Re: ozone-generators (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:15:39 -0400
From: Luc Benard <ludev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ozone-generators (fwd)

Hi,

 From what I read and from experience NOx are favorised by arc ( power
arc produce a lot of NOx and really small amont of O3). By the way O3
is a good desinfectant but it's really bad for your organism, as soon
as O3 touch organic material ( exemple your lung ) it break in O2 and a
nasty thing call FREE RADICAL... that's why it's considered as a
poluant.

Cheers,

Luc Benard

On 14-Apr-04, at 11:04 AM, High Voltage list wrote:

> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:11:28 -0400
> From: G <bog@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: ozone-generators (fwd)
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> I was under the impression that smps' are used because they are
> cheaper. Similar to switching supplies for microwave ovens. High
> frequency may generate corona easier...? The NOx emissions seem to be
> caused by the extremely high currents/heats involved in the Tesla
> coil spark gap arcs. An efficient ozone unit would avoid arcs
> altogether.
>
> cya,
> Gregory
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>> Does anyone know how ozone generators are designed/built. I'ld like
>> to DIY
>> since I've got several NSTs for building Tesla Coils, but I'm
>> wondering
>> how the commercially available units avoid generating nitric oxides
>> (like
>> Tesla Coils do).
>>
>> Searching the web leads me to believe they typically use a high
>> frequency
>> inverter for HV, but its not clear whether this is just a low-cost way
>> of generating HV at very low current, or if high frequency is a part
>> of the
>> way to avoid generating the nitric-oxides.
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>> Pete Lawrence.
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