Green irrigation system and irrigation method for high and steep rock slope

By designing a green irrigation system consisting of collection pools, reservoirs and irrigation pipes on steep rock slopes, and utilizing gravity potential energy for gravity irrigation and photovoltaic power supply, the problems of water loss and accuracy in irrigation on steep rock slopes were solved, achieving efficient and energy-saving vegetation irrigation effects.

CN120787772APending Publication Date: 2025-10-17NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER DESIGN INST OF CHINA POWER ENG CONSULTING GRP
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Application Number
CN202511238359.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Filing Date
2025-09-01
Publication Date
2025-10-17

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Technical Problem

In the irrigation method of high and steep rock slopes, water loss is serious, water resource utilization is low, and traditional sprinkler irrigation cannot accurately reach the roots of vegetation, resulting in water shortage for vegetation growth.

Method used

A green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes is designed, including a water collection pool, a reservoir, irrigation pipes and sprinklers. It uses gravity potential energy for gravity irrigation, combined with photovoltaic power supply and automatic control components to achieve water resource recycling and precise irrigation.

Benefits of technology

It improves the utilization rate of water resources, reduces energy consumption and labor costs, ensures that water reaches the roots of plants accurately, promotes vegetation growth, reduces irrigation blind areas, and improves irrigation efficiency and accuracy.

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Abstract

The invention provides a green irrigation system and method for a high and steep rock slope. The green irrigation system comprises a water collecting pool arranged at the top of the high and steep rock slope and a water storage pool arranged at the bottom of the high and steep rock slope. An irrigation pipe is arranged between the reservoir and the water collecting tank along the high and steep rock slope surface, a sprayer is arranged on the irrigation pipe, and the end, located in the reservoir, of the irrigation pipe is connected with a first water pump; a water conveying pipe is further arranged between the water storage pool and the water collecting pool, and a second water pump is connected to the end, located in the water storage pool, of the water conveying pipe. According to the system, infiltration and runoff water and natural rainfall after each time of irrigation are recycled through the reservoir, then the recycled water is conveyed into the water collecting tank through the second water pump, then the recycled water is conveyed into the irrigation pipe through the first water pump to irrigate vegetation on the high and steep rock slope surface, and the utilization rate of water resources is increased.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application belongs to the technical field of slope irrigation, in particular to a green irrigation system and method for high and steep rock slope. BACKGROUND

[0002] High and steep rock slopes are widely present in site construction, mining, road construction and other engineering activities, and their ecological restoration is crucial. However, high and steep rock slopes have complex terrain, large slope, poor soil and poor water retention, and vegetation growth faces serious water shortage.

[0003] At present, for the irrigation of high and steep rock slopes, the conventional way is to use a water spray pipe to spray irrigation at the top of the slope by artificial, and then due to the strong wind at the high and steep rock slope, the irrigation water cannot accurately reach the root of the vegetation, and a large amount of water will flow along the slope, resulting in low utilization rate of water resources. SUMMARY

[0004] In order to solve the problem of large water loss and low utilization rate of water resources by artificial irrigation of existing high and steep rock slopes, the application provides a green irrigation system and method for high and steep rock slope.

[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the application provides the following technical scheme: The application provides a green irrigation system for high and steep rock slope, which comprises a water collecting pool arranged at the top of the high and steep rock slope and a water storage pool arranged at the bottom of the high and steep rock slope; a irrigation pipe is arranged between the water storage pool and the water collecting pool along the surface of the high and steep rock slope, a sprinkler is arranged on the irrigation pipe, and a first water pump is connected to the end of the irrigation pipe in the water storage pool. A water delivery pipe is further arranged between the water storage pool and the water collecting pool, and a second water pump is connected to the end of the water delivery pipe in the water storage pool.

[0006] Preferably, a control room is arranged on the side of the water storage pool, an electricity storage assembly and a control assembly are integrated in the control room, the control assembly is communicatively connected to the second water pump and the first water pump, and the second water pump and the first water pump are connected to the electricity storage assembly through wires.

[0007] Preferably, the control assembly comprises a controller and a timer, the controller is communicatively connected to the timer, and the controller is communicatively connected to the second water pump and the first water pump respectively; The controller and the timer are connected to the electricity storage assembly through wires; The timer is used to send a control signal to the controller at a certain time interval, so as to control the start-stop frequency of the second water pump and the first water pump respectively.

[0008] Preferably, the power storage assembly comprises photovoltaic panels arranged at the side of the control chamber and a power storage battery arranged in the control chamber, and the power storage battery is electrically connected with the photovoltaic panels, the controller, the timer, the second water pump and the first water pump respectively.

