KR20160107485A - Mooring facility for seaweed forming - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mooring device for a seaweed farm. The mooring device for a seaweed farm according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a mooring device for a seaweed farm that maintains a position of a seaweed farm mooring on a sea surface, includes: an anchor received by a seabed; a floating line extending from the anchor; a buoyancy portion connected to a free end of the floating line; and a mooring guide portion supported by the buoyancy portion and having a mooring guide line guiding a movement of the seaweed farm resulting from a vertical sea surface movement.

Description

{Mooring facility for seaweed forming}

The present invention relates to a seaweed farm mooring device.

Seaweed aquaculture facility is a seaweed aquaculture facility that is separated from the land and has a marine environment that is harsh compared to the open sea, but has a large space for cultivation and is less affected by pollution.

In general, existing seaweed farming facilities installed in the coastal area cultivate green algae by using ropes, wires, buoys, net, mooring rope, etc. appropriately. Since it is installed in the coastal waters, the exchange of seawater is not smooth compared to the sea, which is vulnerable to seawater pollution, and the use space due to the active development of the coastal waters is limited. Therefore, seaweed farming facilities need to be expanded in the offshore region.

To this end, a seaweed farm mooring device described below has been proposed. Hereinafter, a conventional seaweed farm mooring apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

1, a conventional seaweed farm is composed of a frame 202 forming an outer appearance, a stretch line 204 installed on the frame 202, a reinforcing string 205, and a buoy 203, (202) is arranged to form a rectangular shape, and a winning line (204) is connected to the inside of the frame (202) for preparing seaweeds such as seaweed, sea tangle and the like. The buoy 203 is provided so as to be kept floating at a predetermined position from the water surface, so that the farm is kept moored at the water surface.

A conventional farm mooring apparatus 200 is provided with an anchor for fixing a farm site to the sea floor, and a buoy 210 is fixed to the bottom of the farm 200. In order to maintain the stable position of the farm, A wire 220 connecting the anchor and the buoy 210, a balustering device 240 for controlling the tension of the wire 220, an interval maintaining the shape of the frame 202 of the farm between the wires 220 (230).

The gap holding portion 230 includes a pipe 231, a ring-shaped connecting member 232 for connecting the pipe 231 to the wire 220, a pipe support portion 233 for supporting the pipe 231, And a detachable connecting member 234 detachably connecting the pipe supporting portion 233 to the buoy 203.

Such a conventional seaweed farm mooring apparatus can enhance the mooring of the seaweed farm and maintain its shape, thereby securing the structural stability and stably forming a large scale farm. In this respect, it can be applied as a farm where stable and economical operation is possible in the offshore area.

However, in the case of such a conventional farm mooring apparatus, if it is necessary to expand the farming area of the pre-installed farms, all the farms constituting the frame of the farms must be newly installed without utilizing the pre-installed farms. There is a problem that expansion is not easy.

 In addition, if the marine environment such as a typhoon deteriorates, there is a possibility that a pond pond may be damaged on the surface of the water, and there is a risk that seaweeds cultured on the surface of the pond may be lost.

Korean Patent No. 10-1412023

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a seaweed farm mooring apparatus which can easily expand a cultivated area.

Also, it is intended to provide a marine aquaculture mooring device capable of restraining the possibility of destruction of the aquaculture site and loss of algae due to deterioration of the marine environment.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a seaweed farm mooring apparatus for maintaining the position of a seaweed farm moored on sea level, comprising: an anchor seated on the sea floor; A floating line extending from the anchor; A buoyant portion connected to the free end of the floating line; And a mooring guide part supported by the buoyant part and including a mooring guide line for guiding movement of the seaweed farm in accordance with movement of the sea level in the vertical direction.

Further, there is provided a seaweed farm mooring apparatus further comprising an up-and-down guide unit connected to the seaweed farm and including an up-and-down guide line for guiding a descent from the sea surface of the seaweed farm to water or upward from sea to sea .

Also, the upward / downward guide portion may include a guide portion floating on the sea surface, and one end of the up / down guide line may be connected to the anchor and the other end may be connected to the guide portion.

In addition, the ascending / descending guide unit may further include a connection line connecting the ascending / descending guide line and the mooring guide line.

Also, the seaweed farm and the connection line may be connected to the ascending / descending guide line and the mooring guide line through a ring-shaped ring so as to be movable in the vertical direction.

Further, a seaweed farm mooring device, which is provided on the upper surface of the mooring guide portion and further includes a platform for providing work space for an operator, may be provided.

