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TECHNO-SOCIETAL PATENTS: WATER CONSERVATION TO TOTAL...
by SIDRAMAPPA SHIVASHANKAR DHARAN
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TECHNO-SOCIETAL PATENTS: WATER CONSERVATION TO TOTAL...

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SIDRAMAPPA SHIVASHANKAR DHARAN

Description:
A) PATENTS: WATER CONSERVATION & TOTAL WATER SUSTAINABILITY 1. Simple and Effective Method Of Ground Water Recharge (Granted Patent) 2. Water Sustainability & Flood Control(Granted Patent) 3. Smart Urban and Rural Water Supply By Using Existing Resources(Published Patent) 4. Un-Interrupted Water Supply From Multiple Water Sources (Granted Patent) 5. Artificial Rain Cum 24 X 7 Water Supply(Published Patent) 6. 24x 7 Water Supplies By Using Screw Conveyor System 7. Appari’s Smart Submersible Pump And Accessories For Un-Interrupted Water Supply(Granted Patent) 8. Object Carrier on Uneven Path (Granted Patent) 9. Subsurface-Drip Irrigation(Granted Patent) 10. Subsurface - Drip Irrigation With Aerations(Granted Patent) 11. A Bio-Compound and An Apparatus For Water Purification(Granted Patent) B) PROBLEM SOLUTION & PATENT NUMBERS 1.Patent Number: 489038: Simple and Effective Method of Ground Water Recharge 2. Patent Number: 516783: Water Sustainability & Flood Control 3. Patent Number: 537093: Appari’s Smart Submersible Pump and Accessories for Un-Interrupted Water Supply 4. Patent Number: 519916: Subsurface - Drip Irrigation 5. Patent Number: 528672: Subsurface - Drip Irrigation With Aerations 6. Application No: 202021035625: 4. Un-Interrupted Water Supply From Multiple Water Sources 7. Application Number 202421062352 : Artificial Rain Cum 24 X 7 Water 8. Application Number 202121021966: Smart Urban And Rural Water Supply By Using Existing Resources 9. Application Number 202121021967: 24x 7 Water Supplies By Using Screw Conveyor System 10. Patent Number: 543553: System of Wheel Arrangement For Object Carriers Over Uneven Path 11. Application number: Object Carrier On Uneven Path: Multi-Wheel Chain/Belt 12. Patent Number: 479685: A Bio-Compound And An Apparatus For Water Purification C) PROBLEMS ADDRESSED Major Minor Climate change Optimum use for irrigation Water scarcity Power consumption Summer Problems of Regular power supply Uneven rain Initial investments Drought Repair & maintenance of motors/submersible pumps Flood Electricity/fuel bills Power/energy Muddy water & small boulders in water bodies. Total Cost for major projects e.g. river linking, dams, and related structures. Low water pressure & thereby water born diseases D) CONCLUSION & ACHIEVEMENTS: 1. Save lives in major floods and minor floods in various cities. 2. Controls the major & minor floods in rivers & even in cities 3. Effective ground water recharge 4. Water scarce bore wells can be used very effectively 5. Artificial rain cum 24 x 7 water supply by using sing unit/ structure. 6. Multiple water sources can be connected to single unit to extract water by using reciprocating pumps and operated on renewable wind energy and hybrid mechanism as per the requirements. 8. Renewable wind energy is used effectively 9. Optimum use of water for sub-surface drip irrigation systems. 10. Yield of crops increases by sub-surface drip irrigation methods. 11. Total water sustainability: flood control and ground water recharge. 12. Works even in heavy drought. 13. Non-irrigated land cab be converted into irrigated land. And thereby cash crops can be cultivated. 14. Village & municipal water supply will be as per the minimum water pressure & thereby controls the various water diseases by avoiding pits to collect water. 15. Effective use of power supply 16. . Very less investments & save the lot of money for major projects. 16. Very less operational & maintenance cost. 17. Living standards of one individual and economy will enhance. 18. National economy will enhance. 19. Works in any corner of the country and globe. 20. In emergency water vessels or any objects can be carried out even on uneven path. 21. Total Farming will become enjoyable & Ease life. 22. Cost of maintenance and repairs of roads and railway tracts, etc. will be reduced because 0f less pore water pressure; reduces the lend slides and save the lives & infrastructures. 23. Achieves the global sustainable development goals. 24. Strengthening & get the new energy to the existing and new NGOs, Startups, Entrepreneurs respectively. Summary: All innovations and patents enhances the living standards, economy of one individual and nation as a whole; which are related to sustainability of water, renewable energy, agriculture, earthquake resistant structures and structural elements, sports bats, large scale bio toilets, etc. and generates the employability in rural area, as well enhances the strengths of Startups, NGO’s, Institutes and have a potential to become a big Entrepreneur. As well all the innovation and patents generates the funding opportunities from various funding agencies and government to one & all. Granted Patents: 1. Patent Number: 489038: Simple and Effective Method of Ground Water Recharge: A simple and effective method of ground water recharge is to improve the ground water table up at faster rate, is to take the small depth of bore wells say approximately 50 feet across the rivers, small streams, nallas at different sections and completely filled up to the top of peripheral wall by filter material like pebbles and sand. As ample quantity of water which going waste can be effectively percolated into the ground through the punctured aquifers. And it is cost effective as compared to all conventional methods of ground water recharge. 