Ozone Deodorization Sizing, Time, and Lockout
Sizes an ozone shock deodorization by treatable volume, with the safety lockout up front.
Example
You enter
- Volume to deodorize (ft³ = area x ceiling height) 8000
- Generator rated treatable volume (ft³) 2000
- Shock duration (hours) 24
- Minimum ventilate-before-reentry (minutes) 120
You get
- Ozone generators 4
- Lockout required Yes
Details, formula, and sources
Sizes an ozone shock-deodorization for smoke odor in an unoccupied structure by treatable volume against each unit's rated volume, with the safety lockout front and center: the generators needed, the shock duration, and the unoccupied-sealed-aerate sequence. Ozone is a strong oxidizer and respiratory toxin; the space must be sealed and aired below the 0.1 ppm OSHA limit before reentry, and a hydroxyl generator is the occupied-space alternative. Sizes equipment; not authority to run ozone occupied.
generators_needed = ceil(structure_volume_ft3 / rated_volume_per_unit); lockout_required = true (always); reentry requires ventilate >= aeration_min and ozone < 0.1 ppm (OSHA).
Volume-based ozone deodorization sizing, by name; ANSI/IICRC S700, and the OSHA 0.1 ppm ozone permissible limit.
The volume-based sizing is public arithmetic; the deodorization method is named in the published IICRC S700 and the 0.1 ppm limit in the public OSHA standard.
Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
Field names used by the API: structure_volume_ft3, rated_volume_per_unit, treatment_time_hr, aeration_min, generators_needed, lockout_required
- Rated treatable volume each generator's rated volume is the manufacturer's figure for the odor severity and dwellmanufacturer rating
- Lockout is a precondition the unoccupied-sealed-aerate-below-0.1-ppm sequence is constant and does not scale with the jobOSHA / ANSI/IICRC S700