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Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen wrote:
Strange. By their own words, they definitely do elctrolysis of sodium chloride (snipped from raritan web site): My knowledge of chemistry is definitely that of a layman...Yes, sea water IS a sodium chloride solution...but I don't think I was too far off when I said the L/S creates hypochlorous acid by charging the ions in salt water with electrical current: "NaOCl + H2O -- NaOH + HOCl Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is formed when sodium hypochlorite reacts with water." But what I THINK you're missing is...the Lectra/San is not a "cell" to which current is continuously applied and from which treated waste is discharged while that's happening. The L/S is only a two-chambered container of salt water and waste to which current is applied for only 2 minutes after each toilet flush...during which time waste is NOT discharged--it only discharges when new incoming waste from the toilet into the first chamber displaces an equal amount of treated waste from the second chamber...by which time the solution has reverted to sea water again as described in the last step of the process: "HCl + NaOH -- H2O + NaCl The hydrochloric acid reacts with the sodium hydroxide to form salt and water" (again). And a bit you neglected to include: "The hydrogen formed at the cathode bubbles off into the atmosphere. The water and salt by-products are eventually discharged into the receiving waters." So as I understand it, other than the amount of voltage, what happens in a Lectra/San--and its impact on the environment--is really no different from what happens in the immediate surrounding waters when a lightning strike hits the ocean...both are very temporary. -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1 |
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