RU2787247C1 - Plankton farm - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: aquaculture.

SUBSTANCE: plankton farm includes an energy section with batteries, an automatic management and control section with a receiving and transmitting channel, a bioreactor section in which phytoplankton seed material is grown, a compressor and refrigeration section connected by a channel to the atmosphere for air intake and transportation of cooled air for aeration, a pumping section that supplies bottom water to the surface water layer and a system of pipelines located on a horizontal underwater grid. Each grid node is connected to pipelines in the form of vertical combs. The combs for aeration are directed downward, and the combs for irrigation with bottom waters are directed upward and are held by floats in the form of fungi, the surface of which is covered with a material with a high light reflection coefficient. The grid is connected on four sides by bracing wires with ropes attached to submerged anchor barrels having a small positive buoyancy. The anchors holding the bottom barrels are located on the continuation of the diagonals passing through the grid. LEDs are located in the middle of the sides of the square grid cells, providing illumination at night in the center of the grid cells of more than 400 lux.

EFFECT: invention provides an increase in the productivity of phyto- and zooplankton.

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Description

In the open ocean area on the coastal shelf, the underwater house is located at a depth of at least 24 m, and consists of: an energy section with a battery connected to wind or tidal power plants operating on renewable energy sources, from a bioreactor section in which phytoplankton seed is grown and through a system of pipelines, it is periodically sent to the euphotic zone, from the compressor-refrigeration section, connected by a channel to the atmosphere for air intake and transportation of cooled air under pressure to a depth of no more than 40 m, rising, it will cool the water and saturate it with carbon dioxide and oxygen. Dissolved carbon dioxide is needed to increase photosynthesis, and oxygen is needed for the respiration of zooplankton.

The pumping section supplies bottom water rich in mineral elements and having a low temperature to the surface layer of the euphotic zone, cooling the water and increasing the mass of carbon dioxide and oxygen dissolved in the water and providing additional mineral nutrition for phyto and zooplankton.

The floats that hold the pipelines and are covered with reflective material perform three functions:

- reflect the incident solar radiation into space in the atmospheric transparency window,

- at night they reflect the radiation of LEDs into the euphotic zone,

- hold the grid on which the piping system is located in a horizontal position.

Pipelines are made of metal-plastic pipes of various diameters.

The rope net is located at a depth of at least 24 m, to hold it in place, the net is connected on four sides by shrouds with ropes connecting adjacent submerged anchor barrels with a small positive buoyancy, while the rope is attached to the shrouds, which are a continuation of the net cell.

The anchors holding the submerged barrels are on the continuation of the diagonals passing through the grid.

The grid with LED lamps has square cells with a size of at least 12 m, while in the middle of the sides of the grid cells there are LEDs that provide illumination at night in the center of the grid cells of more than 400 lux, each grid node is connected to pipelines, while vertical combs for air aerations are directed downwards to a depth of at least 40 m, and a comb for irrigation with bottom waters is directed vertically upwards and is held by floats at a depth of no more than 18 m, which ensures the safety of the structure during storms of 10-11 points.

State of the art:

The analogue of the proposed utility model is: The difference between the proposed utility model is: The technical result of the proposed invention:

The ability to grow phyto and zooplankton to increase productivity in a given area of the world's oceans without the involvement of divers in all weather and various tide levels using renewable energy sources.

The task of the technical result when using:

Growing phyto and zooplankton and increasing productivity in a given region of the world's oceans without the involvement of divers in all weather and various tide levels using renewable energy sources.

The technical result is achieved by a plankton farm for phytoplankton propagation, including an energy section with batteries, an automatic control and monitoring section, with a receiving and transmitting channel, a bioreactor section in which phytoplankton seed is grown, a compressor-refrigeration section connected by a channel to the atmosphere for air intake and transporting cooled air to aeration, a pumping section that supplies bottom water to the surface water layer and a system of pipelines located on a horizontal underwater grid, each node of which is connected to pipelines in the form of vertical combs, while the aeration combs are directed downward, and the irrigation combs bottom waters are directed upwards and held by floats in the form of fungi, the surface of which is covered with a material with a high light reflection coefficient, the grid is connected on four sides by cables with ropes attached to submerged anchor barrels having a small positive buoyancy, and the anchors holding the bottom barrels are located on the continuation of the diagonals passing through the grid, while LEDs are located in the middle of the sides of the square cells of the grid, providing illumination at night in the center of the grid cells of more than 400 lux.

Description of the invention.

The proposed device is an underwater house, which consists of the following elements:

1. Energy section with batteries, powered by renewable energy sources.

2. Bioreactor section for growing plankton material for the purpose of sowing the entire area of the farm.

3. Compressor-refrigeration section, connected by a channel to the atmosphere for aeration with cooled air of most of the euphotic zone.

4. Pump section for lifting cold bottom waters rich in mineral elements and irrigating the surface layer of the euphotic zone with them.

5. Section of automatic control of the operation of all systems and control of the necessary meteorological, hydrological, physico-chemical and biological parameters of a plankton farm with a receiving-transmitting channel.

6. The pipelines leaving the underwater house are located on a horizontal underwater grid in the form of horizontal and vertical combs with a step equal to the grid cell size.

7. The grid with LED lamps on four sides is connected by cables with ropes connecting adjacent submerged anchor barrels with a small positive buoyancy, and the anchors holding the submerged barrels are on the continuation of the diagonals passing through the mesh; the grid has square cells with a size of at least 12 m, and illumination at night in the center of the cell from LEDs located in the middle of its sides exceeds 400 lux.

8. Each mesh node is connected to pipelines, with vertical aeration combs pointing down to a depth of at least 40 m, and bottom water irrigation combs pointing vertically upwards and held by fungal-shaped floats whose outer surface is coated with a highly reflective material. at a depth of no more than 18 m.

Implementation of the invention:

The use of the proposed device can be carried out for the cultivation of plankton on the coastal shelf of the oceans, regardless of the level of its waves.

Blueprints:

The figure 1 shows a perspective view of a plankton farm, consisting of the following elements:

1 - power section with batteries powered by renewable energy sources;

2 - bioreactor section;

3 - section for automatic control of the operation of all farm systems;

4 - compressor-refrigeration section connected by a channel to the atmosphere;

5 - pipeline system;

6 - grid;

7 - guys;

8 - rope;

9 - submerged anchor-barrels;

10 - anchors;

11 - pipelines for aeration;

12 - pipelines for irrigation with bottom waters of the euphotic zone;

13 - floats;

14 - pumping section for lifting bottom waters.

Claims (1)

Plankton farm for phytoplankton breeding, characterized in that it includes an energy section with batteries, an automatic control and monitoring section with a receiving-transmitting channel, a bioreactor section in which phytoplankton seed is grown, a compressor-refrigeration section connected by a channel to the atmosphere for air intake and transportation of cooled air to aeration, a pumping section that provides bottom water supply to the surface water layer and a pipeline system located on a horizontal underwater grid, each node of which is connected to pipelines in the form of vertical combs, while the aeration combs are directed downwards, and the combs for bottom water irrigation is directed upwards and held by fungal-shaped floats, the surface of which is covered with a material with a high light reflectance, the grid is connected on four sides by shrouds with ropes attached to sunk anchor barrels with a small lay buoyancy, and the anchors holding the bottom barrels are located on the continuation of the diagonals passing through the grid, while LEDs are located in the middle of the sides of the square cells of the grid, providing illumination at night in the center of the grid cells of more than 400 lux.

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