Ozone gas supply system

1. An ozone gas supply system, comprising:

a plurality of nitrogen-free ozone generation units,

an ozone gas output flow rate management unit, and

an ozone gas output flow rate management unit control part,

wherein

the ozone gas supply system is configured to supply an ozone gas to each of a plurality of ozone treatment apparatuses while controlling a flow rate and concentration of the ozone gas,

each of the plurality of nitrogen-free ozone generation units comprises:

a nitrogen-free ozone generator suitable for generating an ozone gas, the nitrogen-free ozone generator comprising a discharge surface on which a photocatalytic material capable of generating ozone is applied;

an ozone power source suitable for controlling power supplied to the nitrogen-free ozone generator;

a mass flow controller (MFC) suitable for controlling a flow rate of a raw material gas inputted to the nitrogen-free ozone generator;

an automatic pressure controller (APC) suitable for automatically controlling internal pressure within the nitrogen-free ozone generator;

an ozone concentration meter suitable for detecting an ozone concentration value of ozone gas outputted from the nitrogen-free ozone generator; and

an ozone control part suitable for performing an initial operation that comprises driving the ozone power source with a predetermined set power amount, and after a predetermined time period, performing a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control on power supplied by the ozone power source based on comparison between an ozone concentration detected by the ozone concentration meter and an ozone concentration that has been set,

the ozone gas output flow rate management unit is configured to receive a plurality of ozone gas outputs from a plurality of the nitrogen-free ozone generators in the plurality of nitrogen-free ozone generation units, and is capable of performing an ozone gas output flow rate control, thereby selectively outputting one or a combination of two or more ozone gas outputs to any of the plurality of ozone treatment apparatuses by opening or closing any of a plurality of ozone gas control valves in the ozone gas output flow rate management unit, and

the ozone gas output flow rate management unit control part is suitable for, based on a process ozone gas event signal from the plurality of ozone treatment apparatuses, controlling ozone gas output of each of the plurality of nitrogen-free ozone generation units and causing the ozone gas output flow rate management unit to control ozone gas output flow rate.

2. The ozone gas supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a moisture removal filter suitable for removing moisture in the raw material gas and then supplying the raw material gas to each of the nitrogen-free ozone generation units.

3. The ozone gas supply system according to claim 2 , wherein the moisture removal filter is capable of reducing moisture in the raw material gas from a content of 3000 ppb or more before passing through the filter to 300 ppb or less.

4. The ozone gas supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one raw material gas filter suitable for removing an impurity gas in the raw material gas and then supplying the raw material gas to each of the nitrogen-free ozone generation units.

5. The ozone gas supply system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of ozone gas control valves comprises an electrically-operated valve or a pneumatic valve capable of opening and closing with electricity or air pressure, and

the ozone gas output flow rate management unit control part is capable of outputting a control signal to the ozone gas output flow rate management unit, thereby controlling values of an ozone flow rate and an ozone concentration of ozone gas supplied to each of the plurality of ozone treatment apparatuses.

6. The ozone gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein, in each of the plurality of nitrogen-free ozone generation units, the nitrogen-free ozone generator, the ozone power source, the MFC, the APC, and the ozone concentration meter are assembled together and packaged into one unit.

7. The ozone gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the ozone gas output flow rate management unit control part has a safety stop function suitable for:

stopping a nitrogen-free ozone generation unit having an emergency stop or a water leakage, and

stopping all of the plurality of nitrogen-free ozone generation units if the ozone gas supply system has an abnormal exhaust or an abnormal ozone leakage.