Industrial

Ozone can be used for disinfecting substances and for killing bacteria. Many municipal drinking water systems kill bacteria with ozone instead of the more common chlorine. Ozone has a very high oxidation potential. Ozone does not form organochlorine compounds, but it also does not remain in the water after treatment, so some systems introduce a small amount of chlorine to prevent bacterial growth in the pipes, or may use chlorine intermittently, based on results of periodic testing. Where electrical power is abundant, ozone is a cost-effective method of treating water, as it is produced on demand and does not require transportation and storage of hazardous chemicals. Once it has decayed, it leaves no taste or odour in drinking water. Low level of ozone is helpful to purify air inside the plant.

Industrially, ozone or ozonated water is used to:

• Disinfect laundry in hospitals, food factories, care homes etc;
• Disinfect water before it is bottled;
• Deodorize air and objects, such as after a fire;
• Kill bacteria on food or on contact surfaces; sucha s listeria
• Ozone swimming pool and spa sanitation;
• Scrub yeast and mold spores from the air in food processing plants;
• Wash fresh fruits and vegetables to kill yeast, mold and bacteria;
• Eliminate contaminants in water (iron, arsenic, hydrogen sulfide, nitrites, and complex organics lumped together as “color”);
• Provide an aid to flocculation (agglomeration of molecules, which aids in filtration, where the iron and arsenic are removed);
• Manufacture chemical compounds via chemical synthesis [2];
• Clean and bleach fabrics (the latter use is patented);
• Assist in processing plastics to allow adhesion of inks;
• Age rubber samples to determine the useful life of a batch of rubber;
• Hospital operating rooms where air needs to be sterile;
• Eradicate water borne parasites such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium in surface water treatment plants. This process is known as ozonation.

Ozone is a reagent in many organic reactions in the laboratory and in industry.  Many hospitals in the U.S. and around the world use large ozone generators to decontaminate operating rooms between surgeries. The rooms are cleaned and then sealed airtight before being filled with ozone which effectively kills or neutralizes all remaining bacteria.

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