Electrostatically Treated Water for Plant Disease Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for controlling plant diseases in agriculture often rely on toxic chemical or biological substances, which pose environmental and health risks, and have complex production processes, making them uneconomical and requiring extensive approval processes.
Innovation Solution
A method involving the use of electrostatically treated water, where water clusters with an electron deficit are created by introducing water into a galvanic element, aligning charges, separating them, and collecting the de-electronised positively-charged fraction, which acts as a disinfectant by denaturing cellular structures of microorganisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If toxic chemical substances are used to control plant diseases, then disease control effectiveness is improved, but environmental safety and health risks worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces chemical substances with physically treated water that carries electrostatic charge. The water is treated through a galvanic element to generate positively charged water clusters that can penetrate and disrupt microbial cell structures through electrostatic interaction, eliminating the need for toxic chemicals while maintaining disease control effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of water by treating it through a galvanic element, creating water with altered electrostatic properties and cluster structure. This physically modified water exhibits enhanced antimicrobial activity through its electrostatic charge and cluster configuration, providing an alternative to chemical agents
2Reliability
If fermented compounds with complex chemical structures are used, then disease control effectiveness is improved, but production cost and process complexity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and utilizes only the essential functional property needed for disease control - the electrostatic charge and cluster structure of water - while eliminating the complex chemical structures and fermentation processes. The galvanic element directly generates the active component (charged water clusters) without requiring complex chemical synthesis or isolation steps
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs water, a readily available and inexpensive substance, transformed through a relatively simple galvanic treatment process. The treated water can be applied directly to plants, eliminating the need for expensive chemical synthesis, isolation, and stabilization processes required for fermented compounds
3Reliability
If chemical compounds are used for plant disease control, then disease eradication capability is improved, but approval process complexity and time requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
By replacing chemical substances with physically treated water, the patent eliminates the need for extensive toxicological testing and regulatory approval processes that chemical compounds require. The physical treatment method through a galvanic element produces water with enhanced antimicrobial properties that can be more readily approved for agricultural use
4Object-affected harmful factors
If electrostatically treated water is used for plant treatment, then environmental safety is improved, but understanding of effectiveness mechanism worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates water with altered electrostatic parameters and cluster structure through galvanic treatment. The effectiveness mechanism involves the interaction of these physically modified water properties with microbial cell structures, where the electrostatic charge facilitates penetration and disruption of cell membranes and internal structures
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This method effectively controls plant diseases without toxic effects, is environmentally safe, and prevents resistance formation in microorganisms, demonstrating efficacy through in-vivo tests against Botrytis and Phytophthora infections with reduced oxidative products and no detectable unpaired electrons.
Implementation Method 1
Aligning the charges and free electrons in the electric field
Implementation Method 2
Introducing the water to be treated into a galvanic element
Implementation Method 3
transfer of the electrostatic charge takes place via water having been treated by way of an influence process
Implementation Method 4
the water comprises water clusters having an electron deficit due to the treatment by way of the influence process
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a method for physical plant treatment by means of electrostatic charge, wherein a transfer of the electrostatic charge takes place via water treated by way of an influence process, wherein the water comprises water clusters having an electron deficit due to the treatment by means of an influence process, wherein the water treated by means of an influence process can be obtained by the following process steps:Introducing the water to be treated into a galvanic element,Aligning the charges and free electrons in the electric field,Separating the charges by motion and by the influence resulting therefrom andCollecting and discharging the de-electronized positively-charged fraction.The method for physical plant treatment allows comprehensive and effective control of fungal diseases, simultaneously avoiding toxicological impact on the environment.