Ozone Generation Using Plate Rotating Electrode Ozonizer- Effect Of Electrode Rotation And Discharge Analysis Method

An attempt to explain the phenomenon of the effect of electrode rotation on the ozone generation process is presented. A discharge photography method was applied and computer analysis method was used to find discharge differences between electrode rotational and non-rotational cases. The research presented shows that with electrode rotation the discharge was more uniform and the ozone generation efficiency increased about 15% compared to an ozonizer with a non-rotating electrode. In addition, during the research, the most suitable electrode rotational speed for the ozone generation process was estimated.     

Ozone Production Influenced by Increasing Gas Pressure in Multichannel Dielectric Barrier Discharge for Positive and Negative Pulse Modes

This paper describes the influence of gas pressure on the conversion of O₂ to O₃ and the ozone production efficiency in a multichannel dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor utilizing positive and negative pulses. Results show that conversion of O₂ to O₃ is continuously enhanced by the increase of gas pressure (0.1–0.24 MPa) while the rising speed of oxygen conversion with the increasing gas pressure at fixed specific input energy is reduced above 0.15 MPa. The maximum ozone generation efficiency is increased with increasing gas pressure (0–0.2 MPa) while positive pulse exhibits higher energy efficiency. The maximum ozone generation efficiency is suppressed with further increase of gas pressure (0.2–0.24 MPa) while no significant difference in ozone generation efficiency is observed for two unipolar pulse modes. Results also show that 0.2 MPa is the optimal working gas pressure to obtain the maximum ozone generation efficiency and increasing gas pressure would lead to remarkable increase of ozone generation efficiency for ozone production at high energy densities in multichannel DBD.     

Response Surface Methodology Applied to Ozone Generation

In this work, a strategy is presented to optimize the ozone generation by response surface methodology. A dielectric barrier discharge ozone generator was developed in which it is possible to control electrical current frequency and gas flow entering the generator. Response surface methodology was used to identify ozone generator optimum operational conditions, that is, those that permit considerable ozone productivity and high concentration of ozone gas.     

Optimizing Factors on High Concentration of Ozone Production with Dielectric Barrier Discharge

The gap distance, electrode material, voltage and gas flow velocity were optimized with gas pressure variation of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) for producing high concentration of ozone. There exists an optimum gas pressure at which the highest ozone concentration is produced with other parameters being fixed. This optimum gas pressure value changes accordingly as the other parameters changed. As the discharge continues at the optimum pressure, the ozone concentration could increase or decrease slowly. This aging effect has different characteristics with the metal electrode material and the impurity level of the oxygen gas used for ozone generation. The aging effect is supposed to be related with the catalytic effect of metal oxide, which is generated in the discharge zone. The change in the characteristic of optimum pressure by the other parameters, indicate that the ozone concentration is deeply related with the filament self-organization characteristics of DBD. At the final optimized condition, the ozone concentration was higher than 22.5 wt.%.     

Ozone decomposition on glass and silica

Ozone decomposition on glass and silica surfaces is studied by means of non‐porous particles in a fixed bed (sand, glass bead, crushed glass bead, silica). Influences of gas velocity, particle diameter and reactor volume are investigated. Ozone is produced by a silent discharge generator. A model considering the geometric characteristics of material is used so that the ozone decomposition rate per unit of surface area is identified. The decomposition reaction is represented by means of an apparent first‐order kinetic constant. The high dependency of the apparent kinetic constant on the surface area, for given flow rates, suggests that the ozone decomposition mechanism is not simple. Due to the values of the apparent first order kinetic constant, the existence of catalytic species produced by the ozone generator, as well as excited ozone and/or oxygen species, are considered, by means of several models, to explain the experimental results.     

