The Chemistry of Ozone Formation

Ozone can be produced photochemically with UV light or with electrical discharges (corona discharges) in an oxygen-filled atmosphere. Thanks to our own patented technique, our equipment uses the advantages of corona discharge to the maximum. Air or oxygen is channelled between two electrodes and then subjected to electronic discharges. The oxygen atoms are then partly atomized and form ozone when free oxygen molecules react with the oxygen molecules present.

The electrons in the discharge supply energy to dissociate the atoms in the oxygen molecule:

O2 + e- => O0 + O0

These free atoms react directly with each other or with oxygen molecules to form ozone:

O2 + O0 => O3

Ozone is a naturally occurring compound in which three atoms of oxygen are combined to form the ozone molecule (O3). Oxygen most commonly exists as two oxygen atoms (O2). Ozone is formed when energy from ultraviolet (UV) light or electrical discharge break the O2 bonds, forming single oxygen atoms which recombine with O2 molecules to form ozone. O3greenwalker generates ozone by high voltage electrical discharge (corona discharge).