When an industrial site wants to evaluate ozone for water treatment, renting a complete skid can be a practical alternative to purchasing equipment immediately.
Rather than hiring an ozone generator alone, a complete ozone water treatment skid can bring together the main components required for a representative on-site trial: ozone generation, oxygen supply, injection, mixing, contact, monitoring, control and safety.
This makes it possible to test the treatment under real operating conditions and collect useful data before moving towards a permanent installation.
A practical solution for pilot trials
Laboratory tests are useful for confirming whether ozone can oxidise a particular pollutant, but they do not always reproduce real industrial conditions.
A rental skid can be installed temporarily on an existing process line or bypass to assess treatment performance at a representative flow rate.
Depending on the project, trials can be used to evaluate:
- colour and odour reduction;
- oxidation of organic contaminants;
- COD reduction;
- industrial wastewater polishing;
- process water treatment;
- water reuse applications;
- iron and manganese oxidation;
- aquaculture or irrigation water treatment.
The objective is not simply to demonstrate that ozone works, but to determine how it should be applied to the customer’s actual water.
Why rent a complete skid rather than an ozone generator?
Ozone treatment efficiency depends heavily on injection and mass transfer.
A correctly selected generator can still provide disappointing results if the gas is poorly injected, contact time is insufficient or the treatment is not properly monitored.
For this reason, OXYTRADING UK focuses on complete rental configurations rather than supplying the ozone generator as an isolated component.
A skid may include, depending on the application:
- ozone generator;
- oxygen concentrator;
- injection system;
- circulation or booster pump;
- contact system;
- ORP or dissolved ozone monitoring;
- control panel;
- ozone safety equipment;
- off-gas destruction.
The result is a temporary treatment system that is closer to the configuration of a future industrial installation.
Temporary treatment without permanent investment
Rental can also be useful when ozone treatment is only required for a limited period.
Examples include production trials, temporary process requirements, maintenance periods, seasonal activity or the commissioning of a new treatment process.
In these situations, a rental skid provides additional treatment capability without immediately committing to a permanent capital investment.
From rental trial to permanent installation
One of the main advantages of a pilot skid is the technical information obtained during operation.
The trial can help establish parameters such as ozone demand, contact time, residual ozone, operating setpoints and treatment efficiency.
These results can then be used to support the sizing and engineering of a permanent system.
In practice, the process becomes:
Test → Measure → Optimise → Scale up
This approach can significantly reduce uncertainty before investing in a full-scale ozone treatment plant.
UK projects supported by our European Technical & Rental Centre
Our UK rental operations are supported by OXYTRADING’s European Technical & Rental Centre in France, where equipment is prepared, tested and maintained before deployment.
UK customers benefit from a single point of contact for equipment selection, delivery, technical support and return logistics.
This structure gives UK customers access to specialist ozone equipment and technical resources while keeping project management straightforward.
Considering an ozone treatment trial?
If you are studying ozone for industrial water, wastewater, process water or water reuse, renting a complete treatment skid can be an effective way to validate the process before investing.
OXYTRADING UK can help define the appropriate rental configuration based on your flow rate, water characteristics, treatment objective and required test period.
Contact OXYTRADING UK to discuss an ozone water treatment pilot or temporary skid rental project.