a crazy theory?

[iron joint]

So i have this idea to help our plants grow. i was thinking about the use of an oxygen concentrator (yea the plants don't use oxygen, here me out).

An oxygen concentrator works by removing all of the nitrogen from the air. 78% of the air is nitrogen. This means that the types of gases left in the air will increase proportionality in the absence of the nitrogen. What you will have left after the machine dumps the nitrogen out of a waste gate(which you would have made to leave the room).

the air in the room will now be:
oxygen: 95.4545455
argon: 4.22727273
carbon dioxide: 0.172727273
other gases: 0.1454545

Have a look at the ppm's on that. Id like to hear your thoughts.

 

[GidgetGrows]

The leaves need Co2 and produce oxygen. It might be beneficial if you used it in a DWC or bubble or something to put the oxygen toward the roots. But I don't see it being beneficial for the leafs though.

 

[statik]

So i have this idea to help our plants grow. i was thinking about the use of an oxygen concentrator (yea the plants don't use oxygen, here me out).

An oxygen concentrator works by removing all of the nitrogen from the air. 78% of the air is nitrogen. This means that the types of gases left in the air will increase proportionality in the absence of the nitrogen. What you will have left after the machine dumps the nitrogen out of a waste gate(which you would have made to leave the room).

the air in the room will now be:
oxygen: 95.4545455
argon: 4.22727273
carbon dioxide: 0.172727273
other gases: 0.1454545

Have a look at the ppm's on that. Id like to hear your thoughts.

I think I may see something here. Now, yeah the nitrogen is gone, o2 and Co2 are left...but isnt it still the same amount of Co2 that was in the air before?

Now my question is, how are the plants going to respond if you pump more Co2 into the room with lower nitrogen? If any difference at all?

 

[burninjay]

but isnt it still the same amount of Co2 that was in the air before?

well assuming fresh air is entering and nitrogen is being exhausted, the concentrations of everything other than nitrogen will increase.

 

[statik]

well assuming fresh air is entering and nitrogen is being exhausted, the concentrations of everything other than nitrogen will increase.

Good point. So this could potentially help save on supplementing Co2 after all.

 

[iron joint]

Well i thought our goal was a 1500 ppm of co2. This system raises the ppm from 380 to 1727.

 

[Hazmat]

Also, if you raise the ratio of Oxygen in your grow area by that much, you will increase the chances of having the Oxygen ignite. Oxygen is extremely flammable and at concentrations that high, it wouldn't take much, maybe just a spark from an electrical plug, and you would have fire. I'm not bashing your idea, just don't want your shit to burn down. Good luck on your grows

 

[iron joint]

Yea, that's the one problem i thought with it. That your atmosphere could ignite from the bulbs if your not careful. The reason why i made this theory was that i hate conventional co2 generators because:
1.You have to burn fossil fuels to make them run, my system iznt "creating" any extra co2, just getting things out of the way.
2.I hate the idea of anything in my setup that i need to add fuel to every-once in awhile. it seems so self insufficient and costly.

Is there a point at which a certain concentration of co2 will become dangerous for plants, or even harm them?

oh and 3. You might start feeling pretty good in a room with this much o2 before you touch the plants.

 

[supertiger]

If you bombard a nitrogen atom with a protons you get oxygen.

 

[patlpp]

The reason why i made this theory was that i hate conventional co2 generators because:
1.You have to burn fossil fuels to make them run, my system iznt "creating" any extra co2, just getting things out of the way.

Here we are with the whole green thing again. Calculate how much poisonous CO2 it took to create your CO2 enhancer scrubber thing a ma giggy. Bet it's 1000 times more than the CO2 your attempting to not "create" . Much more eco friendly would be a way to inject the CO2 that is a by-product of one of your appliances, like your water heater (if u use gas)

Next is perpetual motion.

Just bustin' ur balls , Peace

 

[iron joint]

i ment it more about the system being more efficient, and not have to "create" anything extra. But yea, not burning fossil fuels is fun too.

 

[WhiteWiddow]

i ment it more about the system being more efficient, and not have to "create" anything extra. But yea, not burning fossil fuels is fun too.

hahaha i found that last part funny