KR20240000627U - Breakwater facility structure to improve safety - Google Patents

Abstract

This design proposes a breakwater facility structure with improved arrangement between the breakwater and tetrapods to improve safety and provide a refuge for fish. The facility structure of the present invention includes a one-height breakwater, an auxiliary block of a second height lower than the first height installed on the side of the breakwater, a plurality of upper tetrapods stacked on the auxiliary block, and the auxiliary block. It includes a number of lower tetrapods placed in front of the. In addition, a waterway in which a power generation turbine is installed is formed at the lower part of the breakwater and the auxiliary block, so the breakwater can be used as a facility to produce electricity.

Description

Breakwater facility structure to improve seawater power generation, respect for life, and safety {Breakwater facility structure to improve safety}

This design relates to a breakwater facility structure equipped with a power generation turbine along with an arrangement structure between the breakwater and a tetrapod to improve safety, provide a shelter for fish, and enable seawater power generation.

Breakwaters are installed in ports to protect the inland sea by dividing the port's external and inland seas. Additionally, tetrapods are installed on the sides of the breakwater to protect it from strong waves.

Tetrapods are concrete structures used in breakwaters and are basically formed in a tetrahedral shape. They are installed in areas of the breakwater that are continuously affected by waves to protect the breakwater. In other words, if several tetrapods are installed on the bottom of the breakwater, the force of the waves is dissipated through the empty space between them, preventing the breakwater from coming into direct contact with the waves and at the same time preventing breakage of the breakwater due to the force of the waves. To prevent.

However, as shown in FIG. 1, a large number of tetrapods 20 are currently installed on the lower side of the breakwater 10 and no other structures are installed at all. Therefore, if a person or animal walking on the breakwater 10 leaves the breakwater 10, there is always a risk of falling or falling. In particular, the tetrapod 20 is a structure with multiple legs extending from the center of the tetrahedron toward each vertex. If it falls into seawater through the tetrapod 20, it cannot easily come up, resulting in safety accidents such as drowning.

Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0417796 (2006. 05. 25. Caisson breakwater with built-in sofa block) Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0461138 (June 18, 2012, Breakwater or Tetrapod Civil Safety Facility)

This design was developed to solve the above problems, and provides a breakwater facility structure that can ensure stability by preventing safety accidents such as drowning even if a person falls from the breakwater.

The present design is to provide a breakwater facility structure that can minimize breakage and damage to the breakwater by maximizing breakwater performance.

The present design is to provide a breakwater facility structure that can secure a refuge living space for fish.

The present design is to provide a breakwater facility structure that can generate power by installing a power generation turbine facility.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below.

To achieve this purpose, a breakwater facility structure for improving safety according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a breakwater of a first height; An auxiliary block of a second height lower than the first height installed on the side of the breakwater; A plurality of upper tetrapods stacked on the auxiliary block; and a plurality of lower tetrapods placed in front of the auxiliary block.

According to this embodiment, the upper surface of the auxiliary block is positioned up to the high tide level of the sea surface.

According to this embodiment, when the sea surface reaches the high tide level, the lower part of the upper tetrapod is in contact with seawater.

According to this embodiment, the auxiliary block is formed of a steel structure in the shape of an H-beam of a certain standard, and the upper surface of the auxiliary block is formed of a steel mesh capable of supporting the upper tetrapod.

According to this embodiment, the auxiliary block may have at least one refuge/habitat space, and a structure for a habitat environment for fish may be formed in the refuge/habitat space.

According to this embodiment, the auxiliary block is formed with a support partition to form a refuge/habitat space, and a movement passage for the movement of fish may be formed in the support partition, and the movement passage is used to move the adjacent support partition wall. It can be arranged in a staggered manner with the passage. And the size of the movement passage formed in one support partition may be different.

According to this embodiment, the upper tetrapod protects the breakwater from wave energy, and the lower tetrapod minimizes wave influence on the refuge/habitat space.

According to this embodiment, a waterway is formed in the lower part of the breakwater and the auxiliary block, and at least one power generation turbine is installed on the waterway to produce power from wave energy transmitted inside the waterway.

