Linde launches new oxygenation technology
Linde Gases has announced the launch of Solvox OxyStream – a low-pressure oxygenation system that it says helps significantly increase fish production volume, optimise fish meat quality and improve operations from an environmental standpoint.
With the trend of moving aquaculture production from sea cages to land-based sites for the full duration of the fish’s lifecycle, the requirements of oxygenating large fish tanks that can accommodate fish stock from infancy to maturity has become a major challenge for fish farm operators, says the firm.
The patented Solvox OxyStream is a combined oxygenation and flow system which dissolves the optimal amount of oxygen in the inlet water flow, and distributes it evenly at an adjustable flow pattern through the tank, ensuring fish stock physically benefit from exercise against the flow.
The micro-bubbles created also help to reduce the concentration of dissolved inert gases such as nitrogen, argon and CO2.
“Linde has always played a pioneering role in gas technology within the food production and processing market,” says Linde’s Stefan Dullstein. “We’re delighted to introduce such an effective and environmentally sustainable solution to combat the challenges of dissolving a sufficient amount of oxygen in very large tanks and distributing it evenly by creating an adjustable flow regime.”