In addition, the buoyant portion may include a balustering means for applying tension to the floating line and providing surplus buoyancy to support the mooring guide portion.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a marine algae farm mooring device, A consecutive line connected to the frame and providing habitat of seaweed; A reinforcing bar provided to intersect the winning line and reinforcing the winning line; A mooring part provided at least on at least one of the frame, the winning line and the reinforcing bar to provide buoyancy to moor on the sea surface; And an ascending and descending means for selectively lowering the buoyancy of the mooring buoy and lowering the frame, the winning line and the reinforcing string into water while being guided by the seaweed farm mooring device.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is advantageous that expansion is easy since it is possible to utilize the installed farm mooring device when the farm area is expanded.

In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to suppress the possibility of the destruction of a farm site and loss of algae due to deterioration of the marine environment.

1 is a perspective view showing a conventional seaweed farm mooring apparatus.
2 is a plan view showing the entire structure of a farm according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing the farm mooring apparatus of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where the farm in FIG. 2 is plowing from the surface of the water.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a state where the farm in FIG. 2 is lowered into water while being guided by a farm mooring device.
FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a process of expanding the culture area of the farm in FIG. 2;

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the overall structure of a farm according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing a farm mooring apparatus of FIG.

2 and 3, a seaweed farm mooring apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided for maintaining the position of a seaweed farm 10 moored at sea level.

The farm site 10 is connected to the mooring device 100 and includes a frame 12 forming an outer frame, a winch line 14 connected to the frame 12 and providing habitat for seaweeds, A reinforcing line 16 provided structurally reinforcing the winning line 14 and a mooring provided on the frame 12 and some or all of the winning line 14 and the reinforcing line 16 to provide buoyancy to moor at sea level And a buoy (18).

The frame 12, the continuous strand 14 and the reinforcing string 16 constituting the farm 10 may be rope as an example, but any member capable of providing an environment in which the seaweed can live can be used. Is also applicable.

The frame 12 may be configured to have a polygonal shape as a whole, and a rectangular shape is shown as an example in the present embodiment. The mooring device 100 is disposed at the vertex of the polygon.

The winning line 14 and the reinforcing string 16 are provided to connect two non-adjacent sides of the frame 12, and one or more of them may be provided for one side constituting the frame 12. [

The extension line 16 and the reinforcement line 16 are provided so as to intersect with each other so that the reinforcement line 16 is positioned on the extension line 16 so that the position of the extension line 14 is prevented from being varied by the marine environment, 14).

The mooring buoy 18 provides buoyancy to moor the frame 12, the winner string 14 and the reinforcement string 16 to the sea level and the buoyancy of the frame 12, the win string 14 and the reinforcement string 16 A plurality of them can be arranged at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction. It is also possible that the mooring buoy 18 is disposed at an intersection where, for example, two of the frame 12, the winning line 14 and the reinforcing line 16 meet.

The mooring buoy 18 may have a balancing function to selectively remove the buoyant force when the buoyant force of the mooring buoy 18 is removed. The mooring buoy 18 is guided by the mooring device 100, Whereby the frame 12, the winning line 14, and the reinforcing line 16 can be lowered together.

Here, the up-down means may include, for example, a pump for supplying and sucking seawater and a pipe connected to the mooring unit 18, and may be configured to be controlled by a control unit (not shown). The controller may be provided on a platform 110, which will be described later.

However, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to this, and the lifting means can be applied to any well-known structure capable of selectively providing or removing the buoyancy of the mooring buoy 18.

On the other hand, the mooring apparatus 100 is provided to be fixed at a predetermined position by an anchor 160 that is moored in the water due to surplus buoyancy and seated on the sea floor, and is connected to the frame 12 to maintain the position of the farm 10 .

To this end, the mooring apparatus 100 includes an anchor 160 including a heavy load placed on the seabed surface, a float line 150 extending upward from the anchor 160, a free line 150 connected to the free end of the float line 150, And a buoyant portion 130 for applying buoyancy to the buoyant line 150 to apply tension to the buoyant line 150 and a mooring guide portion 120 supported by the buoyant portion 130.

The mooring device 100 is provided on the upper surface of the mooring guide part 120 and is provided with a platform 110 for providing a space for a worker to work and an elevation from the sea surface of the aquaculture platform 10 to the water, And a lifting / lowering guide part 140 for guiding the lifting /

The platform 110 is provided to protrude above the sea surface and is provided on the upper surface of the mooring guide portion 120. In addition, the platform 110 can be provided along the upper surface of the railing so that the worker does not fall by the sea water due to the swinging of the seawater, and a passageway through which the operator can enter the mooring guide portion 120, And a hatch (not shown) corresponding to the entrance of the door.

The mooring guide portion 120 may be provided in a tubular shape in which a hollow is formed to provide a small weight. A plurality of mooring guide lines 122 are provided along the circumferential surface of the mooring guide unit 120 and a lug 124 to which both ends of the mooring guide line 122 are fixed is provided on the circumferential surface of the mooring guide unit 120 Respectively.

