Patents by Inventor Tapio KIURU

Tapio KIURU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260060220
    Abstract: An aquaculture system, such as a fish or shrimp farming system, is provided and based on recirculation aquaculture, the system comprising: at least two farming tanks 105e; at least one tank-specific water treatment unit (106d, 107h) that is connected to one of the tanks and configured to treat water of said tank; at least one shared water treatment unit (108, 109) that is connected to all of the tanks and configured to treat water that is recirculating in the system; and a means 101a for recirculating water in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventor: Tapio Kiuru
  • Patent number: 12167721
    Abstract: A water treatment system for a recirculation aquaculture facility, related method and uses thereof are provided. The water treatment system included a water pre-treatment facility and a groundwater recharge arrangement, wherein the water treatment system forms a primary recirculation flow pathway when integrated with the recirculation aquaculture facility, thereupon effluent discharged from the recirculation aquaculture facility is sequentially directed through and back into the recirculation aquaculture facility via a water collecting circuit network to enter the recirculation aquaculture facility as an influent. The secondary recirculation flow pathway is formed internally within the recirculation aquaculture facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LUONNONVARAKESKUS
    Inventors: Tapio Kiuru, Jouni Vielma
  • Publication number: 20230210095
    Abstract: A circulation and aeration system 10 for an aquaculture facility including an elongated reservoir for cultivating aquatic species is provided. The system includes a number of vertical manifolds distributed along the length of the reservoir through an interconnecting piping and arranged to generate a number of adjacent rotating liquid flow patterns by injecting aerated water into the reservoir via exhaust ports, wherein each the pattern forms an individual rotating flow cell, and wherein the system further includes at least one airlift pump configured to supply the aerated water into the manifolds. Related facility, methods and uses are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Tapio KIURU
  • Publication number: 20210298275
    Abstract: A water treatment system for a recirculation aquaculture facility, related method and uses thereof are provided. The water treatment system included a water pre-treatment facility and a groundwater recharge arrangement, wherein the water treatment system forms a primary recirculation flow pathway when integrated with the recirculation aquaculture facility, thereupon effluent discharged from the recirculation aquaculture facility is sequentially directed through and back into the recirculation aquaculture facility via a water collecting circuit network to enter the recirculation aquaculture facility as an influent. The secondary recirculation flow pathway is formed internally within the recirculation aquaculture facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Tapio KIURU, Jouni VIELMA