Equipment and process by which an operator can set (or program) a time
sequence of coatings of oxygen with increasing oxidation potential for
in-situ treatment (chemical reaction) of organic compounds ranging from
superoxidation (catalyzed ozone) to reduction conditions involving
hydrogen sulfide gas is described. The equipment makes use of oxygen in a
combination of gaseous and liquid forms to produce microbubbles of, e.g.,
different composition of oxygen forms possessing peroxides, superoxides,
and hydroperoxides with increasing oxidative potential. The oxidative
potential of the reactive mixture can be set to more cost-effectively
degrade byproducts of contaminant decomposition without reformulation and
reinjection. A secondary advantage comes with in-situ adjustment of pH or
acidity/basicity.