2. Patent Number: 516783: Water Sustainability & Flood Control: The principal objective of the present invention to provide total water sustainability and flood control consists of un-interrupted effective water supply even from water scarce bore wells by using the existing resources. As well effective ground water recharges to bring up the ground water table up. Even by using this invention converts the non-irrigated land into irrigated land by simple and effective method even by using existing water scarce bore wells or by taking new bore wells having smaller depths and more in numbers instead of deeper bore well, which covers the larger specific catchment area for sub-surface flow. Also the invention is to control the floods especially in towns and cities by taking smaller and deeper depths of bore wells and filled it with filter material along the sides of roads, gullies , streams, rivers, sides of railway tracks etc. as per the requirements. 3. Patent Number: 537093: Appari’s Smart Submersible Pump and Accessories for Un-Interrupted Water Supply: A smart submersible pump is designed by using the various capacities of pump motor/s connected in parallel and monitored by sensors as per the water level in the bore well. The capacities of pump motors and the locations of the sensors depend upon the discharge capacity available in the bore well. The smart submersible pumps maintain the continuity of flow manually/ automatically, as it is monitored by sensors located at different levels in the bore well. The un-interrupted water supply can further be maintained by using speed regulator/s to the pump motors. 4. Patent Number: 519916: Subsurface - Drip Irrigation: The principal objective of the present invention to supply efficient and optimum water to the roots of crops by using subsurface-drip irrigation. lt is simple and effective even incase of water scarcity. The novel subsurface-drip irrigation overcomes all the limitations of present system of irrigation and keeps the merits of all methods of irrigation, cost effective, applicable for any soil conditions. 5. Patent Number: 528672: Subsurface - Drip Irrigation with Aerations: The principal objective of the present invention to supply water efficiently and optimum water to the roots of crops by using subsurface-drip irrigation. It is simple and effective, keeps the merits of all methods of irrigation, cost effective, applicable for any soil conditions, works across the country and globe. Also it reduces the in weed germination and weed growth. Also it allows supplying artificial liquid manure to the roots of crops directly. Also the aeration facility provided through the system by introducing the compressed air will further avoids the sucking of the soil inside the system of pipelines, avoids the damage of system of pipelines during suction, as well as it increases the yield of the crops if compressed air is provided as per the requirements say before, during and after the irrigation. Also it removes the soil and allied particles in the system of pipelines. 6. Patent Number: 479685: A Bio-Compound And An Apparatus For Water Purification: present application addresses the industrial, domestic, or commercial purification of water of any source wherein a bio-compound consisting of Banana stem extract, stem and root extract, Alum compound and activated Charcoal, is used by dissolving into the water to clean the water and make it disinfected, sediment free, colorless and odorless. Published Patents: 7. Application No: 202021035625: Zero Budget Water Supply: Disclosed is a method of zero budget-cum-maintenance water supply system for various purposes e.g. domestic, industrial, irrigation, etc. The water supply system is useful for any types of water sources, e.g. open wells, bore wells, ponds, dams, etc. where water lifting is required. The continuous 24 X 7 water supply is also possible depending upon the availability of water and wind, without any other power requirements. The main principles used to make the use of wind power are to covert the wind power in to rotary motion, rectilinear motion, and the principle of lever, minimum energy principle, law of moments, principle of least work, etc. are used to convert kinetic energy of wind power to mechanical energy and thereby hydraulic or potential energy. The invention is cost effective, and be used in any corner of the country and globe. 