| Title |
Build-up Phenomenon and Self-Cleaning Effect upon Wire Electrode Surface of an Electrolytic Ozone Generator in Tap Water |
| Authors |
문재덕(Moon, Jae-Duk) ; 김용(Kim, Yong) |
| Abstract |
The negative wire of an electrolytic ozone generator, proposed by authors, has been contaminated by attaching the impurity particulate in tap water, which is called BUILD-UP phenomenon. The higher applied voltage and the larger wire diameter have shown the higher build-up rate, which makes the current reducing largely and concurrently the ozone production smaller. It is found that the positive electrode of the ozone generator has a strong SELF-CLEANING effect by detaching the impurity particulate from its surface, which, however, is used us a novel means of solving the build-up problem. As a result, the build-up problem can be solved effectively by applying an alternate square wave pulse voltage to the electrodes so as to get the self-cleaning ability on the both electrodes during each of the half pulse duration time. |