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The POGS 33 Unit in Action: How Our Oxygen Generators Helped Save Lives During Samoa’s 2019 Measles Outbreak
One of the first portable oxygen generators, the POGS 33 unit, was deployed to Samoa in 2014 to fight the measles epidemic. It provides 30 liters of oxygen per minute, and is self-contained and requires minimal maintenance. These units are easy to transport and operate independently or in a combination. They can fill cylinders and operate medical equipment.
As an example, a POGS 33 unit was installed at a regional children’s hospital in Somalia. It was designed to provide supplemental oxygen to the local pediatricians, but it also works on site at the hospital. The POGS 33 Unit is a portable oxygen generator that uses solar energy to produce electricity. When used on-site, this portable oxygen concentrator will help people with COVID-19 by concentrating air into a high-purity form.
The POGS 33 Unit in Action: The device provides oxygen to patients in need of oxygen. It can produce a useful quantity of oxygen by separating the air stream into its component gases. The PSA process separates the gases based on their chemistry and allows the oxygen to flow freely through the unit. The PSA oxygen generator uses the same process as the nitrogen generator and uses molecular zeolite pellets as adsorptive material.
