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Irrigation

The installation of an MHD unit in an irrigation system eliminates the need for any kind of wetting agent. 

The MHD ionization process reduces the surface tension of water by approximately 30%. Putting this in words; "it makes water more efficient." This unique characteristic of “wetter water” precipitates into advantages of geometric proportions. Tests have been conducted in order to analyze the effect MHD units have. 

The University of Mississippi Department of Agriculture has showed that an MHD unit resulted in better absorption by pine seedlings grown for reforestation.

In a laboratory test conducted by Dr. Stephen Maggard and published in his dissertation in 1989 on MHD Systems’ technology, Maggard established that the water stayed ionized for 10 hours. Once in the soil the water stays ionized for even longer.

MHD Systems and its Tokyo agent (Victaco Ltd.) in a joint venture with Sago University under the direction of Dr. Haruo Uemuro – Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering – conducted a series of experiments on an MHD unit. The experiment examined the ionization in sea water lines to heat exchangers providing cooling water to industry. The experiments showed that

  • Surface tension was reduced by 30%
  • Marine growth and scale were prevented from forming
  • Ionization was effective for over one mile in down-stream lines
  • Implications in turf maintenance:
  • More penetration
  • Deeper penetration
  • Less evaporation and run-off
  • More even and better distribution of water reducing hot spots
  • Better nutrient absorption by plant roots
  • Less fertilizer needed
  • Effective against scale problems
  • Clarify "red water" and preventing rusting in system.

Installation Maintenance & Warranty

  • No power necessary
  • Installation is inexpensive and quick
  • 5 year warranty
  • MHD units installed in the 1980’s and 90’s are still working effectively – no reason to believe a unit will ever lose its effectiveness
  • Maintenance free

Academic research on this application are listed below:

Belyavskaya, N.A. 2001.  Ultrastructure and calcium balance in meristem cells of pea roots exposed to extremely low magnetic fields, Adv. Space Res., 28:645–650.

Bogatin, J., N.PH. Bondarenko, Z. Gake, E.E. Rokhinson and I.P. Ananyev.  1999.  Magnetic treatment of irrigation water: experimental results and application conditions, Environmental Science and Technology, 33: 1280–1285

Busch K.W., M.A. Busch, D.H. Parker, R.E. Darling and J.L. McAtee Jr.  1985.  Laboratory studies involving magnetic treatment devices.  Corrosion 85, NACE Houston Paper No. 251.  

Chang, K. and C. Weng.  2006. The effect of an external magnetic field on the structure of liquid water using molecular dynamics simulation.  Journal of Applied Physics,100. 

Dayong, L., W. Shen, C. Jingyi, L. Tingren, C. Baoyi and F. Zhiyu.  1999.  Effect of Magnetized water on the mice given high doses of antineoplastic drugs.  Journal of Shanghai University 3(1): 81-83.

Duarte Diaz, C.E., J.A. Riquenes, B. Sotolongo, M.A. Portuondo, E.O. Quintana and R.     Perez.  1997.  Effects of magnetic treatment of irrigation water on the tomato crop.  Hortic. Abst., 69:494.

Ellingsen, F.T. and H. Kristiansen.  1979.  Does magnetic treatment influence precipitation     of calcium carbonate from supersaturated solutions?  Vatten, 35:309-315. 

Gehr R., Z.A. Zhai, J.A. Finch and S.R. Rao.  1995.  Reduction of soluble mineral concentrations in caso4 saturated water using a magnetic field.  Wat. Res., 29(3): 933-940. 
           
Ghauri, S. A. and M.S. Ansari.  2006.  Increase of water viscosity under the influence of magnetic field.  Journal of Applied Physics, 100.

Gholizadeh, M., H. Arabshahi, M. Saeidi, B. Mahdavi.  2008.  The effect of magnetic water on growth and quality improvement of poultry.  Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 3(3):140-144. 

Goldsworthy, A., H. Whitney and E. Morris.  1999.Water Research, 33(7): 1618-1626

Govoroon, R.D., V.I. Danilov, V.M. Fomicheva, N.A. Belyavskaya, Zinchenko, S. Yu. 1992.  Effects of fluctuations of a geomagnetic field and its screening on early phases in development of higher plants. Biofizika, 37:738–743.

