An ozone generator with a high voltage electrode and at least one counter electrode which limit a gap in which at least one dielectric and an electrically non-conductive structure are arranged and through which a stream of gas flows in a direction of flow. The high voltage electrode and the at least one counter electrode are provided with a connection for an electrical voltage supply in order to generate silent discharges. The electrically non-conductive structure contains pores with a nominal pore size (x) of 100 m<x<1 mm.

A device for generating ozone from oxygen-containing gas by silent electric discharge, the device including an electrode arrangement having at least one high-voltage electrode and at least one annular ground electrode. An annular dielectric is arranged between the at least one high-voltage electrode and the at least one ground electrode. The at least one high-voltage electrode is surrounded by at least one annular heat pipe.

A dielectric assembly for generating ozone includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a dielectric for generating the ozone, and a knob adapted to extend outside of a housing into which the dielectric assembly is to be placed. A system is also provided for sanitizing and deodorizing water, food, surfaces and air including a microbiological reduction filter device having an input connected to a water supply, a venturi injector disposed within a housing and connected to an output of the microbiological reduction filter device which generates ozone and mixes the generated ozone with the water, and an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes, a dielectric for generating the ozone, and a knob extending outside of the housing. The dielectric in a first embodiment and the entire dielectric assembly in a second embodiment can be removed from the housing and replaced in its entirety by the knob.

An ozone generator and an internal combustion engine with the ozone generator that can raise ozone additive rate of whole intake air, while suppressing pressure loss in the intake pipe from increasing. The internal combustion engine with an ozone generator includes a tubular intake pipe, through an inner region of which air flows, an ozone generator having an electrode plate that makes ozone and is disposed in the inner region or in the intake pipe, and a limiter that limits the flow of air in the inner region of the intake pipe; the electrode plate has a planar dielectric and high-voltage-side and low-voltage-side electrodes adhered and fixed to the dielectric and is formed in a shape of a plate extending in a direction in which air flows.

A cylindrical tank-shaped container including: plural parallel electrode tubes; discharge tubes arranged inside the electrode tubes, each forming a discharge gap; a pair of end plates that penetrate and hold both of end sections of the plural electrode tubes; a cooling space formed by the pair of end plates and the inner surface of the tank-shaped container divided between end plates; a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed in opposite end sides of the cooling space; a raw material gas inlet that introduces raw material gas to be sent to the discharge gaps; and an outlet for ozone gas generated from the raw material gas by silent discharge in the discharge gaps, providing an electrode tube in which a discharge tube is not arranged, among the plural electrode tubes, that have surrounding coolant medium that reaches at least a prescribed temperature resulting from the silent discharge.

An ozone generator with a high voltage electrode and at least one counter electrode which limit a gap in which at least one dielectric and an electrically non-conductive structure are arranged and through which a stream of gas flows in a direction of flow. The high voltage electrode and the at least one counter electrode are provided with a connection for an electrical voltage supply in order to generate silent discharges. The electrically non-conductive structure contains pores with a nominal pore size (x) of 100 m<x<1 mm.

An ozone generator and an internal combustion engine with the ozone generator that can raise ozone additive rate of whole intake air, while suppressing pressure loss in the intake pipe from increasing. The internal combustion engine with an ozone generator includes a tubular intake pipe, through an inner region of which air flows, an ozone generator having an electrode plate that makes ozone and is disposed in the inner region or in the intake pipe, and a limiter that limits the flow of air in the inner region of the intake pipe; the electrode plate has a planar dielectric and high-voltage-side and low-voltage-side electrodes adhered and fixed to the dielectric and is formed in a shape of a plate extending in a direction in which air flows.

A high-purity NO.sub.2 gas generation apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises: an ozone gas generator; a nitrogen oxide gas generator containing NO; and a mixing unit for mixing ozone from the ozone gas generator and gas from the nitrogen oxide gas generator. Gas containing NO.sub.2 from the high-purity NO.sub.2 gas generation apparatus may be supplied to an apparatus for producing high-concentration activated water and fertilizer water. The apparatus for manufacturing high-concentration activated water and fertilizer water, according to the present invention, comprises: an upright cylindrical column forming a flow path in the longitudinal direction; a water supply unit positioned above the column and supplying water to the flow path; a gas supply unit positioned below the flow path and supplying gas containing NO.sub.2 gas; and a discharge port positioned at the lower end of the flow path and discharging a fluid.

A dielectric assembly for generating ozone includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a dielectric for generating the ozone, and a knob adapted to extend outside of a housing into which the dielectric assembly is to be placed. A system is also provided for sanitizing and deodorizing water, food, surfaces and air including a microbiological reduction filter device having an input connected to a water supply, a venturi injector disposed within a housing and connected to an output of the microbiological reduction filter device which generates ozone and mixes the generated ozone with the water, and an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes, a dielectric for generating the ozone, and a knob extending outside of the housing. The dielectric in a first embodiment and the entire dielectric assembly in a second embodiment can be removed from the housing and replaced in its entirety by the knob.

A cylindrical tank-shaped container including: plural parallel electrode tubes; discharge tubes arranged inside the electrode tubes, each forming a discharge gap; a pair of end plates that penetrate and hold both of end sections of the plural electrode tubes; a cooling space formed by the pair of end plates and the inner surface of the tank-shaped container divided between end plates; a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet formed in opposite end sides of the cooling space; a raw material gas inlet that introduces raw material gas to be sent to the discharge gaps; and an outlet for ozone gas generated from the raw material gas by silent discharge in the discharge gaps, providing an electrode tube in which a discharge tube is not arranged, among the plural electrode tubes, that have surrounding coolant medium that reaches at least a prescribed temperature resulting from the silent discharge.