A Study of Ozone Formation on the Surfaces of Electrodes

It had been previously thought that ozone production occurred in gaseous space, especially the space between electrodes. However, based on our research, we believe that may only be one of the ozone-producing processes. In this study, we aimed to confirm that a third body, which is present at the interface between oxygen gas and a metal electrode, works to compose ozone. Ozone was not observed in pure oxygen (400x10^?6 Nm³/min flow rate) when electrical discharge was supplied after approximately 6 months. The concentration of ozone increased (approximately 0.07 ppm) when nitrogen (approximately 20x10^?6 Nm³/min flow rate) was added to a gas-mixing chamber. A third body was required to produce ozone when an oxygen molecule and an oxygen atom collided. The same phenomenon was observed on the surface of a copper anode. A simulation confirmed this. Using an industrial ozone generator which utilized ceramic dielectrics and expanded metal electrodes, an increase in the temperature of the cooling water led to a proportional decrease in ozone concentration. After changing from the titanium electrode to a nickel electrode and an antimony electrode, we observed the difference in the enthalpy changes which were calculated using van't Hoff's formula. The antimony electrode increases the efficiency of the ozone generator to produce ozone. We have come to believe that ozone can be composed on the surface of a metal electrode.     

Characterization of the ozone zero phenomenon by infrared spectroscopy

The presence of a small amount of nitrogen in the feed gas is necessary to generate ozone efficiently out of oxygen. Operating an ozone generator with ultra-pure oxygen for extended periods results in highly deteriorated ozone generation efficiency. In extreme cases, when the nitrogen levels in the feed gas are in the lower ppm range, the efficiency of the ozone generation process even drops to zero. In this article, we present our results concerning the correlation between the N₂O₅ concentration in the off-gas and the ozone generation efficiency. After the ozone generator is run for a well-defined amount of time with an oxygen–nitrogen mixture, the N₂ supply is shut off, and the behavior of the system is monitored by near-infrared spectroscopy. Different surface materials lead to different temporal behavior of both the nitrogen oxide levels and the ozone concentration after shutting down the nitrogen supply. The measurements show a good correlation between the evolution of ozone generation efficiency and the changes of the N₂O₅ concentration in the off-gas.     

Development and Experimental Analysis of a New “Serpentine-Shape” Surface-DBD Ozone Generator—Comparison with a Cylindrical Volume-DBD Ozone Generator

Ozone generators used in the industry for water treatment are almost all based on volume dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). The generation of ozone by surface DBD is also possible. However, there are not enough studies devoted to this solution. The objective of this article is the development of a new patent-pending “serpentine” model in which the gas circulates in a channel having the shape of a serpentine. The developed model is made of 10 parallel channels engraved in a Bakelite plate of 4-mm thickness. The ground electrode is an adhesive aluminum tape placed on the lower surface of the plate, while the high voltage electrode is constituted of narrow tapes of 1-mm width of the same material, placed in the bottom of each channel. The surface DBD is produced inside each channel that measures 1-cm width, 3-mm depth, and 10-cm length. The obtained results showed that the ozone rate (in g/hr) is much higher in the case of surface DBD compared to a cylindrical volume-DBD generator, which is the most used reactor in ozone technology. Furthermore, the energy efficiency of the “serpentine” model is better than the cylindrical model.     

Cooling Conditions of Ozone Generators

The efficiency of ozone generators is determined by many factors. Operating conditions such as feed gas quality and especially cooling conditions are of utmost importance. Cooling of ozone generators is absolutely necessary, since ozone destruction reactions increase exponentially with temperature. The most common way to cool an ozone generator is water flowing in close contact to the electrodes. The heat removal out of the discharge gap depends on different parameters. Electrical input power, cooling water flow conditions, electrode geometry and material properties are some of them. Simultaneously lowering cooling water temperature, applied power density and gap width, leads to a lower gas temperature in the discharge gap and thus to increased ozone production efficiency. Minimizing the temperature difference between the cooling water inlet and outlet improves the ozone production efficiency as well. This measure, however, results in high cooling water flows and requires additional cooling water chilling, resulting in higher operational costs and capital expenses. Cooling associated costs rise disproportionally with increasing cooling water flow. Simultaneously, energy consumption of ozone generators decreases as the average cooling water temperature goes down. As a result, there exists an optimum between the operational and capital expenses for the combination of ozone generator and cooling water system related expenses, offering significant cost savings for the customer.     

