231 results about "Water feature" patented technology

A super-enhanced aquatic floating island plant habitat that is adjustably buoyant and optionally biodegradable. The first embodiment is comprised of a thermoplastic elastomer, a mat, soil / flotation chambers, apertures, nutrient channels, buoyant waterscape options, and a tethering system. The floating island can include monitors that measure water and atmospheric conditions, dispensers for fish food or chemicals, and a water agitation / oxygenation device. Another embodiment comprises a positively buoyant soil matrix contained within a water-permeable bag. Another embodiment comprises a flotation collar, an outrigger, and one or more water-permeable bladders containing negatively or neutrally buoyant bedding soil. The present invention also covers an aquarium-scale floating island and submersible planter, a plant containment bag made out of thermoplastic elastomer, and several methods of adjusting the buoyancy of a floating island. A method of manufacturing a floating island comprising molded thermoplastic elastomer.

A pool or spa system includes networked pool or spa devices that can be dynamically configured with network address by a controller. The controller can transmit a device discovery request on a network and can receive a discovery response from pool or spa devices that require a network address. The system determines and assigns the network addresses for the pool or spa devices based on unique device identifiers associated with the responding pool or spa devices. The network addresses assigned to the pool or spa device are transmitted to the pool or spa device to be used by the pool or spa devices to communicate with the controller over the network. The system can be used to discover and assign addresses to various types of pool or spa devices, such as pumps, underwater lights, chlorinators, water feature controllers, remote controllers, and / or other types of devices.

The invention includes compositions and a method of treating water to reduce algae in bodies of water, including decorative fountains, swimming pools, wastewater lagoons, storage reservoirs, and ornamental lakes and ponds, such as water features on golf courses. The composition includes a blend of two solid peroxygen compounds: sodium percarbonate and either sodium perborate tetrahydrate or sodium perborate monohydrate. An anticaking agent, such as calcium silicate may be added. The method includes administering the blend to the water by a variety of means, such as manual broadcasting ,or placing in a chemical feeding device.

The combined treatment process of high concentration ammonia nitrogen waste water belongs to the field of waste water treating technology. The combined treatment process of high concentration ammonia nitrogen waste water features the combination of blow-off method, MAP method and nitrosation-anaerobic ammoxidation biological method. The treating process of the present invention includes the steps of: adding lime into the waste water in a regulating tank to reach pH of 11-12; blow-off and aerating in a blow-off tank, with the blow-off tail gas entering to an absorbing tank and the blow-off water entering to a MAP reaction tank; treating the blow-off effluent in the MAP reaction tank with thrown disodium hydrogen phosphate and magnesia to produce magnesium ammonium phosphate precipitate exhausted; and the final nitrosation-anaerobic ammoxidation biological treatment. The process has low power consumption and other advantages.

A water feature having a housing with an electronics section and a water channel. A printed circuit board with an at least one light emitting diode (LED) where at least a portion of the at least one LED is in direct contact with the water while the electrical section remains waterproof.

A water feature having a housing with an electronics section and a water channel. A printed circuit board with an at least one light emitting diode (LED) where at least a portion of the at least one LED is in direct contact with the water while the electrical section remains waterproof.

An automated system of the present invention adds electrolyte into a pool. The automated system includes a sanitizer generator, a circulation system, and an electrolytic solution delivery system. The circulation system, which includes the sanitizer generator, has a suction line and a discharge line that delivers water from the pool through a circulation path. The delivery system controls the introduction of electrolyte into the water.

A modified adsorbent for adsorbing oil from water features that the organic silicon substance chosen from sodium methylsilicate, methyl silicon oil, phenyl silicon oil, methylethyl silicon oil, ethyl oil, hydrogen contained methyl silicon oil, etc is used to modify the surface of the adsorbent chosen from montmorillonite, bentonite, diatomite, pearlite, powdered coal ash, etc to generate a lipophilic film layer, so increasing its oil adsorptivity.

The invention discloses a water recognition method based on high resolution remote sensing images. The method comprises the steps of (1) image enhancement; (2) data marking; (3) image segmentation andconstruction of a training set; (4) model construction and training on the basis of a convolutional neural network; (5) water recognition by using trained models. Through investigation and analysis of water features, the method for accurately recognizing water and extracting a water part from the remote sensing images is disclosed. The method is based on the convolutional neural network, and spatial information and spectral information of the remote sensing images are fully utilized to conduct deep extraction on image features. The models and parameters of each layer of the convolutional neural network and a training principle and process of the network are introduced in detail, thorough considerations are made in various stages of image processing, and the method can show high accuracy in water recognition.

