The production of ozone was investigated using a dielectric barrier dischar
ge in Oxygen, and employing short-duration pulsed power. The dependence of
the ozone concentration (parts per million, ppm) and ozone production yield
(g(O-3)/kWh) on the peak pulsed voltage (17.5 to 57.9 kV) and the pulse re
petition rate (25 to 400 pulses/s, pps) was investigated, In the present st
udy, the following parameters were kept constant: a pressure of 1.01x10(5)
Pa, a temperature of 26 +/- 4 degreesC, a gas now rate of 3.0 l/min and a g
aseous gap length of 11 mm. A concentric coaxial cylindrical reactor was us
ed. A spiral copper wire (1 mm in diameter) was wound on a polyvinylchlorid
e (PVC) cylindrical configuration (26 mm in diameter) and placed centrally
in a concentric coaxial electrode system with 4 mm thick pvc dielectric lay
er adjacent to a copper outer electrode of 58 mm in internal diameter. Hv a
nd current pulses were provided by a magnetic pulse compressor power source
.