Ozone treatment of polymer solution

On behalf of one of our clients, we had the opportunity to test ozone’s disinfecting ability to inhibit microbiological growth in a polymer solution for the pharmaceutical industry.

Polymers are often added to process water to get desired characteristics such as lubrication, cooling or preservative effect.

The process waters lifespan is limited in many cases by the microbiological growth which leading to increased costs followed by frequent replacement of the water, disinfection demands, more chemicals and unproductive work.

We could through a series of successful laboratory show the possibility of decreasing the microbiological activity and thus prolonging the polymer solutions lifespan. The ozone treatment inhibited the gram positive yeast fungi to proliferate, and thus taking longer to reach the max CFU limits. The solution’s lifespan is prolonged.