ultrasound algae Articles
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How Ultrasound Controls Algae
Controlling algae with low-power ultrasound is a well-established technology that has been in existence for many years. It is an environmentally-friendly technology that is harmless to fish and plants. This article explains how ultrasound controls algae, including the five most common questions related to ultrasonic algae control. Algal blooms cause reduced light penetration, depletion of ...
By LG Sonic
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How LG Sonic ultrasound technology controls algae
Controlling algae with low-power ultrasound is a well-established technology that has been in existence for many years. It is an environmentally-friendly technology that is harmless to fish and plants. This article explains how ultrasound controls algae, including the five most common questions related to ultrasonic algae control. Ultrasonic algae control Algal blooms cause reduced light ...
By LG Sonic
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Research paper: Algae control with ultrasound in a WTP
Algal blooms are a form of pollution that can harm water quality and increase operating costs at treatment plants due to the presence of toxic algae. These toxins are complex, odorless, and resistant to sterilization. To meet legal requirements and optimize costs, it is essential to control algal growth in treatment plants using surface water for drinking. One solution for controlling algae is ...
By LG Sonic
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An Ohio City’s solution for treating algae in its drinking water treatment reservoirs - Case Study
An Ohio city used to dump tons of copper sulfate into its drinking water reservoirs to kill blue-green and green algae. Ultrasound ended this practice. Residents of Wilmington, OH, count on the water that flows from their faucets to be safe and crystal clear. But follow those pipes to the city’s two drinking water reservoirs, and the contrast is stark: blooms of harmful blue-green and ...
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An All-Out Battle Against Algae is On for Lake and Pond Managers: Choose the Sustainable Solution to Eradicate Algae - Case Study
Anyone responsible for a water body knows the battle. Whether it’s an irrigation pond, a golf hazard, or a communal lake, keeping it clean is a perpetual struggle and ceaseless chore. Unfortunately, failing to actively ensure a healthy water ecosystem too often results in an algal bloom that looks disgusting, has a horrible stench, and could even be toxic, in fact, quite harmful. The ...
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Ultrasound - A Solution for Algae Control in Water Treatment Plants
Algal blooms are a form of pollution that can harm water quality and increase operating costs at treatment plants due to the presence of toxic algae. These toxins are complex, odorless, and resistant to sterilization. To meet legal requirements and optimize costs, it is essential to control algal growth in treatment plants using surface water for drinking. One solution for controlling algae is ...
By LG Sonic
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Installation of four ultrasonic algae control systems in a recreational lake in the province of South Holland
LG Sonic installed four ultrasonic algae control systems, the MPC-Buoy, in recreational lake “de Zoetermeerse Plas” located in South Holland, the Netherlands. This environmentally friendly system controls toxic algal blooms by using ultrasound technology. It is the first algae control project of LG Sonic in their domestic market. In December 2015 LG Sonic, the municipality of ...
By LG Sonic
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How do you control algae or biofilm in your water?
If you use WaterIQ Technologies™ ultrasound solutions to control harmful algae blooms or biofilm in your pond, lake or treatment plant, we want to hear and share your story. WaterIQ Technologies ultrasonic solutions control algae and biofilm to help restore water ecosystems to their natural states. Instead of chemicals, we use proven, scientifically-based, sustainable technology, backed by ...
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Cooling tower case study
Cooling towers have always been difficult to control. Algae grow in the cooling tower itself and on the grids used. In addition to micro-organisms and biofilm, they reduce the efficiency of the cooling tower. Furthermore the risk of spreading Legionella is a serous factor to be reckoned with. Many of the traditional methods to fight algae are either insufficient, cumbersome, environmentally ...
By LG Sonic
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Control and monitor Algae in a Lake - Case Study
As part of the Clearwater PMPC project, 2 MPC Buoys were deployed in the Skrzyneckie Małe Lake to test the performance of this unique technology. The Challenge: Control and Monitor Toxic Algal Blooms The ClearWaterPMPC project was initiated by LG Sound and funded by "Research for SMEs" within the EU 7th Framework Programme. The goal of the ClearWaterPMPC (Predicting, Monitoring,Preventing, ...