The mooring guideline 122 may be provided as a wire, and may be configured as a rope, for example. The mooring guide line 122 can be fixed at a predetermined distance from the circumferential surface of the mooring guide portion 120 by the lugs 124 at both ends.

A ladder 126 may be provided to allow an operator to move with respect to a part of the circumferential surface of the mooring guide portion 120.

The buoyant portion 130 may include a ballast tank and may further include a ballasting device capable of selectively introducing or discharging seawater into the ballast tank.

The buoyant portion 130 is configured to provide surplus buoyancy that can overcome the loads of the platform 110 and the mooring guide portion 120 and the buoyancy portion 130 itself. Accordingly, tension can be applied to the floating line 150 connected to the anchor 160 by the surplus buoyancy of the buoyancy portion 130. [

For the purpose of structural stability, the mooring guide 120 may be provided so as to pass through the buoyancy part 130 in the vertical direction.

The buoyant portion 130 is locked below the water surface and the mooring guide portion 120 formed to extend upward from the upper portion of the buoyant portion 130 meets with the sea surface. The sectional area of the mooring guide portion 120 Is less than the cross sectional area of the buoyant portion 130, the influence of waves on the water surface is relatively reduced compared with the conventional general farm structure in which buoys mooring on the sea surface are used to fix the position of the farm. Thereby, the effect of the wave can be minimized.

The up / down guide portion 140 includes a guide portion 142 moored on the sea surface, an up / down guide line 144 having one end connected to the guide portion 142 and the other end connected to the anchor 160, A guideline 144 and a connection line 146.

The guide buoy 142 is a general buoy moored on the sea surface so that the up / down guide line 144 is connected from the sea surface to the anchor 160 seated on the sea floor.

The connection line 146 is fixed at one end to the ring-shaped ring 146a and the mooring guide line 122 is inserted into the ring 146a so that the connection line 146 can move up and down with respect to the mooring guide line 122 As shown in FIG.

The other end of the connection line 146 is fixedly connected to the lifting / lowering guide line 144 through a knot or the like. Thus, when the sea surface swings in the vertical direction by the aid force, the up-down guide portion 140 can be swung up and down along the sea surface while being guided by the mooring guide line 122.

Descent guide portion 140 is guided by the mooring guide line 122 even if the upward / downward guide portion 140 is oscillated in accordance with the upward / downward rotation of the sea surface, the relative position of the guide portion 142 with respect to the mooring device 100 is maintained to some extent, Can be moored.

The frame 12 is connected to the up / down guide line 144. Specifically, one end of the member constituting the side of the frame 12 is vertically movable through the ring-shaped loop 12a, (144).

Thus, when buoyancy of the mooring buoy 18 is removed and the frame 12, the winning line 14 and the reinforcing line 16 descend into the water, they descend while being guided by the elevating / lowering guide line 144, Can be lowered while maintaining a relative position with respect to the mooring device 100. [

When the buoyant force is again supplied to the mooring buoy 18 that has been submerged in the water and the frame 12, the winning line 14 and the reinforcing line 16 rise to the sea level, So that the relative position with respect to the mooring device 100 can be raised while maintaining a certain position.

The floating line 150 connects the buoyant portion 130 and the anchor 160 and may be a member such as a wire to which tension can be applied, for example, a chain.

The anchor 160 is a heavy material provided to sink on the sea floor, and may be, for example, a concrete member.

Hereinafter, the operation and effect of the mooring apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment having the above-described structure will be described with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where the farm in FIG. 2 is plowing from the water surface, FIG. 5 is a view showing the farm in FIG. 2 being guided by a farm mooring device and descending into water, In which the cultivation area of the farm is enlarged.

4 to 6, the mooring device 100 may be disposed at each vertex of the frame 12 constituting the outer periphery of the farm 10 to maintain the shape and position of the seaweed farm.

The mooring apparatus 100 is fixed at one point on the sea bed surface by an anchor 160 fixed by one of its own weight at one point on the seabed surface and the surplus buoyancy provided by the buoyancy portion 130 causes the floating line 150 are held in a certain range by the tension of the other members protruding in the sea.

On the other hand, the frame 12 is vertically movably connected to the up / down guide line 144, and the up / down guide line 144 is vertically movable through the connection line 146 to the mooring guide line 122 .

Accordingly, when the sea level changes from the first height S1 to the second height S2, the connecting line 146 is moved up and down with respect to the mooring device 100 while being guided by the mooring guide line 122 . Thus, while the mooring buoy 18 and the guide buoy 142 are moored on the sea surface, the relative position of the mooring apparatus 100 excluding the vertical position can be maintained within a certain range.

On the other hand, seaweeds moored on the sea surface may be lost or the farm 10 may be damaged due to deterioration of sea environment such as typhoons.

