Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention aims to provide an intelligent wireless monitoring method and system for groundwater pollution, and aims to solve the problems in the background art.
The embodiment of the invention is realized in such a way that, on one hand, the method for intelligently and wirelessly monitoring the pollution of the underground water comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the steps of obtaining pollution data, wherein the pollution data at least comprise quality data of underground water in a subarea, and a plurality of acquisition ends for acquiring the quality data are distributed in the subarea of a monitoring area in a hierarchical manner;
judging whether the concentration of pollutants in the quality data is lower than a corresponding first concentration limit value;
if not, reporting the quality data and the corresponding identification information of the acquisition end step by step from the acquisition end of the quality data of which the first pollutant concentration reaches the first concentration limit value;
when the fact that the pollutant concentration of the upper relatively low layer is higher than that of the upper relatively high layer is detected in the process of step-by-step reporting, judging whether deep pollution discharge behaviors are possible or not according to pollution discharge data of the monitoring area in a preset period;
and if the deep sewage discharge behavior is judged to be possible, an alarm prompt is correspondingly sent out.
As a further aspect of the present invention, the obtaining pollution data, the quality data at least includes quality data of groundwater in a sub-area detected by an acquisition end, where a plurality of acquisition ends for acquiring the quality data are distributed in a hierarchy in the sub-area of the monitoring area, specifically includes:
the method comprises the steps that a collection end is controlled to synchronously collect quality data of underground water in a sub-area every interval preset collection period, and the collection ends are distributed in the sub-area of a detection area in a hierarchical mode;
binding the quality data collected each time with the corresponding identification codes of the collection ends, wherein the identification codes of the collection ends are different from each other, the identification codes are generated according to the depth information of the collection ends and the equipment codes of the collection ends, and serial numbers contained by the equipment codes of the collection ends are continuously and uniformly changed.
As still further aspects of the present invention, the determining whether the concentration of the contaminants in the quality data is lower than the corresponding first concentration limit value specifically includes:
comparing the pollutant concentration in the quality data with a first concentration limit value of a level of a subregion where a corresponding acquisition end is located, wherein the pollutant concentration comprises one or more of pH value, permanganate pollutant concentration, total hardness, chloride pollutant concentration and sulfide pollutant concentration.
As still further aspect of the present invention, if not, reporting the quality data step by step from the acquisition end of the quality data with the first pollutant concentration reaching the first concentration limit value and the corresponding acquisition end identification information specifically includes:
positioning a first acquisition end reaching a first concentration limit value, starting from the acquisition end, transmitting the pollutant concentration acquired by the acquisition end and the identification code of the acquisition end to a next acquisition end at a relatively high level, after the next acquisition end at the relatively high level receives corresponding data, transmitting the pollutant concentration and the identification code acquired by the acquisition end and the received corresponding data to the next acquisition end at the relatively high level, and the like until all corresponding data except the topmost acquisition end are transmitted to the topmost acquisition end;
all corresponding data are reported through the topmost collecting end, and all corresponding data comprise the pollutant concentrations collected by all collecting ends meeting the conditions and the identification codes of the collecting ends.
As a further aspect of the present invention, when it is detected that the quality data has a higher concentration of the contaminant at the relatively lower layer than the contaminant at the relatively higher layer in the progressive reporting process, determining whether there is a possibility of deep pollution discharge according to the pollution discharge data of the monitoring area within the preset period specifically includes:
the quality data reported by the last acquisition end is received, the pollutant concentration acquired by the acquisition end in the quality data is analyzed, and the pollutant concentration is compared with the pollutant concentration corresponding to the level;
when the pollutant concentration is not lower than the pollutant concentration corresponding to the level, analyzing the corresponding pollutant concentration type, and directly reporting the pollutant concentration and the identification code corresponding to the pollutant concentration type and the identification code across the subsequent acquisition end;
acquiring the concentration of all directly reported pollutants and the logarithm of the acquisition end of the identification code;
classifying the paired acquisition ends according to the pollutant concentrations respectively, and judging whether the logarithm of the acquisition end corresponding to each pollutant concentration is greater than 1;
the paired acquisition ends are arranged in the forward direction from low to high according to the depth information;
when the logarithm of the collection end corresponding to each pollutant concentration is larger than 1 and the serial numbers corresponding to the collection ends of different logarithms are the same, preliminary judgment is performed to possibly have continuous-level deep sewage discharge behaviors;
when the logarithm of the acquisition end corresponding to each pollutant concentration is larger than 1 and the serial numbers corresponding to the acquisition ends of different logarithms are different, preliminary judgment can be performed to ensure that deep sewage draining behaviors crossing the hierarchy exist;
and calculating the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer blowdown behaviors through the identification code of the acquisition end, and crossing the depth range covered by each of the level deep-layer blowdown behaviors.
