation of the standard electrode potential, activation
overpotential, ohmic overpotential. This cell voltage model is described in the following equations:

ohm ac t ce l l E V
μ μ
+ + =
(7)

()
()
⎟
⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎜
⎝
⎛
⋅
⋅
⋅ ⋅
⋅
+ − ⋅ − =
−
Na Cl
AnAcc
H
an
Cl
an
Na OH
Ca tA c c
p
p
F
T R
T E
γ
γ
α
2
2
ln
2
)
25 ( 10 27 2 . 4 18 7 . 2
4
(8)

⎟
⎟
⎠

⎞
⎜
⎜
⎝

⎛
⋅ ⋅
⋅
+
⎟
⎟
⎠

⎞
⎜
⎜
⎝

⎛
− ⋅ ⋅
⋅
=
o
ca t
o
an
ac t
i
i
F
T R
i
i
F
T R ln
) ( 2
ln
) 1 ( 2
α α
μ
(9)

ce l l ohm
R A i ⋅ ⋅ =
μ
(10)

mem mem
Na OH
Ca tAc c Na OH
o
Na OH mem
Na
Ca tAc c
Na Cl
AnAcc Na Cl
o
Na Cl mem
Na
AnAcc
ce ll
K A
C K K A C
X
C K K A C
X
R
⋅
+
− ⋅ ⋅
Δ
+
− ⋅ ⋅
Δ
= 1
) ( ) (
(11)
The standard electrode potential was obtained from Nernst’ equa tion, that was adapted for the chlor-alkali case [20]. The
standard potential is the minimum potential to overcom e the e quilibrium potential of the redox reactions in the chloralkali
process. The activity coefficients in Eq. (8) were estimated by using a set of equations that was provided by Chandran et. al.
[20].
The activation overpotential is a cell voltage that drives the i ons in the cell. An increase in the cell’s current density resu lts in
a higher activation overpotential. This relation was formulat ed in Eq. 9. The exchange current density of anode ( i o
an ) and
cathode ( i o
cat ) in Eq. (9) were estimated by using [22]:

92 . 5 ) 203 . 0 ( ) 004 5 . 0 ( ) lo g (
2
− ⋅ + ⋅ − =
Na O H Na O H
o
ca t
m m i
(12)
The last part of overall cell voltage is the ohmic overpotential, which is related to the cell’s electric resistance and the cu rrent
density. Both activation and ohmic overpoten tial represent irreversible parts of the total energy consumption of the process,
which convert consumed electricity into heat.
3. Model Validation
The modelling and simulation process is shown by Fig.3. The equations are developed and integrated in the MOSAIC
modelling environment. Then, the devel oped model is simulated in MATL AB.

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Fig 3. Modelling and Simulation Process Diagram
A model validation was done by comparing st eady-state simulation data with experimental data provided by [4]. The model
is constructed in MOSAIC and then simulated in MATL AB. Dias [4] measured some vari ables from a laboratory-scale
chloralkali electrolyser to investigate and characterize the membra ne cell. The comparison results are expressed in Fig. 4. It
shows the polarization curve of the chloralkali cell model and th e chloralkali electrolyzer. These figures show that the trend in
polarization diagrams of both have similar trends, although there is an offset between the model values and the experimental
values.

Fig 4. Polarization diagram of chloralkali cell model and chloralkali cell electrolyzer
The offset emerges since the cell voltage model does not consider the hydrodynamics inside the cell compartment. Some
references [4], [6], [7], and [8] reporte d that the existence of bubbles inside the cell compartment influe nces the cell voltag e. Fig.
5(a) shows the influence of the gas void fraction in electrolyte on the cell voltage. Increases in the gas void fraction cause an
increase of the cell voltage – this phenome non also increases the difference between th e cell voltage and its theoretical value .
Some references [4], [6], [9], [10], [11], and [12] repor ted that increasing the volume ra te through the cell compartment
strengthens the electrolyte circulation and as a result, decreases the gas void effect due to improved gas removal. As expected ,
the offset between the model and experimental data is lowe r in the higher circulation rate, as shown in Fig. 5(b).