8. Application Number 202421062352 : Artificial Rain Cum 24 X 7 Water Supply: Method for artificial rain cum 24 X 7 water supply, wherein the artificial rain is provided by using the towers (101) and injecting the compressed and cooled air and necessary agents for artificial rain, which is stored and cooled in the air compressor (110) through the nozzles (103) at the top of the towers; in clouds by considering the various factors and metrological studies. The artificial agents such as Silver iodide, salt, dry ice, and other hygroscopic materials are used for artificial rain, which is injected forcefully in the clouds by using big sizes of air compressors, simultaneously in the particular region as per the need and metrological studies, etc. The same towers are being used for producing the wind energy by oscillatory motion or rotary motion (with YOKE mechanism, 501 and 502) which is used to reciprocate the reciprocating pumps (601,602) connected to various water sources. 9. Application Number 202121021966: Smart Urban And Rural Water Supply By Using Existing Resources: It consists of the use of all existing bore wells and municipal water supply separately or in combinations to enhance the water pressure. Even the water scarce bore wells can also be used along different capacities of pumps connected in parallel with or without one speed regulator to maintain the continuity of flow (Qoutlet ≤ Qinlet). All the bore wells are connected to the water network system by using one non-return valve and are operated at the same time to supply the water with required pressure. It reduces the unwanted pits to collect the water from the water networks system due to low water pressure and also it considerably reduces the unwanted diseases because of it. Even the non-irrigated land can be converted into irrigated land. 10. Application Number 202121021967: 24x 7 Water Supplies By Using Screw Conveyor System: The all sources of water can be used along one screw conveyor system fitted inside the pipe. Preferably the pipes are flexible and reinforced. As well screw conveyor are made up of flexible and hard plastics and firmly placed inside the reinforced flexible pipe and connected to the power system. Even the muddy water and small boulders can also be supplied with water at higher efficiency. Conclusion: All innovations and patents enhances the living standards, economy of one individual and nation as a whole; which are related to sustainability of water, renewable energy, agriculture, earthquake resistant structures and structural elements, sports bats, large scale bio toilets, etc. and generates the employability in rural area, as well enhances the strengths of Startups, NGO’s, Institutes and have a potential to become a big Entrepreneur. As well all the innovation and patents generates the funding opportunities from various funding agencies and government to one & all.
Description:
A) PATENTS: WATER CONSERVATION & TOTAL WATER SUSTAINABILITY 1. Simple and Effective Method Of Ground Water Recharge (Granted Patent) 2. Water Sustainability & Flood Control(Granted Patent) 3. Smart Urban and Rural Water Supply By Using Existing Resources(Published Patent) 4. Un-Interrupted Water Supply From Multiple Water Sources (Granted Patent) 5. Artificial Rain Cum 24 X 7 Water Supply(Published Patent) 6. 24x 7 Water Supplies By Using Screw Conveyor System 7. Appari’s Smart Submersible Pump And Accessories For Un-Interrupted Water Supply(Granted Patent) 8. Object Carrier on Uneven Path (Granted Patent) 9. Subsurface-Drip Irrigation(Granted Patent) 10. Subsurface - Drip Irrigation With Aerations(Granted Patent) 11. A Bio-Compound and An Apparatus For Water Purification(Granted Patent) B) PROBLEM SOLUTION & PATENT NUMBERS 1.Patent Number: 489038: Simple and Effective Method of Ground Water Recharge 2. Patent Number: 516783: Water Sustainability & Flood Control 3. Patent Number: 537093: Appari’s Smart Submersible Pump and Accessories for Un-Interrupted Water Supply 4. Patent Number: 519916: Subsurface - Drip Irrigation 5. Patent Number: 528672: Subsurface - Drip Irrigation With Aerations 6. Application No: 202021035625: 4. Un-Interrupted Water Supply From Multiple Water Sources 7. Application Number 202421062352 : Artificial Rain Cum 24 X 7 Water 8. Application Number 202121021966: Smart Urban And Rural Water Supply By Using Existing Resources 9. Application Number 202121021967: 24x 7 Water Supplies By Using Screw Conveyor System 10. Patent Number: 543553: System of Wheel Arrangement For Object Carriers Over Uneven Path 11. Application number: Object Carrier On Uneven Path: Multi-Wheel Chain/Belt 12. Patent Number: 479685: A Bio-Compound And An Apparatus For Water Purification C) PROBLEMS ADDRESSED Major Minor Climate change Optimum use for irrigation Water scarcity Power consumption Summer Problems of Regular power supply Uneven rain Initial investments Drought Repair & maintenance of motors/submersible pumps Flood Electricity/fuel bills Power/energy Muddy water & small boulders in water bodies. Total Cost for major projects e.g. river linking, dams, and related structures. Low water pressure & thereby water born diseases D) CONCLUSION & ACHIEVEMENTS: 1. Save lives in major floods and minor floods in various cities. 