Analysis of ozone generation from air in silent discharge

A new theoretical model for ozone generation from air is proposed. This mod el considers the dependency of the ozone dissociation rate by electron impa ct on the electric field strength, in addition to ozone decomposition proce sses through the reactions with nitrogen oxides. Assuming a stationary and uniform discharge in time and space, ozone concentrations obtained experime ntally under various discharge gap widths and gas pressures are in good agr eement with the analytical results. It is concluded that the discharge cond ition of a narrow gap and accordingly an optimized high gas pressure is one of the most effective means of efficient ozone generation for an air-fed o zone generator.