(a) (b)
Fig 5. (a) Cell voltage compared to gas void fraction; (b) Abso lute error (model bias) compared to gas void fraction
4. Simulation Results and Discussion
Simulations are conducted to investigate the dynamic response of the cell when the current density increases. In the
simulation, the cell model, w hich was validated, is scaled up to a commercial cell scale. The cell design and operation plan ar e
listed in Tab. 1. During the operation, the current density is increased from 1000 A/m 2 to 5000 A/m 2 , as shown by Fig. 6(b). The
electrolyte volume during the simulation is kept constant. Inlet and outlet volume rate s are also constant and balanced. The
process was started with concentration of NaCl and NaOH in 5 kmol/m 3 .

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Table 1. Simulation parameters
Process Parameter Value
[NaCl] at anode inlet (kmol/m 3 ) 5.13
[NaOH] at cathode inlet (kmol/m 3 ) 8.89
A el / Electrode dimension (m 2 ) 3.4
A mem / Membrane effective area (m 2 ) 3.4
AnI n
V

,
AnOu t
V

,
Ca t In
V

,
Ca t O u t
V

(m 3 /s) 1 x 10 -3
V Cat , V An / volume of electrolyte (m 3 ) 2.04 x 10 -2

α
0.5
D Na (m 2 /s) 1.58 x 10 -10
D H2O (m 2 /s) 1.5 x 10 -10
(V) 2.187
i (A/m 2 ) 1000 - 5000
K mem (Siemens) 1.11 x 10 4
R (m 3 .kPa/ K.kmol) 8.314
T (K) 348.0
0
an
i
(A/m 2 ) 12.5
The simulation results are shown by figures 6, 7 and 8. Fig. 6(a) shows that the sta ndard cell potential contributes the most t o
the energy cost of the chloralkali process. This part of the energy consumption is used for overcoming the redox reaction
potential of the chlor-alkali process.
In the low current density operation regime, activation over potential is the second biggest energy term after the ohmic
overpotential. The activation overpotential is part of the energy consumption that drives the redox reactions in the process. T he
quantity of the energy cost is a property of the electrode materi al and the activity of the reactants and products in the proce ss.
As the current density increases, the ohmic overpotential rise s and in the specific value of current density, its quantity
surpasses the activation potential. This is shown in Fig. 6(a), the ohmic overpoten tial increases along with current density.
Higher current density, which is demanded for increasing plant production rates, results in a lower efficiency and electrical
energy converted into heat. From the th ermodynamic point of view, this part of the energy consumption increases the entropy
generation. Both ohmic overpotential and ac tivation overpotential represent the irrevers ible energy part of the total energy co st.

(a) (b)
Fig 6. (a) Cell voltage and its distribution; (b) Current density of simulated chloralkali membrane cell.
0 0
Ca t An
E E −

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Fig 7. Decomposition potential, activation potential, and ohm ic potential of a chloralkali membrane cell, at       
The simulation also shows that the dynamic of production capac ity or current density insignificantly influenced the
concentration of the process reactants. A lthough concentration of the Chloride (Cl - ) in the anolyte is influenced by the
adjustment of the current density, the trend of reactants concen tration majorly follows the concentration of the process inlets and
their rate, which are strongly controllable. This phe nomenon can be seen in Fig. 8(a), (b), and (c).
As a summary, as shown by Fig. 7, the sp ecific energy cost of chlorine production is increased along with the increase of the
current density. The increase is mostly caused by the larger part of the irreversible energy c onsumption of the process. Though
the developed model does not consider the es calation of temperature due to heat generation in the process, the trend is clear , that
lower current density operation provides better e fficiency in the thermodynamic point of view.

