KR101830702B1 - Plankton Culture Medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a planktonic incubator, which comprises a frame including a cross bar and a vertical bar; A shelf in which the cross bar forms a rim and is disposed in parallel with the floor; A culture chamber partitioned by the cross bar, the vertical bar and the shelf, and containing plankton; A light source disposed in the culture chamber; A temperature sensor installed in the culture chamber and measuring a temperature inside the culture chamber; A breather part installed at the side of the culture chamber; And a power supply unit for supplying power to the light source, the temperature sensor, and the power supply unit, and the frame may have a multi-stage structure capable of connecting and disposing the unit up, down, left and right.
By independently providing the culture chamber, the present invention can stably store and manage various plankton in each culture chamber and induce the proliferation.

Description

{Plankton Culture Medium}

The present invention relates to an incubator, and more particularly to a plankton incubator.

Marine plankton generally refers to floating organisms in order to utilize the light of the luminous layer in the water including the sea, and refers to microalgae and zooplankton classified as marine ecosystems to producers. Microalgae are diatoms that produce oxygen through photosynthesis. They refer to diatoms, zygotes, zygomatic birds, salmonella, and zygomatic algae in the prokaryotic cyanobacteria, while zooplankton is a microalgae that feeds the microalgae as food, It is a biological group that acts as a producer that delivers from the energy flow to the upper level.

In the past, marine plankton has been treated as a simple organism that acts as a producer's location in the geo-ecosystem, but many applications have shown that marine plankton contains carbohydrates, lipids, Has recently become known as a future life resource capable of solving the problem of global climate change, food problems, and renewable energy caused by depletion of fossil fuels. As the awareness of the importance of marine plankton as a life resource has spread, various international conventions such as CBD, UNCLOS, WTO Agreement, UPOV, FAO, In order to systematically manage various marine life resources in accordance with the Law on the Establishment, Management and Use of Marine Life Resources, Korea has also been actively supported by international organizations such as the Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the OECD. Integrated information system for life resources is in operation.

As such, marine plankton resources have been recognized as industrial materials and research materials, and have been operating and managing marine plankton for a long time overseas. Currently, there are about 15 organizations around the world. In recent years, the government has funded the development of industry (white biotechnology) and investment to produce high value-added bio energy, We are trying to acquire cultivation or breeding techniques through the agency for global environmental problems such as climate change, eutrophication, and future global environment and food problems. However, in Korea, the technology for stable preservation and propagation of marine plankton depends on the utilization of a small incubator concentrated on basic research, and a device capable of preserving and managing various marine plankton in large quantities is not developed It is true.

For example, Korean Patent No. 10-1154622 (registered on June 1, 2012) relates to a culture facility of phytoplankton, in which a unit culture cell isolated with seawater is placed in a culture tank, and temperature- By circulating it, it is possible to prevent the pirate creatures or germs coming in through the seawater from the source and to provide a safe breeding environment, so that stable cultivation of phytoplankton, which is food of shellfish, is possible.

However, Korean Patent No. 10-1154622 has a problem in that it is difficult to cultivate various types of plankton in large quantities because each unit culture cell is arranged in a unified environment in a culture tank.

KR 10-1154622 B1

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a planktonic incubator independently provided with a culture room for stably storing and managing various plankton and inducing proliferation.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus capable of simultaneously storing, managing, and propagating various kinds of plankton by accommodating different plankton in independent culture chambers and controlling the environment according to the characteristics of the corresponding plankton contained in each culture chamber Plankton incubator.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plankton incubator comprising: a frame including a cross bar and a vertical bar; A shelf in which the cross bar forms a rim and is disposed in parallel with the floor; A culture chamber partitioned by the cross bar, the vertical bar and the shelf, and containing plankton; A light source disposed in the culture chamber; A temperature sensor installed in the culture chamber and measuring a temperature inside the culture chamber; A breather part installed at the side of the culture chamber; And a power supply unit for supplying power to the light source, the temperature sensor, and the power supply unit, and the frame may have a multi-stage structure capable of connecting and disposing the unit up, down, left and right.

In the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the culture chamber may include a front window installed between a cross bar and a vertical bar in front; A first side window and a second side window disposed adjacent to the front window; And a rear window installed opposite to the front window.

In the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the front window, the first side window, the second side window or the rear window may be a glass material for diffusing light.

In the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the rear window may be formed with a vent for ventilation.

The plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a controller for controlling the light source, the temperature sensor, and the air blower, and the inside of the culture chamber may be maintained at a predetermined temperature.

In the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the temperature inside the incubation room is measured by the temperature sensor at a predetermined temperature or higher, an electric signal is sent to the air-rich part to drive the air blowing part .

In the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the culture chamber may further include a temperature setting switch that can set a temperature inside the culture chamber by a user outside.

The plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a light shielding film installed at the cross bar and the vertical bar to at least partially prevent external light from entering into the culture chamber.

In the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the light-shielding film may be formed in a mesh structure.

In the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the light source may include a fluorescent lamp, an LED, or an incandescent lamp, and an illuminance adjusting switch for adjusting the illuminance of the light source may be provided outside the culture room.

In the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the light source may further include a timer for controlling a time for irradiating light into the culture chamber.

The plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a power switch disposed outside the culturing chamber.

By independently providing the culture chamber, the present invention can stably store and manage various plankton in each culture chamber and induce the proliferation.

In addition, the present invention can control the environment according to the characteristics of the plankton accommodated in each culture chamber, and thus various species of plankton can be simultaneously stored, managed, and proliferated.

1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement of a plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing an arrangement of a plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
3 is a side view showing an arrangement of a plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view of a plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of the plankton incubator according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the difference that the embodiments of the present invention are not conclusive.

In describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, Quot; may be " connected, "" coupled, " or " connected. &Quot;

Hereinafter, a plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement of a plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing an arrangement of a plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view showing an arrangement of a plankton incubator according to an embodiment. FIG.

1 to 3, the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention may have a rectangular parallelepiped shape. One embodiment of the present invention may include a frame 100, a shelf 200, a culture room 300, a light source 400, a temperature sensor 500, a blower unit 600, and a power source unit 700. In addition, as shown in the drawings, an embodiment of the present invention can be connected or disposed in front, rear, left, front, and rear, and can be arranged in a multi-stage manner. Although the plankton incubators are arranged to be in contact with each other for the sake of convenience, the plankton incubators may be spaced apart from each other according to the user's selection. In an embodiment of the present invention, opening and closing means such as a handle (not shown) may be disposed.

The plankton incubator according to one embodiment of the present invention is partitioned and arranged in a multistage manner, so that different plankton can be accommodated in each plankton incubator. Each culture room 300 accommodates the different plankton, and the environment of each culture room 300 can be controlled by the user by setting the temperature or illuminance thereof.

The frame 100 may include a cross bar 110 and a vertical bar 120 corresponding to the corners of the rectangular parallelepiped. A culturing chamber 300, which will be described later, may be provided in the inner space of the cross bar 110 and the vertical bar 120 forming the corners of the rectangular parallelepiped.

The cross bar 110 positioned on the lower side may form a rim and the shelf 200 may be disposed on the inside. It is preferable that the shelf 200 is disposed in parallel with the floor in a plate shape. That is, the shelf 200 may be the bottom of the culture chamber 300.

The culture chamber 300 receives plankton. Preferably, the container P containing the plankton is accommodated in the culture chamber 300 while being placed on the platform Q. Although the container P accommodating the plankton is shown as a test tube in the figure, the container may be provided in various forms according to the user's selection, may be accommodated in the culture room 300 without the cage Q, But is not limited to any one.

A cross bar 110 may be positioned on the upper side of the culture chamber 300 and a ceiling may be provided inside the frame formed by the cross bar 110. On the other hand, the shelf 200 of one culture room 300 may be a ceiling of the other culture room 300 located relatively below the shelf 200.

A light source 400 may be disposed above the culture chamber 300. That is, the ceiling is provided with a light source 400 so that light can be irradiated downward. In other words, the light source 400 disposed in one culture room 300 is capable of irradiating light toward the shelf 200 constituting any one culture room 300 described above. The light source 400 may include a fluorescent lamp, an incandescent lamp, an LED, and the like.

A front window 310 may be provided on the front side of the culture chamber 300. The front window 310 may form a rim of the front side and the vertical side 120 of the front window. The first side window 320 and the second side window 330 may be provided on the side of the culture chamber 300. A rear window 340 facing the front window 310 may be provided on the rear side of the culture chamber 300. The rear window 340 may be formed with a through hole 341 through which the air inside the culture chamber 300 can communicate with the outside due to the inflow portion 600 described later.

