A System to Control Prescribed Fires
The System can be Useful at the Wildland Urban Interface
The System Can Also Be Used to Bring Water, Electric Power, and Communications
to Regions Hit by an Earthquake or Other Disaster
Click HERE to see the US Patent Application on Google Patent web site. The PDF download does not work. Please be sure to select "Page images".
NOTE: The US Patent Application has been "allowed". This mean that once a fee is paid, the patent will be granted in approximately 2 months.
Contact: steve.shoap@alum.mit.edu
The System can be Useful at the Wildland Urban Interface
The System Can Also Be Used to Bring Water, Electric Power, and Communications
to Regions Hit by an Earthquake or Other Disaster
Click HERE to see the US Patent Application on Google Patent web site. The PDF download does not work. Please be sure to select "Page images".
NOTE: The US Patent Application has been "allowed". This mean that once a fee is paid, the patent will be granted in approximately 2 months.
Contact: steve.shoap@alum.mit.edu
I have invented a system that can move water long distances.
The figure below shows how it can be used to control a prescribed fire.
Electric generators near the pond send power to pumps on pickup trucks that are spaced two miles apart.
The 6 inch hoses have attached electric wires which power the booster pumps. Each hose line can be 8 miles long.
The hose sections are deployed by pickup trucks which tow large reels of hose.
This means that a circular area with a diameter of 5 miles can be surrounded by hose to prevent the escape of a prescribed fire.
Each hose semicircle has the option of spraying up to 400 gpm onto an oncoming fire. The spraying function can be remotely controlled.
In the figure, a hose segment in the foreground is spraying a stream of water into the air.
The system can be used to protect homes and people from fires at the Wildland Urban Interface.
The same invention can be used to deliver water, electric power, and communications
to localities that have lost these services because of terrorism or natural disasters.
Click HERE to see the invention.
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The same invention can be used to deliver water, electric power, and communications
to localities that have lost these services because of terrorism or natural disasters.
Click HERE to see the invention.
Click HERE to see my Home Page which has several more inventions.
