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Applicatio
n of Resona
nt Co
nve
r
ter
in O
z
one Ge
nerato
r
……
(Mo
c
ha
mm
ad Facta)
APPLICATION OF RESONANT CONVERTER
IN OZ
ONE GE
NERAT
OR MODEL
Mochammad
Facta
1
, Zainal Salam
2
, Z
o
lkafle Bin
Buntat
3
1
En
e
r
g
y
C
onve
r
s
i
on
(
E
nc
on
)
D
e
p
a
r
t
me
nt
2
Encon a
nd Inverter Q
ualit
y Cont
rol Cen
t
er (IQCC) Departm
ent
3
High Voltage
and Hig
h
Cu
rre
nt Institute (IVAT)
University of Tech
nolo
g
y Malaysia
(UT
M
), Skud
ai – Joh
o
r Bah
r
u
Correspondence author: +60 755 358
29, e-mail: facta@ft.undip.ac.id
A
b
st
r
a
ct
Ozo
ne i
s
o
n
e
of the fa
vorabl
e o
x
id
a
n
t to use in
hom
e ap
pliance an
d in
dustry
as
disinfe
c
tant f
o
r foo
d
p
r
o
c
e
ssi
ng, foo
d
st
orag
e, od
or
abatem
ent, g
r
oun
dwater
rem
ediation, a
nd
drin
king
wate
r pu
rification.
The com
m
o
n and p
r
e
v
io
us te
chni
cal
m
e
thod for g
enerating o
z
one
use
s
a
high
voltag
e an
d
low freque
n
cy. T
h
is
kin
d
of m
e
thod has
disad
v
a
n
tage of e
n
e
r
gy
efficien
cy,
si
ze
and
weig
ht. This pap
er p
r
o
p
o
s
ed
the u
s
e
po
wer el
ect
r
oni
cs in
the i
n
ve
rter
resona
nt ci
rcuit to p
r
odu
ce alternating
curre
n
t with
high frequ
en
cy.
The
ba
si
c RL
C
re
son
a
n
ce
circuit is u
s
e
d
for ea
rly
study to d
e
term
ine reso
na
nce frequ
en
cy for in
ve
rter.
As the re
sult
, the
ozo
ne cham
ber term
inal vo
ltage had b
e
e
n
achi
eved fo
r initiation by
usin
g re
son
a
n
ce fre
que
ncy.
Key
w
ords
:
p
o
we
r ele
c
tro
n
i
cs, in
verte
r
, reso
nant con
v
erter, o
z
on
e gene
ration
1. INTRODUCT
I
ON
No
wad
a
ys, ozo
ne is b
e
c
omin
g the
oxidant
of choice for m
any air an
d
water
appli
c
ation
s
. Ozo
ne is wi
dely used in
industr
i
a
l and dome
s
tic applicatio
ns as the oxidant
element for
b
l
eaching a
n
d
disinfe
c
ting.
It is also
u
s
e
d
in food p
r
o
c
e
ssi
ng, food
stora
ge, od
o
r
abateme
n
t, groun
dwater
remediatio
n, a
nd dri
n
ki
ng
water pu
rificati
on. The a
ppli
c
ation of o
z
o
ne
is a rapidly g
r
owi
ng field i
n
whi
c
h the i
m
pr
ovem
ent
in the o
z
one
gene
ration
sy
stem
s is a
key
issue. Th
e b
e
st ind
u
st
rial
method
kn
own to
day
to gen
erate
ozo
ne i
s
the
use
of ele
c
tric
discha
rge
s
. T
h
is techniq
u
e
has be
en inv
e
stigate
d
for
a long time b
y
many rese
a
r
ch
es [1
-4], bu
t
much
progress i
s
still to be done to
increase the overall efficiency
of existing reactors. A first
possibility to increase th
e efficiency i
s
the use
of high fr
equency converters
to
supply the
ozo
n
izer,
as
oppo
se
d to t
he lo
w f
r
eq
ue
ncy p
o
wer su
pplie
s u
s
e
d
traditionally[5]. Hig
h
frequ
en
cy
converters provide
lower
power
losses, lower size and
weight
and the possibilit
y to control
the
amount of ozone ge
nerate
d
[5].
The ba
si
c co
nfiguratio
n of
ozo
ne g
ene
ration i
s
sho
w
n in Fi
gu
re
.1. The pri
n
ciple
of
operation of OG co
nsi
s
ts
to apply a high voltage b
e
twee
n two p
a
rallel pl
aqu
e
s
with air in
si
de,
the high
voltage p
r
o
d
u
c
e
s
the
phe
no
menon
kno
w
as
sile
nt di
scha
rge
or co
rona
effect.
The
silent di
scha
rge p
r
od
uce
s
ultraviol
e
t radiat
io
ns th
at brea
k the
oxygen mol
e
cul
e
produ
cing
ozo
ne. It is importa
nt to avoid the arc disch
a
rg
e to maintain the silent di
scha
rge, which is
obtaine
d addi
ng a diele
c
tri
c
between th
e air gap a
nd
one of the ele
c
trod
es [6
-7,1
0].
Figure.1 The
basi
c
configu
r
ation of ozon
e gene
ration
H
V
Ele
c
tr
od
es
Diele
c
tri
c
Mat
e
rial
Grou
nd Ele
c
trode
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