- In salt water, the DC powered device catalytically through dissociation or "splitting" generates hypochlorite a commonly used pool chlorine that rapidly disperse in the sun.
2 NaCl + 2 H2O → Cl2 + H2 + 2 NaOH
- The technology is distributed as an array of aerators or plates at the stern of a boat as it motors through an oncoming red-tide event at a few inches from the surface to not affect most sea life, especially turtles and manatees. It is important to use this approach in concert with biologists and experts.
- The propeller would assist in distribution of the in-situ generated chlorine. One could compare it to "mowing a lawn" up and down the coast: PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
- One could envision a system where boats with aerators attached to the stern chlorinate the algae bloom upon being spotted by NOOA.
- The now denatured algae has no smell, it is basically rendered inert.
- The chlorine will dissipate in the sun as anyone who has done a chlorine shock treatment on their pool knows.
- The aerators increase Dissolved Oxygen as part of the process, so adding life giving properties as it destroys the noxious algae.
In-situ chlorination of sea water has many advantages beyond the decontamination. We have discovered that the process also engenders Reactive Oxygen Species that further decontaminate even the most complex organic pollutants found in the effluents of ship ballast and scrubber water. The EA system also increases dissolved oxygen levels.