SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLAR GREENHOUSE AQUAPONICS AND BLACK SOLDIER FLY COMPOSTER AND AUTO FISH FEEDER

• US 20150245569A1
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Published: 09/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carlos R. Villamar
• Original Assignee: Carlos R. Villamar
• Inventors: Villamar, Carlos R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,585,315 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 31/02 Special apparatus therefor self-acting watering devices A01G27/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/14 Greenhouses cloches A01G13/04
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 61/80 Feeding devices
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/04 Arrangements for treating water specially adapted to receptacles for live fish
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/042 Introducing gases into the water, e.g. aerators, air pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/045 Filters for aquaria
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/065 Heating or cooling devices
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 67/033 Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/25 Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/81 Aquaculture, e.g. of fish
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/21 Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/60 Fishing; Aquaculture; Aquafarming

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for an aquaponics, and greenhouse system, including a solar greenhouse insulated on north, east and west sides and with glazing on a south side at an angle to maximize winter sunlight, and housing a fish tank; and a plurality of grow beds coupled to the fish tank. The grow beds each including a geyser pump powered by an air pump to pump water from the fish tank to the grow bed and aerate water of the fish tank, and a bell siphon to drain the water from the grow bed back into the fish tank.

Claims

1. An aquaponics, and greenhouse system comprising:

a solar greenhouse insulated on north, east and west sides and with glazing on a south side at an angle to maximize winter sunlight, and housing;

a fish tank; and

a plurality of grow beds coupled to the fish tank;

the grow beds each including a geyser pump powered by an air pump to pump water from the fish tank to the grow bed and aerate water of the fish tank, and a bell siphon to drain the water from the grow bed back into the fish tank.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a rocket mass heater inside the greenhouse to heat the greenhouse and fish tank water;

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a rain water collection system inside the greenhouse to capture rain water from the greenhouse and to heat fish tank water.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a hard filter to filter water from the fish tank.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a black soldier fly (BSF) composting and auto fish feeder for converting organic matter into BSF larvae for fish feed.

6. A computer implemented method for an aquaponics, and greenhouse system, the method corresponding to one or more of the steps performed by the system of claim 1.

7. A computer program product for an aquaponics, and greenhouse system, and including one or more computer readable instructions embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to cause one or more computer processors to perform one or more of the steps performed by the system of claim 1.