By LG Sonic
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Algae Control Solution for Chilean Salmon Industry?
Since February 2016, Salmon farms in Chile have been suffering from an intensive Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) which is causing massive numbers of salmon deaths. Ultrasonic technology combined with algae detection could be the solution for an industry facing economic losses totaling millions. Currently the Dutch algae control company, LG Sonic, is discussing the implementation of ultrasonic ...
By LG Sonic
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Algae Controlled in a US Drinking Water Reservoir
A floating solar powered algae control system was installed in Emmitsburg (US) to control algae in a reservoir that provides drinking water to approximately 3,000 people. The MPC-Buoy system, installed in April 2017, succeeds in controlling algae, reducing chemical costs and water usage. The Challenge: Control Algae Problems The main objective of the project was to reduce algae problems, ...
By LG Sonic
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Cyanobacteria successfully monitored and controlled by using ultrasound
Cyanobacteria- also known as blue-green algae- cause problems when blooming in lakes, ponds and reservoirs. Mainly due to the production of toxins, cyanobacteria cause fish kill and the death of other aquatic animals. They also affect human beings, causing paralysis and skin irritation, and they are even thought to be related to the occurrence of liver cancer. In drinking water reservoirs, the ...
By LG Sonic
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ANDA Installs MPC-Buoy systems in El Salvador to safeguard water supply
With the approval of a $100 million loan from The World Bank, the Administración Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (ANDA) has made substantial progress toward improving the consistency and quality of El Salvador’s water supply. ANDA has installed three MPC-Buoy systems created by LG Sonic in cooperation with strategic partners the United States Agency for International ...
By LG Sonic
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Algal blooms in drinking water reservoirs
Drinking water reservoirs worldwide often suffer from frequent outbreaks of algal blooms. Their water quality degrades and becomes undrinkable. Algal blooms can grow so massive that they are even visible from outer space. Rising temperatures, extreme weather, stagnant water, and excess of nutrients accelerate algae growth. On hot summers, algae can grow very fast forming dense surface ...
By LG Sonic
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Ultrasound technology in water treatment: Algae control and reduction of biofilm formation
Recent research projects have underlined the potential of ultrasound as a chemical free treatment in water-related applications. This article reviews the use of ultrasound produced by the LG Sonic technology, with a focus on wastewater, irrigation and aquaculture applications. Sound Sound can be described as mechanical energy transmitted by pressure waves in a material medium. Thus, sound ...
By LG Sonic
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Why Interactive Ultrasonic Programs are Important to Effectively Control Algae
Many different algal types can bloom in a water body. Some of these algae are plant cells, while others are bacteria. Algae may vary in size, shape and cell characteristics. Typically, the type of algae that blooms depends on water temperature and sun hours. As a result, algal types may change several times during a season. To effectively control algae with ultrasound, it is important to know ...
By LG Sonic
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LG Sonic’s Ultrasound Technology to Eliminate Algae in Sabon Reservoir, A Coruna
LG Sonic’s innovative ultrasound system has been implemented in Sabón Reservoir, A Coruña, Spain, as a solution to control algae growth, thus ensuring the water quality and reducing the use of chemicals. LG Sonic, a leading provider of algae control solutions, has recently introduced its state-of-the-art ultrasound system in Sabón Reservoir, A Coruña, Spain. ...
By LG Sonic
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Water treatment case study
Wastewater is any water that has suffered in quality by human intervention. Often, wastewater is being treated for re-use as drinking water or for other purposes. As high levels of nutrition are available in these waters, algae may grow rapidly as well as other micro-organisms such as bacteria. Algae can compete for nutrients against the bacteria in charge of sludge reduction and can also clog ...
By LG Sonic
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LG Sonic to automatically predict algal blooms
LG Sonic will make use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to further develop the software algorithm which will make it possible to predict algal blooms based on water quality data automatically. Furthermore, it will provide detailed information about the intensity and the impact of the algal bloom on the ecosystem of the water body. The updated algorithm will be implemented in LG Sonic’s ...
By LG Sonic
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