2. Controls the major & minor floods in rivers & even in cities 3. Effective ground water recharge 4. Water scarce bore wells can be used very effectively 5. Artificial rain cum 24 x 7 water supply by using sing unit/ structure. 6. Multiple water sources can be connected to single unit to extract water by using reciprocating pumps and operated on renewable wind energy and hybrid mechanism as per the requirements. 8. Renewable wind energy is used effectively 9. Optimum use of water for sub-surface drip irrigation systems. 10. Yield of crops increases by sub-surface drip irrigation methods. 11. Total water sustainability: flood control and ground water recharge. 12. Works even in heavy drought. 13. Non-irrigated land cab be converted into irrigated land. And thereby cash crops can be cultivated. 14. Village & municipal water supply will be as per the minimum water pressure & thereby controls the various water diseases by avoiding pits to collect water. 15. Effective use of power supply 16. . Very less investments & save the lot of money for major projects. 16. Very less operational & maintenance cost. 17. Living standards of one individual and economy will enhance. 18. National economy will enhance. 19. Works in any corner of the country and globe. 20. In emergency water vessels or any objects can be carried out even on uneven path. 21. Total Farming will become enjoyable & Ease life. 22. Cost of maintenance and repairs of roads and railway tracts, etc. will be reduced because 0f less pore water pressure; reduces the lend slides and save the lives & infrastructures. 23. Achieves the global sustainable development goals. 24. Strengthening & get the new energy to the existing and new NGOs, Startups, Entrepreneurs respectively. Summary: All innovations and patents enhances the living standards, economy of one individual and nation as a whole; which are related to sustainability of water, renewable energy, agriculture, earthquake resistant structures and structural elements, sports bats, large scale bio toilets, etc. and generates the employability in rural area, as well enhances the strengths of Startups, NGO’s, Institutes and have a potential to become a big Entrepreneur. As well all the innovation and patents generates the funding opportunities from various funding agencies and government to one & all. Granted Patents: 1. Patent Number: 489038: Simple and Effective Method of Ground Water Recharge: A simple and effective method of ground water recharge is to improve the ground water table up at faster rate, is to take the small depth of bore wells say approximately 50 feet across the rivers, small streams, nallas at different sections and completely filled up to the top of peripheral wall by filter material like pebbles and sand. As ample quantity of water which going waste can be effectively percolated into the ground through the punctured aquifers. And it is cost effective as compared to all conventional methods of ground water recharge. 2. Patent Number: 516783: Water Sustainability & Flood Control: The principal objective of the present invention to provide total water sustainability and flood control consists of un-interrupted effective water supply even from water scarce bore wells by using the existing resources. As well effective ground water recharges to bring up the ground water table up. Even by using this invention converts the non-irrigated land into irrigated land by simple and effective method even by using existing water scarce bore wells or by taking new bore wells having smaller depths and more in numbers instead of deeper bore well, which covers the larger specific catchment area for sub-surface flow. Also the invention is to control the floods especially in towns and cities by taking smaller and deeper depths of bore wells and filled it with filter material along the sides of roads, gullies , streams, rivers, sides of railway tracks etc. as per the requirements. 3. Patent Number: 537093: Appari’s Smart Submersible Pump and Accessories for Un-Interrupted Water Supply: A smart submersible pump is designed by using the various capacities of pump motor/s connected in parallel and monitored by sensors as per the water level in the bore well. The capacities of pump motors and the locations of the sensors depend upon the discharge capacity available in the bore well. The smart submersible pumps maintain the continuity of flow manually/ automatically, as it is monitored by sensors located at different levels in the bore well. The un-interrupted water supply can further be maintained by using speed regulator/s to the pump motors. 4. Patent Number: 519916: Subsurface - Drip Irrigation: The principal objective of the present invention to supply efficient and optimum water to the roots of crops by using subsurface-drip irrigation. lt is simple and effective even incase of water scarcity. The novel subsurface-drip irrigation overcomes all the limitations of present system of irrigation and keeps the merits of all methods of irrigation, cost effective, applicable for any soil conditions. 