Ozone Air Purification
What you need to know!
Ozone purification is a very powerful disinfectant treatment most common ways to quickly remove airborne contaminants, viruses and odours from homes, offices, and even cars. operating rooms in hospitals, clean rooms or many other critical points… This method of disinfection has several advantages:
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It's a more powerful Bactericide and Virucide than Chlorine.
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It's deodorising and eliminates bad odours.
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Ecological treatment: It doesn't leave residues on surfaces.
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It's more efficient: Gets into spaces that the human eye doesn't see
What is ozone?
We know you didn’t come here for a chemistry lesson but if you want to understand ozone you’re going to have to bare with us while we get into the details a little. Don’t worry, it’s really not that complicated and there’s no exam!
Ready? Here we go...
Ozone is made of oxygen molecules. The type of oxygen we are most familiar with, the kind we breathe every day is actually dioxygen or “02” which is made of two oxygen molecules. (Technically speaking, we don’t actually breathe individual oxygen molecules, we breathe dioxygen)
Ozone is simply three oxygen molecules, or “O3” In the science world, ozone is referred to as “trioxygen”. This third oxygen molecule is unstable and only shares a loose connection with the other two molecules. Therefore, it will easily attach itself to pollution, especially high-odour pollutants like smoke. It can also attach itself to viruses, bacteria, mold spores, and organic matter. After it attaches to pollutants, the substance is destroyed. The ability to attach to other molecules such as smoke and odour gives ozone it’s ability to disinfectant and deodorise indoor areas quickly.
What is Ozone Air Purification?
One of the most common ways to “clean” air and remove strong odours is through the use of an ozone air generator, also known as ozone machines or ozone air purifiers. These machines are designed to create ozone through a simple process that occurs naturally in the atmosphere. However, like many things, just because it’s “natural,” doesn’t mean it’s healthy.
Because ozone is highly reactive, it's nearly impossible, at least with today’s technology and knowledge, to store it for any prolonged time. Therefore, it needs to be generated onsite through the use of high-tech machines.
Ozone air purifiers, essentially take in oxygen from the air (O2) and give it a strong electrical charge. This electrical charge allows the oxygen molecules to rearrange themselves and form O3, our famous ozone. (Did you know that because of electrical charges, ground-level ozone is often present in higher levels after a lighting storm?)
Now, the ozone is released from the machine into the air. When it hits molecules like mold or smoke, the third oxygen molecule attaches itself to molecules of the pollutant and basically eliminates it. The O3 attaches itself to bacteria, fungus, germs, odours, and other contaminants and at the molecular level, destroys the cell wall. This process eliminates the contaminant while reverting the ozone back to oxygen.
Through this process, ozone generators can be extremely useful for cleaning pungent odours, removing the smell of smoke and eliminating mold. They are used in hospitals, hotels and even homes.
