Corona dishcharge

[Cory]

I already do this. Above the trashcan on the left.

I am running the ozone into my skimmer and have the air in the collection cup recirculating back.
I made the hat for the skimmer and the tube on top has carbon in it. It is also fed by outside air.
I am not running carbon on the discharge water. This has been problem free for months.
I read all the problematic posts about using ozone and looked at the cost of a reactor and this is what I came up with.
I am in the process of upgrading the tubing to better stuff now that I know it works.

I wonder if this recirculation your doing is causing that liquid to form. I havent heard of people recirculate it like that. Are you saying your feeding the ozonizer air from the skimmer cup?

 

[Cory]

What voltage and current does the psu operate at? Is it 60hz (50 in Canada?) or is it high frequency?

Btw-While i know little about this, I can bet that the manufacturers would be using anything that they could if it were possible to run this, nitric acid free, without a drying solution.

You know i thought about this too. But where does a company that only manufactures ozone generators (ozotech) get a continuous cash flow? You buy an ozonizer and it works for a long time. But the cash flow comes from cell replacements.

 

[WVNed]

I wonder if this recirculation your doing is causing that liquid to form. I havent heard of people recirculate it like that. Are you saying your feeding the ozonizer air from the skimmer cup?

No, the white pipe next to the skimmer is outside air. The tube from the skimmer cap is ported into that.
The ozone is ported into the second opening on the reef octopus muffler. This is the point where the vacuum is created by the skimmer pump is highest. So if air with ozone goes into the skimmer and makes a bubble and comes out in the collection cup it is pulled back through to the air intake again.
I have been running the Poseidon on 4 on the knob. Just enough ozone is going in to react with the water in the skimmer. ORP - 400 and no smell at all. You know when it is time for new carbon in the skimmer hat because you open the door to the fish room and it hits you in the face. But that has only happened once in months

 

[Cory]

No, the white pipe next to the skimmer is outside air. The tube from the skimmer cap is ported into that.
The ozone is ported into the second opening on the reef octopus muffler. This is the point where the vacuum is created by the skimmer pump is highest. So if air with ozone goes into the skimmer and makes a bubble and comes out in the collection cup it is pulled back through to the air intake again.
I have been running the Poseidon on 4 on the knob. Just enough ozone is going in to react with the water in the skimmer. ORP - 400 and no smell at all. You know when it is time for new carbon in the skimmer hat because you open the door to the fish room and it hits you in the face. But that has only happened once in months

Man that looks complicated lol but you should see my fish room its just as fun! Good your not drawing in skimmer air to your ozonizer.

 

[Cory]

It makes NO which combines to NO2... if water is present it gets split as well, which allows the hydrogen to combine making HNO3

Wait so if i fed my ozonizer pure o2 would i bypass the need for drying the air? Ah probably too exspensive to run o2 gas into it anyway.

 

[Twitchy]

Wait so if i fed my ozonizer pure o2 would i bypass the need for drying the air? Ah probably too exspensive to run o2 gas into it anyway.

Ya, you could prob even pick up an oxygen concentrator and run that into the cell... dang! I recently sold one because I had no use for it... It drys the air, removes most of the nitrogen, and pumps it at an steady, adjustable rate... crap!

 

[WVNed]

The Poseidon 200 specs greatly change if you feed it oxygen
0-220 mg/hr

0-1 g/hr with oxygen input

I have thought about it but not looked into it.
I no longer think I need that much ozone.

 

[Cory]

Ya, you could prob even pick up an oxygen concentrator and run that into the cell... dang! I recently sold one because I had no use for it... It drys the air, removes most of the nitrogen, and pumps it at an steady, adjustable rate... crap!

How much did yours cost? Because an oxygen tank is 400 here and 37 to refil it.

 

[Red_Beard]

Tungsten, i always smell ozone when i TIG weld lol.

 

[Twitchy]

How much did yours cost? Because an oxygen tank is 400 here and 37 to refill it.

you can find oxygen concentrators for about $150 on up for a decent used one around here locally. I paid about $200 for a 5 LPM unit with about 3k hours on it. I ended up selling it for the same. I'm sure prices vary quite a bit depending on where you live... (we have a lot of old folk here in Florida, so lots of them on the market)

 

[Cory]

Tungsten, i always smell ozone when i TIG weld lol.

Are you saying tungsten is good for the purpose of making ozone? Not sure but im kind of doubting it. But the arc you welding rod makes definitely creates ozone.

 

[Cory]

you can find oxygen concentrators for about $150 on up for a decent used one around here locally. I paid about $200 for a 5 LPM unit with about 3k hours on it. I ended up selling it for the same. I'm sure prices vary quite a bit depending on where you live... (we have a lot of old folk here in Florida, so lots of them on the market)

I may as well buy iridium wire for that price no? Lol

 

[Twitchy]

I may as well buy iridium wire for that price no? Lol

Lol, if you're looking for cheap, it's hard to beat a coke bottle, and $15 in dessicent off of amazon. Just bake it once in awhile when the color changes, and repeat.

 

[Red_Beard]

Are you saying tungsten is good for the purpose of making ozone? Not sure but im kind of doubting it. But the arc you welding rod makes definitely creates ozone.

No just teasing, tig uses a tungsten rod that creates the arc, doesn't melt, just arcs off it.
I think most commercial units are using stainless and silver but im definitely not the right guy to recommend one