Method and system for operating irrigation systems motors

An irrigation system includes a central pivot and a series of mobile towers connected to the central pivot and to one another by support structure. Each mobile tower has wheels and a motor for driving at least one of the wheels. A control system operates the motors to maintain alignment of the mobil...

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1. Verfasser:	PFRENGER JOCHEN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL ATOMISING APPARATUS CONTROLLING CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED FISHING FORESTRY HORTICULTURE HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING NOZZLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING SPRAYING APPARATUS SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TRANSPORTING TRAPPING WATERING
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Zusammenfassung:	An irrigation system includes a central pivot and a series of mobile towers connected to the central pivot and to one another by support structure. Each mobile tower has wheels and a motor for driving at least one of the wheels. A control system operates the motors to maintain alignment of the mobile towers and the central pivot while preventing power usage of the system from exceeding a maximum power threshold. The control system determines in which sequence to operate the motors to maintain alignment of the mobile towers while operating no more than a selected number of the motors simultaneously.