US 12,129,616 B2
Mitigating adverse coastal upwelling effects with an artificial downwelling system
Alexander V. Soloviev, Hollywood, FL (US)
Assigned to Alexander V. Soloviev, Hollywood, FL (US)
Filed by Alexander V. Soloviev, Hollywood, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/464,113.
Application 18/464,113 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/031796, filed on Sep. 1, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,467, filed on Sep. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084534 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 15/00 (2006.01); E02B 1/00 (2006.01); F03B 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC E02B 1/003 (2013.01) [F03B 13/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for using an artificial downwelling system to mitigate adverse coastal ocean upwelling effects, the method comprising:
determining a deployment location comprising a coastal upwelling area;
determining a depth range of an upwelling water layer and a sheared pycnocline at the deployment location;
deploying an artificial downwelling system at the deployment location, wherein the artificial downwelling system comprises a wave-inertia pump comprising a pipe extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein:
the wave-inertia pump is configured to float at a surface layer of a coastal water body at the deployment location, and,
the pipe is coupled to a buoyant module at a proximal end and extends downwards from the surface layer to an upwelling water layer of the coastal water body at a distal end, wherein the pipe is selected based on the depth range of the upwelling water layer and the sheared pycnocline at the deployment location, such that the distal end of the pipe, once deployed in the deployment location, is disposed within the depth range of upwelling water layer and the sheared pycnocline; and,
activating the wave-inertia pump to transfer the water received from the surface layer of the coastal water body to the upwelling water layer, such that disruptions of coastal ocean upwelling effects are triggered.