As a further aspect of the present invention, the calculating, by the identification code of the collection end, the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer sewage draining behavior and the depth range covered by each of the cross-level deep-layer sewage draining behaviors specifically includes:
analyzing depth information in identification codes of acquisition ends of different logarithms;
calculating a depth range covered by the continuous-level deep sewage discharge behavior through the depth information;
and calculating the depth range covered by each deep sewage drainage behavior crossing the hierarchy through the depth information.
As a further aspect of the present invention, when it is detected that the quality data has a higher concentration of the contaminant at the relatively lower layer than the contaminant at the relatively higher layer in the progressive reporting process, determining whether there is a possibility of deep pollution discharge according to the pollution discharge data of the monitoring area within the preset period specifically further includes:
acquiring pollutant in the pollutant discharge data in a preset period, wherein the pollutant is the same as the pollutant type in the pollutant discharge behavior of the deep layer of the continuous layer or the pollutant in the pollutant discharge behavior crossing the deep layer of the layer, which is judged to exist in the preliminary step;
obtaining the average flow rate and the pollution discharge time of pollutants with the same pollutant type, and calculating the theoretical arrival depth range of the pollutants with the same pollutant type in the theoretical duration after pollution discharge according to the average flow rate and the pollution discharge time, wherein the theoretical duration is the difference between the acquisition time and the pollution discharge time of paired acquisition ends;
judging whether the theoretical reaching depth range is in the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer sewage drainage behaviors or the depth range covered by the crossing-level deep-layer sewage drainage behaviors, if not, judging that the deep-layer sewage drainage behaviors possibly exist;
as a further aspect of the present invention, in another aspect, an intelligent wireless monitoring system for groundwater pollution, the system includes:
the acquisition module is used for acquiring pollution data, wherein the pollution data at least comprises quality data of underground water in a subarea, and a plurality of acquisition ends for acquiring the quality data are distributed in the subarea of the monitoring area in a hierarchical manner;
the judging module is used for judging whether the concentration of pollutants in the quality data is lower than the corresponding first concentration limit value;
the reporting module is used for reporting the quality data and the corresponding identification information of the acquisition end step by step from the acquisition end of the quality data of which the first pollutant concentration reaches the first concentration limit value if the first pollutant concentration reaches the first concentration limit value;
the detection and judgment module is used for judging whether deep pollution discharge behaviors possibly exist according to pollution discharge data of the monitoring area in a preset period when the fact that the pollutant concentration of the last relatively low layer is higher than that of the relatively high layer is detected in the process of step-by-step reporting;
and the judging and warning module is used for correspondingly sending out an alarm prompt if judging that deep pollution discharge behaviors possibly exist.
According to the intelligent wireless monitoring method and system for groundwater pollution, whether the concentration of pollutants in the quality data is lower than the corresponding first concentration limit value is judged, if not, the quality data and the corresponding acquisition end identification information are reported step by step from the acquisition end of the quality data with the first concentration of pollutants reaching the first concentration limit value, then the data are reported in the mode, the requirements on the communication capacity of the transmitting module and the collecting module of each acquisition end are lower, the total communication path between the acquisition ends distributed in a level manner can be shortest as much as possible, and the cost of wireless communication data transmission is saved; through detecting that the pollutant concentration of the upper relatively low layer is higher than that of the relatively high layer in the process of step-by-step reporting of the quality data, whether deep pollution discharge behaviors exist or not is judged according to the pollution discharge data of the monitoring area in a preset period, whether deep pollution discharge exists or not can be effectively judged, early warning can be carried out, attention of related departments is brought, and pollution to groundwater caused by more complex and dangerous environmental problems is avoided.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Specific implementations of the invention are described in detail below in connection with specific embodiments.
