Method and system for ozone generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ozone generators lack the ability to safely and efficiently generate high concentrations of ozone within enclosed spaces without posing a risk to human occupants, necessitating a controlled and safe operation mode that avoids adverse effects.
Innovation Solution
An ozone gas generating device with a UV irradiation system powered by a DC battery source, equipped with sensors to detect occupancy, switches to a 'turbocharged' mode of increased ozone generation only when it is safe to do so, ensuring safe dissemination of ozone gas into the surroundings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If ozone generation rate is increased to achieve rapid disinfection, then productivity is improved, but harmful factors increase due to unsafe ozone concentrations for human occupants
Solution Approach 1:
The ozone generator dynamically adjusts its operation mode between standard and turbocharged modes based on real-time occupancy detection. The system transitions from a static operating state to a dynamic one where the generation rate is continuously adapted to environmental conditions, allowing high-speed ozone production only when safe
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs sensor feedback to detect occupancy status and automatically adjusts the ozone generation rate accordingly. When sensors detect no occupants, the system receives feedback to switch to turbocharged mode for rapid disinfection; when occupants are detected, feedback triggers a return to standard mode, creating a closed-loop control system
2Object-affected harmful factors
If standard ozone generation mode is used to ensure safety, then harmful factors are reduced, but productivity decreases due to slower disinfection speed
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic action by alternating between standard mode during occupancy periods and turbocharged mode during unoccupied periods. This periodic switching allows the system to maintain safety during human presence while achieving rapid disinfection during intervals when the space is empty, optimizing both safety and productivity over time
3Productivity
If turbocharged mode is activated for rapid ozone production, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases due to occupancy detection and mode switching mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The ozone generator performs self-service by automatically detecting occupancy through integrated sensors and autonomously switching between operation modes without requiring manual intervention. The system monitors its own operational environment and adjusts its generation rate independently, eliminating the need for complex external control systems while achieving rapid disinfection when conditions permit
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid and efficient ozone gas production within enclosed spaces while maintaining safe ozone concentrations, effectively disinfecting without harming living beings.
Implementation Method 1
generating ozone gas in accordance with applying ultraviolet (UV) irradiation provided in accordance with a wavelength of 185 nanometer (nm) to at least a portion of the gaseous oxygen
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AI summary
A method and system of generating ozone gas. The method comprises receiving a stream of ambient air that includes at least oxygen gas, generating ozone gas based upon applying ultraviolet (UV) irradiation provided in accordance with a wavelength of 185 nanometer (nm) to at least a portion of the oxygen gas, the UV irradiation provided via an optical lamp module powered by a direct current (DC) voltage battery source, producing a modified air stream in accordance with the generating, and exhausting the modified air stream, the modified air stream having a higher concentration of ozone gas as compared with a trace concentration of ozone gas that is constituted in the stream of ambient air.