The front window 310, the first side window 320, the second side window 330 and the rear window 340 may be made of glass to diffuse light emitted from the light source 400 have.

Referring to FIG. 2, one embodiment of the present invention may include a temperature sensor 500. The temperature sensor 500 may be installed inside the culture chamber 300 to measure the temperature inside the culture chamber 300. Although the temperature sensor 500 is disposed on the ceiling in the figure, it is only an embodiment, and the temperature inside the culture room 300 can be measured by the manufacturer or the user anywhere if the temperature can be measured.

Referring to FIG. 3, a blowing unit 600 may be provided on the side of the culture chamber 300, that is, the first side window 320. When the external power is supplied, the blowing unit 600 may move the air into the culture chamber 300 to lower the temperature inside the culture chamber 300 as well as the air circulation inside the culture chamber 300. Preferably, the blowing fan 600 may be formed as a blowing fan. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the temperature inside the culture chamber 300 can be lowered by various methods. For example, an air conditioner (not shown) may be installed in the blowing unit 600 according to the manufacturer's intention. (Not shown) is provided on the second side window 330 facing the first side window 320 and the air moved from the air blowing unit 600 is supplied to the culture chamber 300, It is possible to discharge the air through the vent portion.

The light source 400, the temperature sensor 500, and the power supply unit 600 are driven by receiving power from an external power supply unit 700.

One embodiment of the present invention may further include a control unit 800. [ The control unit 800 can control the light source 400, the temperature sensor 500, and the airflow unit 600. The control unit 800 can receive the value measured by the temperature sensor 500. The control unit 800 may send an electrical signal to drive the blowing unit 600 to lower the temperature of the cultivation room 300 when the measured value measured by the temperature sensor 500 is higher than a predetermined temperature. Therefore, the temperature of the culture chamber 300 can be maintained at a predetermined temperature.

The cross bar 110 located on the upper side of the culture chamber 300 may be provided with various switches. For example, the switches may include a temperature setting switch 350, an illuminance adjusting switch 360, a timer 370, and a main power switch 380.

The user can set the temperature inside the culture room 300 through the temperature setting switch 350. The temperature setting switch 350 is disposed outside the culture chamber 300, that is, on a part of the frame 100, and the temperature inside the culture chamber 300 can be set by a user's operation. By operating the temperature setting switch 350, the user can set the temperature suitable for the growth and preservation of the plankton according to the type of plankton accommodated in the culture chamber 300. Accordingly, in order to reduce the difference between the temperature measured by the temperature sensor 500 and the temperature set by the user through the temperature setting switch 350, the culture chamber 300 is provided with a temperature sensor 500, The temperature of the inside of the heat exchanger 600 is increased due to the light of the light source 400 and the internal temperature of the heat exchanger 600 may be lowered by driving the blower 600.

The user can adjust the illuminance of the light irradiated to the inside of the culture room 300 by the light source 400 through the illumination control switch 360. The illuminance adjustment switch 360 may be disposed outside the culture room 300, that is, on any part of the frame 100, like the temperature setting switch 350. The user can set the illuminance suitable for the propagation and storage of the plankton according to the type of plankton accommodated in the culture chamber 300 by operating the illuminance adjustment switch 360. [

The user can operate the timer 370 to set the light source 400 to irradiate light within the culture room 300 for a predetermined time. The timer 370 may be disposed outside the culturing chamber 300, that is, at any part of the frame 100. By operating the timer 370, the user can set the irradiation time of the light suitable for the propagation or preservation of the plankton according to the type of plankton contained in the culture room 300.

The plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a power switch, that is, a main power switch 380 or an auxiliary power switch 381. By operating the main power switch 380, the user can supply or block the power of the plurality of stacked plankton incubators. In addition, each plankton incubator is provided with an auxiliary power switch 381, so that the user can cut off only the power of the plankton incubator by operating the auxiliary power switch 381. The main power switch 380 and the auxiliary power switch may be provided in a part of the frame 100. [ Also, referring to FIG. 1, another frame (not shown) may be further provided on either side of the frame 100 of the multi-stage stacked plankton incubator, and the main power switch 380 may be disposed.

Referring to FIG. 5, the plankton incubator according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a light-shielding film 390. The light shielding film 390 can at least partially prevent external light from entering into the culture chamber. That is, at least a part of the light irradiated by the light source 400 in one culture chamber 300 is prevented from leaking out, and even if the light irradiated by the light source 400 in the other culture chamber 300 leaks, Thereby preventing irradiation into the inside of any one culture chamber 300. As a user's option, the light-shielding film 390 may be formed in a mesh structure.

