Does the ERJ use an ozone catalyst?

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Does the ERJ use an ozone catalyst?

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does the ERJ use an ozone catalyst?
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For what?
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http://www.aerodev.co.uk/ozone.html

To conserve fuel whenever practicable, and to limit cost increases resulting from world-wide increases in oil prices, passenger aircraft are now flying at higher altitudes than previously. This frequently takes them into the ozone-containing layer of the atmosphere, and when this is drawn into aircraft by air conditioning systems it may cause physical discomfort and irritation to aircrews and passengers. Catalytic decomposition, using a metal supported platinum catalyst, provides an economic practical solution in this problem by reducing to an acceptable level the amount of ozone entering the aircraft cabins.
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I would have to assume they are equipped with "scrubbers" cause if they were not, they would not be able to fly for any length of time at an efficient altitude. They have some pretty long flights with the 190.
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what's are some of the longest sectors the 190 does now? Are there any long sectors the erj fleet will be taking over from the 320 family?
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YYZ-YYJ and I think if not now they definately were doing YYZ-SEA
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The Embraer is a "cheap" airplane in every sense. I doubt very much, for the price, it is equipped with an ozone catalyst.
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If the ERJ doesn't have ozone scrubbers it would be altitude restricted like the CRJ is. I don't believe they are altitude restricted.
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ERJ Ozone Converters

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The E190 has two "Ozone Converters", one each located inboard of it's respective bleed source or engine.
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Years and years ago when the built the Concorde they were worried about ozone, as it is an irritant. The thing is that when ozone goes through the bleed system, heat converts it back to plain oxygen. So I sincerely doubt that the ERJ or any airplane for that matter has a system to deal with ozone.
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Snowgoose wrote:Years and years ago when the built the Concorde they were worried about ozone, as it is an irritant. The thing is that when ozone goes through the bleed system, heat converts it back to plain oxygen. So I sincerely doubt that the ERJ or any airplane for that matter has a system to deal with ozone.
So what happens to the extra oxygen atom that was stripped off the ozone?
The E190 has two "Ozone Converters", one each located inboard of it's respective bleed source or engine.
Doesn't show on any of the system schematics.
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Ozone Converters

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Look in Chapter 36.
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yycflyguy wrote:
Snowgoose wrote:Years and years ago when the built the Concorde they were worried about ozone, as it is an irritant. The thing is that when ozone goes through the bleed system, heat converts it back to plain oxygen. So I sincerely doubt that the ERJ or any airplane for that matter has a system to deal with ozone.
So what happens to the extra oxygen atom that was stripped off the ozone?
The E190 has two "Ozone Converters", one each located inboard of it's respective bleed source or engine.
Doesn't show on any of the system schematics.
2 x O3 + heat -> 3 x O2

In the atmosphere IIRC UV light splits Ozone into O2 and O-. The O- rapidly reacts with O2 again to form Ozone (O3).
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Re: Ozone Converters

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drjet320 wrote:Look in Chapter 36.
Thanks for the PM about the system. I don't have the books (yet!)
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Re: Ozone Converters

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drjet320 wrote:Look in Chapter 36.
Do you have a reference? I don't see anything on any Schematic or dialogue.
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