Patents Assigned to Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
  • Publication number: 20240003800
    Abstract: A system for deep sediment flow culture simulating in-situ water pressure includes a flow culture apparatus, an inflow pressurizer and an outflow depressurizer, wherein the inflow pressurizer comprises a pressure tank, an air inlet pipe, a pressure regulating valve, a pressure-resistant container and a first support, and the pressure-resistant container containing in-situ overlying water added with isotopes is placed on the first support, a water outlet of the pressure-resistant container being connected with a water inlet pipe of the flow culture apparatus; the outflow depressurizer comprises a porous medium pipe, a second support, a depressurized water outlet pipe and a water catcher, and an outlet of the porous medium pipe is connected with one end of the depressurized water outlet pipe, the other end of the depressurized water outlet pipe extending into the water catcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
    Inventors: Qiuwen CHEN, Dongsheng LIU, Jianyun ZHANG, Haoyu ZHU, Yuchen CHEN, Honghai MA, Qi ZHANG, Lanlin WEI
  • Publication number: 20230415863
    Abstract: Disclosed is a particle algorithm-based method for underwater detection and operation positioning of a reservoir dam system. A water body is stimulated by adopting a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method, the ROV is simulated by adopting a discrete element method (DEM) unit formed by a series of particles, an umbilical cable between the ROV and a water surface control unit are simulated by a spring unit, dynamic interaction among the ROV, water flow and the cable are calculated by combining the SPH method and the DEM, and real-time motion positions of the ROV and the cable in complex environments are calculated and obtained; and a relative position between the ROV and the surface control unit can be calculated through the real-time position of the cable, and the real-time underwater positioning of the ROV is realized in combination with an absolute coordinate position of the surface control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yan Xiang, Zhengyang Su, Hailiang Yang, Xin Yang, Chengdong Liu, Kai Zhang, Bo Dai, Yakun Wang, Siyu Chen, Ying Meng, Liushan Tang
  • Patent number: 11845683
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and system for vertically utilizing unconventional water source. The system includes a water collection unit, a water treatment unit, and a monitoring, regulation and reuse unit. The water collection unit is configured to collect rainwater and/or domestic wastewater; the water treatment unit is in communication with the water collection unit and configured to purify the rainwater and/or the domestic wastewater collected by the water collection unit; and the monitoring, regulation and reuse unit is in communication with the water treatment unit and configured to use reclaimed water obtained through treatment by the water treatment unit. The method and the system for vertically utilizing unconventional water source in the present disclosure have advantages of a simple structure, low costs, and high treatment efficiency, effectively save energy and water resources, and are suitable for decentralized treatment and recycling of urban domestic wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
    Inventors: Xiaojun Wang, Jianyun Zhang, Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20230385490
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a hydrological model considering the uncertainty of a runoff production structure and a method for quantifying influence on a surface-subsurface hydrological process. The present invention quantifies the uncertainty of runoff production structures including a surface runoff structure, an interflow structure and a base flow structure by using parameters, and constructs a hydrological model considering the uncertainty of a runoff production structure by combining an added confluence module. Compared with an original hydrological model, the hydrological model has higher precision, which is capable to quantify the uncertainty of surface runoff, interflow and base flow of the runoff production structure and its impact on the surface-subsurface hydrological process, better improve precision of runoff simulation, and enhance understanding and cognition of the basic rule of a hydrological physical process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Junliang Jin, Zhangkang Shu, Jianyun Zhang, Lin Wang, Guoqing Wang, Zhenxin Bao, Yanli Liu, Cuishan Liu, Ruimin He, Qiuwen Chen, Zhiyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11766005
    Abstract: An irrigation method for coastal regions. The method includes: selecting coastal region and collecting natural and environmental data of the coastal region; building a basic database of the coastal region based on high-precision map of the coastal region; establishing a water demand calculation model for coastal crops and a multi-source water supply model, where the multi-source water supply model includes a multi-source water of mixed salt-fresh water calculation model and a freshwater source calculation model; calculating water demand Qdemand during a forecast period according to the water demand calculation model for coastal crops; clarifying salt content Slimit of the water demand during the forecast period; calculating the water supply amount Qsupply in the coastal region during the forecast period according to the multi-source water of mixed salt-fresh water calculation model; and comparing the Qdemand and the Qsupply to accordingly regulate irrigation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
