Field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall and experimental method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12405206-B2
Application number	US-202318312728-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2023
Priority date	Jan 31, 2023
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall and an experimental method. The field integrated device comprises a roller shutter assembly. A rainfall assembly and a rainwater collecting assembly are fixed on the roller shutter assembly. The roller shutter assembly guides rainwater into the rainwater collecting assembly while shielding the rainwater. The rainfall assembly is connected with a pumping assembly. The pumping assembly transports the rainwater to the rainfall assembly to realize artificial rainfall simulation. The pumping assembly is fixed in a solar module. The solar module is electrically connected with the pumping assembly and a driving assembly in the roller shutter assembly. The solar module is in signal connection with a remote signal end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall, comprising a roller shutter assembly ( 1 ), wherein the roller shutter assembly ( 1 ) comprises a four-corner support ( 13 ) with height difference, the high side of the four-corner support ( 13 ) is connected with a mounting seat ( 11 ), and the low side of the four-corner support ( 13 ) is respectively connected with two baffles ( 12 ); the two baffles ( 12 ) are respectively oppositely fixed on the two ends of the mounting seat ( 11 ), the mounting seat ( 11 ) is provided with a humidity sensitive element ( 115 ), the mounting seat ( 11 ) is internally provided with a driving assembly and a roller shutter, the driving assembly is rotationally connected with the roller shutter, and the driving assembly drives a curtain plate ( 114 ) of the roller shutter to be unfolded and contracted between the two baffles ( 12 ); sliding chutes ( 121 ) are formed in the two baffles ( 12 ), the two sliding chutes ( 121 ) are arranged oppositely, and two sides of a free end of the curtain plate ( 114 ) are respectively embedded into the two sliding chutes ( 121 ), and the curtain plate ( 114 ) is unfolded and contracted in the sliding chutes ( 121 ); a rainfall assembly ( 2 ) is fixed between the two baffles ( 12 ), the rainfall assembly ( 2 ) is connected with a pumping assembly ( 4 ), the pumping assembly ( 4 ) is connected with the bottom of a water storage tank ( 33 ), the upper part of the water storage tank ( 33 ) is connected with a rainwater collector ( 31 ), the two sliding chutes ( 121 ) extend into the rainwater collector ( 31 ), the free end of the curtain plate ( 114 ) extends into the rainwater collector ( 31 ) through the sliding chutes ( 121 ), and the rainwater collector ( 31 ) is fixed at the lower parts of the two baffles ( 12 ) for collecting the rainwater on the roller shutter; the pumping assembly ( 4 ) and the water storage tank ( 33 ) are fixed on a solar stand ( 53 ) of a solar module ( 5 ); and the solar module ( 5 ) is respectively electrically connected with the humidity sensitive element ( 115 ), the driving assembly and the pumping assembly ( 4 ), and the solar module ( 5 ) is in signal connection with a remote signal end.

2. The field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall according to claim 1 , wherein the roller shutter comprises a drum ( 113 ), and the drum ( 14 ) is connected with the driving assembly; one side of the curtain plate ( 114 ) is fixedly connected with the drum ( 14 ), and the other side of the curtain plate ( 114 ) is wound on the drum ( 14 ).

3. The field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall according to claim 2 , wherein the driving assembly comprises a first motor ( 111 ), and the first motor ( 111 ) is fixed in the mounting seat ( 11 ); and the output shaft of the first motor ( 111 ) is rotationally connected with the drum ( 113 ) through a first coupling ( 112 ), and the first motor ( 111 ) is electrically connected with the solar module ( 5 ).

4. The field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall according to claim 3 , wherein the rainwater collector ( 31 ) is a hollow cylinder, both ends of the cylinder are respectively welded on the two baffles ( 12 ), a rainwater collecting port ( 311 ) is formed in the middle of the cylinder, the two sliding chutes ( 121 ) extend into the rainwater collecting port ( 311 ), a water outlet hole ( 312 ) is formed in one end of the cylinder, and the water outlet hole ( 312 ) is connected with the water storage tank ( 33 ) through a rainwater collecting pipe ( 31 ); a free end of the curtain plate ( 114 ) extends into the rainwater collecting port ( 311 ) through the sliding chutes ( 121 ), and the rainwater in the cylinder flows into the water storage tank ( 33 ) through the water outlet hole ( 312 ).

