Pozone Technology Commercialization Opportunity Pozone Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers have discovered a novel method to use yellow phosphorous to produce powerful oxidation agents. The Pozone process is a simple, elegant solution to waste treatment problems.
Yellow phosphorus is added to water, then oxygen or air is passed through the slurry.
Naturally occurring reactions then immediately begin to produce ozone and other intermediate oxidizing agents. It can be applied to destruction of toxics in solid, liquid and gas phases. The final reaction byproduct is phosphoric acid, which can be easily collected without contamination by the toxic compounds being treated, and is a valuable commodity. This makes the economics of Pozone very favorable. Pozone can also be coupled with activated carbon filtering of toxic wastes, using Pozone to regenerate the carbon, and reducing costs.