    Inventors: Xiaojun Wang, Feng Chen, Jianyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11767019
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted equipment and operation method for rapid detection of danger and hidden danger of a dike is provided, wherein the equipment includes: an operation vehicle; an operation shelter, located behind the cockpit of the operation vehicle and arranged on the chassis of the operation vehicle; a detection system, including a ground penetrating radar detection module, a transient electromagnetic detection module and a seismic wave detection module to perform physical detection of the dike.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE UNDER THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND THE NATIONAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
    Inventors: Lei Tang, Jun Lu, Shenghang Zhang, Pan Ming, Maogan Dong, Jiang Yu, Xiangqian Fan, Qibing Zhan
  • Patent number: 11713253
    Abstract: It discloses a method for preparing a magnesium-aluminum hydrotalcite-loaded nano zero-valent iron material for specifically removing perfluorooctanoic acid in a water environment and an optimized process for removing perfluorooctanoic acid thereby, and relates to the technical field of removing persistent organic pollutants in water using adsorption method and oxidation-reduction method and, in particular, to a composite material prepared by loading a nano zero-valent iron on magnesium-aluminum hydrotalcite using liquid phase reduction method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Qiuwen Chen, Hanlu Yan, Jianyun Zhang, Xueke Liao, Tianqi Yao, Zhiyuan Wang, Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11703370
    Abstract: A device for monitoring evaporation capacity of a water surface evaporator in a process includes a water surface evaporator and a rain collector, the rain collector and the water surface evaporator having a same size of orifice area, height, and contour profile of a monitoring device. One side of the water surface evaporator is connected with a first measuring well through a pipeline, and another side of the water surface evaporator is connected with a first electromagnetic flowmeter, a water supplementing electromagnetic valve and an overflow electromagnetic valve through a water pipe. The water supplementing electromagnetic valve is connected with a water supplementing barrel through a water supplementing pipe. A water collecting barrel is installed below the special rain collector. A second magnetostrictive water level meter, a starting drainage switch and a stopping drainage switch are installed in the second measuring well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jiufu Liu, Zhao Cai, Suyi Liu, Ziyin Xie, Weizu Gu, Aimin Liao, Rong Zhang, Minhan Liao, Hongwei Liu, Wenzhong Wang, Huan Wang, Tao Ma, Niu Wang, Xuegang Li, Guangxu Jiang
  • Patent number: 11692322
    Abstract: A spur dike type fishway inlet includes an upstream flow block wall, an extra water supply nozzle, and an artificial fish reef. The upstream flow block wall is arranged upstream of a fishway inlet; the starting end of the upstream flow block wall is connected with the upstream side wall of the fishway inlet through a connecting shaft and a hydraulic strut. The extra water supply nozzle is installed in the fishway inlet and is connected to the upstream of a power station through a pipeline to directly supply water to a high water head. The artificial reef is set up within the shielding range of the upstream flow block wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Xiaogang Wang, Long Zhu, Tao Wang, Zhonghua Li, Shilong Li, Yongzeng Huang, Kaixiao Chen, Biao Wang, Guoxiu Shang, Zhe Wang, Hongze Li, Qiaoyi Hu, Yifei Gao, Feifei He
  • Patent number: 11609222
    Abstract: A water-soil interface physiochemical monitoring apparatus and a reservoir area hydro-fluctuation belt monitoring system based on the same. The water-soil interface physiochemical monitoring apparatus comprises a cylindrical shell, a conical head, a sensor data acquisition circuit, a sealing plug, and a plurality of sensor modules. One end of the cylindrical shell is in sealing connection with the conical head, and the other end is sealed by the sealing plug. The sensor modules are connected to the sensor data acquisition circuit, and are all located in the sealed space of the cylindrical shell. Each sensor module comprises a circuit board, a temperature sensor, a dissolved oxygen sensor and a conductivity sensor, which are combined together by casting using resin, and the temperature sensor, the dissolved oxygen sensor and the conductivity sensor are separately connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
    Inventors: Qiuwen Chen, Dongsheng Liu, Haoyu Zhu, Jianyun Zhang, Yuchen Chen, Honghai Ma, Yingxin Hong
  • Publication number: 20230085258