The invention provides an intelligent wireless monitoring method and system for groundwater pollution, which solve the technical problems in the background technology.
As shown in fig. 1, a main flow chart of an intelligent wireless monitoring method for groundwater pollution according to an embodiment of the invention is provided, where the intelligent wireless monitoring method for groundwater pollution includes:
step S10: the method comprises the steps of obtaining pollution data, wherein the pollution data at least comprise quality data of underground water in a subarea, and a plurality of acquisition ends for acquiring the quality data are distributed in the subarea of a monitoring area in a hierarchical manner;
step S11: judging whether the pollutant concentrations in the quality data are lower than the corresponding first concentration limit values, and when the method is applied, if the first concentration limit values are pollutant concentration critical values, carrying out early warning on pollution, and if the first concentration limit values are pollutant concentration abnormal values, carrying out tracing on pollution;
in the groundwater quality standard, the groundwater quality is divided into five types, i, according to the current state of groundwater quality, human health standard value and groundwater quality protection target of China, and referring to the highest requirements of domestic drinking water, industrial and agricultural water quality, the natural low background content of groundwater chemical components is mainly reflected, and the method is suitable for various purposes; class II, which mainly reflects the natural background content of the chemical components of the groundwater, is suitable for various purposes; III, based on the standard value of human health, the water source is suitable for centralized drinking water sources and industrial and agricultural water sources; IV, based on the requirements of agriculture and industrial water, the water is suitable for agriculture and partial industrial water, and can be used as domestic drinking water after proper treatment; v class, not suitable for drinking, other water can be selected according to the purpose of use, the concentration corresponding to the standard value item of the class in different types is different, the standard value item of the class corresponds to the pollutant type, and the abnormal value of the pollutant concentration is the lowest concentration value reaching any standard value item of the class I-V;
step S12: if not, reporting the quality data and the corresponding identification information of the acquisition end step by step from the acquisition end of the quality data of which the first pollutant concentration reaches the first concentration limit value, and if so, continuing to detect;
step S13: when the fact that the pollutant concentration of the upper relatively low layer is higher than that of the upper relatively high layer is detected in the process of step-by-step reporting, judging whether deep pollution discharge behaviors are possible or not according to pollution discharge data of the monitoring area in a preset period; and
step S14: and if the deep sewage discharge behavior is judged to be possible, an alarm prompt is correspondingly sent out.
When the method is applied, whether the pollutant concentrations in the quality data are lower than the corresponding first concentration limit value is judged, if not, the quality data and the corresponding acquisition end identification information are reported step by step from the acquisition end of the quality data with the first pollutant concentration reaching the first concentration limit value, the data are reported in the mode, the requirements on the communication capacity of the transmitting module and the collecting module of each acquisition end are lower, and the mode can enable the total communication path between the acquisition ends distributed in a hierarchy to be shortest as much as possible, so that the method is beneficial to saving the cost of wireless communication data transmission; through detecting that the pollutant concentration of the upper relatively low layer is higher than that of the relatively high layer in the process of step-by-step reporting of the quality data, whether deep pollution discharge behaviors exist or not is judged according to the pollution discharge data of the monitoring area in a preset period, whether deep pollution discharge exists or not can be effectively judged, early warning can be carried out, attention of related departments is brought, and pollution to groundwater caused by more complex and dangerous environmental problems is avoided.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining pollution data includes at least quality data of groundwater in a sub-area detected by an acquisition end, wherein a plurality of acquisition ends for acquiring the quality data are distributed in a level in the sub-area of the monitoring area, and specifically includes:
step S101: the method comprises the steps that a collection end is controlled to synchronously collect quality data of underground water in a sub-area every interval preset collection period, and the collection ends are distributed in the sub-area of a detection area in a hierarchical mode;
step S102: binding the quality data collected each time with the corresponding identification codes of the collection ends, wherein the identification codes between each collection end are different from each other, the identification codes are generated according to the depth information of the collection end and the equipment codes of the collection end, serial numbers contained by the equipment codes of the collection ends are continuously and uniformly changed, and for example, the identification codes are respectively: 01h-01A,02h-02A,03h-03A,0xh represent x times the level (depth), YA represents a model A acquisition device with serial numbers changing according to natural numbers.
