Proceedings

Ozone is receiving increasing attention in a number of market segments as a ‘clean’ chemical agent because it rapidly breaks down into oxygen, leaving no chlorine-based residues and leading to few disinfection by products. It is already widely used in the UK to reduce pesticide and endocrine-disrupting chemicals in municipal water drinking supplies. It is used in a wide range of other applications and has received FDA approval for use in the food industry.

Ozone currently accounts for about 1.5% of the wider, $22bn market for treatment and processing
equipment. The wider uptake of ozone is limited by the complexity, cost and inefficiency of current ozone generation systems. Clarizon has developed a breakthrough in electrochemical ozone generation (EOG) which should reduce capital costs for large systems to around those of UV radiation treatment systems and increase reliability, whilst achieving at least equivalent energy consumption. Hydrogen is generated as a by product and can be used to generate electricity in a combustion-engine generator or fuel cell, giving a clear energy advantage.

KEYWORDS: Cost; Efficiency; Electrochemistry; Electrochemical Ozone Generation; Ozone Generator; Water Treatment