    Abstract: A spur dike type fishway inlet includes an upstream flow block wall, an extra water supply nozzle, and an artificial fish reef. The upstream flow block wall is arranged upstream of a fishway inlet; the starting end of the upstream flow block wall is connected with the upstream side wall of the fishway inlet through a connecting shaft and a hydraulic strut. The extra water supply nozzle is installed in the fishway inlet and is connected to the upstream of a power station through a pipeline to directly supply water to a high water head. The artificial reef is set up within the shielding range of the upstream flow block wall. A device for luring the fish by adopting fish target keeping behavior is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Xiaogang WANG, Long ZHU, Tao WANG, Zhonghua LI, Shilong LI, Yongzeng HUANG, Kaixiao CHEN, Biao WANG, Guoxiu SHANG, Zhe WANG, Hongze LI, Qiaoyi HU, Yifei GAO, Feifei HE
  • Patent number: 11198984
    Abstract: Provided is an underwater repair system for a cavity region of a concrete panel rock-fill dam panel, including a moving platform, a work cabin, a pressure drainage apparatus, a traction apparatus, and a positioning apparatus; the traction apparatus controlling the movement of the moving platform on the surface of a dam concrete panel; the positioning apparatus transmits a detection position; the work cabin is a pressure cabin, the work cabin being connected to the pressure drainage apparatus, and a drill apparatus and grouting apparatus being arranged in the work cabin; the moving platform moves into the cavity region, and the pressure drainage apparatus starts up to drain the water in the work cabin, a partially closed waterless space being formed inside the work cabin, the drill apparatus drilling the concrete panel at the upper end of the cavity region and the grouting apparatus subsequently implementing grouting to complete the repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE UNDER THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRIC, CHENGDU BRANCH OF GUODIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingli Wu, Ruiji Yi, Sheng Yang, Wanli Guo, Denghua Li, Limin Xiao, Jingping Ming, Qiming Zhong, Hongxia Fan, Hua Fu, Hua Ling, Fang Wang, Ting Shen, Yong Li, Yongyong Cao, Jun Li, Ming Zhang, Zhaosheng Zhang, Zehua Huangfu, Shilin Li, Juhua Zhang, Jiefu Wu, Zhe Hu, Lifei Gong, Gang Wu, Yufeng Huangfu, Chen Chen, Jing Yuan
  • Patent number: 10939672
    Abstract: A experimental device is specifically an annular water tank formed by a first arc-shaped water tank, a first special-shaped water tank, a second arc-shaped water tank and a second special-shaped water tank which are sequentially connected head to tail, and the outer perimeter is 70 m to 110 m, wherein the inner walls of both the first special-shaped water tank and the second special-shaped water tank are flat, both of the widths between the outer walls and the inner walls are gradually increased from the two ends to the middle, and water flow pushing equipment which are capable of enabling the maximum water flow velocity in the experimental device to reach a preset value are respectively placed in the first special-shaped water tank and the second special-shaped water tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Qiuwen Chen, Yuqing Lin, Jianyun Zhang, Liuming Hu, Yuxin Zhang, Lei Tang, Tiesheng Guan, Yong Gao, Wei Jiang
  • Patent number: 10794887
    Abstract: An ultra-deep reservoir stratified water sample and sediment core integrated artificial intelligence sampling device, comprising a sampling device main chamber, an attitude balance sensor, a propeller, a balance base, and a sampler body, wherein the attitude balance sensor and the sampler body are disposed inside the sampling device main chamber; the propeller is disposed outside the sampling device main chamber; and the balance base is located at a bottom end of the sampling device main chamber. The sampling device of the present invention is an intelligent sampling device integrating high-definition underwater topography observation, undisturbed sediment core collection, vertical stratified accurate sampling of water bodies, and real-time in-situ monitoring of key physical and chemical parameters, and can be flexibly applied to deep and shallow water environments under complicated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
    Inventors: Qiuwen Chen, Juhua Yu, Jianyun Zhang, Wenyong Yu, Wenqing Shi, Yuqing Lin, Liuming Hu, Zhiyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10788349
    Abstract: An experimental system comprises a water level indicator, a data processing module, and an experimental simulator. The water level indicator is connected to the data processing module, and the water level indicator is mounted nearby the experimental simulator when in use. The experimental simulator comprises several experimental units. Each experimental unit comprises a first pipe, a second pipe, and a third pipe, wherein the first pipe perpendicularly communicates with the second pipe, a check valve which allows water to flow out but allows no water to flow in is connected to the water outlet of the second pipe, and the third pipe perpendicularly communicates with the second pipe and is parallel to the first pipe. The heights of the third pipes of the several experimental units are in a decreasing or increasing order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Qiuwen Chen, Wenqing Shi, Haoyu Zhu, Dongsheng Liu, Yuchen Chen, Honghai Ma, Qi Zhang, Yingxin Hong