Although the shielding film 390 is shown attached to the front window 310 through a Velcro cable (not shown), a roller (not shown) may be attached to a part of the frame 100 made up of the cross bar 110 or the vertical bar 120 It is possible to shield the culturing chamber 300 by using it, and it can slide like a curtain, and is not particularly limited to any one.

The plankton incubator according to one embodiment of the present invention as described above is used as follows.

First, the user grasps the kind and the characteristics of the plankton for the propagation, cultivation or preservation of the plankton to be accommodated in the culture room 300.

Then, the main power switch 380 is turned on.

Thereafter, the plankton incubator for receiving the plankton is selected, and the auxiliary power switch 381 is turned on.

At this time, when the auxiliary power switch 381 is turned on, current is supplied to the light source 400, and the user sets the temperature setting switch 350, the illuminance adjusting switch 360, A predetermined value is input to the timer 370. [

Thereafter, the control unit 800 sends an electrical signal to the configuration of the plankton incubator so as to reduce the difference when the temperature measured by the temperature sensor 500 and the temperature preset by the user are different. For example, if it is determined by the light source 400 that the temperature inside the incubation room 300 can rise and is higher than a predetermined temperature by the user suitable for the plankton, the control unit 800 sends an electrical signal, Air can be circulated through the through holes 341 formed in the rear window 340 and the temperature of the culture chamber 300 can be lowered. Also, the light source 400 irradiates the culturing room 300 with light for a time set by the user with the illuminance value set by the user.

Then, the culture chamber 300 is opened through an opening / closing device (not shown), and the container containing the plankton is received in the culture chamber 300.

The shielding film 390 may be installed on the front window 310, the first side window 320 or the second side window 330 after the opening and closing device culture chamber 300 is closed, So as not to interfere with the internal light. Therefore, any one culture chamber 300 can be prevented from interfering with light from the adjacent culture chamber 300, and can maintain a separate space.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims, It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

100: Frame 110:
120: Vertical stand 200: Shelf
300: culture room 310: front window
320: first side window 330: second side window
340: rear window 341: through hole
350: temperature setting switch 360: illuminance adjusting switch
370: Timer 380: Main power switch
381: auxiliary power switch 390: light-shielding film
400: light source 500: temperature sensor
600: power supply unit 700: power supply unit
800:
P: Container Q: Cradle

Claims (12)

A frame including a cross bar and a vertical bar;
A shelf in which the cross bar forms a rim and is disposed in parallel with the floor;
A front window installed between a cross bar and a vertical bar of the front side, a first side window and a second side window provided adjacent to the front window, and a rear window provided opposite to the front window and having a through hole for ventilation, A window, first and second side windows, and a rear window are formed of a glass material for diffusing light and contain plankton;
A light source disposed in the culture room and including a fluorescent lamp, an LED, or an incandescent lamp;
A temperature sensor installed in the culture chamber and measuring a temperature inside the culture chamber;
A blowing unit installed at the side of the culture chamber and including a blowing fan;
A circulation rich portion provided on a side of the culture chamber opposite to the flow-in portion;
A power supply unit for supplying power to the light source, the temperature sensor, and the power supply unit;
A power switch disposed outside the culture room;
An illuminance adjusting switch disposed outside the culturing chamber for adjusting illuminance of the light source;
A temperature setting switch capable of setting a temperature inside the incubation room by a user outside the incubation room;
A timer for adjusting a time for the light source to irradiate light into the culture chamber;
The control unit controls the light source, the temperature sensor, and the blower unit, and when the temperature inside the incubation room is measured by the temperature sensor to a predetermined temperature or higher, an electric signal is transmitted to the blower unit to drive the blower unit, A control unit for maintaining the temperature at a predetermined temperature; And
A light shielding film installed in the cross bar and the vertical bar in a mesh structure to at least partially prevent external light from entering into the culture chamber;
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The power switch includes:
A main power switch capable of turning on or off the power of all of the plurality of cultures selected in advance; and an auxiliary power switch capable of turning on or off the power of each of the plurality of culturing rooms according to a user's selection,
The frame is a multi-stage structure in which plankton incubators can be connected and arranged vertically, horizontally and longitudinally.
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