According to this embodiment, when the power generation turbine is driven, a blocking net may be installed at the waterway entrance.

According to this design, by appropriately arranging the facilities of the breakwater, tetrapod, and auxiliary blocks, it is possible to prevent falls from the breakwater as well as effectively prevent drowning accidents.

According to the present design, the marine ecosystem can be preserved by providing a space where fish can escape and live inside the auxiliary block installed on the lower side of the breakwater.

According to the present design, a waterway in which a power generation turbine is installed is formed on the lower side of the breakwater and auxiliary blocks, and it can be used as a seawater power generation system that generates a certain amount of power from the kinetic energy of seawater moving through the waterway, so the use of the breakwater is possible. Efficiency can be maximized.

Figure 1 is a diagram showing a tetrapod installed on the side of a breakwater according to the prior art.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the arrangement configuration of a breakwater facility structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a side view of Figure 2.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the auxiliary block of FIG. 2.
Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating the seawater power generation process of the breakwater facility structure of the present invention.

Since the present invention can be modified in various ways and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the specific embodiment of the present invention, and should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention. In explaining the present invention, if it is judged that a detailed description of related known technologies may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted.

Terms such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but are not intended to indicate the presence of one or more other features. It should be understood that this does not exclude in advance the possibility of the existence or addition of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Spatially relative terms such as below, beneath, lower, above, upper, etc. facilitate the correlation between one element or component and other elements or components as shown in the drawing. It can be used to describe. Spatially relative terms should be understood as terms that include different directions of the element during use or operation in addition to the direction shown in the drawings. For example, when an element shown in a drawing is turned over, an element described as below (below, beneath) another element may be placed above (upper) the other element. Accordingly, the illustrative term below may include both downward and upward directions. Elements can also be oriented in other directions, so spatially relative terms can be interpreted according to orientation.

Therefore, the idea of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and not only the claims described below, but also all things that are equivalent or equivalent to the claims will fall within the scope of the idea of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the arrangement configuration of the breakwater facility structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 3 is a side view of Figure 2.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3, a breakwater 100 of a predetermined height is installed. Breakwater 100 is a general term for structures such as dams to block waves, and may refer to all structures built for the purpose of protecting ports or various facilities from waves. Most breakwaters 100 can be constructed in a mountain-like slanted form from the seafloor to the water surface.

The breakwater 100 is provided with different sizes of the breakwater, that is, length and height, and the size of the tetrapod structure, depending on the size of the port. Small breakwaters are built so that people can walk, but relatively large breakwaters are built so that vehicles can move.

And an auxiliary block 110 is constructed on one side 101 of the breakwater 100. Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the auxiliary block 110.

Referring to FIG. 4, the auxiliary block 110 is constructed long in proportion to the length of the breakwater 100 and is manufactured to have an overall rectangular parallelepiped shape with an empty space 130 formed therein. For example, the auxiliary block 110 can be manufactured into a shape with an empty space through assembling and welding an H-beam-shaped frame with a predetermined standard, and then constructed on the lower side of the breakwater 100. . In addition, the upper surface of the auxiliary block 110 is preferably formed of a mesh 400 made of a material such as steel so as to sufficiently support and withstand tetrapods of a certain weight placed thereon. When formed with the mesh 400, energy such as waves hitting the inside of the auxiliary block 110 can be absorbed, thereby preventing the auxiliary block from being damaged.

Meanwhile, the material and shape of the auxiliary block 110 is only an example, and it is natural that various structures with different materials and strengths can be adopted and installed. For example, the overall shape can adopt a concrete block with an empty space inside.

Additionally, the left and right side walls of the auxiliary block 110 may be removed as shown in FIG. 4. This is because it is better to allow the lateral seawater flow to flow naturally. Of course, this is only an example, and if the lateral seawater flow can flow smoothly even in the presence of left and right side walls, there is no need to necessarily remove them. Therefore, Figure 2 of this specification illustrates a state in which the left and right side walls are formed, and Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a state in which the left and right side walls are removed.