It can be understood that the acquisition period is preset at intervals, the quality data is bound with the corresponding identification code of the acquisition end, and the identification code is generated according to the depth information of the acquisition end and the equipment code of the acquisition end, so that the accurate identification of the position information and the depth information of the acquisition end with different level depths can be ensured.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the determining whether the concentration of the contaminants in the quality data is lower than the corresponding first concentration limit value specifically includes:
step S111: comparing the pollutant concentration in the quality data with a first concentration limit value of a level of a subregion where a corresponding acquisition end is located, wherein the pollutant concentration comprises one or more of pH value, permanganate pollutant concentration, total hardness, chloride pollutant concentration and sulfide pollutant concentration, and detection of the pollutant concentration can be completed by adopting a fusion sensor, and the method belongs to a common technical means in the existing pollution detection.
As shown in fig. 2, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, if not, reporting the quality data step by step from the acquisition end of the quality data with the first contaminant concentration reaching the first concentration limit value and the corresponding acquisition end identification information specifically includes:
step S121: positioning a first acquisition end reaching a first concentration limit value, starting from the acquisition end, transmitting the pollutant concentration acquired by the acquisition end and the identification code of the acquisition end to a next acquisition end at a relatively high level, after the next acquisition end at the relatively high level receives corresponding data, transmitting the pollutant concentration and the identification code acquired by the acquisition end and the received corresponding data to the next acquisition end at the relatively high level, and the like until all corresponding data except the topmost acquisition end are transmitted to the topmost acquisition end;
step S122: all corresponding data are reported through the topmost collecting end, and all corresponding data comprise the pollutant concentrations collected by all collecting ends meeting the conditions and the identification codes of the collecting ends.
In application, the pollutant concentration and the identification code of the collecting end are sent to the collecting end at the next relatively high level after the collecting end at the next relatively high level receives the corresponding data, and the data are reported in the mode, so that the requirements on the communication capacity of the transmitting module and the collecting module of each collecting end are lower, the total communication path between the collecting ends distributed in a level mode is as shortest as possible, and the cost of wireless communication data transmission is saved.
As shown in fig. 3, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when it is detected that the quality data has a higher concentration of the contaminant at the relatively lower layer than the contaminant at the relatively higher layer during the progressive reporting process, determining whether the deep-layer pollution discharge behavior is possible according to the pollution discharge data of the monitored area within the preset period specifically includes:
step S1311: the quality data reported by the last acquisition end is received, the pollutant concentration acquired by the acquisition end in the quality data is analyzed, and the pollutant concentration is compared with the pollutant concentration corresponding to the level;
step S1312: when the pollutant concentration is not lower than the pollutant concentration corresponding to the level, analyzing the corresponding pollutant concentration type, and directly reporting the pollutant concentration and the identification code corresponding to the pollutant concentration type and the identification code across the subsequent acquisition end;
step S1313: acquiring the concentration of all directly reported pollutants and the logarithm of the acquisition end of the identification code;
step S1314: classifying the paired acquisition ends according to the pollutant concentrations respectively, and judging whether the logarithm of the acquisition end corresponding to each pollutant concentration is greater than 1;
step S1315: the paired acquisition ends are arranged in the forward direction from low to high according to the depth information;
step S1316: when the logarithm of the collection end corresponding to each pollutant concentration is larger than 1 and the serial numbers corresponding to the collection ends of different logarithms are the same, preliminary judgment is performed to possibly have continuous-level deep sewage discharge behaviors;
step S1317: when the logarithm of the acquisition end corresponding to each pollutant concentration is larger than 1 and the serial numbers corresponding to the acquisition ends of different logarithms are different, preliminary judgment can be performed to ensure that deep sewage draining behaviors crossing the hierarchy exist;
step S1318: and calculating the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer blowdown behaviors through the identification code of the acquisition end, and crossing the depth range covered by each of the level deep-layer blowdown behaviors.
