Re: ozone-generators (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:48:48 -0400
From: "Mark S. Rzeszotarski, Ph.D." <msr7@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ozone-generators (fwd)



Greetings All:
   A basic ozone generator is described in U.S. patent # 3,198,726.   It
briefly discusses preventing oxides of nitrogen.  You can download it at
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html.  Search by the patent number, and
include the commas in the patent number.
Regards,

> >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.

Mark S. Rzeszotarski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology
Case Western Reserve University
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. 44109-1998