Method for optimizing consumption of the operating resources of ozone generators

A method for optimizing the consumption of an operating resource of ozone generators in which an oxygen-containing gas is conveyed through an existing gap between two conductors, between which there is a potential difference, wherein the ozone generator has a generator rated power Pn that is achieved when the ozone generator has an electrical power Pel=Pel,max coupled and the oxygen-containing gas is conveyed through the gap with a gas flow φN, such that the gas that flows through has an ozone concentration cozN, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

• A) specify a required generator power Ptarget,
• B) if 0<Ptarget<Pn, reduce both the electrical power Pel=Pel,actual<Pel,max and the ozone concentration coz,actual<cozN, wherein Pel,actual and coz is selected in order to achieve the required generator power Ptarget,
• wherein a performance map Poz(Pel, φN) is determined for the ozone generator, and according to step A) based on the characteristic performance map a minimum gas flow φmin and/or a minimum electrical power Pel,min is determined and in step B) φactual≥φmin and/or Pel,actual≥Pel,min is selected.