The UV light and ozone are not new discoveries.
Ozone was first discovered in the late 1800's
and used as a water purifier in Europe. UV light
was discovered in the 1930's. Actually, nature
discovered it before; it was called the "sun".
The disinfection qualities of UV light are also
not new. Hospitals have used UV light for decades
in operating rooms. Barbers were disinfecting
combs in the 1950's with UV light. What is new
is the enhancement of both these natural, friendly
oxidizers and the validation for use on air, water,
food and laundry.
In the mid-1980's air purifiers started to make
their way into the residential market. Ozone air
systems were widely used in the commercial restoration
business for fire and flood damage to buildings.
These applications utilized corona discharge systems
(CD) that use a spark or electrically charged
plates to simulate lightning. This converted the
oxygen (O2) to ozone (O3). The CD method creates
very high concentrated ozone. Plus by using air
as the oxygen source, you are receiving 20% oxygen
and 80% nitrogen. The problem with CD systems
is with oxygen conversion you also get a nitrogen
conversion, which makes nitric acid and nitric
oxide.
The problem facing the residential
air systems was that the cost of an oxygen generator
was so high they went without one. This, of course,
created a CD unit that produced high concentrated
ozone plus low levels of nitric oxide and nitric
acid. The maintenance was a problem due to the
corrosive nature of nitric acid and the high concentration
of ozone exceeding the Federal safety limits of
.04 ppm. Ozone readings at the exhaust have exceeded
10 ppm, which is potentially lethal. Air Oasis
decided to stay out of this dangerous market.
In the late 1980's it was
discovered that the lower concentration of ozone
could have an effect on odors, mold and bacteria.
Testing this theory, determined that safe, low
levels of ozone could have a significant result
with airborne mold, odors and bacteria. The problem
was to create a safe residential air purifier
that could produce safe, low concentrations of
ozone that would not exceed the .04 ppm Federal
limits. This was accomplished in the early 1990's,
about the same time as the Federal Government
was going after the ozone residential units. This
battle of the Feds and manufacturers gave ozone
a very bad name.
With the technology to build
a device that produces safe, low concentrations
of ozone and the ability to ensure a room would
not exceed .04 ppm, it was time to set out to
validate the use of this device on mold, VOC's,
odors and bacterial. Fox TV News was doing a three-part
series on indoor air problems and tested one of
the ozone units. The unit they had tested was
producing 18 ppm ozone, a lethal amount that drove
the camera crew and news reporter right out of
the office. The Fox people then asked if they
could independently test the AHPCO technology.
They ran tests supervised by an independent air
specialist and two medical doctors. The series
turned out to be a fantastic infomercial for this
technology. The results couldn't have been better.
Fox ran this on their national news network and
their national health news. Popular Science picked
up the story for the magazine and ran it on the
Popular Science TV Show.
In 2003 the AHPCO Cell was
developed. Rhodium was now added as a catalyst
and improved hydration compounds were also added.
Plus, a total new target concept was used. A 360
degree cell provided maximum exposure of the catalysts.
The bulb was reworked and a HE/UV Broad Spectrum
bulb with a heavy duty filament was developed.
This combined with a soft start ballast gave the
new AHPCO Cell an unprecedented 3 year, 25,000
hour life. This was a major improvement over the
current standard 8,000-10,000 hour UV bulb life.
The most important improvement was the efficacy,
the new cell design created more hydro peroxides,
super oxide ions and ozone levels were .01-.015
ppm or less. Country or forest air is usually
around .01-.02 ppm of ozone. Most people can smell
ozone at .01 ppm, and .05 ppm is the federal safe
limit for medical devices. The new cell also produces
hydroxide ions and ozonide ions which broadened
the scope of capabilities.
By using a AHPCO™ Cell
with redundant oxidizers our scope of effectiveness
is widely broadened.
As long as Free shipping is offered with this product, a refund will be issued posted your charge card.
The current shipping refund is $12 for the AHPCO Cell. This may vary as shipping costs are unstable at the moment.
