Electrical discharge cell for generating ozone

An electrical discharge ozone generation cell comprising:

• a nonconductive spacer plate separating first and second electrode base plates, the spacer plate having two sides and interior edges defining a central opening in the spacer plate;
• an electrode plate in intimate contact with the first electrode base plate, the electrode plate fitted within the central opening of the spacer plate;
• a dielectric plate in intimate contact with the second electrode base plate and with the spacer plate, a gas discharge chamber defined by the dielectric plate, the interior edges of the spacer plate and the electrode plate;
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• gaskets on the two sides of the spacer plate around the central opening to ensure a gas seal for the gas discharge chamber;
• wherein the spacer plate has a first predetermined thickness, the electrode plate has a second predetermined thickness, the dielectric plate has a third predetermined thickness, and a difference between the first predetermined thickness and a sum of the second and third predetermined thicknesses creates the gas discharge chamber with the interior edges of the spacer plate.

An electrical discharge ozone generation cell comprising

• a nonconductive spacer plate separating first and second electrode base plates, the spacer plate having two sides and interior edges defining a central opening in the spacer plate;
• an electrode plate in intimate contact with the first electrode base plate, the electrode plate fitted within the central opening of the spacer plate, wherein the electrode plate comprises anodized aluminum infused with PTFE
• (Polytetrafluoroethylene);
• a dielectric plate in intimate contact with the second electrode base plate and with the spacer plate, a gas discharge chamber defined by the dielectric plate, the interior edges of the spacer plate and the electrode plate;
• and
• gaskets on the two sides of the spacer plate around the central opening displaced away from the interior edges of the spacer plate whereby the gaskets ensure a gas seal for the gas discharge chamber at a reduced exposure to ozone in the gas discharge chamber.

An electrical discharge ozone generation cell comprising

• a nonconductive flat spacer plate separating first and second electrode base plates, the spacer plate having two sides and interior edges defining a central opening in the spacer plate;
• a flat electrode plate in intimate contact with the first electrode base plate, the electrode plate fitted within the central opening of the spacer plate;
• a flat dielectric plate in intimate contact with the second electrode base plate and with the spacer plate, a gas discharge chamber defined by the dielectric plate, the interior edges of the spacer plate and the electrode plate;
• gaskets on the two sides of the spacer plate around the central opening displaced away from the interior edges of the spacer plate whereby the gaskets ensure a gas seal for the gas discharge chamber at a reduced exposure to ozone in the gas discharge chamber;
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• a clamping arrangement engaging peripheries of the first and second electrode base plates through the spacer plate;
• whereby the flat spacer plate, flat electrode plate, flat dielectric plate and gaskets are bound together between the first and second electrode base plates with minimal distortion.

An electrical discharge ozone generation cell comprising

• a nonconductive spacer plate separating first and second electrode base plates, the spacer plate having two sides and interior edges defining a central opening in the spacer plate;
• an electrode plate in intimate contact with a surface of the first electrode base plate, the electrode plate fitted within the central opening of the spacer plate;
• a dielectric plate in intimate contact with the second electrode base plate and with the spacer plate, a gas discharge chamber defined by the dielectric plate, the interior edges of the spacer plate and the electrode plate, the gas discharge chamber having two opposing ends at which a displacement of the interior edges of the central opening from the electrode plate at the two opposing ends;
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• channels along the surface of the first electrode base plate at each of the two opposing ends of the gas discharge chamber, the channels connected through the first electrode base plate to gas input and output terminals, the channels exposed to the gas discharge chamber by a displacement of the interior edges of the central opening from the electrode plate at the two opposing ends;
• whereby the channels form manifolds for the input and output of gas to and from the gas discharge chamber.