Adjustable Guide Device for Standing Wave Surfing Facility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing artificial surfing systems lack the ability to generate standing waves of varying shapes and heights, limiting versatility and adaptability for different surfer performance levels and wave conditions.
Innovation Solution
A mobile or stationary surfing system that includes an adjustable flow path with a ramp connected to a wave basin, featuring a guide device that alters flow velocity and water level, allowing for customizable wave formation through adjustable pump units, guide profiles, and overflow mechanisms, enabling the creation of waves suitable for different skill levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed flow-forming elements are used to generate standing waves, then the wave shape and height are stable and predictable, but the system lacks variability and adaptability for different surfer performance levels
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the guide profiles adjustable rather than fixed. The guide profiles can be moved along the flow path to different positions, allowing the system to dynamically adapt wave characteristics. This enables the same system to produce different wave shapes and heights suitable for various surfer skill levels while maintaining reliable and reproducible wave formation through controlled adjustment of the guide profile positions.
2Productivity
If multiple pump units are used to increase water flow, then higher waves can be generated, but water consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by adjusting the position of guide profiles along the flow path rather than solely relying on increasing water flow. By changing the spatial parameters of the guide profiles, the system can generate waves of different heights and characteristics while maintaining efficient water usage. The guide profiles redirect the water flow to create standing waves at specific locations, allowing wave height control without proportionally increasing water consumption.
3Reliability
If the wave pool is separated from the main pool, then a defined water mass forms for wave creation improving predictability, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the water system into distinct functional zones: a main pool for water storage and circulation, and a separate wave pool for wave generation. This segmentation allows the wave pool to contain a defined water mass that interacts predictably with the water flow from the ramp, improving wave formation reproducibility. The separation enables independent control of wave generation conditions while the main pool handles water circulation and storage functions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the generation of standing waves of diverse shapes and heights, enhancing user experience by accommodating various surfer performance levels and providing a predictable and reproducible wave formation with reduced water usage.
Implementation Method 1
Each of the several pump units is preferably provided with a pump that sucks water from the main basin and delivers it to the flow path upstream of the ramp.
Implementation Method 2
the inclined plane in the form of a ramp is connected at its upper end to a flow path that evens out the flow and its lower end is stored in a wave basin
Implementation Method 3
The standing wave is generated in the surfing system according to the invention in that the water flowing quickly down the ramp is directed over at least one adjustable guide device which is arranged at a distance from the lower end of the ramp in the direction of flow.
Implementation Method 4
the water flowing quickly down the ramp hits a defined mass of relatively slower flowing water in the wave basin and is thereby pushed upwards. The change in flow velocity creates a standing wave.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an artificial surfing facility for creating a standing wave, with an inclined ramp (50), to the upper end of which water is transported by means of at least one pump (45) and the lower end (52) of which opens out into a pool (30). A standing wave (60) is achieved in a simple manner by at least one adjustable deflecting device (54) being arranged as a wave producer in the pool (30) at a distance (L55) from the lower end of the ramp (50) in the direction of flow.