Journal of Xidian University ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 238-244.doi: 10.19665/j.issn1001-2400.2022.03.027

• Electronic Science and Technology & Others • Previous Articles    

Quantum ozone emission effect in needle-to-plate negative ion generators

HAO Jiaxue1(),LIU Bo1(),HUANG Xunan2(),XU Wenhua3(),ZHANG Hongliang4(),WANG Guohua5(),MIAO Qiguang1(),LI Tanping6(),JIA Guang1()   

  1. 1. School of Computer Science and Technology,Xidian University,Xi’an 710071,China
    2. School of Air Traffic Control and Navigation,Air Force Engineering University,Xi’an 710051,China
    3. School of Medical Information Engineering,Guangdong Pharmaceutical University,Guangzhou 510006,China
    4. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering,Fudan University,Shanghai 200438,China
    5. School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics,Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000,China
    6. School of Physics,Xidian University,Xi’an 710071,China
  • Received:2021-11-10 Revised:2022-02-23 Online:2022-06-20 Published:2022-07-04
  • Contact: Tanping LI,Guang JIA E-mail:jxhao1112@163.com;turbo.k@hotmail.com;huangxunan@126.com;gzwhxu@163.com;zhanghl@fudan.edu.cn;ghwang@lzu.edu.cn;qgmiao@xidian.edu.cn;tpli@xidian.edu.cn;gjia@xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

Ozone is a highly effective and broad-spectrum non-residual gas disinfectant.The global COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected public safety and health,and low concentrations of ozone can inactivate the novel coronavirus.The negative ion generator is a safe and efficient method to generate ozone.Through corona discharge on the needle plate,an ion current can be formed between the needle-plate electrodes and a certain concentration of ozone can be released.In the research on the relationship between the electrode-to-plate distance and ozone release in the negative ion generator,different experimental observations show contradictory results,making the theoretical explanation very difficult and complicated.As the needle-to-plate electrode distance increases,the continuous exponential decreasing trend of ozone emission rate changes to a non-continuous step-wised decreasing pattern,which is defined as the Quantum Ozone Emission Effect (QOEE).The QOEE was observed in all negative ion generators when the plate material was aluminium,stainless steel,yellow brass,or copper.The observed quantum ozone emission effect in negative ion generators may be related to the gas ionization potential of the oxygen molecule and to the electron avalanche theory.The quantum effect of ozone emission is a manifestation of the quantum behavior of the microscopic electron world in the macroscopic world.The ozone emission quantum effect provides a novel technical method for measuring the microscopic properties and corona discharge characteristics of materials.

Key words: ozone emission, quantum effect, negative ion generator

CLC Number: 

  • TQ123.2