US 12,245,575 B1
Apparatus for control water flow based on fish oxygen consumption and method for control water flow using the same
Jeong Hwan Park, Hail-myeon (KR); Deok Gyu Kim, Busan (KR); Ji Hoon Kim, Gangneung-si (KR); Young Hun Lee, Busan (KR); and Jin Seo Choi, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Busan (KR)
Filed by PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Busan (KR)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/520,846.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0159569 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2023.
Int. Cl. A01K 63/04 (2006.01); A01K 61/10 (2017.01); A01K 61/80 (2017.01)
CPC A01K 63/042 (2013.01) [A01K 61/10 (2017.01); A01K 61/80 (2017.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling a flow rate of water based on an oxygen consumption of a farming target fish, the apparatus comprising:
a water temperature meter for measuring a water temperature of an aquaculture tank containing the farming target fish;
an automatic feeder for automatically supplying a fish feed to the aquaculture tank;
a first oxygen concentration meter for measuring an oxygen concentration in water supplied to the aquaculture tank;
a second oxygen concentration meter for measuring an oxygen concentration in water discharged from the aquaculture tank;
an oxygen consumption calculator configured to calculate an oxygen consumption of the farming target fish based on the water temperature of the aquaculture tank measured by the water temperature meter and a fish feed amount supplied through the automatic feeder;
a water flow rate calculator configured to calculate a flow rate of water to be supplied to the aquaculture tank, based on the oxygen consumption of the farming target fish calculated by the oxygen consumption calculator, the oxygen concentration in the supplied water measured by the first oxygen concentration meter, and the oxygen concentration in the discharged water measured by the second oxygen concentration meter; and
a water supply configured to supply the water to the aquaculture tank at the water flow rate calculated from the water flow rate calculator.