With their newly developed Opticlear Diamond organisation , Dutch supplier Water IQ wants to supply good water to the plants . pee I.Q. is taking part in the PPO study OSIRES at WUR in Bleiswijk . That trial aims to make up one’s mind the impact of water refinement on plant ontogenesis and ground life .
The visitation examines different piddle intervention technique . Freddy Dekkers , music director of Water IQ , says grower need to use less plant life protection product if the piddle is kept levelheaded . " We have done our own inquiry on stimulating course occurring PGPB bacterium in the malt output unconscious process for brewing beer . Fusarium ascendency has also been studied in this context . "
Opticlear Diamond . The society has thus been nominated for the Dutch honour KVK Innovation Top 100 .
Opticlear DiamondWater IQ has been building noesis on Fusarium . Freddy excuse that a works really needs bacterium to protect itself from plant pathogen . " The Opticlear Diamond in peculiar is focused on monitoring piddle and adding the correct nutrients at the proper sentence . Our water treatment system consist of a number of discussion gradation . In the first whole tone , pollutants are adsorb in a wad column on ceramic carrier material . "
" This adsorption measure see the removal of organic pollutant and easily oxidisable substances . After surface assimilation , advanced oxidation will take place through the accelerator . This leads to a breakdown of contamination , including virus and microflora . By play with that accelerator , you could regulate the miscellanea of piss treatment . This enable you to give down harvest aegis agents in addition to disinfection . The arrangement is pliable in terms of deployment because we can also practice it to remove PFAS from the water . "
Healthier plants"With the water treatment system , healthier , more lively plants can be realised . Growers can dispatch plant protection products from the water . In Belgium , the principle are even exacting for water discharge , as sodium and nitrogen must also be removed from the water there " , he adds . " After 2027 , you ca n’t just assoil the urine . We have make grow a specific N filter . The bacterium sit on a dryer material . They are immobilised and therefore do not wash out . We pump the piquant brine water past a biological bottom reactor hold bacterium that can convert N into harmless nitrogen gas . This is done at high amphetamine . We can not tempt the moisture subject in the greenhouse but we can mean something to growers in terms of piss lineament . "
Biological filterAn advantage of the system is that agriculturist can easily close down the system during crop change . " It is a biological filter which you could bend on and off . This app is not yet functional in the Netherlands , but it is already being used at some horticultural companies in Belgium . "
" The Opticlear Diamond disinfection technology has a full-grown vantage in terms of energy consumption ; per m3 only 1/20 or 1/25 compared to other systems . Furthermore , the system is made of stainless sword so you’re able to use it for a long metre . The system has been around since 2013 . The ceramic granules in the system do not need to be replaced . what is more , you do n’t necessitate to replace lights either , which is beneficial in terms of operational costs . The system can be equipped with an automatic cleaning organisation . The first versions were unproblematic without automation , but agriculturist progressively need a fully automatize system with automatonlike cleanup . " Freddy therefore powerfully recommends it .
" In the Netherlands , we are move more and more towards emanation - free cultivation and the societal air pressure on chemicals is increase . We have to be prepare for that and we can only bring home the bacon if we expend natural resilience . "
" We are not using a carom to pop a mosquito"Selective treatment means the piss is do by with preciseness . We first percolate the water very clean-living and with one stroke we belt down the computer virus and microflora . This leaves the valuable substances make by the works in the water supply . With a UV cleaning scheme , however , these worthful substances are broken down . The prowess of using the twist consists of set it correctly under specific growing conditions .
The need to clean weewee systemsAccording to Freddy , it is difficult if you do n’t take those pick and have no discipline . " liken it to a burnt umber machine that gives a notification when it needs to be cleaned . The machine has to be houseclean as well . The same goes for a water supply treatment works that is full of clay . Cleaning is an under - reported vista of the water system . You call for to clean house the whole urine system in your silos and water tanks more often than once a yr for a bouncy scheme . "
" In terms of leverage , the Opticlear Diamond is a routine more expensive , but the benefit are reflect in crop fruit and operational monetary value . Water system that are easy to strip are scarce in the horticulture sector . When construction greenhouses , the most expensive selection are not always chosen . The design of the nursery is important whether or not you get healthy plants . If you check that you’re able to cleanse your piping organization automatically , you will get healthier plants . "
SubsidiesIn the past , there were energy - saving touchstone that let you to get subsidies on water handling organisation . Freddy emphasises that as a agriculturalist , you have to make a choice independent of subsidies . " If you build something the way it was built 10 age ago , you are not innovate , " he says .
organisation dimensionsThe water supply handling system take up no more space than a traditional UV system . alternatively , they have a comparatively smaller step . " For a large scheme , you quickly require a height of more than 3 metres . In some nursery , that ’s difficult because you ’re already up against the heat pipes . The organization is about 4 metres wide , 2.5 metres deep and 3.30 metres gamy .
How long do these systems last?“How long it lasts depends on how you use the organisation . If you just keep doing maintenance , you could run for for more than 10 eld with the system . But pump and moving parts ask more criminal maintenance . Some parts like sensors and generator that ionise oxygen need to be replaced every five years . There are criminal maintenance price on pumps and these generators and sensors and you have to supervene upon them every 5 or 7 years . By the way , these are not the most expensive parts . "
It is not unmanageable for growers to utilize the system . The technician explains how to utilize the system in a meaningful way . The system is otherwise not complicated , as a pump pump the water through two columns . There is a lot of demand for a solution to off PFAS from piss from other sectors . This is why Water IQ is currently less focused on the horticulture sphere . " The toll of a water purification organization depends on its capacitance . The cost can be compared to a UV treatment plant . "
For more entropy : Water I.Q. SystemsHooge Zijde 15a5626 DC EindhovenTel : +31 ( 0 ) 40 - 303800[email protected]www.wateriq.nl
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