Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshiba Mitsubishi-electric Industrial Systems Corporation

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Youichiro Tabata

Masaki Kuzumoto

Shigeo Ueguri

Shigenori Yagi

Yujiro Okihara

Akaru Usui

Hirotsugu Komura

Koji Ohta

Noboru Wada

Hirozoh Kanegae

Yuji Ganryu

Hiromichi Komiya

Takaji Mizuno

Kenji Yoshizawa

Tateki Ozawa

Masahiro Mukai

Junji Ochi

Hajime Nakatani

Masanori Mizuno

Seigo Hiramoto

Hirohisa Segawa

Toshio Ito

Tetsuya Saitsu

Norimitsu Esaki

Masatsune Kondo

A method of generating ozone by applying a silent discharge to oxygen as a first raw material gas, and an oxide compound gas, as a second raw material gas, in which excited light, excited and generated by a discharge in the oxygen and the oxide compound gas, dissociates the oxide compound gas, or excites the oxide compound gas, accelerating dissociation of the oxygen and generation of ozone. In this way, ozone generation efficiency is raised.

Method of generating ozone

An ozone generator for generating ozone by applying a specified process to oxygen by discharge includes a first raw material gas supply unit for supplying the oxygen as a first raw material gas, and a second raw material gas supply unit for supplying an oxide compound gas as a second raw material gas, in which, by excited light, excited and generated by a discharge in the oxygen and the oxide compound gas, the oxide compound gas is dissociated, or the oxide compound gas is excited accelerating dissociation of the oxygen, and ozone is generated. In this way, ozone generation efficiency is raised.

Ozone generator

An ozonizer has a flat plate-shaped low voltage electrodea flat plate-shaped high voltage electrodefacing a main surface of the low voltage electrodeThe ozonizer also has a flat plate-shaped dielectricand a spacer for forming a discharge gapof a thin thickness in a laminating direction provided between the low voltage electrodeand the electrodean electrode cooling sheetprovided facing a main surface of the electrodeat a side opposite the discharge gapfor cooling the electrodeThe ozonizer also has a thermal conducting/electric insulating sheetsandwiched between the electrodeand the electrode cooling sheetAn alternating voltage is applied between the low voltage electrodeand the electrodeand a discharge is produced in the discharge gapinjected with oxygen gas to produce ozone gas.

Ozonizer

An ozone generator in which a discharge region may be enlarged without damaging ozone generating performance. In the ozonizer, an alternating current is applied between a first electrode and a second electrode, and a discharge is produced in a gap into which oxygen is injected. In the first electrode, an ozone gas passage for retrieving ozone gas generated in the discharge region is located between an electrode surface facing the discharge region and a side. The ozone gas passages are dispersed in the first electrode. The ozone gas passages collect ozone generated at discharge region locations inside the first electrode.

An ozonizer has a flat plate-shaped low voltage electrode, flat plate-shaped first and second high voltage electrodes facing the low voltage electrode, a first dielectric, and a first spacer, located between the low voltage electrode and the first high voltage electrode, a second dielectric, and a second spacer between the electrode and the second high voltage electrode. The ozonizer also has a first electrode cooling sheet facing the first high voltage electrode at a side opposite a first discharge gap, a second electrode cooling sheet facing the second high voltage electrode, a first thermally conducting and electrically insulating sheet sandwiched between the first high voltage electrode and the first electrode cooling sheet, and a second thermally conducting and electrically insulating sheet sandwiched between the second high voltage electrode and the second electrode cooling sheet.

An ozonizer has a flat plate-shaped low voltage electrode and a flat plate-shaped high voltage electrode facing a main surface of the low voltage electrode. The ozomzer also has a flat plate-shaped dielectric and a spacer forming a discharge gap in a laminating direction, located between the low voltage electrode and the high voltage electrode, a high voltage electrode cooling unit forming a cooling water passage insulated from the high voltage electrode inside the high voltage electrode. An alternating voltage is applied between the low voltage electrode and the high voltage electrode and a discharge is produced in the discharge gap, into which oxygen is injected, to produce ozone gas.

The ozonizer of this present invention is small in size, and capable of generating highly concentrated ozone with a high (generating) efficiency. A low voltage electrode includes a disc-shaped low voltage electrode main body facing a high voltage electrode and an extension at one side of the low voltage electrode main body, and the extensions are laminated in layers on a base via blocks, and a coolant inlet portion for supplying coolant to a coolant passage, a coolant outlet portion for exhausting coolant from the coolant passage, and an ozone gas outlet portion for exhausting ozone gas from the ozone gas passage pass through the extensions and the blocks, respectively, in a laminating direction of the discharge cells.

An ozonizer has a flat plate-shaped low voltage electrode, a flat plate-shaped high voltage electrodefacing a main surface of the low voltage electrode. The ozonizer also has a flat plate-shaped dielectricand a spacer for forming a discharge gapof a thin thickness in a laminating direction provided between the low voltage electrodeand the electrode, an electrode cooling sheetprovided facing a main surface of the electrodeat a side opposite the discharge gapfor cooling the electrode. The ozonizer also has a thermal conducting/electric insulating sheetsandwiched between the electrodeand the electrode cooling sheet. An alternating voltage is applied between the low voltage electrodeand the electrodeand a discharge is produced in the discharge gapinjected with oxygen gas to produce ozone gas.

There is provided a highly efficient and compact ozone generating apparatus in which a very short air gap of about 0.2 mm is formed at high accuracy. Non-discharge portions are dispersed and disposed to cover an entire discharge space, or a spacer is provided to form the non-discharge portion. Further, an elastic body is mounted on a back face of an electrode, thereby enhancing an air gap accuracy of the discharge space.

Ozone generating method

Ozone generating apparatus

A pulse arc welding machine in which the welding operations and welding current are controlled such that the molten portion of a wire electrode is not significantly splattered and the welding arc length and welding bead are uniform. The welding machine of the invention includes a wire electrode, a welding torch confronting a base material while being spaced therefrom, a shielding gas supplying unit for supplying a shielding gas to the welding area on the base material, and a wire feeding unit for feeding the wire electrode to the welding torch. A base current source supplies a base current between the wire electrode and base material with a pulse current from a pulse current source being imposed thereon. A pulse frequency varying circuit varies a number of pulses per unit time for the pulse current so that the number of pulses is proportional to the speed at which the wire electrode is fed thereby to set the average arc current.

Pulse arc welding machine

A short circuiting arc welding machine increases an arc current density by adding a pulsed current having upper and lower limits to a current flowing when an arc is produced, thereby increasing the depth of bead penetration into a workpiece, removing welding defects, and speeding up the welding operation. The welding machine is capable of alternately changing the direction of flow of a welding current at desired periods to produce arcs in straight, reverse and mixed polarities for achieving intermediate characteristics of arcs of straight and reverse polarities, with a resultant ability to adjust in a wide range a wire melting rate and the amount of heat applied to the workpiece.

Short circuiting transfer arc welding machine

A short circuit transfer arc welding machine including a wire electrode which is fed towards a base metal, a DC source for applying a voltage across the base metal and the wire electrode, a switching element for interrupting the voltage, a voltage detector for detecting a voltage developed across the base metal and the wire electrode, a first comparator for determining when a detection voltage outputted by the voltage detector reaches a voltage value corresponding to the short circuiting of the base metal and wire electrode, a second comparator for determining when the detection voltage of said voltage detector reaches an arc discharge voltage, and a switching element control circuit for closing the switching element in response to a signal from the first comparator and for opening the switching element in response to a signal from the second comparator.

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Tokyo, Japan

Youichiro Tabata