What's inside the air in your greenhouse?

The system for monitoring the harmful gas in Greenhouses 'Air Monitoring', developed by Environmental Monitoring System (EMS), CropEye and Sercom, has been awarded in 2012. Air Monitoring gives growers the opportunity to intervene in time when the concentration of harmful gases in the greenhouse air is too high. The quality of the crop and the production can thus be improved.

In the last few years, production and quality losses of ten to 20 percent have been reported as a result of undesirable gases in the greenhouse air. The growth and development of the crop may in fact be severely inhibited as the concentration of ethylene and NOx in the greenhouse air is too high. These harmful gases are taken from the flue gases that are used to dispense CO2 or of equipment with an internal combustion engine in or around the greenhouse.

Air monitoring is developed by EMS, Sercom and innovation director CropEye and is the result of five years of research by the AirQ Innovation. This study mapped the occurring values of gases in the greenhouse and what its effect is on the crop. Knowledge has been acquired and a system developed to prevent exceeded risk limits. The research was partly financed by the program ‘Kas als Energiebron’ and Gasterra. There was close cooperation in the development of Air Monitoring with horticultural business owners, consultants and research institutions.

For more information:
Environmental Monitoring Systems (EMS) b.v.
Raiffeisenstraat 24
NL 4697 CG Sint-Annaland
0031166657200
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