Dutch rise nursery Arend Roses supplies 40 to 45 million roses per year in 8 different form . Besides the quality of the roses and the inspection and repair for customer , Arend Roses also takes charge of the environment . They therefore opt for green , advanced technology to make rosaceous cultivation more sustainable . That is where WaterQ / Litree came into the picture .
conversion to ultrafiltration"We understand the grandness of full entrepreneurship , " says Richard van der Lans of Arend Roses . " In recent age we have invested heavily in sustainable technology and more transparence . For this we have been repay with the high achievable Florimarkt Production timber mark and the Fair Flowers Fair Plants recording label . When the disinfection installation at one of their location needed permutation , the entrepreneur started seem for a sustainable alternative .
From left to right : Freya Simon ( WaterQ ) , Ferry van Rodijnen ( Arend Roses ) , Richard van der Lans ( Arend Roses ) and Cock van Harskamp ( WaterQ ) .
" Early last year we first talk to Richard and Ferry about the possibilities of the Goalkeeper , " enounce Freya Simon of WaterQ / Litree . " goaltender is a disinfection instalment base on ultrafiltration ( UF ) . Over the past fifteen years we have gained a wealthiness of experience in the app of UF in urban field and on an industrial scale of measurement , such as at oil refineries . While we are based in the Netherlands , most of our activities were focus on with child scale projection overseas . But of course of action , we did follow the developments in the Netherlands . We saw great potential in the software of UF in Dutch glasshouse gardening . As the name suggests , UF is a all right filter that does not kill pathogens , but completely removes pathogens – bacteria , kingdom Fungi and computer virus – from the water . Solid wastefulness is removed too , but nutrients stay in the water . In short , the UF removes harmful particles , but does so without also remove the good ones . This offer the flora healthier water for refinement , without residual ware , irradiation or the addition of chemical . That is where we saw an important advantage for horticulture entrepreneurs : in ease of use , effectiveness , and sustainability . ”
In Arend Roses , WaterQ / Litree found a partner . Richard : " We understood the potential of UF , but of path it was a fresh technology for us . We just move in with an open mind and begin hash out our design . We fine - tuned the installation together . At first , the Goalkeeper was still serve line of latitude to the old UV system , in case we had to trade . But since the summer , the ultraviolet radiation scheme has been wholly switched off . We now fully swear on the Goalkeeper . ”
An Arend Roses greenhouse localization
Freya : " We are very happy to have observe a partner for this pilot in Arend Roses . It was indeed still new to them , yet they went through with it . particularly in the get-go when we still had to set the installation , it was very pleasant working with them . They always challenge us to think of new possibility . Our collaborator Litree , who produced the membrane , had technician working behind the scenes to help us optimize the Goalkeeper . Their R&D department wreak hard to solve any take coming our style . We are very thankful for their efforts to realise the potential of the Goalkeeper in horticulture . We now know that UF does not only make , but that its solid advantages over traditional methods make the Goalkeeper future - proof . Especially think the Dutch interior destination of full recirculation in horticulture , it is an important winnings that the Goalkeeper does not require run body of water . ”
The Goalkeeper has ultrafiltration as its working precept and is therefore a ' passive ' system . Did Arend Roses observe an advantage in vitality consumption ? " It ’s a quiet system , " Richard accord . " It is economic , low in energy consumption and requires trivial maintenance . Moreover , there are no lamp that need to be replaced and there is no addition of chemicals . In our font , we have added a cloth filter , so we no longer postulate flushing piss . ”
No more nitrate formationBesides the disinfection functionality , the Goalkeeper also offers a root in terms of nitrite formation . " The UF does not imprint nitrite , " Richard explains . " If we compare this location to our other location , where we still work with UV disinfectors , the Goalkeeper importantly slenderize the essence of nitrite . That benefits the industrial plant . ”
The pilot will be complete next calendar month . The Goalkeeper will stay . " We continue to show good tests results again and again , ” Freya adds . “ It ’s good to see solid proof of our system of rules ’s capability . The roses calculate stunning . We think that , in Goalkeeper , we have a potential disruptor in the body of water reuse market for gardening . ”
chaffer WaterQ / Litree at the Horticontact ( Gorinchem , the Netherlands ) at standstill G128 .
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For questions about the Goalkeeper , please contact Freya Simon ( +31649018560 ) or Cock van Harskamp ( +31649018540 ) . For email enquiries , please direct them to:[email protected ] .
