US5009858A
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Device for generating ozone
Assignee: Degremont Technologies AG
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Filing: 1990-03-02
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Granted: 1991-04-23
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Expires: 2010-03-02
Abstract
Abstract In an ozone generator of modular design, glass tubes (3) are installed, tightly packed, in a housing (2) and cast therein by a casting compound (4) of good thermal and/or electric conductivity. Double helixes (5) of steel wire are placed in the glass tubes. Only the spaces between the tube inside wall and the steel wires act as discharge spaces (6).
Inventors
- 👤 Gunter Mechtersheimer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 05:53
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B13/00; C01B13/10; C01B13/11; C01B2201/00; C01B2201/10; C01B2201/14; C01B2201/20; C01B2201/22; C01B2201/30; C01B2201/32; C01B2201/70; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S422/00; Y10S422/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A device for generating ozone from oxygen or a gas containing oxygen by silent electric discharge in a discharge space through which the oxygen or gas flows, comprising: a plurality of tubes made of a dielectric material arranged in a cluster and disposed within a housing; internal electrodes respectively arranged inside each of said tubes and forming a nonhomogenous discharge gap; and p1 an external electrode surrounding each of said tubes formed by at least one of metalization of external surfaces of each of said tubes and surrounding each of said tubes with an electrically conductive material; wherein said internal electrodes pass through the entire length of each of said tubes, have a cross section substantially smaller than a cross section of said tubes, and are electrically connected to each other at least at one end of one of said tubes.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
141 words
A device for generating ozone from oxygen or a gas containing oxygen by silent electric discharge in a discharge space through which the oxygen or gas flows, comprising: a plurality of tubes made of a dielectric material arranged in a cluster and disposed within a housing; internal electrodes respectively arranged inside each of said tubes and forming a nonhomogenous discharge gap; and p1 an external electrode surrounding each of said tubes formed by at least one of metalization of external surfaces of each of said tubes and surrounding each of said tubes with an electrically conductive material; wherein said internal electrodes pass through the entire length of each of said tubes, have a cross section substantially smaller than a cross section of said tubes, and are electrically connected to each other at least at one end of one of said tubes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, comprising the dielectric tubes embedded in a casting compound of a good thermal and electrical conductivity, and the electric coupling of all the tubes to a metallic housing takes place essentially via said casting compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device as claimed in claim 2, comprising the casting compound being a metal with a low melting point or a metal powder-filled plastic.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, comprising the tubes of dielectric material having an external metal coating and the electric coupling to a metal housing taking place via the said metallic coatings and the electric coupling among one another taking place via the coating and the current feeding taking place by means of auxiliary contacts locally contacting the coating.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, comprising the tube clusters provided at the ends with walls wherein a coolant can be admitted to the intermediate space between the tubes and the housing or the said walls.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the tubes have an external metal coating.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the coolant is an electrically conductive liquid.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
38 words
A device as claimed in one of claims 2-7 or 1, comprising the housing being designed as a hollow section with a space for receiving the tube clusters and additional cooling channels being provided in the hollow section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A device as claimed in claim 8, comprising the hollow sections being provided at one end face with connection fittings for connection to coolant collecting lines.
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