There may be more than one empty space 130 formed in the auxiliary block 110, and a plurality of support partitions 120 are installed along the entire length to divide the space into a plurality. This empty space 130 is used as a fish ecological refuge space. The sizes of the empty spaces 130 may be the same or different.

Meanwhile, the empty space within the auxiliary block 110 may be an empty space, or may be constructed with an artificial reef structure or gabion retaining wall to provide a sufficient habitat space as well as a refuge for fish. In this embodiment, the empty space is referred to as refuge/habitat space 130. The refuge/habitat space 130 is divided into a plurality of spaces by a support partition 120.

In addition, the support partition 120 that divides the refuge/habitat space 130 into a plurality of spaces may be formed with at least one movement passage (not shown) to enable movement to and from adjacent spaces. The movement passage formed in any one base bulkhead 120 is designed not to be arranged in a straight line with the movement passage of the adjacent support bulkhead, thereby maximizing movement by increasing the movement radius of the fish. And if a moving passage is formed in the support partition 120, the size of the moving passage is also formed in various ways. There is a need to adjust the environment in which fish of various sizes can live.

As shown again in FIGS. 2 and 3, the auxiliary block 110 is located lower than the breakwater 100. In this embodiment, the upper surface of the auxiliary block 110 is positioned to match the height of the high tide water level of the sea level. This is to ensure safety by minimizing the possibility of drowning even if a person falls. Since only the upper surface of the auxiliary block 110 is submerged at the high tide level, a portion of the auxiliary block 110 remains exposed to the outside in normal times.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the first tetrapod assembly is placed on the auxiliary block 110. The first tetrapod assembly refers to a state in which individual tetrapods (hereinafter referred to as upper tetrapods) 200 are gathered together. Depending on the size of the upper surface of the auxiliary block 110 and the size of the upper tetrapod, the upper tetrapod 200 is M*N. Some of them may overlap and be stacked and arranged.

And since the upper tetrapod 200 is disposed on the upper surface of the auxiliary block 110, the sea surface becomes the lower part of the upper tetrapod 200 at the high tide level.

In this way, the tetrapod is not installed directly on the side of the breakwater 100, but an auxiliary block 110 whose upper surface is formed of a steel mesh 400 is installed at the bottom, and the tetrapods 200 are placed on the auxiliary block 110. , it is possible to effectively prevent falls from the breakwater 100 and drowning accidents resulting therefrom.

2 and 3, a second tetrapod assembly is placed in front of the auxiliary block 110. The second tetrapod assembly refers to a state in which individual tetrapods (hereinafter referred to as lower tetrapods) 300 are gathered together.

The lower tetrapod 300 is located in front of the refuge/habitat space 130. Since the lower tetrapod 300 is located in front of the refuge/habitat space 130, it is possible to prevent waves from directly affecting the refuge/habitat space 130.

In this embodiment, the lower tetrapod 300 of the second tetrapod assembly may be a larger tetrapod than the upper tetrapod 200 of the first tetrapod assembly. Specifically, since the lower tetrapod 300 is located at a lower position than the upper tetrapod 200, it can be directly affected by waves, and therefore this is to effectively protect the auxiliary block 110 by effectively weakening the wave energy.

Of course, since the upper tetrapod 200 must also directly protect the breakwater 100 from waves, it is not necessarily necessary to manufacture it in a smaller size than the lower tetrapod 300.

Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating the seawater power generation process of the breakwater facility structure of the present invention. In this design, it is also possible to construct a breakwater as a facility that produces electricity, as shown in Figure 5.

Specifically, a waterway 500 is formed in the width direction below the breakwater 100 and the auxiliary block 110. The waterway 500 serves as a movement path for seawater flowing from the outside (sea side) of the breakwater 100 to the inside (port side) of the breakwater 100. These water channels 500 may be formed to correspond to the number of empty spaces in the auxiliary block 110.

A power generation turbine 600 is installed on the waterway 500. A plurality of waterways may be installed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the breakwater 100. The power generation turbine 600 may be installed individually on each waterway 500 or may be installed only in a specific waterway that can maximize power generation efficiency. And the power generation facility 700 is connected to the power generation turbine 600. The power generation facility 700 functions to control a series of processes to supply electricity produced by the power generation turbine 600 to users. The power generation facility 700 can be installed on the breakwater 100 or on land using a power cable.

