Water ozonation mixing and degassing system

An ozone/water mixing apparatus comprising:

• a separating vessel structured to contain and degas an ozone/aqueous mixture, the separating vessel including
• an off-gas outlet placed and structured to vent undissolved ozone gas from the separating vessel, and
• an ozonated water outlet placed and structured to pass the ozone/aqueous mixture from the separating vessel to an application for use;
• and
• a mixing tower, extending into the separating vessel, the mixing tower including
• an inlet portion structured to receive an ozone/aqueous stream, and
• an outlet portion comprising a diffuser element structured to pass the ozone/aqueous mixture into the separating vessel and effective in reducing surface turbulence in the separating vessel.

An ozone/water mixing system comprising:

• a separating vessel structured to contain and degas an ozone/aqueous mixture, the separating vessel including
• an off-gas outlet placed and structured to vent undissolved ozone gas from the separating vessel, and
• an ozonated water outlet placed and structured to pass the ozone/aqueous mixture from the separating vessel to an application for use;
• a mixing tower, extending into the separating vessel, the mixing tower including
• an inlet portion structured to receive an ozone/aqueous stream, and
• an outlet portion structured to pass the ozone/aqueous mixture into the separating vessel;
• an ozone destruct chamber structured to be effective in destroying ozone in the off-gas stream as an ozone-containing off-gas stream is passed through the ozone destruct chamber;
• and
• a condensate collection chamber structured to collect condensate within an ozone containing off-gas stream, the condensate collection chamber including an inlet connected to the separating vessel off-gas outlet and an outlet for discharging the off-gas stream to the destruct chamber.

A system for providing an ozonated water stream to a body of water, the system comprising:

• a separating vessel structured to contain and degas an ozone/aqueous mixture, the separating vessel including
• an inlet for receiving an ozone/aqueous mixture into the separating vessel,
• an off-gas outlet placed and structured to vent an ozone containing off-gas stream from the separating vessel, and
• an ozonated water outlet placed and structured to pass the ozone/aqueous mixture from the separating vessel to a main vessel containing a body of water to be treated;
• an ozone destruct chamber structured to be effective in destroying at least a portion of the ozone in the ozone containing off-gas stream as the ozone containing off-gas stream is passed through the ozone destruct chamber;
• and
• a return line connected to the ozone destruct chamber and placed and structured to pass the off-gas stream from the ozone destruct chamber and into the main vessel containing the body of water.

An ozone/water mixing apparatus comprising:

• a separating vessel structured to contain and degas an ozone/aqueous mixture, the separating vessel including
• an off-gas outlet placed and structured to vent undissolved ozone gas from the separating vessel, and
• an ozonated water outlet placed and structured to pass the ozone/aqueous mixture from the separating vessel to an application for use;
• and
• a mixing tower, extending into the separating vessel, the mixing tower including
• an inlet portion structured to receive an ozone/aqueous stream, and
• an outlet portion comprising a diffuser element including a plurality of radially disposed apertures for passing the ozone/aqueous mixture from the mixing tower and into the separating vessel.

An ozone/water mixing system comprising:

• a separating vessel structured to contain and degas an ozone/aqueous mixture, the separating vessel including
• an off-gas outlet placed and structured to vent undissolved ozone gas from the separating vessel, and
• an ozonated water outlet placed and structured to pass an ozone/aqueous mixture from the separating vessel to an application for use;
• a venturi injector assembly operatively coupled to the separating vessel and structured to inject an ozone-containing gaseous stream, without passing into contact with the ozone/aqueous mixture in the separating vessel, directly into an aqueous stream to form the ozone/aqueous mixture;
• and
• a mixing tower extending into the separating vessel and including an inlet portion structured to receive the ozone/aqueous mixture from the venturi injector assembly, and an outlet portion structured to pass the ozone/aqueous mixture into the separating vessel.