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US 2021/0352856 A1Published application
Aerial electrostatic system for weather modification
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsDANIEL E. MARTIN, Arquimedes Ruiz-Columbie
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Abstract
The system uses a specifically modified spray assembly to spray electrically charged fluid into selected clouds. In addition to rain enhancement, the system is also designed for snow enhancement, hail suppression, fog dissipation, and smog remediation.
Claims20
An aerial electrostatic seeding (ES) method for weather modification, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) equipping at least one aircraft with a spraying system comprising at least one sprayer, the sprayer comprising:
- (1) a spray nozzle that produces an atomized spray;
- (2) an electrode that surrounds the nozzle;
- (b) taking off in the at least one aircraft and locating a targeted cloud comprising or having a potential to comprise:
- rain, fog, smog, hail, or snow;
- (c) providing a pressurized fluid to the spray nozzle so that the fluid sprays from the nozzle;
- (d) electrically charging the electrode so that the fluid spraying from the nozzle has an electrical charge, and comprises an electrically charged fluid;
- (e) spraying the electrically charged fluid so that the electrically charged fluid enters the targeted cloud, thereby causing at least one of:
- rain enhancement, fog dissipation, smog remediation, hail suppression, or snow enhancement.
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