Floating Whitewater River Channel with Flow Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current facilities for aquatic activities in white water are unable to meet the growing demand and ensure safety while respecting the environment, as they lack the flexibility and adaptability to provide an optimal experience.
Innovation Solution
An artificial whitewater river system comprising a floating structure with integrated water supply and flow control means, allowing for adjustable flow paths and easy mobility, ensuring safety and environmental sustainability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If traditional fixed facilities are used for white water activities, then infrastructure stability is improved, but mobility and adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by using a floating structure instead of a fixed facility. The floating platform can move and be repositioned on water bodies, providing both stability during operation and mobility when needed. The structure remains stable while floating on water but can be easily relocated to different locations, thus resolving the contradiction between infrastructure stability and mobility/adaptability.
2Productivity
If artificial whitewater rivers are built to meet growing demand, then productivity is improved, but environmental harm worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle by creating a mobile artificial whitewater environment that can be temporarily deployed on existing water bodies. Instead of permanently altering natural rivers or building fixed concrete structures, the floating platform copies the whitewater experience in a temporary, removable configuration that minimizes environmental impact while meeting growing demand.
3Manufacturing precision
If fixed concrete structures are used for white water facilities, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of operation and mobility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the whitewater facility into modular floating platform components. This allows the structure to maintain precise engineering and construction quality in each module while enabling easy assembly, disassembly, and repositioning of the entire system. The segmented modular design resolves the contradiction between manufacturing precision and ease of operation/mobility.
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
The system provides a controlled and adaptable environment for various aquatic activities, enhancing user safety, scalability, and mobility, meeting the demands of diverse users and sports while maintaining environmental considerations.
Implementation Method 1
a floating structure or platform (10) defining a flow path (20) open upwards
Implementation Method 2
a pumping system (30, 40) having a pump (30) for moving water from a reservoir, through the flow path (20) and back to the reservoir
Data Source
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an installation for practising whitewater activities, characterized in that it comprises in combination at least one floating structure (10) possessing means defining a flow channel (20) forming a section of river of artificial whitewater, and, on the one hand, means (30) for supplying water to one end of said flow channel and, on the other, means (40) for controlling the flow to the other end of said channel, said flow supply means and control means being designed to define a current of whitewater.