Fig 8. Concentration of process reactants [kmol/m 3 ]: (1) Concentration of Cl - in anolyte, (2) Concentration of Na + in both anolyte and catholyte, (3)
concentration of OH - in catholyte
5. Conclusion
In order to investigate the demand response potential of the ch loralkali membrane process, a dynamic process model of the
chloralkali membrane process has been developed in the MOSA IC and MATL A B modeling environment.

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The increment of energy input in term of cu rrent density is simulated, and energy cost of the process is analyzed. The results
show that operation in higher current density increases irrevers ible part of the energy cost, which increases the specific en er gy
cost for production of Chlorine. Activity of the reactants, which is represented by concentration of the reactants, is
insignificantly influenced by the in crease of the current density.
For future work, modeling the process in the thermodynamic point of view can be us eful to extend the process modeling and
integrating the model with other system. Furthermore, it is also important to include the economic consideration in the process
performance analysis to quantify the demand response potential in the process.
6. Nomenclature
2 H
Ca t O u t
N

– production rate of H 2 in the cathode cell (kmol/s)
2 Cl
AnOu t
N


– production rate of Cl 2 in the anode cell (kmol/s)
I – electrolysis current (kA)
F – faraday constant : 96’485 (kCoulomb / kmol e - )
Ca tA c c
V
– accumulative volume of catholyte (m 3 )
Ca t I n
V

– volume rate of cathode inlet (m 3 /s)
Ca t O u t
V

– volume rate of cathode outlet (m 3 /s)
AnI n
V

– volume rate of anode inlet (m 3 /s)
AnOu t
V

– volume rate of anode outlet (m 3 /s)
Na
Ca t A cc
N
,
Na
AnAc c
N
– mo le quantity of Na + ion in catholyte a nd anolyte (kmol)
Na O H
Ca t I n
C
– concentration of NaOH in the catholyte feed (kmol/m 3 )
Na C l
AnIn
C
– concentration of NaCl in the anolyte feed (kmol/m 3 )
Na
AnAcc
C
– concentration of Na + ion in the anolyte (kmol/m 3 )
Na
Ca t A c c
C
– concentration of Na + ion in the catholyte (kmol/m 3 )
Ca t I n
V

,
AnI n
V

– feeding rate in the cathode and anode compartm ent (m 3 /s)
Ca t O u t
V

,
AnOu t
V

– outlet rate of the cathode and anode compartment (m 3 /s)
A – ion diffusion area in the membrane (10 -2 m 2 ),
D Na – diffusion coefficient of Na + ion in the membrane (4 x 10 -9 m 2 /s)[1]
δ
– membrane thickness (2.5 x 10 -4 m )[4]
OH
Ca t A c c
N
– mole quantity of OH - ion (kmol)
Na O H
Ca t I n
C
– concentration of NaOH in the catholyte feeding (kmol/m 3 )
Cl
AnAc c
N
– accumulated Cl- ion in the anode (kmol)
Na C l
AnIn
C
– concentration of NaCl in the anode feeding (kmol/m3)
ce l l
V
– cell voltage (Volt)
E – standard electrode potential (Volt)
ac t
μ
– activation overpotential (Volt)
ohm
μ
– Ohmic overpotential (Volt)
– standar electrode potential for anode and cathode (Volt)
α
– charge transfer coeffi cient (sym metry factor = 0.5)
T – temperature (K)
R – ideal gas constant : 0.008314 (m 3 .Pa/(K.km ol))
i
– current density (kA/m 2 )
0
an
i
– exchange current density of anode (kA/m 2 )
0
ca t
i
– exchange current density of cathode (kA/m 2 )
0 0
Ca t An
E E −

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Acknowledgements
This research is partly supported by LPDP, Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education , which is funding the doctoral study
of the researcher. And this material is also based upon work supported by the Process Dynamics and Operations Group at
Technische Universität Berlin , which also provides infrastructure and assistance for researching this topic.
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Why institutions use Plag.ai for originality review, entry 49

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