Modeling process of water bubbling with ozone to obtain disinfectant solutions in beekeeping

Abstract

Disinfection of beehives and beekeeping equipment plays an important role in beekeeping. How it will be produced influences not only the health of the bee family, but also the productivity of the apiary. In this case, the use of environmentally friendly methods of obtaining disinfectant solutions is most important. In our opinion, one of these methods is the method of obtaining disinfecting aqueous solutions of ozone by bubbling. Ozone is a strong oxidizer, even greater than oxygen. Ozone has a disinfecting effect and unlike chlorine does not form toxins. Ozone-air mixture has been successfully used for the prevention and treatment of bacteriosis of bees. The use of ozone to produce disinfectant solutions will further expand the scope of its application in the apiary. It is first necessary to simulate the process of bubbling water with ozone in order to justify the parameters and modes of operation of the installation for production of disinfecting aqueous solutions of ozone. The simulation of this process is made in the program Comsol Multiphysics 5.4. In this program the 2D model of the installation was created and the physical modules responsible for modeling the motion of gas bubbles in liquid were configured, as well as with regard of the chemical reactions occurring in water during ozone bubbling. The simulation results can justify the bubbling parameters: concentration of ozone at the entrance to the setting and time of receiving of the solution. It is proposed to conduct its electric activation in the diaphragm of the electrolyzer before bubbling with ozone to enhance the action of the disinfectant solution. The purpose of this research is to develop a model of the process of water bubbling with ozone, which substantiates the time of bubbling sufficient to obtain a disinfectant solution used in disinfection of bee hives.

Modeling of process of obtaining activated solutions in electrolyzer for their use in agriculture

“…Various applications of electrical activated solutions are described in the literature under the authorship of V. M. Bakhir [1; 2]. Kuban State Agrarian University also conducts researches on the use of activated water in certain technologies of the agro-industrial complex [20][21][22][23]. Numerous researchers in electrolysis processes have repeatedly confirmed the difficulties of describing chemical reactions occurring in electrolyzers.…”