Harmon Systems International, LLC
The SO2 generator was designed by Darrell Harmon, a farmer in Kings County, in Lemoore, CA, in the late 1950s. He had a problem with his irrigation water because he was getting sodium buildup and calcium carbonate forming in the soil and the water wouldn't penetrate the soil. Having some chemistry history, he came to the conclusion that sulfur dioxide would be the one that would reverse this process.

                                                         
Chemistry indicated that you could only make 3 tons of sulfuric acid with one ton of sulfur, in the chemical process in the reduction of carbonates and bicarbonates, 1 ton of sulfur is equivalent to 6 tons of sulfuric acid.

He found that he could treat the water with sulfuric acid but it was very expensive and hazardous, the problems with the water flows vs. the gypsum, he couldn't put enough gypsum on the ground to keep up with the water flow.

After many water tests and soil analysis were performed and by reading an article about evaluating water by using the residual sodium carbonate method, he decided to look around for a sulfur dioxide generator that would fit on his agriculture application.

After numerous phone calls and traveling expenses, there wasn't anything on the market that fit this agriculture application. So Darrell Harmon decided to look around on his ranch and see what he had to make a machine that would work on his application. After several experiments, he came up with a design that would actually work.

After 3 months, he had so much more water penetration than that of before, he had to shorten his water runs. All of the other ranchers in the area soon became interested in what Mr. Harmon had invented. Word traveled in the community and soon every farmer around needed help with his soil and irrigation water. With so much response, Darrell Harmon decided to expand his farm operation to include the sales of SO2 Generators. He incorporated the help of his son, John Harmon and the assistance of three welders to produce what was the known as first series of the Harmon SO2 Generator.

By the late 1970s there had been many changes in the design, with trial and error, The Harmon SO2 Generator has been modified and produced into a machine that was very popular with the local farmers. They moved their operation from Lemoore, CA to Bakersfield, CA. They started shipping these units all over California, Arizona and Nevada. Darrell and John Harmon had built a thriving business. The generator business was so much more profitable than the ranching business that they concentrated on it full time.

The Harmon SO2 Generator is still manufactured by John Harmon since the death of his father, Darrell Harmon in 1986, and now the next generation of Harmon's, John's son, Jeff Harmon. As of July 2002, there have been 1145 Harmon SO2 Generators sold world wide including Australia, Scotland, Hawaii, Japan, Saudi Arabia. Not just for Agriculture applications, The Harmon SO2 Generator can work for  many applications such as Turf, Waste Water Treatment, Oilfield Water Production, CBM or anywhere SO2 can be used.

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Harmon Systems International, LLC
Harmon SO2 Generators
D & J Harmon Co., Inc.
2201 Coy Avenue
Bakersfield, CA  93307
Phone  661-396-3570    Fax  661-396-3574

E-mail  H2SO3Generators@aol.com  

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