US 11,849,708 B2
System and method for shrimp cultivation
Daniel Russek, Lakeland, FL (US); Michel Facen, Lakeland, FL (US); Andre Freitas, Lakeland, FL (US); Victor Perez-Rul, Lakeland, FL (US); and Arleta Krystyna Skrzynska, Lakeland, FL (US)
Assigned to ATARRAYA, INC., Lakeland, FL (US)
Filed by Atarraya, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,617.
Application 18/178,617 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/054263, filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/089,206, filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200359 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 61/59 (2017.01); A01K 61/85 (2017.01); A01K 63/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 61/59 (2017.01) [A01K 61/85 (2017.01); A01K 63/042 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a housing, wherein the housing is an intermodal container;
at least one water tank positioned within the housing,
wherein an inside of each of the at least one water tank is sealed so as to prevent contact between a material forming the at least one water tank and water within the at least one water tank;
a water movement subsystem operable to cause water to circulate within the at least one water tank, wherein the water movement system comprises:
at least one baffle extending longitudinally along a portion of a center of the at least one water tank so as to divide the at least one water tank into a generally circular raceway; and
at least one pump configured to cause water to circulate about the at least one baffle;
an aeration subsystem configured to maintain an oxygenation level within the at least one water tank,
wherein the oxygenation level is suitable for crustaceans to live within water in the at least one water tank;
a temperature control subsystem operable to maintain a water temperature within the at least one water tank,
wherein the water temperature is suitable for crustaceans to live within water in the at least one water tank;
a water quality monitoring subsystem configured to monitor at least one water quality parameter of water within the at least one water tank,
wherein the at least one water quality parameter includes a temperature, a dissolved oxygen concentration, a nitrogen concentration, a phosphate concentration, a pH, and a salinity;
a feeding subsystem configured to dispense food into the at least one water tank;
a biofloc removal subsystem configured to remove biofloc from the at least one water tank, wherein the biofloc removal subsystem comprises:
a decanter positioned within each of the at least one water tank such that excess water within the decanter overflows into the at least one water tank,
wherein the decanter is shaped such that biofloc within water in the decanter settles to a bottom of the decanter,
a pump configured to pump water from each of the at least one water tank and into the decanter,
a drain pump operable to remove biofloc from the bottom of the decanter when the drain pump is activated, and
a biofloc aeration arrangement operable to cause air to flow into the bottom of the decanter when the biofloc aeration arrangement is activated, thereby to cause biofloc to mix within water within the decanter and to overflow into the at least one water tank; and
a computer-operated control system configured to operate the water movement system, the aeration system, the temperature control subsystem, the water quality monitoring subsystem, and the feeding subsystem.