Re: [TCML] most corona possible from a car battery?

[Carl Noggle <cn@xxxxx>]

We made a pretty effective one by mounting two glass plates with a 3/8" 
spacing, then putting al foil electrodes on the outside.  The plates 
were about a foot square.  We hooked it up to a 15/30 NST.  Intense 
corona filled the region between the plates, and with a blower, mondo 
ozone was produced.  You could build one of these with many parallel 
units stacked.  If that were to become the cap in a HF HV resonant 
circuit instead of an NST, it could be quite efficient.  You could 
experiment with the spacing and the dimension along the airflow--as you 
make it longer, the ozone production should plateau.  That point would 
be the most efficient width.

Looking between the plates gives a most beautiful blue.

---C


> On 11/12/11 3:53 PM, James Hutton wrote:
> > Hey, I am trying to build an ozone generator that will be run off of
> > a car battery.So I need to figure out how to make the longest
> > possible, most carona emiting, continuous spark I can.
>
>
> You don't need long sparks or high voltage, just enough voltage to get 
> the corona discharge.  And, then, enough current to get the corona off 
> a LOT of little points. (few mA is sufficient, even for huge ozone 
> amounts)
>
>
>
>  I will then be
> > taking two metal meshes (about 3"x3") and placing them  about a cm
> > apart and connecting the two HV leads to them and blowing airthrough
> > the meshes while they spark.
>
>
> The usual way is lots of sharp points.  The ends of wire mesh cut off 
> works quite nicely.
>
>
>  I just need to figure out what setup
> > will be the best to generate that HV carona. It needs to be something
> > very simple and as compact as possible.I was thinking about making a
> > flyback driver set up, but I dont think that is the most efficient
> > and compact way to do it. any help or suggestions would be great!
> > thanks :)
>
> Actually, a flyback putting out 1-2 kV will work very nicely.
>
> Look up designs for "ozonators"...
>
> shortwave UV light from a mercury vapor discharge tube (essentially a 
> fluorescent light without phosphor and made of silica so it passes the 
> UV)  also does a fine job of making ozone.  that's probably more 
> efficient, since it's basically just a fluorescent light power supply.
>
>
> How much ozone do you really need?
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