How it works…
When Mother Nature and Technics meet…
The use of wind machines as main protection against springfrost is not based upon real science. People do not want to accept that one can heat the orchard without using extra 'heat - source'.
30 years and installation of >30.000 machines later, we can offer an important range of experimental facts. This is the moment that wind machines become overall accepted as one of the best protections against springfrost.
Inversion:
Wind machines protect the young plants and flowers due to the so-called climatic phenomenon "temperature- inversion".
During the day, the sun heats the earth's surface. This heated air rises, and fills an energy reservoir at height between 10 and 25 m.
At night, the heating stops. The colder air settles next to the ground, with an upper air level containing warmer air.
Our wind machines (imagine these as big ventilators) will mix both air layers. As a result, the air temperature at blossom height will gain some degrees. Mostly enough to protect against frost damage.
The more air you can mix, the better the protection…
The bigger the blades, the better the protection…
The more power, the better the protection…
On Orchard Rite's site you can find a You Tube animation about this…
30 years and installation of >30.000 machines later, we can offer an important range of experimental facts. This is the moment that wind machines become overall accepted as one of the best protections against springfrost.
Inversion:
Wind machines protect the young plants and flowers due to the so-called climatic phenomenon "temperature- inversion".
During the day, the sun heats the earth's surface. This heated air rises, and fills an energy reservoir at height between 10 and 25 m.
At night, the heating stops. The colder air settles next to the ground, with an upper air level containing warmer air.
Our wind machines (imagine these as big ventilators) will mix both air layers. As a result, the air temperature at blossom height will gain some degrees. Mostly enough to protect against frost damage.
The more air you can mix, the better the protection…
The bigger the blades, the better the protection…
The more power, the better the protection…
On Orchard Rite's site you can find a You Tube animation about this…