  • Patent number: 10677919
    Abstract: The present invention provides a self-positioning system of a deepwater underwater robot of an irregular dam surface of a reservoir, including cross reflection metal plates arranged on the irregular dam surface, and an underwater robot provided with a control motherboard, a water level indicator and a sonar system, wherein the water level indicator and the sonar system are respectively connected with the control motherboard, and the control motherboard is connected with a computer via a cable. The cross reflection metal plate has known coordinates and has four quadrants. A sonar signal emitted by the sonar system is reflected by the cross reflection metal plate to generate sonar reflection signals of four quadrants, and the sonar signals in the effective quadrants correspond to known coordinate parameters of the cross reflection metal plate so as to obtain the horizontal distance between the underwater robot and the irregular dam surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yan Xiang, Zhuo Li, Jinbao Sheng, Yunqing Tang, Chengdong Liu, Guangya Fan, Haifei Sha, Xiaolei Zhan, Kai Zhang, Guangze Shen
  • Patent number: 10538890
    Abstract: A hydraulic ship lift, including: a mechanical synchronizing system; a stabilizing and equalizing hydraulic driving system; and a self-feedback stabilizing system. The stabilizing and equalizing hydraulic driving system includes first resistance equalizing members arranged at corners of branch water pipes or/and second resistance equalizing members arranged at bifurcated pipes, circular forced ventilating mechanisms arranged at front of water delivery valves of a water delivery main pipe, and pressure-stabilizing and vibration-reducing boxes arranged behind the water delivery valves. The self-feedback stabilizing system includes a plurality of guide wheels; each guide wheel of the self-feedback stabilizing system is fixed on a ship reception chamber through a supporting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: HUANENG LANCANG RIVER HYDROPOWER INC., POWER CHINA KUNMING ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED, NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hongqi Ma, Yaan Hu, Zongliang Zhang, Xianghua Yuan, Zejiang Xiang, Yongping Al, Yimin Chuan, Guanqun Nan, Rui Zou, Zhaoxin Chen, Xiaolin Hu, Hongtao Zhang, Haibin Xiao, Qun Huang, Keheng Zhou, Xuexing Cao, Zichong Li, Renchao Ma, Yinan Cao, Yun Ling, Sisi Xie, Junyang Yu, Zhonghua Li, Yun Li, Guoxiang Xuan, Xin Wang, Xiujun Yan, Shu Xue, Chao Guo, Yue Huang, Yihong Wu, Rui Zhang, Dong Zhang, Jinxiong Zhang, Wenyuan Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Jianbiao Gao
  • Patent number: 10415202
    Abstract: A method for controlling the gate based on the habitat requirement for fish overwintering in rivers. According to the characteristics of biological habitat of the river and the habitat demand of fishes during overwintering, the method specifically comprises the steps of: firstly, determining candidate fishes for ecological flow calculation though fish resources investigating and historical data, and then screening out the target fish by adopting hierarchical analysis method; Secondly, establishing a quantitative response relationship curve between target fish physiological adaptions and water temperature, obtaining ecological water level which ensures the target fish overwintering safely according to the vertical temperature distribution, and establishing the relation between water depth and discharge using hydrodynamic model; finally, setting up a gate control system including a radar water level meter in the overwintering areas and an ecological water level management system in a gate control room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
    Inventors: Qiuwen Chen, Li Wang, Yuqing Lin, Liuming Hu, Tiesheng Guan, Cheng Chen, Ranran Feng
  • Publication number: 20190235074
    Abstract: The present invention provides a self-positioning system of a deepwater underwater robot of an irregular dam surface of a reservoir, including cross reflection metal plates arranged on the irregular dam surface, and an underwater robot provided with a control motherboard, a water level indicator and a sonar system, wherein the water level indicator and the sonar system are respectively connected with the control motherboard, and the control motherboard is connected with a computer via a cable. The cross reflection metal plate has known coordinates and has four quadrants. A sonar signal emitted by the sonar system is reflected by the cross reflection metal plate to generate sonar reflection signals of four quadrants, and the sonar signals in the effective quadrants correspond to known coordinate parameters of the cross reflection metal plate so as to obtain the horizontal distance between the underwater robot and the irregular dam surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: YAN XIANG, ZHUO LI, JINBAO SHENG, YUNQING TANG, CHENGDONG LIU, GUANGYA FAN, HAIFEI SHA, XIAOLEI ZHAN, KAI ZHANG, GUANGZE SHEN