In this way, when the power generation turbine 600 is installed in the waterway 500, when waves hit the breakwater 100 and the auxiliary block 110, wave energy is transferred to the inside of the waterway 110, and this wave energy causes the power generation turbine ( 600) is driven to produce electricity. The energy generated by the power generation turbine 600 will be processed in the power generation facility 700 and supplied to places requiring power, such as ports.

The present design must prevent fish from entering the waterway 500 when the power generation turbine 600 is driven. This is because fish may be damaged by the power generation turbine 600. Accordingly, although not shown in the drawing, a blocking net to suppress fish movement may be installed at the entrance of the waterway 500 before the power generation turbine 600 is driven. In other words, the barrier net only restricts fish movement and seawater flows in as is.

As described above, the present design proposes a facility structure in which an auxiliary block is installed on the side of the breakwater and tetrapods are installed on top and in front of the auxiliary block, and the auxiliary block has a refuge/habitat space for fish inside. there is. Therefore, it can be seen that not only can safety be secured by preventing falls from the breakwater, but it can also provide refuge and habitat space for fish. In addition, it is possible to produce and supply a certain amount of electrical energy using wave energy by forming a waterway space below the breakwater and auxiliary blocks and installing a power generation turbine on this waterway.

Meanwhile, the above-described embodiment illustrates that an auxiliary block is installed on one side of the breakwater, and a tetrapod is installed on the top and front of the auxiliary block, but the present design includes auxiliary blocks on both sides of the breakwater and the top and front of the auxiliary block. It would be natural to install tetrapods. In other words, depending on the location, both sides of the breakwater may be constructed so that they are in contact with the sea.

As described above, the present invention is described with reference to the illustrated embodiments, but these are merely illustrative examples, and those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can make various modifications without departing from the gist and scope of the present invention. It will be apparent that variations, modifications, and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true scope of technical protection of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the attached claims.

100: Breakwater
110: H-beam shaped auxiliary block
120: support bulkhead
130: Refuge/habitat space
200: Top tetrapods
300: Bottom tetrapods
400: steel mesh
500: waterway
600: Power generation turbine
700: Power generation equipment

Claims (9)

A breakwater at the first height;
An auxiliary block of a second height lower than the first height installed on the side of the breakwater;
A plurality of upper tetrapods stacked on the auxiliary block; and
A breakwater facility structure, characterized in that it includes a plurality of lower tetrapods stacked in front of the auxiliary block. According to claim 1,
A breakwater facility structure in which the upper surface of the auxiliary block is positioned up to the high tide level of the sea level. According to claim 1,
A breakwater facility structure in which the lower part of the upper tetrapod is in contact with seawater when the sea surface reaches the high tide level. According to claim 1,
The auxiliary block is formed of an H-beam-shaped steel structure of a certain standard,
A breakwater facility structure in which the upper surface of the auxiliary block is formed of a steel mesh capable of supporting the upper tetrapod. According to claim 1,
The auxiliary block is formed with at least one refuge/habitat space,
A breakwater facility structure in which a structure for the habitat environment of fish is formed in the refuge/habitat space. According to claim 1,
The auxiliary block is formed with a support partition to form a refuge/habitat space,
A passage for movement of fish may be formed in the support partition,
The movement passages are arranged to be staggered with the movement passages of adjacent support partitions,
A breakwater facility structure in which the moving passages formed on one supporting bulkhead have different sizes. According to claim 1,
The upper tetrapod protects the breakwater from wave energy,
The lower tetrapod is a breakwater facility structure that minimizes the impact of waves on the refuge/habitat space. In clause 1
A waterway is further formed at the lower part of the breakwater and auxiliary block,
A breakwater facility structure in which at least one power generation turbine is installed on the waterway to produce power from wave energy transmitted into the waterway. In clause 1
When the power generation turbine is driven, a breakwater facility structure in which a blocking net is installed at the waterway entrance.

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