GB2466654A - An aerator and mixer arrangement - Google Patents

An aerator and mixer arrangement Download PDF

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GB2466654A
GB2466654A GB0900004A GB0900004A GB2466654A GB 2466654 A GB2466654 A GB 2466654A GB 0900004 A GB0900004 A GB 0900004A GB 0900004 A GB0900004 A GB 0900004A GB 2466654 A GB2466654 A GB 2466654A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G25/00—Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like
    • A01G25/02—Watering arrangements located above the soil which make use of perforated pipe-lines or pipe-lines with dispensing fittings, e.g. for drip irrigation
    • A01G25/023—Dispensing fittings for drip irrigation, e.g. drippers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G25/00—Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like
    • B01F13/02—
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/232—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids using flow-mixing means for introducing the gases, e.g. baffles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/30—Injector mixers
    • B01F25/31—Injector mixers in conduits or tubes through which the main component flows
    • B01F25/312—Injector mixers in conduits or tubes through which the main component flows with Venturi elements; Details thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/50—Circulation mixers, e.g. wherein at least part of the mixture is discharged from and reintroduced into a receptacle
    • B01F25/53—Circulation mixers, e.g. wherein at least part of the mixture is discharged from and reintroduced into a receptacle in which the mixture is discharged from and reintroduced into a receptacle through a recirculation tube, into which an additional component is introduced
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    • B01F3/04099—
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/40—Mixers using gas or liquid agitation, e.g. with air supply tubes
    • B01F5/00—
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
    • Y02A40/10—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in agriculture
    • Y02A40/22—Improving land use; Improving water use or availability; Controlling erosion

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Abstract

A self contained, aerator and mixer for applying live macro and micro organisms as plant protection products, through rain-gun, boom and drip irrigation systems. The concept is to continually mix and aerate, using a closed circuit, a holding tank for live macro and micro organisms prior to application through an irrigation system using the power from the main water flow, negating the use of an independent or additional power supply. The water is caused to flow around the closed circuit by a dual turbine arrangement in which a first turbine is driven by a second turbine which itself is driven by the main water flow.

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A self contained, aerator and mixer for applying live macro and micro organisms as plant protection products, through rain-gun, boom and drip irrigation systems
Description
Background
There are two main factors influencing the development of the new device.
There is an ever increasing requirement to find alternatives for chemical pesticides, some of which are biologically based controls. The storage, handling and application of live organisms as biological pesticides can be considerably more complex than with that of more standard agro-chemicals, leading to the necessary development of new methods and specialised equipment.
Many biological controls also have benefits not found in the use of chemicals such as: no risk of phytotoxicty; no harvest interval (that period between last application to the crop and harvest for human consumption); and no toxic residue risk. Therefore, accuracy of application is not paramount as with chemical pesticides, potentially allowing the use of irrigation systems as methods of delivery.
Using irrigation applications as a delivery system for fertiliser and disease controls instead of the more traditional tractor based approach, can give considerable savings in fuel, time and damage to soil structure.
Principle The three key areas of concern addressed and overcome are: 1. To maintain an even distribution of micro or macro organisms in a holding/storage tank prior to delivery, a continual mixing is necessary during the irrigation application. This may, for example, be for more than 10 hrs where a rain-gun is used to apply I 8-20m1 of water over 2 hectares or more.
2. The aeration of the water in the holding tank to maintain viability of the living organisms over several hours.
3. To access the free' energy in the main water pipe being pumped to the irrigator, negating the need for an additional energy supply to aerate and/or mix the holding tank solution, such as a solar panel or generator powering an electric motor.
The storage and mixing tank solution is continually pumped round a closed circuit by a turbine which is powered by a second turbine turning on a shared shaft. The second turbine is turned by a second circuit branched off the main water flow. To cause flow round the circuit, a venturi in the main pipe generates a partial vacuum at the outflow of the second circuit.
To aerate the solution, two venturi are included in the closed circuit.
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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2425708A4 (en) * 2009-04-30 2015-08-19 Herrero Ángel Fragua Power device for actuating irrigation pivots
CN106105501A (en) * 2016-08-22 2016-11-16 沈阳农业大学 Fluid sowing spray seeding device
WO2017151992A3 (en) * 2016-03-02 2017-10-19 Bennett Tyler Gas infusion systems for liquids and methods of using the same

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US5227068A (en) * 1991-10-25 1993-07-13 Eco-Soil Systems, Inc. Closed apparatus system for improving irrigation and method for its use
JP2003001084A (en) * 2001-06-15 2003-01-07 Ngk Insulators Ltd In-tank agitating system for liquid of anaerobic tank

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5227068A (en) * 1991-10-25 1993-07-13 Eco-Soil Systems, Inc. Closed apparatus system for improving irrigation and method for its use
JP2003001084A (en) * 2001-06-15 2003-01-07 Ngk Insulators Ltd In-tank agitating system for liquid of anaerobic tank

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2425708A4 (en) * 2009-04-30 2015-08-19 Herrero Ángel Fragua Power device for actuating irrigation pivots
WO2017151992A3 (en) * 2016-03-02 2017-10-19 Bennett Tyler Gas infusion systems for liquids and methods of using the same
CN106105501A (en) * 2016-08-22 2016-11-16 沈阳农业大学 Fluid sowing spray seeding device

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