Aquaculture Tail Water Recycling with Feedback Extraction Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing tail water recycling and purification systems in aquaculture do not comprehensively treat tail water based on the actual distribution within aquaculture ponds, leading to incomplete water circulation and unstable water quality.

Innovation Solution

A system that identifies the global water body distribution in aquaculture ponds, adjusts tail water extraction, performs non-contact scanning and detection of sedimentation tanks, monitors decomposition processes, and adjusts environmental conditions to ensure comprehensive extraction, filtration, and recirculation of clean, high-oxygen water.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If continuous extraction and purification of tail water from specific areas is performed, then purification treatment is achieved, but comprehensive treatment based on actual tail water distribution cannot be guaranteed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewater quality stabilityVSAvoidtail water distribution information
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of tail water distribution in the pond before extraction. The detection module identifies the spatial distribution characteristics of tail water, and based on this information, the system pre-adjusts the extraction locations and rates to ensure comprehensive coverage of all tail water areas, preventing any tail water from being left untreated.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements closed-loop feedback control where the detection module continuously monitors tail water distribution in the pond, and the control module adjusts extraction parameters based on this real-time feedback. This ensures that extraction operations dynamically adapt to actual tail water distribution, guaranteeing comprehensive treatment while maintaining water quality stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If non-contact scanning detection is performed on sedimentation tank, then detection precision is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesediment detection precisionVSAvoiddetection system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces complex mechanical contact detection methods with non-contact optical scanning detection. The detection module uses optical fields to scan the sedimentation tank and obtain sediment distribution information without physical contact, achieving high measurement precision while avoiding the complexity of mechanical sensors and their installation/maintenance requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Productivity

If environmental conditions are adjusted to maximize biological decomposition reaction, then decomposition efficiency is improved, but energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecomposition efficiencyVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts environmental conditions in the decomposition tank based on real-time monitoring of decomposition progress. The control module modifies parameters such as aeration rate, temperature, and pH level adaptively to maximize decomposition efficiency at each stage, avoiding excessive energy consumption by only applying necessary adjustments when and where needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes physical and chemical parameters of the decomposition environment (such as dissolved oxygen concentration, temperature, pH) to optimize biological decomposition reactions. By carefully controlling these parameters within optimal ranges, the system achieves high decomposition efficiency without excessive energy input, balancing productivity and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

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

Ensures comprehensive and complete extraction of tail water, thorough sediment filtration, and stable recirculation of clean, high-oxygen water by adjusting extraction and decomposition processes based on real-time aquaculture status.

Implementation Method 1

a detection module configured to perform non-contact scanning detection on a water body inside the sedimentation tank to obtain sediment settlement dynamics data of the water body

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectNon-contact scanning detection: LIDAR

Implementation Method 2

transfer the extracted tail water to a sedimentation tank... perform non-contact scanning detection on the water body inside the sedimentation tank to obtain sediment settlement dynamics data

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSedimentation: Sedimentation

Implementation Method 3

monitor the tail water decomposition process inside the decomposition tank to obtain decomposition reaction output data

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectBiological decomposition: Decomposition (biological)

Data Source

PatentUS20260049015A1Tail water treatment and recycling system for aquaculture
Publication Date: 2026.02.19 PEARL RIVER FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PRFRI) CHINESE ACADEMY OF FISHERY SCIENCES (CAFS)
  • US20260049015A1 patent drawing

AI summary

Provided is a tail water treatment and recycling system for aquaculture configured to identify the overall water body inside the aquaculture pond to determine the distribution status information of tail water within the pond. It also performs non-contact scanning detection on the water body inside the sedimentation tank, analyzes the sedimentation movement data of sediments within the tank, and evaluates this data to ensure maximum sediment settlement. Furthermore, it determines the reaction progress information inside the decomposition tank, and subsequently adjusts the environmental conditions for decomposition reactions within the tank, effectively reducing the nutrient concentration in the tail water. According to the oxygen content of the water body in the pond, it also adjusts the oxygenation operation for the tail water that has undergone decomposition, ensuring that the pond can continuously and stably receive a supply of clean, high-oxygen recycled water.