The Sonovortex Anti-Hail Cannon
Because extreme weather phenomena tend to occur more often than in the past, the Sonovortex Anti-Hail Cannon can be a good way to protect your assets against them.
This is a lesser-known system for preventing the hail formation. It works by creating shock-waves in an explosion chamber, which are then redirected, by using a metallic cone, having a specific geometry and size, in the upper parts of the atmosphere, in order to create a mechanical perturbation in the area where the hail creation process takes place. This perturbation prevents the formation of the ice crystals.
We use a gaseous mix comprising of 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen. This mix is very explosive and the produced shockwave is very impressive. The timing of the explosions is controller via an electronic systems, by using a proprietary software.
The main components are the container and the cannon itself. The later can be mounted inside or outside the container.
Inside the container there are the following parts:
- the control unit;
- the gas containers (at least one oxygen tank and one hydrogen tank);
- the gas distribution system;
- the electrical system;
- the power source: a battery, the charge controller, which connects the battery and a solar panel (mounted on the rooftop of the container).
In order to prevent hail formation, the system has to be started at least 30 minutes before the hail clouds would be above the area we intend to protect
To achieve this, the user can monitor the sky visually or he can use a comercial forecasting service which relies on the radars able to detect the hail clouds. This can provide an accurate forecast regardind the occurence of a hail storm.
A full working cycle lasts 30 minutes. The system stops immediately after this time interval. But the user can start and stop the system whenever he wants. Likewise, he can issue a command to fire a certain number of shots, but no longer than 30 minutes, in continuos mode.
1 hydrogen tank + 1 oxygen tank, each having a capacity of 50 liters, provide the necessary gas quantity to operate the cannon for 3,5 hours, aproximattely. After the gas runs out, the user has to connect another pair of hydrogen and oxygen tanks. Optionally, a greater bank, consisting of several tanks can be connected, thus ensuring a greater working period without refueling.
Cannon itself: 6 m (height)
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The system can be started manually by pushing a button, a remote controller or by receiving commands via SMS. It can work as a stand-alone unit or in a cluster mode.
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This system can also be used in order to determine the birds to flee from airports areas, orchands, crops, vineyards or the wild animals to flee from certain areas, inhabited by humans. If desired for this purpose-only, it can be built at a smaller scale.
It can be used to protect the big parking lots, the photo-voltaic farms or the greenhouses, solariums.
We can think of other usages such as: keeping a clean sky and air in certain areas, such as on the seaside or during certain important events taking place outdoor, which otherwise can be compromised by hail or other non-friendly weather conditions.
It can be also used as an anti-frosting system for the crops or orchands during the springtime, when very cold layers of air can descend upon the soil. Thus, it can mix/ disperse the layers of air, avoiding the freezing of the plants.
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The Sonovortex system has been granted a national patent, RO 131600, and an international one: EP3484273B1.
The content can be read here.
Because the Romanian patent was, also, granted, we have implemented a research & development project, funded by the EU, having as final goal the building of several comercial units, in which the research partner was the National Institute of Agricultural Machinery, from Romania.
It can be used to protect the big parking lots, the photo-voltaic farms or the greenhouses, solariums.
We can think of other usages such as: keeping a clean sky and air in certain areas, such as on the seaside or during certain important events taking place outdoor, which otherwise can be compromised by hail or other non-friendly weather conditions.
It can be also used as an anti-frosting system for the crops or orchands during the springtime, when very cold layers of air can descend upon the soil. Thus, it can mix/ disperse the layers of air, avoiding the freezing of the plants.
The content can be read here.
Because the Romanian patent was, also, granted, we have implemented a research & development project, funded by the EU, having as final goal the building of several comercial units, in which the research partner was the National Institute of Agricultural Machinery, from Romania.
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