Catalysed ozone synthesis under pulse and surface discharge conditions

Aim of project
The aim of this project is to verify the possibility of increasing the concentration of ozone produced with the electroplasma method using active silica dielectric layers. In order to use the surface of these layers more eff ectively, the discharges should occur directly on them. Therefore, the discharges should be surface discharges. They can be produced using electrodes placed on or inside a dielectric material, and the process should be supplied with alternating current of enhanced frequency. The heat from the reaction zone will be absorbed and the surface concentration of oxygen will be high if the reactor walls are intensively cooled. Apart from surface discharges, pulse discharges, whose energy is more eff ectively used and hence less heat is
formed, will also be used as a supply of energy.

It seems particularly interesting to investigate the infl uence of each type of discharges, i.e. surface and pulse discharge, on the account of side-products, i.e. nitrogen oxides (especially nitrous oxide), which form during ozone synthesis when it is performed in air or a mixture of air enriched with oxygen.

Expected results
It is expected that when active layers are used, not only will the concentration of ozone be higher, but also energy effi ciency will increase. If this expectation is confi rmed by the studies, this method may be applied to increase the effi ciency of ozonizers.