5. Patent Number: 528672: Subsurface - Drip Irrigation with Aerations: The principal objective of the present invention to supply water efficiently and optimum water to the roots of crops by using subsurface-drip irrigation. It is simple and effective, keeps the merits of all methods of irrigation, cost effective, applicable for any soil conditions, works across the country and globe. Also it reduces the in weed germination and weed growth. Also it allows supplying artificial liquid manure to the roots of crops directly. Also the aeration facility provided through the system by introducing the compressed air will further avoids the sucking of the soil inside the system of pipelines, avoids the damage of system of pipelines during suction, as well as it increases the yield of the crops if compressed air is provided as per the requirements say before, during and after the irrigation. Also it removes the soil and allied particles in the system of pipelines. 6. Patent Number: 479685: A Bio-Compound And An Apparatus For Water Purification: present application addresses the industrial, domestic, or commercial purification of water of any source wherein a bio-compound consisting of Banana stem extract, stem and root extract, Alum compound and activated Charcoal, is used by dissolving into the water to clean the water and make it disinfected, sediment free, colorless and odorless. Published Patents: 7. Application No: 202021035625: Zero Budget Water Supply: Disclosed is a method of zero budget-cum-maintenance water supply system for various purposes e.g. domestic, industrial, irrigation, etc. The water supply system is useful for any types of water sources, e.g. open wells, bore wells, ponds, dams, etc. where water lifting is required. The continuous 24 X 7 water supply is also possible depending upon the availability of water and wind, without any other power requirements. The main principles used to make the use of wind power are to covert the wind power in to rotary motion, rectilinear motion, and the principle of lever, minimum energy principle, law of moments, principle of least work, etc. are used to convert kinetic energy of wind power to mechanical energy and thereby hydraulic or potential energy. The invention is cost effective, and be used in any corner of the country and globe. 8. Application Number 202421062352 : Artificial Rain Cum 24 X 7 Water Supply: Method for artificial rain cum 24 X 7 water supply, wherein the artificial rain is provided by using the towers (101) and injecting the compressed and cooled air and necessary agents for artificial rain, which is stored and cooled in the air compressor (110) through the nozzles (103) at the top of the towers; in clouds by considering the various factors and metrological studies. The artificial agents such as Silver iodide, salt, dry ice, and other hygroscopic materials are used for artificial rain, which is injected forcefully in the clouds by using big sizes of air compressors, simultaneously in the particular region as per the need and metrological studies, etc. The same towers are being used for producing the wind energy by oscillatory motion or rotary motion (with YOKE mechanism, 501 and 502) which is used to reciprocate the reciprocating pumps (601,602) connected to various water sources. 9. Application Number 202121021966: Smart Urban And Rural Water Supply By Using Existing Resources: It consists of the use of all existing bore wells and municipal water supply separately or in combinations to enhance the water pressure. Even the water scarce bore wells can also be used along different capacities of pumps connected in parallel with or without one speed regulator to maintain the continuity of flow (Qoutlet ≤ Qinlet). All the bore wells are connected to the water network system by using one non-return valve and are operated at the same time to supply the water with required pressure. It reduces the unwanted pits to collect the water from the water networks system due to low water pressure and also it considerably reduces the unwanted diseases because of it. Even the non-irrigated land can be converted into irrigated land. 10. Application Number 202121021967: 24x 7 Water Supplies By Using Screw Conveyor System: The all sources of water can be used along one screw conveyor system fitted inside the pipe. Preferably the pipes are flexible and reinforced. As well screw conveyor are made up of flexible and hard plastics and firmly placed inside the reinforced flexible pipe and connected to the power system. Even the muddy water and small boulders can also be supplied with water at higher efficiency. Conclusion: All innovations and patents enhances the living standards, economy of one individual and nation as a whole; which are related to sustainability of water, renewable energy, agriculture, earthquake resistant structures and structural elements, sports bats, large scale bio toilets, etc. and generates the employability in rural area, as well enhances the strengths of Startups, NGO’s, Institutes and have a potential to become a big Entrepreneur. As well all the innovation and patents generates the funding opportunities from various funding agencies and government to one & all.