Oxygenation vs. Ozonation: Principles, Differences and Applications

Principles, Differences and Application of Oxygenation and Ozonation
Oxygenation and ozonation define two core processes of oxygen technology that is widely applied in environmental engineering, water treatment and biomedical industries. Oxygenation is defined as a biophysical process of diffusion of molecular oxygen (O₂) into the medium with the aim of controlling the concentration of oxygen in the medium through aerobic respiration. Like oxygenation, ozonation also applies oxygen but uses ozone (O₃), which is a highly reactive allotrope of oxygen, as its means to achieve the desired oxidation.
First of all, oxygenation is a low-impact approach that involves the oxygenation of water, blood and other medium by means of aerobridge diluent that activates the process of diffusing oxygen into the upper layer of water or liquid by means of controlled saturation of the medium through aerobic respiration. Oxygenation does not produce any toxic wastes and has stable results. Therefore, respectivelly, oxygenation provides the necessary conditions for water purification or biomedicine through enhancing its environment and without creating serious contamination hazards.
Ozonation is known to be the advanced oxidation process based on ozone with high oxidizing ability used for treatment of water in order to clean it from various contaminants. In fact, ozone exhibits great oxidizing power, which makes it possible to achieve effective degradation of organic substances and other pollutants and can degrade various organic substances and microbes through hydrolysis of organic compounds.
Thus, even though the two processes belong to the class of oxygen and use oxygen as their key element, they differ in terms of oxidation power and functioning of their processes. Oxygenation provides for maintenance of oxygen concentration and maintenance of microorganisms in an aerobic environment, whilst ozonation aims at high power oxidation and therefore belongs to the realm of advanced treatments methods.
Furthermore, by understanding the essential differences between both treatments, it becomes easier to find proper ways of implementation of both technologies and find the best combination of them in terms of technical implementation and economic effectiveness.