It should be appreciated that the pairs of collection ends are each classified by contaminant concentration, i.e., by pH, permanganate, total hardness, chloride, sulfide, etc., where there is the same between the corresponding serial numbers of collection ends having a log greater than 1 for each contaminant concentration and different log for the collection ends, meaning that the concentration of contaminants in the relatively lower layer is continuously detected between the pairs of collection ends to be higher than the concentration of contaminants in the relatively higher layer, i.e., there may be deep blowdown in each of the successive levels, rather than deep blowdown in one of the levels, and similarly, the preliminary determination may be deep blowdown in each of the levels spanning the range of levels where deep blowdown behavior may exist.
As shown in fig. 4, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the calculating, by the identification code of the collection end, the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer sewage draining behavior and the depth range covered by the cross-level deep-layer sewage draining behavior specifically includes:
step S13181: analyzing depth information in identification codes of acquisition ends of different logarithms;
step S13182: calculating a depth range covered by continuous-level deep sewage discharge behaviors through the depth information, and subtracting the depth information of continuous paired acquisition ends;
step S13183: and calculating the depth range covered by each deep sewage discharge behavior crossing the hierarchy through the depth information, and subtracting the depth information of each pair of acquisition ends.
In the application of the embodiment, because the identification code is generated and correlated with the depth information, the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer sewage draining behaviors or the depth range covered by the deep-layer sewage draining behaviors crossing the levels can be calculated through the distribution of the acquisition ends of different logarithms.
As shown in fig. 5, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when it is detected that the quality data has a higher concentration of the contaminant at the relatively lower layer than the contaminant at the relatively higher layer in the progressive reporting process, determining whether the deep-layer pollution discharge behavior is possible according to the pollution discharge data of the monitored area within the preset period specifically further includes:
step S1321: acquiring pollutant in the pollutant discharge data in a preset period, wherein the pollutant is the same as the pollutant type in the pollutant discharge behavior of the deep layer of the continuous layer or the pollutant in the pollutant discharge behavior crossing the deep layer of the layer, which is judged to exist in the preliminary step;
step S1322: obtaining the average flow rate and the pollution discharge time of pollutants with the same pollutant type, and calculating the theoretical arrival depth range of the pollutants with the same pollutant type in the theoretical duration after pollution discharge according to the average flow rate and the pollution discharge time, wherein the theoretical duration is the difference between the acquisition time and the pollution discharge time of paired acquisition ends;
step S1323: judging whether the theoretical reaching depth range is in the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer sewage drainage behaviors or the depth range covered by the crossing-level deep-layer sewage drainage behaviors, if not, judging that the deep-layer sewage drainage behaviors possibly exist.
It will be appreciated that, since the detection times of the paired collection ends are the same, the difference between the two durations is the theoretical duration, where the theoretical duration is the penetration or flow duration of the pollutant from the point of discharge (typically at the surface location) to the subsurface, where the average flow rate is a theoretical value obtained according to the characteristics of the pollutant, and the average flow rates of different pollutants may be different from each other, and also related to the soil structure in the area, if the theoretical arrival depth range is within the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer discharge behavior or the depth range covered by each of the deep-layer discharge behaviors crossing the level, then if the concentration of the pollutant in the last relatively lower layer is higher than that in the relatively higher layer due to the accumulation of normal emissions under the irregular structure of the soil, and therefore, if it is determined that the theoretical arrival depth range is not within the depth range covered by the continuous-level deep-layer discharge behavior or the depth range covered by each of the deep-layer discharge behaviors crossing the level deep-layer discharge behavior, then the probability of determining that the deep-layer discharge behavior exists is relatively high is determined.