5. The field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall according to claim 4 , wherein the rainfall assembly ( 2 ) comprises a steel pipe ( 21 ), a water inlet of the steel pipe is connected with the pumping assembly ( 4 ) through a water pipe ( 23 ), and the steel pipe ( 21 ) is connected with a plurality of rainfall steel pipes ( 22 ); the rainfall steel pipes ( 22 ) are uniformly and vertically distributed on the steel pipe ( 21 ), one end is welded and connected with the steel pipe ( 21 ), the other end is welded and connected with the baffle ( 12 ), and the welding position is located under the sliding chute ( 121 ); and a plurality of sprinkler heads ( 221 ) are arranged on the rainfall steel pipe ( 22 ).

6. The field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall according to claim 5 , wherein the pumping assembly ( 4 ) comprises a base ( 46 ), the base ( 46 ) is fixed on the solar stand ( 53 ), a second motor ( 41 ) is fixed on the base ( 46 ), the output shaft of the second motor ( 41 ) is rotationally connected with a water pump ( 42 ) through a second coupling ( 42 ), water inlet of the water pump ( 42 ) is connected with the water storage tank ( 33 ), and the water outlet of the water pump ( 42 ) is connected with the water pipe ( 23 ).

7. The field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall according to claim 6 , wherein a bathysonde ( 331 ) is fixed on the top of the water storage tank ( 33 ), and the bathysonde ( 331 ) is electrically connected with the solar module ( 5 ).

8. The field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall according to claim 7 , wherein the solar module ( 5 ) comprises a solar panel ( 51 ), the solar panel ( 51 ) is fixed on the top of the solar stand ( 53 ), an electrical box ( 52 ) is fixed in the middle of the solar stand ( 53 ), a signal antenna ( 522 ) is fixed on the electrical box ( 52 ), the signal antenna ( 522 ) is in signal connection with the remote signal end, a storage battery ( 523 ) and a controller ( 521 ) are arranged in the electrical box ( 52 ), and the controller ( 521 ) is electrically connected with the solar panel ( 51 ), the signal antenna ( 522 ), the first motor ( 111 ), the second motor ( 41 ), the bathysonde ( 311 ) and the humidity sensitive element ( 115 ), respectively.

9. An experimental method of the field integrated device for automatically shielding and collecting rainwater and simulating rainfall according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
S1, setting adjacent experimental ground and contrast ground with equal area, and placing the experimental ground below the roller shutter assembly;
S2, setting a rotational speed and working time of a second motor, starting the second motor to drive the water pump to rotate, pumping the rainwater in the water storage tank to the rainfall assembly, and spraying the rainwater to the experimental ground below the roller shutter assembly by a sprinkler heads in the rainfall assembly to simulate artificial rainfall;
S3, collecting a natural rainfall signal in real time by the humidity sensitive element, and if the humidity sensitive element does not detect the natural rainfall signal, executing step S7, and if the humidity sensitive element detects the natural rainfall signal, executing step S4;
S4, transmitting the detected natural rainfall signal to the controller by the humidity sensitive element, starting a first motor of the driving assembly by the controller, driving a drum to rotate by the first motor, and driving the curtain plate to slide in the sliding chute by the drum until a f

Assignees

• China Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res

Inventors

• Song Yifan
• Wang Xiaogang
• Qin Tianling
• Lu Yajing
• Yan Denghua
• Liu Tiejun
• Yao Jianan
• Jiao Rui
• Tan Yumei
• Weng Baisha
• Feng Yaru
• Yang Xiaojie

Classifications

• E03B3/02

  from rain-water · CPC title

• Y02A20/108

  Rainwater harvesting · CPC title

• G01N17/002 Primary

  Test chambers · CPC title