Patent ID: 7413380
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: E01C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for managing the turf condition and oxygen level of a plurality of areas of interest within a golf course, comprising: a plurality of aeration subsystems associated with a plurality of the areas of interest; said aeration subsystems including subsurface aeration conduits for providing aeration to said areas, and air blower units in fluid communication with said subsurface aeration conduits configured to provide one of a vacuum in a vacuum mode and air under pressure in a pressure mode in said aeration conduits; local control modules responsive to a directive for controlling operation of said aeration subsystems in response to sensing environmental parameters at said golf course areas; said control modules operating said blower units in repetitive cycles of intermittent operation in one of said vacuum mode and pressure mode wherein each cycle includes a blower-on mode and a blower-off mode; said blower-on mode operating said blower units for a first time interval and said blower-off mode ceasing operation of said blower units for a second time interval during each of said cycles; and a master control module in communication with said local control modules; said master control module receiving area information including said sensed environmental parameters from said local control modules and issuing directives to said local control modules to operate said aeration subsystems in said cycles of intermittent operation.