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AssigneeAdvanced Diamond Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJohn Arthur Carlisle, Donato M. Ceres, John Wagner, John d. Yerger, III
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The invention describes a method of ozone titration sensing which utilizes an ozone addition to a target solution, detection of ozone using an Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) electrode or an Ultraviolet (UV) absorption photodiode or other means to detect ozone and the determination of the relative concentration of organics or pathogens subject to ozone oxidation which are present in the target solution. The inventive sensing method can be usefully employed to determine the relative concentration of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and/or parasites that are readily oxidizable by ozone in aqueous solutions. The inventive sensing method may be used to control an ozone (or other oxidizing or disinfecting) compound dispensing system to optimize the dosage of ozone (or other disinfecting compound) necessary to produce a desired kill ratio or to generate a desired residual of ozone concentration in an aqueous solution after pathogen disinfection.
A method of determining the concentration of oxidizable organic compounds and/or pathogens in solution comprising the steps of:
The method of claim of 12, wherein the second or more prescribed quantities of ozone are added to the target solution at differing flow velocities in order to generate a time-dependent calculation of the rate of reaction of the added ozone with oxidizable organics and/or pathogens.
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