[0009] Preferably, the irrigation pipe is provided with an irrigation branch pipe, and the irrigation branch pipe is also provided with a sprinkler.

[0010] Preferably, the sprinkler is one of a drip irrigation head and a micro-sprinkling irrigation.

[0011] Preferably, the water storage tank and the port of the water collecting tank are provided with a filter screen.

[0012] Preferably, the water storage tank and the water collecting tank are both provided with a water level sensor, and the water level sensor is communicatively connected with the controller.

[0013] Preferably, the water delivery pipe is provided with a pressure-compensated dripper and a one-way flow guide valve.

[0014] The application provides a green irrigation method for a high and steep rock slope, and utilizes the green irrigation system for the high and steep rock slope. Rainwater is collected by the water storage tank and the water collecting tank, or water is periodically input into the water storage tank; The second water pump delivers water in the water storage tank to the water collecting tank through the water delivery pipe, the first water pump inputs water in the water collecting tank to the irrigation pipe, and the sprinkler sprays water on the area close to the roots of the vegetation around the irrigation pipe.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial technical effects: The application provides a green irrigation system for a high and steep rock slope, and the system recycles water of percolation and runoff after irrigation and natural precipitation by the water storage tank, then delivers the recycled water to the water collecting tank by the second water pump, and then delivers the water to the irrigation pipe by the first water pump to irrigate the vegetation on the high and steep rock slope surface, thereby improving the utilization rate of water resources; during the irrigation process of the vegetation on the high and steep rock slope surface by the irrigation pipe, water flows from the top of the high and steep rock slope to the bottom of the high and steep rock slope along the irrigation pipe, and self-irrigation is performed by using the gravitational potential energy of water during the flowing process, thereby reducing the load and working time of the first water pump and saving the energy consumption of the irrigation process; meanwhile, the irrigation pipe sprays water on the area close to the roots of the vegetation by the sprinkler, thereby reducing the evaporation and runoff loss of water and further improving the irrigation efficiency, so that the vegetation can absorb more water and promote the growth of the vegetation.

[0016] Further, the system is provided with a control assembly on the side of the reservoir, and through the cooperation of the timer and the controller in the control assembly, the start and stop time and frequency of the first water pump and the second water pump can be accurately set, realizing fully automatic circulating irrigation and water resource scheduling without manual intervention, and reducing the labor and cost of long-term operation and maintenance.

[0017] Further, the system is provided with a control assembly on the side of the reservoir, and through the cooperation of the timer and the controller in the control assembly, the start and stop time and frequency of the first water pump and the second water pump can be accurately set, realizing fully automatic circulating irrigation and water resource scheduling without manual intervention, and reducing the labor and cost of long-term operation and maintenance.

[0018] Further, the system is provided with a control assembly on the side of the reservoir, and through the cooperation of the timer and the controller in the control assembly, the start and stop time and frequency of the first water pump and the second water pump can be accurately set, realizing fully automatic circulating irrigation and water resource scheduling without manual intervention, and reducing the labor and cost of long-term operation and maintenance.

[0019] Further, the system is provided with a control assembly on the side of the reservoir, and through the cooperation of the timer and the controller in the control assembly, the start and stop time and frequency of the first water pump and the second water pump can be accurately set, realizing fully automatic circulating irrigation and water resource scheduling without manual intervention, and reducing the labor and cost of long-term operation and maintenance. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 A connection schematic diagram of the green irrigation system of the high and steep rock slope is provided in the present application. In the drawings: 1, a water collecting pool; 2, a reservoir; 3, an irrigation pipe; 4, a control room; 5, a water delivery pipe; 6, a fixing assembly; 7, a photovoltaic panel. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] In the following, only certain exemplary embodiments are simply described. As those skilled in the art can recognize, the described embodiments can be modified in various different ways without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Therefore, the drawings and the description are considered to be exemplary in nature rather than limiting.

[0022] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential" and the like to indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0023] Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of the technical features being referred to. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features. In the description of the present invention, "plurality" means two or more, unless otherwise specifically defined.

[0024] In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, terms such as "mounted," "connected," "connect," and "fixed" should be understood broadly. For example, they may refer to fixed connection, detachable connection, or integration; mechanical connection, electrical connection, or communication; direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediate medium; and internal communication between two components or interaction between two components. Those skilled in the art will understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention based on specific circumstances.

