Ozone has many applications, disinfection with ozone has been getting really popular lately (in part thanks to Covid19). However, ozone is also used to increase the shelf life of fruit and vegetables, or to disinfect the inside of bottles before they are filled for example. Ozone can be used for nearly all disinfectant purposes and it offers a lot of advantages compared to other disinfecting methods like chlorine, for example:
- Ozone is a very powerful oxidizer
- Ozone leaves no harmful residue
- Ozone is environmental friendly
- Ozone has a germ killing effect that’s 3000x stronger than that of chlorine
- Ozone works way faster than chlorine
- No storage of chemicals is needed
- Low operational costs
- Ozone leaves no taste or smell
- Viruses and bacteria can’t become resistant against ozone
A couple of applications of ozone are listed below, you can click on the case for a more extensive description.
- Algae removal with ozone
- Treatment of pond water with ozone
- Ozone for swimming pool (chlorine free swimming)
- Disinfection of industrial wastewater
- Disinfection of rinse water
- Disinfection of air with ozone
- Ebola and ozone
- Sanitation of groundwater with ozone
- Ozone for aquaculture and fish farms
- Iron and manganese removal with ozone
- Cooling towers and ozone
- Oxidation of hydrogen sulphide (H2S)
- Ozone for flower bulbs
- Ozone for olive oil treatment
- Ozone and food safety (E.coli, EHEC)
- Cleaning surfaces with ozone
- Ozone for gas scrubbers
- Removing smells / odour with ozone
- Ozone for the removal of hormones, antibiotics and medicine residues
- Removal of discolouration with ozone (bleaching)
- Washing and disinfecting fruit and vegetables with ozone
- Ozone for zoos and aquariums
