Apparatus for the automatic, continuous cleaning of the pipe of the solar receptor of a photobioreactor
First Claim
1. An apparatus for the automatic, continuous cleaning of the pipes of a solar receptor of a photobioreactor and a carbonator associated with the solar receptor, the solar receptor having an outlet and an inlet and both the solar receptor and carbonator being traversed in series in a closed loop by a nutrient medium solution, a branch duct being provided between the outlet and inlet of the solar receptor to permit a circulation of cleaning balls therebetween, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a motorized valve positioned on a vertical portion of a branch duct provided between an outlet and inlet of a solar receptor for providing an automatic passage of the cleaning balls without the passage of a nutrient medium solution;
a pivoting sleeve placed in the inlet of the solar receptor and located downstream of the branch duct with respect to the circulation of the cleaning balls through the branch duct, said pivoting sleeve serving as a support for a controllable manual valve and permitting the introduction or a removal of cleaning balls from a closed loop formed by the solar receptor and a carbonator; and
first and second rod systems, each of said first and second rod systems being equipped with a regulatable penetrating rod for stopping or permitting the passage of the cleaning balls while allowing the circulation of a nutrient medium solution, the first rod system being positioned at a junction of an intake pipe of the carbonator and the branch duct, and the second rod system being positioned at the inlet of the solar receptor immediately downstream of the controllable manual valve with respect to the circulation of the cleaning balls through the manual valve.
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Abstract
An apparatus for the automatic, continuous cleaning of the pipe of a solar receptor of a photobioreactor also having a carbonator associated with the solar receptor. The solar receptor and the carbonator both being traversed in series in a closed loop by a nutrient medium solution. A branch duct being provided between an outlet and an inlet of the solar receptor to permit a circulation of cleaning balls therebetween. The apparatus including a motorized valve on a vertical portion of the branch duct for bringing about the automatic passage of the balls with the exclusion of the solution, as well as a pivoting sleeve placed in the inlet of the solar receptor, downstream of the junction with the branch duct. The sleeve serving as a support for a controllable manual valve and permitting the introduction or removal of cleaning balls with respect to the pipe. The apparatus also including first and second rod systems each equipped with a regulatable penetrating rod able to stop or permit the passage of the cleaning balls while allowing the circulation of the solution. The first rod system being positioned at the junction of the intake pipe of the carbonator and the branch duct and the second rod system being positioned at the inlet of the solar receptor, immediately downstream of the manual valve.
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1. An apparatus for the automatic, continuous cleaning of the pipes of a solar receptor of a photobioreactor and a carbonator associated with the solar receptor, the solar receptor having an outlet and an inlet and both the solar receptor and carbonator being traversed in series in a closed loop by a nutrient medium solution, a branch duct being provided between the outlet and inlet of the solar receptor to permit a circulation of cleaning balls therebetween, wherein the apparatus comprises:
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a motorized valve positioned on a vertical portion of a branch duct provided between an outlet and inlet of a solar receptor for providing an automatic passage of the cleaning balls without the passage of a nutrient medium solution; a pivoting sleeve placed in the inlet of the solar receptor and located downstream of the branch duct with respect to the circulation of the cleaning balls through the branch duct, said pivoting sleeve serving as a support for a controllable manual valve and permitting the introduction or a removal of cleaning balls from a closed loop formed by the solar receptor and a carbonator; and first and second rod systems, each of said first and second rod systems being equipped with a regulatable penetrating rod for stopping or permitting the passage of the cleaning balls while allowing the circulation of a nutrient medium solution, the first rod system being positioned at a junction of an intake pipe of the carbonator and the branch duct, and the second rod system being positioned at the inlet of the solar receptor immediately downstream of the controllable manual valve with respect to the circulation of the cleaning balls through the manual valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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