Circulation type aquaculture method and circulation type aquaculture device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9756838-B2
Application number	US-201515027105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A circulation type aquaculture method and a circulation type aquaculture apparatus which treat and remove ammonia harmful to fishes/shellfishes. The method includes a first step of finding an ammonia decomposition rate upon preliminarily treating cultivation water by using ozone or hypochloric acid so as to set a target remaining amount of ammonia after the decomposing treatment, a second step of finding the amount of ammonia in cultivation water so as to calculate a treating period of time required for reducing the amount of ammonia to the target remaining amount of ammonia based upon the ammonia decomposition rate of the first step, a third step of treating the cultivation water using ozone or hypochloric acid during the treating period of time calculated in the second step so as to treat and decompose ammonia in the cultivation water and a fourth step of returning the cultivation water to the aquaculture tank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circulation type aquaculture method, which is a method for treating cultivation water in a circulation type aquaculture tank in which aquatic organisms are kept by an aquaculture apparatus main body, comprising:
a first step of finding an ammonia decomposition rate upon preliminarily treating the cultivation water by using ozone or hypochloric acid, while setting a target remaining amount of ammonia after the decomposing treatment;
a second step of finding the amount of ammonia in cultivation water to be treated so as to calculate a treating period of time required for reducing from the corresponding ammonia amount to the target remaining amount of ammonia of the first step based upon the ammonia decomposition rate of the first step;
a third step of treating the cultivation water by using ozone or hypochloric acid during the treating period of time calculated in the second step so as to decompose ammonia in the cultivation water; and
a fourth step of returning the cultivation water that has been subjected to the decomposing treatment in the third step to the aquaculture tank.

2. The circulation type aquaculture method according to claim 1 , wherein the ammonia decomposition rate is found relative to the apparatus main body having a predetermined structure, and by using the ammonia decomposition rate, ammonia is treated and decomposed by the apparatus main body in the second step and the steps thereafter.

3. The circulation type aquaculture method according to claim 1 , wherein at the time of decomposition treatment including steps from the second step to the fourth step of the second time and thereafter, a value obtained by feeding back the results of the previous treatment is used as the ammonia decomposition rate.

4. The circulation type aquaculture method according to claim 1 , wherein an ORP value of the cultivation water after the decomposition treatment from the second step to the third step is measured, and when the measured value has reached a set value preliminarily determined, the decomposition treatment is stopped.

5. A circulation type aquaculture apparatus comprising:
a circulation type aquaculture tank for rearing aquatic organisms; and
a treating section which treats cultivation water drawn from the aquaculture tank by using ozone or hydrochloric acid, and then returns the treated cultivation water to the aquaculture tank,
wherein the treating section comprises a control means that sets a decomposition rate of ammonia and a target remaining amount of ammonia after the decomposing treatment, and calculates a treating period of time required for reducing the ammonia amount in the cultivation water to be treated to the target remaining amount of ammonia, and a decomposition treatment means for treating the cultivation water by using ozone or hypochloric acid so as to decompose ammonia in the cultivation water.

6. The circulation type aquaculture apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:
an ORP measuring device for measuring an ORP of the cultivation water treated by the decomposition treatment means.

7. The circulation type aquaculture method according to claim 2 , wherein at the time of decomposition treatment including steps from the second step to the fourth step of the second time and thereafter, a value obtained by feeding back the results of the previous treatment is used as the ammonia decomposition rate.

8. The circulation type aquaculture method according to claim 2 , wherein an ORP value of the cultivation water after the decomposition treatment from the second step to the third step is measured, and when the measured value has reached a set value preliminarily determined, the decomposition treatment is stopped.

9. The circulation type aquaculture method according to claim 3 , wherein an ORP value of the cultivation water after the decomposition treatment from the second step to the third step is measured, and when the measured value has reached a set value preliminarily determined, the decomposition treatment is stopped.

Assignees

• Kitz Corp

Inventors

• Kunitomo Shinta
• Sakurai Takako
• Katakura Toshihiro
• Fuji Masatoshi

Classifications

• C02F2209/04

  Oxidation reduction potential [ORP] · CPC title

• C02F2101/16

  Nitrogen compounds, e.g. ammonia · CPC title

• C02F1/78

  with ozone {(C02F1/4672 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C02F1/76

  with halogens or compounds of halogens {(C02F1/4674 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C02F1/283

  using coal, charred products, or inorganic mixtures containing them · CPC title