Control method and apparatus of wind machine for plant frost protection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8701341
APP PUB NO 20110247263A1
SERIAL NO

13054141

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This invention relates to control method and apparatus of wind machine for plant frost protection, and belongs to the domain of agro-meteorological disaster monitoring and control. Existing wind machines for plant frost protection only rely on critical damage temperature or wind speed as a condition to start. If there is no thermal inversion, operation of the wind machine will aggravate freezing injury to plants. If the strength of thermal inversion is weak, the effect will be minimal. The feature of this invention is that when temperature at the plant canopy is lower than the critical damage temperature of a certain plant and temperature difference between the top and bottom of the thermal inversion layers exceeds set threshold, wind machine will start automatically. Otherwise it will remain off. The control apparatus mainly consists of sensor 5 at the top of thermal inversion layer, sensor 7 at bottom of thermal inversion layer, and controller 4. This invention of the control of frost protection wind machine ensures rational and effective operation and avoids aggravated freezing risk due to misuse of energy and incorrect operation.

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  • JIANGSU UNIVERSITY;JIANGSU YINCHUNBIYA TEA RESEACH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hu, Yong-guang Jiangsu, CN 1 3
Li, Pingping Jiangsu, CN 8 3
Wang, Xiuhong Jiangsu, CN 2 5
Zhang, Xiliang Jiangsu, CN 29 863

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