After 22 years of patriotic service , Dutch rose breeder Interplant Roses entreat its gas - fired Ecoster drain water disinfector word of farewell to make way for the new Ecoster E , which will be formally uncover at the GreenTech 2025 in Amsterdam . Manager Victor Piek receive its ease of usage and very low energy economic consumption .
Interplant Roses has been a dedicated breeder of garden and glasshouse roses for over sixty age , having made a name for itself in the truss market segment . All the crossing and initial screenings of seedlings take lieu at the independent location in Harmelen , the Netherlands . Each plant is genetically unique and has the potential to become a standout miscellany in the future .
" crossroad and selection is a time - consuming , knowledge- and capital - intensive process , " says handler Victor Piek . " Diseases and pests must not disrupt that process . So it fit without saying that we do everything we can to keep the plant intelligent . That includes our piss management . "
Time for replacementHorticultural companies in the Netherlands are not allowed to simply dispatch their drain water and waste product water . for be able to reuse it responsibly , disinfect it is a good practice .
" Disinfection is a demand for us , " Piek confirms . " Since the early 2000s , we had been using a petrol - fire Ecoster installment for this . We replaced it at the beginning of this year . It was still turn fine , but we knew that some components were being discontinued and would no longer be usable . And although the disinfector just involve any maintenance and always did the job , we thought it was time for something novel . "
The management took the time to acquaint themselves with the in vogue disinfection technologies . UV disinfection was quickly ruled out , because that engineering is not as good for drain water containing particles of organic matter . " We produce the plant in an organic substratum , so you ca n’t forfend some of it also getting into the drain water . Other disinfection techniques , such as inverse osmosis , ultrafiltration and ozone , also have technological or financial limitations compare to heating system . So we cease up with Ecoster again . "
newfangled high temperature exchangerCoincidentally , Van Dijk Heating had just developed a new Ecoster E. This electrically heated disinfector uses Modern technology that cools the treat drain water even more efficiently .
On behalf of the producer , Ton van Dijk explains how this works . " In the old edition , the treated drainage water was cooled down from 95 ° C to 5 ° C above the provision temperature . The novel version cools down from 96 ° C to 2 ° snow above the provision temperature . So more heat is extracted from the disinfected water and render to the disinfection process . As a result , almost 50 % less power is want for heating in the uninterrupted appendage . "
PrototypeThat makes a big difference , agree to the direction of Interplant Roses . It was just unfortunate that this upgraded adaptation was not yet on the market . But a solvent was found for that , too , as Van Dijk explains . " We had already created something peachy , but it had not yet become an actual software in a clientele . At that time , there was one image run at a pot industrial plant nursery , with a disinfection capacity of 10 m3 / time of day . An installation with half that capability would be sufficient for Interplant . It gave us the chance to prove a 2d prototype of modest capacity , and confirm that everything would work the way we wait . "
" And it does , " says Piek , with two calendar month of user experience behind him . " Although I must aboveboard acknowledge that we just give any attention to it . Just like the erstwhile disinfector , it works without a stop and certainly has n’t needed any sustainment yet . We ’re confident in good results at low-toned costs . "
Always connected"That aspect has been upgraded as well , " enounce Van Dijk . " The new Ecoster E will have an internet link by default option . In case of a malfunction , we or the installer can access and see what ’s going on . Remote sensing has proven its time value as a tool to minimize downtime . It is a logical addition to functionality . "
Installer : " large innovation , also for refinement in other countries"As an installer , Bosman Van Zaal was involved in the process of selecting and set up the unexampled Ecoster E at Interplant Roses . labor coach Geert Nell was sunnily surprised that a new , muscularity - efficient version had just been devised at the time of software .
" After a brief orientation course by Victor Piek , it was clear that a new heater was the undecomposed option . When we approached Van Dijk Heating for this , it plough out that they wanted to install a prototype of the new electric variant , " he withdraw . " Interplant Roses was game . To be on the safe side , we first pulled a heavier line , because if there were any initial job , the fellowship would have to fall back on an early generation electric heater . In retrospect , that was n’t necessary because the new Ecoster E runs fine . Not that I expected anything else ; operational reliability is important to us , especially when it come to water disinfection . "
Nell calls the upgraded Ecoster east a welcome design that fits the trends of increasing recirculation , responsible water management and energy saving . " That may voice obvious in Northwestern Europe , but in other field they still throw away a hatful of drain water . Yet there too , people are coming to realize that responsible reuse is practiced for the environment , skilful for nature and good for net . Even party in Africa are now switch to reusing disinfected drainage water . The Ecoster E fits well into that scenario . "
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