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2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16789168 |
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- <p>On the Eleventh of February, 2020, WHO announced the name of a new disease that<br>would bring the world to its knees—COVID-19. Exactly a month later, on the 11th of<br>March a worldwide emergency was called, and a pandemic declared.<br>This crisis exposed the need for effective, cost friendly, widely adaptable system of<br>disinfectants, something that could be used to disinfect singular items, and large spaces,<br>and suitable for both home and industrial environments.<br>Moreover, there has been a general need for such solutions that could be easily<br>employed in under-developed rural and semi-urban areas prone to power cuts and other<br>issues. Furthermore, existing ozone-based disinfectants are bulky and costly, and<br>prioritize either industrial or public use.</p> <p>The scope of our research/investigation was to improve on existing technology while<br>sticking to general structures and methods of ozone creation, but in the initial stages we<br>failed to acquire suitable AC sources of sufficient voltage required for this task, this<br>setback led to the adoption of a ‘DC-Kirlian style corona-discharge system’<br>After much investigation and review of literature, we successfully adapted and<br>stabilized the system to create ozone effectively and safely—offering a viable<br>alternative to existing ozone-based disinfectants.<br><br>This review paper documents the investigative process that led to the successful use of<br>DC based corona discharges in a low cost, portable and adaptable system for the<br>creation and use of ozone, with an estimated concentration of 0.4ppm capable of<br>disinfecting most surfaces and microorganisms.<br>Keywords: Ozone Creation, High Voltage, Kirlian system, Corona Discharge, Oxidant,<br>Disinfectant</p>