Tomtech has been putting their engineering science to a novel use of goods and services , helping boost the circular saving in Kenya .
More frequently find in UK and European greenhouse , Tomtech ’s technology is helping check an anaerobic digestor that is turning waste into biofuel on one of Kenya ’s gravid flower farms .
" Though we ’re more accustomed to helping create ideal rise conditions in glasshouse , our engineering is just as expert at controlling other procedure like anaerobic digestion , " enunciate Krzysztof Hernik , Managing Director of Tomtech .
Tomtech ’s T200 ascendancy scheme is more frequently used within multi - zone greenhouses where it automatically alters heating , ventilation , irrigation , fertigation , and other factors which bear on growth .
The organization monitors status using Tomtech ’s Environment Manager software and makes change based on user - defined computer programming and mutant in conditions .
However , for the first time , the T200 has now been used to control the functions of an anaerobic digestor operated by the Kenyan company Grants Bio - Tech .
anaerobiotic digestion is the procedure in which constitutive matter , such as beast or plant barren , is broken down via bacteria in an oxygen - liberal tank to produce biogas .
Grants Bio - Tech design , manufacture and install anaerobiotic digestors , which they state assistance produce energy independence and a cleaner environment .
" Kenyan gardening , particularly the cutting flower industry , acquire high level of bio waste , which can be a problem , but that also offers an opportunity for clean and sustainable energy where it ’s require most , " says Paul Hodson , Director of Grants Bio - technical school .
" The Tomtech system has make us better , safe control of the digestion summons , and we are already seeing increased gas production as a result , " adds Paul .
The anaerobiotic digestor has been instal at Bohemian Flower Farm , which is located near the town of Naivasha and is one of the big in Kenya , with over 3,500 employee .
A large Ithiel Town in Nakuru County , around 90 km northwest of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi , Naivasha is a popular tourist destination known for the Hells Gate National Park , which was the inspiration for a number of location in Disney ’s ' The Lion King . '
Kenya ’s economy is hard reliant on agriculture and gardening , which employ over 500,000 the great unwashed , including around 100,000 on flower farms that produce prime , including roses , carnations , and alstroemeria .
" Naturally , we jumped at the fortune to support a project which helps create sustainable vigor . The circular economy is increasingly authoritative to build up communities that can do good from renewable free energy , " conclude Krzysztof Hernik , Managing Director at Tomtech .
Tomtech was institute in 1986 and provides everything needed to produce , monitor and keep up the perfect growing conditions in commercial glasshouse .
Their adaptive systems are used throughout the UK and further abroad to support the gardening of almost every type of craw grown in glasshouse .
This is one of the first times their technology has also been used to see anaerobiotic digestors , but more project are planned both in the UK and Africa .
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