[0025] In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, a first feature being "above" or "below" a second feature may include the first and second features being in direct contact, or may include the first and second features being in contact not directly but through another feature between them. Furthermore, a first feature being "above," "above," and "above" a second feature may include the first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature being "below," "below," and "below" a second feature may include the first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.

[0026] The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0027] The present invention proposes a green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes, such as Figure 1As shown, the system includes a water collecting pool 1 arranged on the top of the high and steep rock slope and a water storage pool 2 arranged on the bottom of the high and steep rock slope; an irrigation pipe 3 is arranged between the water storage pool 2 and the water collecting pool 1 along the high and steep rock slope surface, the irrigation pipe 3 is fixed on the high and steep rock slope surface through a fixing assembly 6, a sprayer is arranged on the irrigation pipe 3, and the end of the irrigation pipe 3 located in the water storage pool 2 is connected with a first water pump; a water delivery pipe 5 is further arranged between the water storage pool 2 and the water collecting pool 1, and the end of the water delivery pipe 5 located in the water storage pool 2 is connected with a second water pump. The system recycles the water of per irrigation infiltration and runoff and natural precipitation through the water storage pool 2, delivers the recycled water to the water collecting pool 1 through the second water pump, and then delivers the water to the irrigation pipe 3 through the first water pump to irrigate the vegetation on the high and steep rock slope surface, thereby improving the utilization rate of water resources. Meanwhile, the water storage pool 2, the water collecting pool 1, the water delivery pipe 5, the irrigation pipe 3, the second water pump and the first water pump form a circulating irrigation system, which can continuously irrigate the vegetation on the high and steep rock slope surface, thereby reducing the working intensity of the irrigation personnel.

[0028] As shown in the figure, Figure 1 The control room 4 is arranged on the side of the water storage pool 2, the control room 4 is integrated with a power storage assembly and a control assembly, the control assembly is communicatively connected with the second water pump and the first water pump, the second water pump and the first water pump are connected with the power storage assembly through wires, the control assembly includes a controller and a timer, the controller is communicatively connected with the timer, the controller is communicatively connected with the second water pump and the first water pump, the controller and the timer are connected with the power storage assembly through wires, and the timer is used to send a control signal to the controller at a timing to make the controller control the start-stop frequency of the second water pump and the first water pump. The timer can send signals at a timing, and the controller automatically and accurately controls the start-stop of the first water pump and the second water pump according to the signals, thereby realizing automatic water supply to the water collecting pool, reducing the manpower, material resources and time cost required for daily operation and maintenance, avoiding the risk of vegetation drought and death caused by untimely or erroneous human operation, and ensuring the long-term stability of the greening effect.

[0029] Preferably, the power storage assembly includes a photovoltaic panel 7 arranged on the side of the control room 4 and a storage battery arranged in the control room 4, and the storage battery is electrically connected with the photovoltaic panel 7, the controller, the timer, the second water pump and the first water pump. The power storage assembly uses renewable energy such as solar energy to supply power to the water pump and the control assembly, thereby reducing the consumption of commercial power of the system and reducing the irrigation cost.

[0030] In the embodiment, the fixing assembly 6 includes a fixing column arranged on the high and steep rock slope surface, and a pipe clamp is arranged on the fixing column to fix the irrigation pipe 3 in the pipe clamp, thereby stably fixing the irrigation pipe 3 on the high and steep rock slope surface.

[0031] In the embodiment, the irrigation pipe 3 is provided with an irrigation branch pipe, and the irrigation branch pipe is also provided with a sprinkler, the irrigation branch pipe expands the irrigation area, and the sprinkler is one of a drip irrigation head and a micro-spraying irrigation, In the embodiment, the filter screen is arranged at the port of the water storage tank 2 and the water collecting tank 1, the filter screen filters the rainwater collected by the water storage tank 2 and the water collecting tank 1, avoids the blockage of the first water pump or the second water pump caused by sundries, and prevents the damage of the first water pump or the second water pump.

[0032] In the embodiment, the water level sensor is arranged in the water storage tank 2 and the water collecting tank 1, the water level sensor is in communication connection with the controller, the controller is connected with the alarm, the water level sensor obtains the height of the water level of the water storage tank 2 and the water collecting tank 1, when the water level of the water storage tank 2 is too low, the controller controls the alarm to issue an alarm, so that the staff replenishes the water source of the water storage tank 2, and the system stably and continuously irrigates the vegetation on the high and steep rock slope surface. When the water level of the water collecting tank 1 is too low, the controller controls the second water pump to work and deliver water into the water collecting tank 1.