In order to solve this problem, when the marine environment deteriorates, buoyant force of the mooring buoy 18 can be removed by the above-mentioned lifting means (not shown), and the mooring buoy 18 can be lowered from the sea level S0 .

The lower portion of the mooring buoy 18 descends to the first depth of the sea (S0) when all of the seaweeds under culturing are moored to the sea surface S0 together with the frame 12, the winning line 14 and the reinforcing rope constituting the farm 10 H1) to the second depth H2 (H2). At this time, the frame 12 descends while being guided by the up / down guide line 144.

In addition, if the marine environment is improved again, buoyancy can be provided to the mooring buoy 18, which has been submerged in the water, so that the farm 10 can be raised to sea level.

Thereby, when the marine environment deteriorates, there is an effect that the shape and position of the farm 10 can be maintained while the farm 10 is lowered in water to prevent seaweed loss and destruction of the farm.

On the other hand, when the scale of the farm is expanded with respect to the farm 10 installed in the offshore area, it can be easily expanded by using a mooring device included in the side of the direction to expand on each side of the established farm.

6, among the mooring guide lines 122 of the mooring apparatus 100a disposed at both vertexes of the side of the pre-installed farm site 10 to be enlarged, the farm site 10 is not installed, And the new up / down guide portion 140 is connected to the line.

Then, a new mooring device 100b is installed at a position that becomes the vertex of the farm to be expanded.

Thereafter, one end of the frame 12 of the farm site to be newly expanded is movably connected to the up-and-down guide line 144 of the installed up-and-down guide section 140 so as to be vertically movable. In the newly installed mooring apparatus 100b, As shown in Fig.

Finally, the extension of the farm 10 can be completed by installing the winning line 14, the reinforcement rope 16 and the mooring buoy 18 in the connected frame 12.

In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the fish farm 10 is extended through the method of installing the winning line 14, the reinforcing rope 16 and the mooring boats 18 in the installed frame 12. However, It is also possible to connect the frame 12 provided with the continuous string 14, the reinforcing string 16 and the mooring buoy 18 to the mooring devices 100a and 100b.

According to the marine aquaculture farm mooring apparatus according to the present embodiment, the number of mooring devices 100 to be newly installed can be minimized and the buoyancy portion 130 It is possible to stably fix the position of the seaweed farm 10 only by the floating line 150 extending in the vertical direction so that the members to be installed for expanding the area of the seaweed farm 10 can be remarkably reduced, .

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. For example, a person skilled in the art can change the material, size and the like of each constituent element depending on the application field or can combine or substitute the embodiments in a form not clearly disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, Of the range. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and that such modified embodiments are included in the technical idea described in the claims of the present invention.

10: Seaweed farm 12: Frame
14: continuous line 16: reinforcement line
18: Mooring buoy 100: Seaweed farm mooring device
110: platform 120: mooring guide section
122: mooring guideline 124: rug
126: Ladder 130: buoyancy part
140: ascending / descending guide portion 142: guide portion
144: ascending / descending guide line 146: connecting line
150: Floating line 160: Anchor

Claims (8)

A seaweed farm mooring apparatus that maintains the position of a marine aquaculture farm moored at sea level,
Anchors seated on the sea floor;
A floating line extending from the anchor;
A buoyant portion connected to the free end of the floating line; And
And a mooring guide part supported by the buoyant part and including a mooring guide line for guiding the movement of the seaweed farm in accordance with the movement of the sea level in the vertical direction. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an up / down guide unit connected to the seaweed farm and including an up / down guide line for guiding a descent from the sea surface of the seaweed farm to water or an upward movement to the sea surface in the sea. 3. The method of claim 2,
The upward / downward guide portion
And a guide part floating on the sea surface,
Wherein one end of the up / down guide line is connected to the anchor and the other end is connected to the guide part. The method of claim 3,
The upward / downward guide portion
Further comprising a connection line connecting the up / down guide line and the mooring guide line. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the seaweed farm and the connection line are connected to the ascending / descending guide line and the mooring guide line through a ring-shaped hook so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a platform provided on an upper surface of the mooring guide portion and providing a space for an operator to work. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the buoyant portion includes ballasting means for applying a tension to the floating line and providing surplus buoyancy to support the mooring guide portion. A frame connected to the seaweed farm mooring device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and forming an outer frame;
A consecutive line connected to the frame and providing habitat of seaweed;
A reinforcing bar provided to intersect the winning line and reinforcing the winning line;
A mooring part provided at least on at least one of the frame, the winning line and the reinforcing bar to provide buoyancy to moor on the sea surface; And
And a lifting means for selectively lowering the buoyancy of the mooring buoy to lower the water into the water while being guided by the seaweed farm mooring device to the frame, the longing bar and the reinforcing bar.

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