Method of cold technology based irrigation of areas affected by aridity
OwnerHeikki Auvineninventor
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Abstract
A method of a cold-technology-based irrigation of areas affected by aridity based on restoration of the energy balance (energothasis) of each unit area (square meter, acre, hectare, square kilometer, etc.) by utilizing imported external energy (electric transmission lines diesel generators, solar energy and/or wind energy) to increase the energy intensity of the unit area concerned. The imported energy will be stored in ice or low-temperature soil produced by artificial cooling, creating an artificial temperature gradient within the unit area concerned and resulting in condensation of water from the air and elevation of groundwater to-wards the cold layer.
Claims8
A method of cold technology-based irrigation and fertilization in ground soil overlying a source of groundwater, comprising the steps of:
- refrigerating the soil by directing a cooled liquid medium into a pipe system buried in the ground to conduct into and circulate in the soil the liquid medium so as to establish above the groundwater a sub-surface cooled layer of the soil;
- after said refrigerating step, maintaining said sub-surface cooled layer of the soil by inputting an additional liquid medium into the soil to effect a lowered temperature of a second layer of the soil above said sub-surface cooled layer of the soil and to bind air-condensing moisture in said second layer of the soil so as to support establishment of a microbial flora in said second layer of the soil;
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- using water melted from said sub-surface cooled layer of the soil to establish a liquid connection between the microbial flora in said second layer of the soil and the groundwater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.