[0033] In the embodiment, the pressure compensating dripper and the one-way flow valve are arranged on the water delivery pipe 5, the pressure compensating dripper enables the water in the water storage tank 2 to irrigate the vegetation around the water delivery pipe 5 during the delivery process, improves the irrigation efficiency, the one-way flow valve arranged on the water delivery pipe 5 can prevent the water in the water delivery pipe 5 from flowing back when the second water pump delivers water, thereby reducing the load of the second water pump, and when the second water pump stops delivering, the one-way flow valve retains part of the water in the water delivery pipe 5 to supplement the pressure compensating dripper, thereby continuously irrigating the vegetation around the water delivery pipe 5.

[0034] The application further provides a green irrigation method for a high and steep rock slope, which utilizes the green irrigation system for the high and steep rock slope. The rainwater is collected in the water storage tank 2 or periodically input into the water storage tank 2. The second water pump delivers the water in the water storage tank 2 to the water collecting tank 1 through the water delivery pipe 5, the water in the water collecting tank 1 is input into the irrigation pipe 3 through the first water pump, and the sprinkler sprays the area close to the root of the vegetation around the irrigation pipe 3.

[0035] The foregoing merely illustrates the principles of the application and application of its leading features. This application is not limited to the exact details shown above and described herein, and obvious modifications will occur to those skilled in the art upon reading the foregoing description. Therefore, the scope of the application is not to be determined by the specific examples shown above, but only by the claims below. Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the scope of the claims.

[0036] Furthermore, it should be understood that although the description above relates to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution, and the description above is only for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should understand the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that those skilled in the art can understand. The above is only to illustrate the technical idea of the present application, and cannot limit the protection scope of the present application. Any modification made on the basis of the technical idea of the present application, which is within the scope of the technical solutions, falls within the protection scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes, characterized in that: The invention comprises a water collection pool (1) arranged at the top of a high-steep rock slope and a water storage pool (2) arranged at the bottom of the high-steep rock slope; an irrigation pipe (3) is arranged between the water storage pool (2) and the water collection pool (1) along the surface of the high-steep rock slope, a sprinkler is arranged on the irrigation pipe (3), and the end of the irrigation pipe (3) located in the water storage pool (2) is connected to a first water pump; A water delivery pipe (5) is further provided between the water reservoir (2) and the water collecting tank (1), and a second water pump is connected to the end of the water delivery pipe (5) located inside the water reservoir (2).

2. A green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to claim 1, characterized in that: A control room (4) is provided on the side of the water reservoir (2), wherein a power storage component and a control component are integrated in the control room (4), wherein the control component is communicatively connected to the second water pump and the first water pump; and the second water pump and the first water pump are connected to the power storage component via a wire.

3. A green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to claim 2, characterized in that: The control component includes a controller and a timer, wherein the controller is communicatively connected to the timer, and the controller is communicatively connected to the second water pump and the first water pump respectively; The controller and the timer are connected to the power storage component via a wire; The timer is used to periodically send a control signal to the controller so that the controller can control the start and stop frequencies of the second water pump and the first water pump respectively.

4. A green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to claim 3, characterized in that: The power storage assembly comprises a photovoltaic panel (7) arranged on the side of the control room (4) and a storage battery arranged in the control room (4), and the storage battery is electrically connected to the photovoltaic panel (7), the controller, the timer, the second water pump and the first water pump respectively.

5. The green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to claim 1, characterized in that: The irrigation pipe (3) is provided with an irrigation branch pipe, and the irrigation branch pipe is also provided with a sprinkler.

6. The green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to claim 5, characterized in that: The sprinkler is one of a drip irrigation head and a micro sprinkler.

7. The green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to claim 1, characterized in that: Filters are provided at the ports of the water reservoir (2) and the water collection tank (1).

8. The green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to claim 3, characterized in that: Water level sensors are provided in both the water reservoir (2) and the water collection tank (1), and the water level sensors are communicatively connected to the controller.

9. The green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to claim 1, characterized in that: The water delivery pipe (5) is provided with a pressure-compensating dripper and a one-way guide valve.

10. A green irrigation method for high and steep rock slopes, using the green irrigation system for high and steep rock slopes according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: include: Collecting rainwater through the reservoir (2) and the water collection tank (1) or regularly inputting water into the reservoir (2); The second water pump transports the water in the water reservoir (2) to the water collection tank (1) through the water delivery pipe (5). The water in the water collection tank (1) is input into the irrigation pipe (3) through the first water pump and sprayed on the area near the roots of the vegetation around the irrigation pipe (3) through the sprinkler.

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