Experimental Investigations On Production Of Excited Ozone Species From A Silent Discharge Ozone Generator

Ozone decomposition kinetics are investigated together with the influence of energy input to an ozone generator. Decomposition is considered in a solid bed reactor, a gas phase reactor and a bubbling reactor. Ozone is produced at the same concentration and gas flow rate using two methods: 1) from the generator at a higher power giving higher ozone concentration, then ozone is diluted by oxygen before entering the decomposition reactor, and 2) at a lower power without dilution.     

Development of a rotating ring-disc electrode for high temperature studies in cryolite-based melts

A compact rotating ring-disc electrode incorporating a molybdenum disc, gold ring and boron nitride insulator has been designed, constructed and evaluated in molten cryolite-based electrolytes at temperatures up to 1000°C and rotation rates between 0 and 2000 rpm. The electrode design is extremely versatile and relatively maintenance free, with no visible evidence of melt leakage at the ring-insulator and disc-insulator interfaces. The operating performance of the gold-molybdenum rotating ring-disc electrode was evaluated from collection efficiency measurements based on the dissolution of the disc surface and subsequent detection of soluble species transported to the ring. The observed collection efficiency was less than the theoretical value determined from the geometry of the electrode, primarily because of noncoplanarity of the electrode surface at the working temperature. The results confirm that the electrode should be useful for mechanistic studies in high temperature molten fluoride electrolytes.     

Experimental Study of Ozone Generation by Negative Corona Discharge in Mixtures of N2 and O2

Ozone generation by negative DC corona discharge in N₂-O₂ mixtures has been experimentally investigated using a coaxial wire-cylinder corona reactor operating at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The experiments have been carried out under different gas flows (15 cm³ min^?1 to 200 cm³ min^?1) and gas compositions (5% to 90% of O₂), and the effect of these parameters on the corona current, the ozone density and the efficiency of the ozone generator have been analyzed. The global rate coefficients for ozone formation and destruction have also been evaluated, and their values compared with those reported by other authors. The maximum efficiency for ozone production was found in gas mixtures with oxygen content about 70–80%.     

Medium frequency pulse train ozone generation

In this paper an ozone generation system that uses square bipolar pulses at 1900 Hz frequency (carrier signal) modulated with low frequency square wave is presented. The optimization of the carrier was done by sweeping the frequency from 500 to 2400 Hz and the duty cycle from 20 to 100 %, obtaining the best results at 1900 Hz and 80 % respectively. The experiment was done using a corona discharge generator with glass dielectric, 2 mm gap, water‐cooling at 26 °C and oxygen as the feed gas. Different levels of ozone production were obtained by changing the duty cycle of the modulator signal. The modulator signal works on a discrete way with whole numbers of pulses. The priority of the pulse polarity can be set so the beginning of the pulses may be either positive or negative. A dead time between pulse trains is always present with a minimum value of 10% of the modulator signal. The dead time contributes to the generator cooling because no energy is applied.

A comparative study between the proposed system and a 60 Hz traditional source generator shows an increase in the ozone concentration and ozone production rate, as well as a reduction of the voltage required to produce the corona discharge by using a pulse train at medium frequency.     

The Benefits of Small Quantities of Nitrogen in the Oxygen Feed to Ozone Generators

This paper reports the ozone generation in pulsed multichannel dielectric barrier discharge. The influence of nitrogen addition (0.1%–10%) on ozone concentration and ozone generation efficiency in nitrogen–oxygen gas mixtures is studied. Results show that adding 0.1% N₂ would not seriously increase the ozone production. Meanwhile, 1% N₂ content exhibits the highest ozone production efficiency in low SIE (J/L, defined as the ratio of power to gas flow rate) region (0–200 J/L) while adding 0.3% N₂ would lead to the highest ozone generation efficiency in high SIE region (300–800 J/L). The increase of ozone production induced by N₂ addition is more significant in low SIE region compared with that in high SIE region. At 100 J/L, ozone production efficiency increases 26.9% to 201.6 g/kWh with 1% N₂ addition when compared with that in oxygen. At 18 J/L, the observed maximum ozone generation efficiency reaches 252 g/kWh at 1.3 g/Nm³ with 1% N₂ addition. An increase of ozone production can be obtained with 0.3%–2% N₂ addition in all explored SIE ranges.     

