Method for calculating instantaneous sprinkler strength

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11504730-B2
Application number	US-201616344690-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2016
Priority date	Nov 1, 2016
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for calculating instantaneous sprinkler strength comprising: ensuring that a translational sprinkler (1) maintains a stable operating state, placing b rain barrels (3) at a distance of a metres from the translational sprinkler (1), and moving the translational sprinkler (1) to obtain measurement data; calculating movement time, and the average sprayed water depth received by the rain barrels (3); assuming the distribution form of the amount of water of the translational sprinkler (1), establishing a function relationship between an instantaneous sprinkler strength ht and the movement time t, and calculating a variable in the function relationship; and substituting into the established function relationship a specific numerical value of an instantaneous point in time t of the movement of the translational sprinkler (1), so that the value of ht obtained is a numerical value of the instantaneous sprinkler strength of the translational sprinkler (1). The calculation method has a simple operation, is fast and can obtain a precise calculation result with relatively low experiment costs.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for calculating instantaneous sprinkling intensity, comprising the following steps:
(a) placing a number of b rain gauges with water-receiving opening in a diameter D at a distance of a meters from a translational sprinkler, to measure a volume of water sprinkled from the translational sprinkler;
(b) setting an operating pressure of the translational sprinkler, maintaining the translational sprinkler in a stable operating state, setting a movement speed s of the translational sprinkler, moving the translational sprinkler until the rain gauges cannot receive water sprinkled from the translational sprinkler, and then stopping the translational sprinkler; measuring the volume of sprinkled water c i (i=1, . . . , b) received in each rain gauge, repeating a test for n times at the same movement speed, and calculating an average volume of sprinkled water d i =c i /n (i=1, . . . , b) received in each rain gauge,
wherein the test comprises the setting the operating pressure, the maintaining the stable operating state, the setting the movement speed s, the moving the translational sprinkler until the rain gauges cannot receive water sprinkled from the translational sprinkler, and the stopping the translational sprinkler;
(c) calculating a movement time t=2R/s during which the volume of water sprinkled from the translational sprinkler is received in the rain gauges as a function of sprinkling rate R of a sprayer on the translational sprinkler; calculating an average volume of sprinkled water

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received in the rain gauges; calculating an average depth H=(4V)/(ΠD 2 ) of sprinkled water received in the rain gauges;
(d) assuming a distribution shape of the volume of water sprinkled from the translational sprinkler, and establishing a functional relationship h t =kf(t) between instantaneous sprinkling intensity h t and the movement time t according to mathematical characteristics of the assumed shape, where, k is a general term of all variables in the analytic expression f(t), and f(t) is an analytic expression of the independent variable t; calculating the variable k in the functional relationship h t =kf(t) from the value of the movement time t and the value of the average depth H of sprinkled water which are calculated in the step (c), according to the mathematical characteristics of the assumed shape;
(e) substituting the specific numerical value of instantaneous movement time t of the translational sprinkler into the functional relationship h t =kf(t) established in the step (d) to obtain the value of h t , which is the numerical value of the instantaneous sprinkling intensity of the translational sprinkler; and
(f) setting the instantaneous sprinkling intensity of the translational sprinkler to reduce runoff of soil.

2. The method for calculating instantaneous sprinkling intensity according to claim 1 , wherein the assumed distribution shape of the volume of water sprinkled from the translational sprinkler is an elliptical shape, a triangular shape, or a parabolic shape.

3. The method for calculating instantaneous sprinkling intensity according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the volume of sprinkled water c i (i=1, . . . , b) received in each rain gauge is measured after the translational sprinkler operates stably for 10 min.

4. The method for calculating instantaneous sprinkling intensity according to claim 1 , wherein the distance of a meters between the rain gauge and the translational sprinkler is greater than the sprinkling range R of a sprayer on the translational sprinkler.

5. The method for calculating instantaneous sprinkling intensity according to claim 1 , wherein the number b of the rain gauges is greater than or equal to 1.

6. The method for calculating instantaneous sprinkling intensity according to claim 1 , wherein the number n of repetition times of the test is greater than or equal to 1.

Assignees

• Univ Jiangsu

Inventors

• Zhu Xingye
• Liu Junping
• Yuan Shouqi
• Tian Kun
• Wan Jinghong

Classifications

• B05B12/004 Primary

  comprising sensors for monitoring the delivery, e.g. by displaying the sensed value or generating an alarm (B05B12/08 takes precedence; registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus in general G07C3/00) · CPC title

• A01G25/09 Primary

  Watering arrangements making use of movable installations on wheels or the like · CPC title

• G05B13/04 Primary

  involving the use of models or simulators · CPC title

• B05B12/084

  responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material already sprayed on the target, e.g. coating thickness, weight or pattern · CPC title

• G01W1/14

  Rainfall or precipitation gauges (measuring volume in general G01F) · CPC title