US 12,345,227 B1
Modular valvular conduit upwelling system
Stanton J. M. Collins, Jr., Cedar Park, TX (US)
Filed by Stanton J. M. Collins, Jr., Cedar Park, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,512.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,583, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Int. Cl. E02B 3/00 (2006.01); E02B 1/00 (2006.01); F01D 1/36 (2006.01); F03B 13/14 (2006.01); F03B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC F03B 13/144 (2013.01) [E02B 1/003 (2013.01); F01D 1/36 (2013.01); F03B 17/025 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upwelling system comprising:
a first array of valvular conduit modules, each of the valvular conduit modules:
being formed as a unitary rigid body extending along a longitudinal axis, and, comprising an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end; and,
a flotation module coupled to the first array such that each of the valvular conduit modules is oriented in a substantially vertical orientation when the first array is immersed in a fluid body,
wherein, when the first array is immersed in the fluid body, the valvular conduit modules passively impart upward flow of the fluid in response to wave-induced vertical displacement.