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Re: Interesting ozone production data



Hi David,

It is interesting to note that in my test, with a 26000 ohm arc at about
200mA, the voltage per inch in the 5 inch arc, may have only been 1000
volts per inch.  Perhaps that is below the ozone production voltage.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 07:33 PM 03/15/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Yeah, I saw this one also and posted a url a few days ago. If you look at
>the equation, you will notice that Frequency and Voltage are great
>contributors, NOT heat. I have done simple tests with two electrodes
>insulted with LDPE and a TC (spark gap type) with 3-4 inch discharge (low
>voltage, for a TC!) and with using the very unscientific method of "sniff
>test" it seems to be a very good producer of O3. I still "think" that NOx
>may thrive under higher temp discharge, but haven't found any thing to
>verify that. 
>
>Regards,
>
>David Trimmell
>
>At 04:44 PM 3/14/00 , you wrote:
>>Original Poster: "Ruud de Graaf" <rdegraaf-at-daxis.nl> 
>>
>>Hi All,
>> 
>>Today I searched the net for 'ozone production' and I found:
>><http://www.esb.ucp.pt/~bungah/disinfec/ozprod.htm>http://www.esb.ucp.pt/~b
>>ungah/disinfec/ozprod.htm
>> 
>>The most important ozone enemy seems to be...... HEAT! Unfortenately this is
>>also our enemy (melting spark gap, bad quencing)! This aspect is in line with
>>my own experience until now (low energy and temp>high ozone production, high
>>energy and temp>low ozone production.
>> 
>>We better place those gaps in air-tight boxes guys!
>> 
>>Ruud
>>Greetings from Holland  
>> 
>>
>>
>


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