The invention discloses a comprehensive technology for the ecological restoration of low-pollution river water. The technology constructs the low-pollution river water environment comprehensive control engineering treating flowing water as a base, treating ecological restoration as a core and giving consideration to the landscape improvement through the integration and optimization of ecologic restoration combination techniques comprising a water power control technique, a polluted basement restoration technique, an underwater microtopography shaping technique, an aquatic plant recovery technique, an aquatic animal restoration technique, an aquatic life reinforcement technique, a water landscape construction technique and the like. The comprehensive technology has a good pollutant removal performance, and the TN, NH3-N and TP reductions reach 75.5%, 84.5% and 92.0% respectively.

A system automatically maintains at least one of a pH level and a sanitizing agent level of water in a water feature. The system includes a sensor assembly responsive to at least one of a pH level of the water and a sanitizing agent level of the water. The system further includes a controller which generates control signals in response to signals from the sensor assembly. The system further includes at least one of a first source containing an sanitizing agent material and a second source containing a pH-modifying material. The system further includes a third source comprising a valve assembly and a third container containing a liquid calibrant material. The valve assembly is responsive to at least a portion of the control signals from the controller by selectively allowing the calibrant material to flow from the third container through the sensor assembly to the water feature.

A process for removing pollutant from water features use of an activated carbon catalytic ozone oxidizing unit and a biologic activated carbon unit, and includes introducing the water to be treated and the ozone to the activated carbon catalytic ozone oxidizing reactor, mixing, flowing up, staying in activated carbon layer for 5-30 min for removing or converting the organic pollutants, flowing inthe biologic activated carbon reactor, and staying for 5-90 min for removing and degradating the organic pollutant. Its advantages are high utilization rate of ozone and high effect.

A powered apparatus for fluid applications includes a housing dimensioned and configured for mounting in a fluid conduit. The apparatus includes a generator for generating power. The apparatus also includes a power storage device for storing the generated power. The housing, generator and storage device comprise an integrated unit. The apparatus also includes a device connected to be powered by the generated power, for example, LED or OLED lighting. In certain embodiments, the apparatus can be mounted in a fluid conduit of a water feature. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a microprocessor for controlling at least one of power storage, wireless communication, and monitoring of a parameter associated with the fluid. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a controller and a power storage device and does not include a generator. The apparatus may further include a docking station for charging the power storage device.

A system automatically maintains at least one of a pH level and a sanitizing agent level of water in a water feature. The system includes a sensor assembly responsive to at least one of a pH level of the water and a sanitizing agent level of the water. The system further includes a controller which generates control signals in response to signals from the sensor assembly. The system further includes at least one of a first source containing a sanitizing agent material and a second source containing a pH-modifying material. The system further includes a third source comprising a valve assembly and a third container containing a liquid calibrant material. The valve assembly is responsive to at least a portion of the control signals from the controller by selectively allowing the calibrant material to flow from the third container through the sensor assembly to the water feature.

A system for the generation of electric power for use in connection with a water feature, such as a swimming pool, lake, pond and the like. The system includes an array of photovoltaic cells within a continuous membrane or joined to a separate membrane, the membrane being sized to fit atop or within the water feature when exposing the photovoltaic cells to ambient light.

An underwater projection system, a controller and method of controlling are herein described. The controller providing, at least in part, a boundary setting module or methodology and / or an image correction module or methodology through a user interface for the underwater projection system. A user interface is provided to enable user control and input and adjustment of the image controller from an observation point outside of the media of the underwater projection system, while the adjustments are made in-situ. An optional automated edge or edge and surface detection system is also contemplated to assist in boundary detection within the water feature for the underwater image projection system.

A multi-element automatic chemical-adding control system for treating water features that the temp, turbidity and flow of raw water are acquired by various meters and then transmitted to central controller, where a mathematic model is used to calculate out control signals for controlling a chemical adding system.

