Ultra-fine oxygen bubbles

The Vortex UFB unit has been designed to release ultra-fine oxygen bubbles into a storage tank and other forms of water holding systems. The unit consists of a pump, filter, check valve, venturi, pre-mixer, cone-vortex combination, in-line Dissolved Oxygen (DO) sensor, pressure sensor, oxygen concentrator and a control box. This all mounted on a frame.

The Vortex unit scrubs the air for oxygen. Through the patent-pending vortex technology it applies force to the oxygen, pulverizing the O² into the irrigation water, and creating Nano Bubbles. By doing this the O² stays in suspension even when going through several process of an irrigation system.

Nano bubbles are tiny spherical cap-shaped bubbles with diameters less than 100 nm that have the ability to change the normal characteristics of water. They have several unique physical and mechanical features, including stability, high internal pressure, extremely large surface/volume ratio, high oxygen dissolution rate, and generation of free radicals. The peculiar attributes of nanobubbles has led to their wide application and utilization in various agricultural applications which are proven to be with high economic potential

With a nanobubble generator in combination with a O² concentrator it is possible to super saturate the irrigation water to > 250% O² and keep that concentration stable for a long time because the O² nanobubbles will dissolve slowly in the irrigation water what gives a constant production of Reactive Oxygen Radicals (ROS). It will reach the root zone of the plants at a level between 150 and 200% saturation.

Main advantages of O² nano bubbles

• Stable enhancement of Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
• Bubbles have a negative charge and promote cation-exchange
• Bubbles become a substrate (the water becomes an aerated foam)
• Free radicals increase metabolism
• Cell membrane permeability of larger molecules
• Fights disease through exclusion (healthier plants) instead of disinfection