Device for frost prevention of crops
AssigneeYarmouk University
InventorsGhazi Mustafa Ali Magableh, Saba Moh'd Ali Ali Abu-Dalu, Mahmoud Zeidan Khalil Mistarihi
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Abstract
A frost prevention device for protecting crops in open fields from frost damage. The device may include a housing that encloses both solid and liquid fuel storage compartments, a combustion chamber, a solid and liquid fuel feeding system, and an air intake and exhaust fan. The combustion chamber is configured to burn organic solid fuels or combustible liquids, generating heat to raise the ambient temperature around crops. The device may further include a control unit with thermal and moisture sensors configured to automate its operation based on environmental conditions, and a Global Positioning System module configured to assist in navigating through a field.
Claims15
A frost prevention device for crops in a field, comprising:
- a housing supported on a chassis comprising wheels;
- a support frame configured to hold the housing;
- a solid fuel storage compartment configured to enclose solid fuel;
- a liquid fuel storage compartment;
- a combustion chamber configured to burn solid and/or liquid fuel;
- a solid fuel feeding unit in operable connection with the solid fuel storage compartment and the combustion chamber;
- a liquid fuel feeding unit in operable connection with the liquid fuel storage compartment and the combustion chamber;
- an air intake fan configured to provide the combustion chamber with air required for complete combustion of solid and/or liquid fuel;
- an exhaust fan;
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- a control unit configured to operate the frost prevention device autonomously,
- wherein the combustion chamber comprises:
- a main body with an upper end and a lower end;
- a combustion drawer;
- a combustion drawer slot in proximity to the lower end configured to removably receive the combustion drawer;
- a constriction in the main body;
- a solid fuel inlet in operable connection with the solid fuel feeding unit;
- a liquid fuel inlet in operable connection with the liquid fuel feeding unit;
- an air inlet in operable connection with the air intake fan;
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- a pass-through opening in operable connection with the exhaust fan and configured to move flue gases and hot air to a surrounding environment outside the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.