At the end of 2021 , Pure Harvest Smart Farms commissioned its new greenhouses in Saudi Arabia . grow in Saudi Arabia means that water management is of mellow importance . For the novel greenhouses , Dutch company Mienis Water supplied the pee treatment arrangement . This involve a Reverse Osmosis with a production of 50 m3 / hour and an Ultrafiltration as recycling / disinfectant of 36 m3 / minute . Both systems are to the full automatic , which means that they maintain themselves without human intervention .
UltrafiltrationUltrafiltration is a membrane technique in which the infections are filtered out of the water , alternatively of being kill . All of this befall at low pressure , which mean that the energy uptake is very low . Jochum Genuit from Mienis Water explain : “ The filter is so ok that 100 % of the nematodes and fungi , 99.999999 % of the bacteria , and 99.999 % of the viruses are removed from the water . In add-on , the turbidity after our scheme is normally around 0.03 NTU , which ensures a clean irrigation system and better controller over the infection behind the system . Finally , this technique also makes closed cultivation potential , which is something that more and more growers are looking into . ”
Year - round tomatoesAccording to Thomas Prins from Pure Harvest Smart Farms , this check their goal : “ Pure Harvest ’s end is to produce twelvemonth - round tomatoes and other fruits & vegetables in ‘ State of the Art ’ greenhouses serving local food market . As the yield is class - round , the greenhouse will never be empty . This challenge postulate the strict hygienics protocols , ideal crop conditions , and the best pee treatment possible . The system of Mienis Water meets all of that . That ’s why we choose them . ”
UltrafiltrationJochum continue : ‘ For more than 5 twelvemonth , we have been demonstrate that our unique Ultrafiltration can be used on all types of water system flows - stably , safely , and automatically . The system does treat the drain urine from Lycopersicon esculentum , but we also use it with floriculture ship’s company and with cuttings- and young plants growers . ’
For more information : Mienis WaterJochum Genuit+31(0)6 - 54288682[email protected]www.mienis - water.nl
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