Validation of Gas Flow Measurement During Ozone Generator Performance Testing

Key measurements for ozone generator efficiency testing include generator power, ozone concentration, and gas flow rate. Accurate gas flow measurement must address numerous issues such as: meter precision, meter calibration, gas density changes due to variations in molecular composition, and gas compression and expansion changes due to variation in temperature and pressure. Preferably, the gas flowmeter for performance testing is one that can be field-verified for accuracy. Orifice-plate, flow-tube and venturi differential pressure flowmeters have these characteristics and have been frequently used to obtain gas flow readings of record during ozone generator performance tests. This paper discusses the importance of field-verification, provides reference equations and example calculations, and presents issues and considerations for quality assurance.     

Electrochemical corrosion behavior of Al7075 rotating disc electrode in neutral solution containing <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">l</Emphasis>-glutamine as a green inhibitor

This is a study of the electrochemical corrosion behavior of aluminum alloy Al7075 and its corrosion inhibition using l-glutamine in 3.5% NaCl solution under different hydrodynamic conditions. The hydrodynamic conditions were simulated by using a rotating disc electrode. The results showed that an increase in rotation speed leads to a higher corrosion current density, while the charge transfer resistance decreases and corrosion potential shifts toward more positive values. The inhibition efficiency depends on rotation speed. That is, the efficiency was low in stagnant solution, but enhanced significantly under hydrodynamic conditions. The phenomenon was attributed to the increased mass transport of inhibitor’s molecules to the electrode surface that is advantageous for improvement of inhibition efficiency. However, higher rotation speeds (Ω ≥ 1,500 rpm) cause a slight reduction of efficiency due to higher shear stresses.     

Verification of Ozone Clusters (O6 & O9)

The use of silica gel for the storing of ozone was investigated. The ozone gas that was discharged from the silica gel was found to be different from normal ozone which is generated by the ozone generator that makes ozone with electric discharge. Ozone clusters could be synthesized by this method, which detaches ozone from silica get without requiring any additional energy. These ozone clusters didn't decompose at room temperature and atmospheric pressure over a half-day. We confirmed that the cluster was heavier than a heavy standard gas, the presence of clusters with an analysis using GC/MS, and the existence of ozone clusters by the bonding energy using a computer simulation by MOPAC.     

Ozone and Nitrogen Oxides Generation in Gas Flow Enhanced Hollow Needle to Plate Discharge In Air

Siemens made the first ozone generation system by corona discharge about hundred and fifty years ago. At present mainly two types of atmospheric pressure electrical discharges - corona discharge and dielectric barrier discharge are used for production of ozone. Another type of discharge, which can be used for this purpose, is multineedle to plate electrical discharge enhanced by the gas flow. Contrary to the conventional arrangement when the gas is flowing around the needles we studied the discharge in which the gas was pumped through the needles. Results of studies of ozone and nitrogen oxides production by DC electrical discharge in air at atmospheric pressure with a single hollow needle to plate electrode configuration enhanced by the flow of air through the needle for both polarities of the needle, different airflow rates and currents are presented in this paper.     

Research Note: Measurement of Ozone via an Indirect Gas Chromatography Method

Gas chromatography was used to measure the ozone concentration in oxygen produced by an ozone generator. In this indirect method, the ozone reacts with the coating of the capillary column and produces carbon dioxide, which is then detected. The primary methods of calibration for this technique were based on a wet-chemistry process and absorption of ultraviolet light. This finding also is important if the primary reason for using gas chromatography is detection of carbon dioxide, as artificially high readings of carbon dioxide would be measured in the presence of ozone. The method was tested for ozone concentrations of 3–70?mg/L but the method should also be applicable to higher concentrations.     

Technological parameters that influence the production of ozone in A .D. C. Corona discharfe

Experiments using dry oxygen in a wire–to–cylinder ozone generator, submitted to D.C. corona discharges show that technological parameters (diameter and composition of wire and cylinder, length of cell, gas flow and transit time of the gas) greatly influence ozone production. The cell geometry to be used depends on the polarity of the D.C. voltage applied to the wire and, for a predetermined design, the maximum ozone production rate will be obtained by seeking the most suitable gas flow. Lining up a series of optimized cells can give significant results.