The invention provides a method for generating a homogeneous aqueous mist
solution containing a solvent such as water and a biocide agent such as
chlorine dioxide, which would otherwise be unstable. The unstable biocide
agent or chlorine dioxide is quickly dissolved or mixed with a mist of
solvent causing the biocide agent to co-exist or co-mist therewith. The
mist microencapsulates the biocide gas so that it does not decompose in
the fumigation volume or space. The resulting homogenous mist solution
provides a mist for delivering the biocide agent in a chemically stable
form.Methods for mixing the separately generated mist and biocide gas
include combining the mists in a Y-tube and then mixing the combination
in a baffled mixing chamber, combining the mists in an area above their
points of generation and then further mixing, and providing a series of
mist generation units connected by a conduit for a carrier medium to pass
to and connect the units and cause the mists to combine. Alternatively,
the biocide may be released from a controlled source to dissolve in a
generated solvent mist. Such controlled release of biocide includes
providing a source of slow diffusion of chlorine dioxide gas to dissolve
in water mist by convection and mixing, providing a continuous flow of
chlorine dioxide solution via a coil reservoir for controlled contact
with the mist, providing chlorine dioxide gas released from a solid-state
mixture.