Ballast water treatment system for ships
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Ozone is formed naturally in the atmosphere, as a colorless gas having a very pungent odor. Ozone is an unstable gas that decomposes readily into molecular oxygen. Ozone is the most powerful and rapid acting oxidizer produced, and will oxidize all bacteria, endotoxins, mold and yeast spores, organic material and viruses

The conversion of oxygen into ozone occurs with the use of ambient air and energy. This process is carried out by an electric

discharge field. Nitrogen is stripped from ambient air to concentrate the oxygen content and Oxygen is passed through a high voltage or high frequency electrical field. A percentage of the oxygen are converted to ozone.

Ozone kills a percentage of invasive marine species by direct contact. The remainder of the invasive marine species are killed when the ozone interacts with other chemicals that naturally occur in sea water to create hypobromous acid. This kills the remaining invasive marine species.

Both ozone and the hypobromous acid then disintegrate so there will be no damage to the receiving water into which the treated water is discharged. Only trace amounts of the bromine compounds remain in the treated water. Those trace amounts enable the ship's captain to prove to the port authority that the ballast has been properly treated.