• Rupture of the molecule oxygen (O2) with an electrical dischars in a generator constructed to that effect.
• Two free atoms 0+0 are associated to oxygen molecules (O2) giving rise to trivalent molecules O3=ozono.
• The high oxidating power of ozone molecules attacks microorganisms, organic and inorganic substances.
• Once fulfilled the oxidating mission, it becomes pure oxygen again. Ozone is a gas (O3) that, as its formula indicates, is made of oxygen.

Present on natural form on the outer layers of terrestrial atmosphere, ozone may be artificially produced for industrial use. It is very unstable. A few minutes after its generation, it is recombined in pure oxygen. Contact and time: ozone bases its effectiveness on these two parameters.

- Is the most powerful oxidant after fluorine, it is 3000 times faster than, for example, chlorine and it is generated in situ. It needs neither packaging or storage.
- There are no by-products. It produces an only "eradicator" : pure oxygen.
- Does not produce scent, nor flavor.
- It is recombined in oxygen in a few minutes.
- It is an extraordinary bactericide, fungicide, viricide and eradicator of algal.
- It is the best water disinfectant. Totally innocuous.
- To produce ozone it is only necessary a generator, air, electricity and water.
- It does not damage the surroundings, it is inoffensive to man.

1- A generator is a closed system that is fed on compressed air (approx 21% of it is oxygenate), water (for refrigeration) and electrical energy (for operation).
2- In the interior of the generator the simple oxygen molecules (O2) are bombed with electrical discharges.
3- When then dissociate they are recombined with other intact molecules of O2, producing ozone (enriched oxygen)
4- By means of a suitable installation, ozone is injected in the pipes, deposits, raw material or spaces that need its oxidating activity.

The main applications of ozone at industrial level are listed below:

• - Potable water purification
• - Water for the drinks manufacture
• - Swimming pools
• - Water recreation purposes
• - Ice manufacture
• - Water for the cleaning of pipes, conduits, equipment in nutritional, chemical, pharmaceutical industries (as reactive in special oxidations)
• - Water Provision of high quality: laboratories, electronics industry, etc.
• - Treatments of industrial effluents.
• - Secondary and tertiary treatments of urban effluents.
• - Towers for water cooling.
• - Environmental treatments: cold storage plants, ripening plants.

Water for Drink Manufacture
Ozone is used as tertiary treatment or, in the case of potable water, as the final phase of purification which implies that to be able to take advantage of all its potential it is advisable to filter the liquid.
Temperature sensibly affects the organization, because it increases the speed of reconversion and its average life can be reduced to few minutes.
Effect of pH: the presence of hydroxyls accelerates the process of conversion of ozone, that is why it is propend to work with a pH smaller than 8, if it is possible. In the generation phase, there are aspects that favor a good performance, the most important is the purification of air: humidity is critical since it allows extremely corrosive nitric acid formation. Ozone measurements are extremely important in the control of treatment. In the gaseous phase it is possible to quantify the ozone concentration by means of the absorption of ultraviolet light to 254 mm, by titer of 1 K oxidized in bubbling. And in the liquid phase it is possible by means of oxidizable reactors, measurement of the migration through a selective membrane, potential of reduction, etc.