Grusche, S. and Z. Rona.  1997.  Encyclopedia of natural healing: A practical self-help guide.  Alive Books.  

Hilal, M.H. and M.M. Hilal.  2000.  Application of magnetic technologies in desert agriculture.  Egyptian Journal of Soil Science, 40(3): 423-435.

Hozayn, M.; Qados, A.M.S.A. 2010. Irrigation with magnetized water enhances growth, chemical constituent and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America, 1(4):671-676.

Joshi K.M. and P.V. Kamat.  1966.  Effect of magnetic field on the physical properties of water.  J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 43: 620-622.

Kronenberg, K.  1993.  More alluring facts about treating water with magnets.  Aqua Magazine, September 1993. 

Lin I.J. and J. Yotvat.  1990. Exposure of Irrigation and Drinking Water to a Magnetic Field with Controlled Power and Direction.  Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 83: 525-526. 

Lipusa,L. and D.  Dobersekb.  2007.  Influence of magnetic field on the aragonite precipitation.  Chemical Engineering Science, 62: 2089 – 2095.

McMahon, C.  2009.  Investigation of the quality of water treated by magnetic fields.  University of Southern Queensland Faculty of Engineering and Surveying.  Undergraduate thesis. 

Moon J.D. and H.S. Chung.  2000.  Acceleration of germination of tomato seed by applying AC electric and magnetic fields.  J. Electrostatistics, 48:103-114.

Morejón, L.P., J.C. Castro Palacio, L. Velázquez, and A. P. Govea.  2007.  Stimulation of Pinus tropicalis M. seeds by magnetically treated water.  Int. Agrophysics, 21:173-177.

Otsuka, I. and S. Ozeki.  2006.  Does magnetic treatment of water changes its properties?  J. Phys. Chem., 110(4):1509-1512.

Parsons, S.A., B.L. Wang, S.J. Judd and T. Stephenson.  1997.  Magnetic treatment of calcium carbonate scale – effect of pH control.  Wat. Res., 31(2):339-342.  

Podleoney, J., S. Pietruszewski, and A. Podleoena.  2004.  Efficiency of the magnetic treatment of broad bean seeds cultivated under experimental plot conditions.  Int. Agrophys. 18:65-71. 

Qados, A. and M. Hozayn.  2010.  Magnetic Water Technology, a Novel Tool to Increase Growth, Yield, and Chemical Constituents of Lentil (Lens esculenta) under Greenhouse Condition.  American-Eurazian J. Agric. and Environ. Sci., 7(4): 457-462. 

Renia F.G., L.A. Pascual, I.A. Fundora  2001. Influence of a Stationary Magnetic Field on water relations in lettuce Seeds. Part II: Experimental Results. Bioelectromagnetics, 22:596-602.

Ritchie, I. and R. Lehnen.  2001.  Magnetic conditioning of fluids: an emerging green technology.  5th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, June 26-28, 2001.  National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Shabrangi, A. and A. Majd.  2009.  Effect of Magnetic Fields on Growth and Antioxidant Systems in Agricultural Plants.  PIERS Proceedings, Beijing, China, March, 23-37. 

Shercliff, J.A.  1965.  A Textbook of Magnetohydynamics.  Pergamon Press, New York.   

Smith,C., P. Coetzee and J. Meyer. 2003.  The effectiveness of a magnetic physical water treatment device on scaling in domestic hot-water storage tanks, Water SA, 29(3).   

Watt, D. and C. Rosenfelder.  2005.  The effect of oral irrigation with a magnetic water treatment device on plaque and calculus.  Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 20(5): 314-317. 

Yue, Y.  W. Huaxiang, X. Wenhui, Z. Xiehe, M. Dingxiang, M. Tingjie and L. Su.  1983.  Studies on the effect of magnetized water in the treatment of urinary stone and salivary calculus.  Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Rare Earth-Cobalt Permanent magnets and their Applications.