Patent ID: 7595020

Claim:
A method of treating a chemical species or pathogen, the method comprising: feeding a flow of basic hydrogen peroxide (BHP) to a Singlet Delta Oxygen generator (SOG) having an inner wall that includes a curved inner wall portion so that the BHP flows as a liquid layer along a surface of the inner wall of the SOG; contacting the liquid layer with chlorine to produce Singlet Delta Oxygen; separating Singlet Delta Oxygen from the liquid layer by utilizing centrifugal forces generated by flowing the liquid layer along a surface of the curved inner wall portion of the SOG; exhausting the Singlet Delta Oxygen through an outlet at a total pressure that is greater than ambient pressure and exhausting the liquid layer via a different outlet; directing the exhausted flow of Singlet Delta Oxygen through a duct; and contacting the chemical species or pathogen with Singlet Delta Oxygen.