choked drippers and biofilm in the irrigation system led to non - uniform irrigation and thus spotty growth in the tunnel and glasshouse of Danish Chuck Berry grower Hunsballe Grønt . Ever since he ’s started adding ultra - pure peroxide to the irrigation water , these problems have disappeared . Even more remarkable is that this ultra - pure hydrogen peroxide is not brought to the grower ’s glasshouse – it is return on - internet site . “ A absolutely dependable and fully autonomous solution , ” says Ziv Gottesfeld , CEO of HPNow , the company that has created the answer to generate the ultra - saturated atomic number 1 peroxide on web site .
Hydrogen peroxideWhile H peroxide has turn up very effectual for the treatment of irrigation water , the current provision strand presents serious hazards to the horticultural diligence , says Ziv . “ grower require relatively small amount of hydrogen peroxide , yet the chemical is typically produced in large chemical substance industrial plant and box at in high spirits assiduousness in large containers . ” High concentration hydrogen peroxide is also explosive . “ Having large containers of high - dressed ore hydrogen hydrogen peroxide in a greenhouse is both inefficient and hazardous , ” Ziv adds . “ That ’s where HPNow come in . We can short-circuit the supplying Ernst Boris Chain and bring out the hydrogen hydrogen peroxide exactly where and when it ’s needed , at the low and safe concentrations required . ”
HPNow cook up its hydrogen peroxide generator ( branded HPGen ) for multiple applications , of which gardening is one . More specifically , HPNow cook up sovereign systems that produce ultra - mellow purity hydrogen hydrogen peroxide ( Peroxide UltraPure ™ )directly on - website using only water , melodic phrase and electricity . The agriculturist is thus able to produce hydrogen peroxide in exactly the correct quantities and at low and safe concentrations . This ability efficaciously increases supply dependability and occupational safety while quash manipulation and storage of wild materials . After its use , the hydrogen peroxide break up into consummate water and oxygen , leaving no unwanted residues .
“ We stay away from chlorine or stabilizers that play byproducts or toxic thriftlessness . It is also a fully circular solvent – lead off from water and oxygen , and decompose back to these element . Sustainability is something that has become more and more important in many manufacture over the last years , and in the case of agriculture it is even more important to control no unwanted chemical suggestion reach our plates or the environment . Then there ’s the water scarcity : use of drinkable H2O in agriculture is lessen , which mean idealistic plant aegis worry . This all channel well with our solution . ”
Irrigation problemsThe company has control its hydrogen peroxide generators installed across the world , including in Japan , China , the United States , Canada and Europe . One of HPNow ’s clients , Hunsballe Grønt , has attested to the system ’s efficaciousness . Hunsballe Grønt is a Danish producer of strawberries and blueberry , possessing over 4 ha of greenhouse and tunnel area . “ HPNow has for sure minimized premature irrigation event . We did a trial where we be given a subdivision of the nursery with HPGen and one without . We could see very clear difference in the treat section . Irrigation was homogenous and drippers were clear with HPGen , ” says Claus Hunsballe , owner of Hunsballe Grønt .
Ziv explains that these outcome impart such gamey value to the growers that the cost of the installation are easily recouped . “ Since it bring good results in the cultivation and a more undifferentiated production , the return on investment can well be calculated . I would say that depending on the note value of your harvest , in Northern Europe an HPGen scheme can be interesting from 1 or 2 hectares already – up to any size of hectares . But in countries like Japan , where the note value of the crop as well as labor cost is high , there are greenhouses of only 0.2 hectares where the HPGen organisation is already feasible . ” In addition to the costs , also the total autonomy is valuable to agriculturist . “ peculiarly nowadays growers tend not to like supplies coming in – the lesser the better , even more since provision chains have try out to be vulnerable . automate as much as potential brings autonomy and reduced labour monetary value . ”
Ease of installationHPNow also pride itself on the ease of facility , which has always been important but was especially prioritized in 2020 . “ COVID-19 forced us to recall about how we can make our system as hands - innocent and maintenance - innocent as possible , and how to deploy our systems remotely . When we launch in 2019 , we sent an engineer for every installation but in 2020 that became impossible . What we have is a solution that is not completely stop up - and - play , but as close as potential : it can easily be installed with distant direction from our team . It ’s not much more complicated than install a dishwasher , ” he laughs . The hydrogen peroxide generators are also cloud - connected and inform HPNow ’s support when preventative maintenance is suggested , countenance the society to inform the grower and savoir-faire sustentation issue well in progress of provision interruption .
look ahead , the company is partner with other complementary solutions supplier to further increase benefits to growers . For example , by combining UV discussion with on - site hydrogen peroxide generation , nursery outpouring water can be treated in a consumable - innocent , amply self-directed manner .
For more selective information : HPNowOle Maaløes Vej 3 , 2200København , Denmark[email protected]www.hpnow.eu
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