An underwater pendant light installation within a wall of a water feature has an installation tube in a niche tube having a facia section at the terminus of the niche tube. One terminus of the niche tube in communication with the water feature and having a water inlet coupled to a water gap section. An at least one underwater pendant or accent light having a housing, a lens body, an electronics section, an at least one heat sink, and one or more LEDs is mounted within the niche tube. The underwater pendant or accent light being coupled in a watertight fashion to a power source through the watertight coupling and being contained within the niche tube such that the water gap section surrounds at least in part the housing and permits water from the water feature to circulate in contact the housing but not penetrate into the watertight electrical connection.

In a system that uses tile-based road network rendering for displaying map information to a user, a tile is rendered for display by rendering a tile 10 by using a first texture comprising one or more map features to be displayed for the tile of the map in combination with a second texture to apply a texture to a graphics primitive or primitives representing the tile such that at least one map feature 11, such as a water feature, being displayed on the tile 10 is bordered by a border region 24 that represents a border to that map feature. In this way, a more visually appealing depiction of the map feature 11 can be achieved.

The invention discloses a microbial purifying ecological treatment system of a landscape water body, which comprises a first-stage filter tank (1), a second-stage biochemical pool (2), a third-stage biochemical pool (3), a fourth-stage reduction pool (4), a fifth-stage clean water pool (5), and a pollution discharge pool (6). The invention adopts micro-power circulation, filtration and sedimentation, utilizes a microbial contact oxidation method, via a multi-stage artificial beneficial microbial culture bed, by a technical proposal that an aerobic beneficial microorganism takes in and degrades the organic pollutant, nitrogen and phosphorus plant nutrient, and then a ultraviolet ray implements sterilization and disinfection for purifying and restoring the clear water, and thus solving the problems and shortcomings of high cost, water source restriction, drug contamination, and lower removal rate which exist in the prior art. The microbial purifying ecological treatment system of the landscape water body can lead the purifying treatment of the landscape water body to achieve the purposes of easy control, high removal, low cost, non-needing water change, and non-drug pollution by the way of artificially cultivating aerobic beneficial microbial ecological circular automatic purification.

The invention provides a water feature comprising a vessel containing a volume of water and means for imparting rotational motion thereto, wherein means are also provided for varying the height of the volume of water in the vessel. The invention also provides a method of operating a water feature comprising at least one vessel containing a volume of water, comprising the steps of causing the or a volume of water to rotate about an axis thereof so as to form a vortex therein and causing the rotating volume of water to vary in height over time.

An ultrasonic washing equipment for the hollow fibre separation membrane used to treat water features that multiple ultrasonic transducers are fixed to the metallic shell of said separating hollow fibre membrane assembly and the ultrasonic generator is fixed outside said membrane assembly and connected via cable to said transducers. The HF ultrasonic vibration waves are converted to HF mechanical vibration to form the cavitation effect for separating dirt from said membrane. The separated dirt is flushed out by water. Its advantages are high effect and low cost.

A high-frequency and-voltage process for separating oil from water features that under the action of HF electric field, the emulsifier water microdrop is polarized and deformed to expose new active surface for easily and quickly becoming bigger drop until its diameter is greater than 100 microns. At this time, the water is quickly separated from oil. Its apparatus is composed of tank body, high-voltage rod, oil inlet and outlet tubes, water outlet tube, level controller, oil distributor, plate electrodes and suspending beam.

A method and equipment for decreasing the loss of vapour water features that at least two electrodes are arranged in the space or channel, where water vapour moves, a high voltage is applied across said electrodes to generate a high-voltage electric field and a water collecting container or pipeline is arraged under the electrode. After the micro water particals are charged by said electric field, they move toward electrode and than collected. It can save wawter by more than 60%.

The present invention relates to wave pools and diversion channels that capture high kinetic energy portions of a wave generated within the wave pool, and redirects the captured wave portions to the vicinity of wave formation, preferably timed so as reinforce a subsequently generated wave. The high kinetic energy within the diversion channel creates an additional feature in the form of an action river for riders of a wave pool to enjoy. At the same time, capturing of portions of the wave reduces the backwash of the wave and stabilizes the level of water within the wave pool, especially for embodiments with wave generators and pools capable of high volume waves. Riders may enter the diversion channel and ride from the distal, beach end of the wave pool to the proximal, wave generating end.