calling all chemcal experts- subject ozone

its on a diesel.i was thinking about putting a 'jacobs ladder set up in the intake. i thought it might work cause ozone is o3, and it apparently makes small quantities of nitrous oxide too. but i wasnt sure how it would react with aluminium and iron, thats all.

samsgoneagain

Jacobbs ladder produces miserable amount of ozone. Enough to smell or kill bacteria, but nowhere close to make any difference to engine behavior. My (speculative) estimation that you need 10% or more ozone to feel the difference. But difference only can occur if (say) 10% of oxygen will be replaced by 10% of ozone. But to make ozone one need 50% more oxygen. Therefore if ozone will be made “on the fly” from atmosphere oxygen *IT MAKE NO DIFFERENCE* because it will reduce amount of oxygen needed to generate ozone. To make difference one need to *INJECT* extra ozone (or oxygen that makes ozone afterwards) into air. Thus figure it out. In short – does not even worth to make an experiment IMHO.

Cheers
Serg

PS fundamental principle is principle of conserving energy. It means that you have to waste as least as much energy to make ozone as you expect to retrieve as result of better combustion (in real life more because efficiency less then 100%). Therefore if you will not carry supply of ozone (or oxygen) it make process only worse. Ozone not that good substance to carry around and they figured out solution ages ago – NOS.

petrol engines already have' high voltage' in the engine bay.