What is ozone?

Ozone (O3) is simply activated oxygen; a reactive form of oxygen with a distinct pungent odour.

Being a powerful oxidant, ozone serves as an antimicrobial agent by oxidizing the cell wall and plasma membrane of selected groups of bacteria and fungi.

How does it work?

The generator draws air from the atmosphere into the unit where oxygen is reacted resulting in oxygen being radically converted to ozone - a natural process. The atoms that are not used in the disinfection process revert to oxygen.

Ozone disintegrates the cell walls of microbial cells and attacks unsaturated carbon double bonds in organic compounds. It effectively neutralizes odours and volatile organic compounds by breaking the chemical bonds between odour producing compounds through oxidation.

Ozone therefore does not mask an unpleasant odour such as what an air freshener would do – ozone oxidizes and destroys the contamination!

Why use ozone?

Being a gas, ozone reaches where conventional cleaners & disinfectants cannot.

It is very easy to use; simply switch the unit on when required and allow to operate for a given period of time, and switch off after use. The operation can be automated.

Ozone also has no residual harmful by-products.

Other than for traditional sanitation purposes, ozone can be used for produce sanitation in pack-houses, air quality control, water quality control, HVAC water control, extending shelf life of meat, fish and produce and controlling ripening of fruits and vegetables, and many applications.