Patent ID: 11864536
Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A method comprising:
determining that an aquaculture feeding system has transitioned from a first state to a second state based on detecting a change in backpressure at an outlet at an end of a feed pipe that is connected to a blower at an opposite end, wherein the outlet is positioned above water surface, and wherein detecting the change in backpressure comprises:
determining a current power consumption of the blower blowing air through the feed pipe,
detecting the change in backpressure based on determining that a difference between the current power consumption and a predetermined value of power consumption is above a threshold; and

responsive to determining that the aquaculture feeding system has transitioned from the first to the second state:
providing instructions to a dosing system that transfers feed pellets into the feed pipe to set a feed rate of the dosing system; and
providing instructions to the blower that is operatively coupled to the dosing system and that moves the feed pellets along the feed pipe, to set a flow rate of the blower.