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Beacon - Ozone Purification System
Ozone is an extremely powerful oxidising agent, a very reactive but odourless gas that occurs naturally in the earth’s atmosphere. Due to the unstable nature of the Ozone molecule (it contain three oxygen atoms as opposed to the two found in normal Oxygen) it reacts readily with other species. This can be used to good effect in the treatment of contaminated water. Ozone needs energy to trigger its formation, being created by the effect of sparks or ultra-violet light on Oxygen in the air.
Ozone purifies water by breaking up organic contaminants and converting Iron, Manganese and Hydrogen Sulphide to an insoluble form that can then be filtered out. Ozone also destroys bacteria, viruses and protozoa, and has been used since the last century by over 1000 municipal authorities world-wide to produce high quality drinking water. While Ozone is a highly effective disinfectant, it quickly reverts back to oxygen when it decomposes, making Ozone safe to use and environmentally friendly.
Until now, Ozone has been too expensive to produce for use on single dwellings or small community private supplies where demand is intermittent. The new Ozotech generators and air preparation units however, have been specifically designed for such applications and combine simplicity and modem technology in a compact and low cost package.
Ozone can also be used for maintaining the quality of stored water, for treatment of effluent prior to discharge and even for odour removal and sterilisation of air
The Ozotech generators produce Ozone by corona discharge, essentially a `lightening machine`, sparking many thousands of times a second through a dried air stream travelling along the corona assembly. Corona discharge produces a greater quantity and concentration of Ozone than is possible using ultra-violet light.
The Ozone produced by the generator is drawn into the contaminated water flow by a high efficiency venturi, after which it dissolves into the water as it passes into a contact assembly. In the contact assembly the Ozone reacts with the contaminants in the water before it flows on to the multi-media filter where all the solid matter is removed.
The downstream filter unit contains a proven blend of media that remove particulate matter, adjust the pH as necessary and `polish` out any remaining Iron or Manganese giving clean, pure water with no harmful chemical residues.