Disinfection: ozone, an alternative to chlorine
Use of industrial gases in the food industry

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Disinfection: ozone, an alternative to chlorine


Use of industrial gases in the food industry

Author : Philippe GIRARDON

Publication date: March 10, 2004 | Lire en français

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4. Disinfection: ozone, an alternative to chlorine

Naturally present in the atmosphere, ozone is a powerful and versatile oxidizing agent used to disinfect and deodorize drinking water since the early 20th century. A non-selective molecule, ozone (O 3 ) immediately oxidizes any compound that comes into contact with it. This property makes it a more powerful bactericide and virucide than chlorine, particularly against bacterial cysts and cryptosporidium. Ozone's spectrum of action on micro-organisms is broad, with bacterial death triggered by a change in membrane permeability.

There are many industrial applications for ozone: pulp bleaching, decolorization, reduction of hard chemical oxygen demand (COD).

In the food industry, ozone is used for :

  • packaging of drinking water;

  • ...

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