As another preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, in another aspect, an intelligent wireless monitoring system for groundwater pollution, the system comprises:
the acquisition module 100 is configured to acquire pollution data, where the pollution data at least includes quality data of groundwater in a sub-area, and a plurality of acquisition ends for acquiring the quality data are distributed in a hierarchy in the sub-area of the monitoring area;
a judging module 200, configured to judge whether the concentration of the contaminants in the quality data is lower than the corresponding first concentration limit value;
the reporting module 300 is configured to report the quality data and the corresponding identification information of the collection end step by step from the collection end of the quality data that the first pollutant concentration reaches the first concentration limit value if not;
the detecting and judging module 400 is configured to judge whether a deep pollution discharge behavior is possible according to pollution discharge data of the monitoring area in a preset period of time when it is detected that the pollutant concentration of a relatively low layer is higher than that of a relatively high layer in the quality data in the progressive reporting process;
the judging and warning module 500 is configured to send out an alarm if it is judged that deep pollution discharge is possible.
According to the intelligent wireless monitoring method for groundwater pollution, the intelligent wireless monitoring system for groundwater pollution is provided based on the intelligent wireless monitoring method for groundwater pollution, whether the concentration of pollutants in quality data is lower than a corresponding first concentration limit value is judged, if not, the quality data and corresponding acquisition end identification information are reported step by step from an acquisition end of the quality data with the first pollutant concentration reaching the first concentration limit value, the data are reported in the mode, the requirements on the communication capacity of a transmitting module and a collecting module of each acquisition end are lower, and the mode can enable the total communication path between the acquisition ends distributed in a level manner to be as shortest as possible, so that the cost of wireless communication data transmission is saved; through detecting that the pollutant concentration of the upper relatively low layer is higher than that of the relatively high layer in the process of step-by-step reporting of the quality data, whether deep pollution discharge behaviors exist or not is judged according to the pollution discharge data of the monitoring area in a preset period, whether deep pollution discharge exists or not can be effectively judged, early warning can be carried out, attention of related departments is brought, and pollution to groundwater caused by more complex and dangerous environmental problems is avoided.
In order to be able to load the method and system described above to function properly, the system may include more or less components than those described above, or may combine some components, or different components, in addition to the various modules described above, for example, may include input and output devices, network access devices, buses, processors, memories, and the like.
The processor may be a central processing unit (CentralProcessingUnit, CPU), other general purpose processors, digital signal processors (DigitalSignalProcessor, DSP), application specific integrated circuits (ApplicationSpecificIntegratedCircuit, ASIC), off-the-shelf programmable gate arrays (Field-ProgrammableGateArray, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, or the like. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like, which is a control center of the above system, and various interfaces and lines are used to connect the various parts.
The memory may be used to store a computer and a system program and/or module, and the processor may perform the various functions described above by running or executing the computer program and/or module stored in the memory and invoking data stored in the memory. The memory may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as an information acquisition template presentation function, a product information distribution function, etc.), and the like. The storage data area may store data created according to the use of the berth status display system (e.g., product information acquisition templates corresponding to different product types, product information required to be released by different product providers, etc.), and so on. In addition, the memory may include high-speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as a hard disk, memory, plug-in hard disk, smart memory card (SmartMediaCard, SMC), secure digital (SecureDigital, SD) card, flash card (FlashCard), at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.
It should be understood that, although the steps in the flowcharts of the embodiments of the present invention are shown in order as indicated by the arrows, these steps are not necessarily performed in order as indicated by the arrows. The steps are not strictly limited to the order of execution unless explicitly recited herein, and the steps may be executed in other orders. Moreover, at least some of the steps in various embodiments may include multiple sub-steps or stages that are not necessarily performed at the same time, but may be performed at different times, nor do the order in which the sub-steps or stages are performed necessarily performed in sequence, but may be performed alternately or alternately with at least a portion of the sub-steps or stages of other steps or other steps.
The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.
The foregoing examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the invention and are described in detail herein without thereby limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the invention.