High Volume Oxygen

Posted on June 9, 2020May 10, 2021 by calyxann — 1 Comment

Emergency Oxygen Generating Trailer

High Volume Oxygen of Lincoln, Nebraska was selected by the Ford Motor Company to help in the development of a portable emergency oxygen generating trailer that can be deployed strategically to field hospitals and other locations where oxygen supply may be disrupted. High Volume Oxygen is an industrial oxygen equipment manufacturing company based in Lincoln, Nebraska that serves the veterinary, aquaculture and glass blowing markets with state-of-the-art oxygen systems that closely monitor metrics in the cloud, such as volume, flow, and oxygen purity, that are essential for life supporting oxygen systems

With the invocation of the Defense Production Act, Ford has pooled its resources to connect the Roush corporation in Detroit, Michigan with the High Volume Oxygen team to address the nationwide effort in supplying medical personnel on the frontline with the tools to save lives.

“We were very honored to get the call and have been working around the clock to make this happen. It gave our company a powerful sense of purpose to be able to do something significant and potentially life-saving during this time.” says Marc Kornbluh, president of High Volume Oxygen.

The Defense Production Act of 1950 is a United States federal law enacted on September 8, 1950 in response to the start of the Korean War. It was part of a broad civil defense and war mobilization effort in the context of the Cold War.

This current mandate is to get non-medical equipment manufacturers engaged in the process of quickly developing equipment to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many companies have risen to the call by developing ventilators, masks, oxygen systems and anything that might help to address the pressing medical needs caused by the pandemic.

Additional References:

10/11 Now article : Lincoln oxygen company helps Ford with COVID-19 aid project

NPR Interview with Adrian Price, Ford’s director of manufacturing: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/835710036/ford-motor-companys-car-production-shifted-to-make-ventilators

Posted on May 28, 2020April 9, 2021 by Dennis Kornbluh — 1 Comment

Generate Oxygen with Solar Power

Is it feasible and beneficial to run an HVO oxygen generating system with photovoltaic (PV) solar panels? That is the topic I’ll be exploring in this post. I consulted with professional solar installers on the technical questions regarding modern PV solar systems.

The cost of PV solar power has come down 99% over the past 40 years. Meanwhile, “conversion efficiency“, which represents the amount of sunlight that is converted to electricity, is now as high as 22.8%. To bring the cost down even further, state and federal governments offer Renewable Energy Tax Credits.

Posted on April 15, 2020November 11, 2020 by calyxann — Leave a comment

How much will I pay in electricity? (Part Two)

In the continuing discussion of the electrical usage and costs of a High Volume Oxygen system, I wanted to share a modified configuration of the Lincoln Hot Glass system with different torches working on it. The configuration of the system and the torches working on it will affect the electrical costs. A larger system that needs to turn on fewer times to refill will have lower electrical costs than a smaller system that runs more often.

The HVO configuration for this graph is a MAX 60 gallon system with a 60 gallon storage tank and five 10 lpm oxygen concentrators (or 50 lpm).

Posted on April 3, 2020November 11, 2020 by calyxann — Leave a comment

Estimating electrical costs of generating your own oxygen (Part One)

Have you ever thought that you’d like to set up an oxygen generation and compression system so you could make oxygen on site, but you’ve wondered how much you would end up paying in electricity? Many people are curious to know if their electrical bill will skyrocket after making the switch to High Volume Oxygen. When the HVO System is properly specified, it will cycle on and off. For most glass studios, the system may run for half of the workday, or it may run for a couple of hours. The size of the system, the components being run and the amount of oxygen being used are all considerations when figuring out how much you’ll be paying in electrical costs. This three part series will examine a large, medium and small studio setup.

Posted on March 1, 2020April 5, 2022 by Dennis Kornbluh — Leave a comment

How to Care for your HVO System

You just made an investment in an HVO system because you want to save money on oxygen, have a safe work environment, and you like the idea of flipping a switch to make all the oxygen you need. Now you can focus on your business rather than having to check your tank levels, place orders, schedule delivery, replace empties, and pay oxygen bills.

To capitalize on your investment, put your system in a proper space and care for it so it can live a long and happy life. The things you need to do are pretty straightforward, especially if you begin with a little planning.

Posted on February 14, 2020March 31, 2022 by Dennis Kornbluh — Leave a comment

How much oxygen do you need? (Part 2)

In part 1, we talked about the density of oxygen, gas measurement standards, and how to calculate gas volume for a container of a given size at a given pressure. In this post, we’re going to use that knowledge to configure an HVO system that is capable of producing the amount of oxygen that you require.

Posted on February 5, 2020September 14, 2020 by Dennis Kornbluh — Leave a comment

How much oxygen do you need? (Part 1)

When you buy a container of ice cream, you may think that a quart is a quart until you learn that one brand contains a lot more air than another. You can weigh the two containers and you’ll know that the heavier one contains more product. The same is true for gases: two tanks may be “full” from the top to the bottom, but the volume of stored gas is based on density, which is mostly determined by pressure.

Like most common gases, oxygen expands to fill its container. But how much oxygen is actually inside? You may know that an oxygen cylinder contains some number of cubic feet of oxygen, but the cylinder doesn’t look like it could possibly hold that much. It’s the compressibility of oxygen that makes it possible to squeeze a mass of gas into a small space.

Posted on October 27, 2019May 29, 2026 by Dennis Kornbluh — Leave a comment

How to Choose the Best HVO Model

HVO gives you a choice between a basic, reliable product, dubbed the Classic Plus™️, and the Pro Plus™, which has a built-in ultrasonic oxygen sensor, and is “cloud-connected”, with sophisticated data tracking, monitoring, and configuration options. In this post, you’ll learn the differences between them, and how to decide which is best for your application.

Posted on October 27, 2019April 5, 2022 by Dennis Kornbluh — Leave a comment

How do HVO systems work?

The HVO oxygen-generating system turns itself on and off automatically based on the pressure in the oxygen storage tank. It is programmed to keep the tank pressure within a range of “setpoints”. Here’s how it works:

When the system turns on for the first time, the tank pressure is at zero PSI. This triggers the “charging” process.
Charging consists of running the oxygen concentrators that are attached to the HVO system, compressing the generated oxygen, and storing it in an oxygen-clean tank.
Tank pressure is monitored continuously. When the pressure reaches the high threshold (100 PSI for the Standard, 150 PSI for the Mighty Mite and MAX), the system goes into “discharging” mode, at which point the oxygen concentrators and the compressor are turned off. All that can be heard is the quiet hiss of oxygen running through the regulator.
Once the pressure drops below the low threshold (30 PSI for the Standard, 100 PSI for the Mighty Mite and MAX), the charging process is triggered again.

If the oxygen generating capacity is well-matched to the output requirements, you’ll receive a continuous supply of oxygen.

Posted on October 26, 2019September 14, 2020 by Dennis Kornbluh — Leave a comment

How to expand your HVO system

If you find that your oxygen requirements have grown since your original purchase or you’re thinking about buying a large HVO system, this post will be helpful.

Did you know that HVO has the only expandable oxygen-generating system on the market? This means that you can start with a system that has one oxygen concentrator generating 10 LPM and add capacity to generate 80, 100, 120 LPM, or even more. Because of this, you can preserve your original investment. This makes the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for an HVO system lower than any competing product on the market today.

There are three ways to expand an HVO system:

Get more Oxygen Concentrators
Add a Drone, Storage Tank & Concentrators
Get a Storage Tank