Trellis system for irrigation and frost prevention

摘要

A trellis mounted system for irrigation and frost prevention is described. The irrigation system comprises a trellis, a first conduit coupled to the trellis, and a second conduit coupled to the trellis. The first conduit delivers a heated water stream to a nozzle that provides a heated water spray to an area surrounding the trellis. The second conduit provides drip irrigation to a ground area surrounding the trellis. The heated water supplied by the trellis mounted irrigation system prevents the development of damaging frost on agricultural plants.

主权项

1. An irrigation system, comprising: a trellis; a first conduit coupled to the trellis; a nozzle coupled to the terminus of the first conduit; a heated water stream flows through the conduit into the nozzle, the nozzle configured to deliver a heated water spray to an area surrounding the trellis; a second conduit coupled to the trellis, the second conduit configured to provide drip irrigation to a ground area surrounding the trellis; a geothermal heated water source; a surface water source; a heat exchanger; a first heat exchanger conduit system; a second heat exchanger conduit system; a first pump configured to extract geothermal heated water from a geothermal heated water source, conduct the geothermal heated water through the heat exchanger, and return the geothermal heated water to the geothermal water source, via the first heat exchanger conduit system; a second pump configured to extract water from a surface water source, conduct the surface water through the heat exchanger via the second heat exchanger conduit system, and conduct the surface water into the second conduit that provides drip irrigation; and the heat exchanger transfers heat from the geothermal heated water flowing through the heat exchanger to the surface water flowing through the heat exchanger, producing a heated surface water stream that is transferred to the first and second conduits that deliver the heated water to the trellis.