Aside from drinking water, what is ozone used for?
Ozone is also used to treat certain industrial wastewaters which contain either difficult to oxidize hazardous substances or are highly colored. The treatment of dye-laden waste streams from textile plants is a notable example. Ozone is also used to bleach pulp as an alternative to chlorine and chlorine dioxide. Ozone is also now being used in the food industry to treat wash water. Is Ozone Safe to use? While ozone is hazardous, it is detectable by smell at much lower concentrations than are harmful. Therefore, no death has ever been attributed to ozone itself. All industrial ozone systems include an ozone destruct system to treat the off-gas to ensure that ozone is not released to the atmosphere. How is Ozone Produced? Ozone is produced by exciting oxygen molecules in a silent corona discharge by passing an electrical current across a dielectric gap. Ozone may be produced from either air or oxygen. Air-based generators can only produce up to 2-3% ozone. Oxygen based generators can pro
