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Electrolyzer


An electrolyzer is an assembled apparatus, typically of a filter-press type, operating under pressure, consisting of compressed end plates and bipolar electrodes separated by insulating gaskets; during passage of direct current through them, hydrogen is released on the cathode side, and oxygen on the anode side

Source: Order of the State Industrial Safety Supervision of Russia dated 06.06.2003 No. 75 "On Approval of Safety Rules for Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis" (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia on 19.06.2003 No. 4780)

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