RESULTS OF TESTING A CENTRIFUGAL BUBBLE
SINGLET-OXYGEN GENERATOR

M. V. Zagidullin, V. D. Nikolaev,
M. I. Svistun, and N. A. Khvatov

UDC 542.72:621.373.826.038.823

The results of parametric tests of a centrifugal bubble 
singlet-oxygen generator based on the reaction of chlorine with an 
alkaline hydrogen peroxide solution have been given. The utilization 
of chlorine grows with bubble-layer height, whereas the relative content 
of O2(1) remains constant. Growth in centrifugal acceleration leads to a more efficient 
utilization of chlorine. A specific oxygen output of more than 1 mmole·cm-2·sec-1 
from the bubble layer for a degree of chlorine utilization of 95%
and a singlet-oxygen yield of more than 50% has been attained. 
It has been shown that a centrifugal bubble singlet-oxygen generator is 
an efficient energy source for an oxygen-iodine laser.

Samara Branch of the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, 
Russian Academy of Sciences, 221 Novosadovaya Str., Samara, 443011, 
Russia; email: marsel@fian.smr.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 121-128, May-June, 2007. Original 
article submitted April 12, 2006.