Incineration as control method for water weed (Eichhornia crassipes) on water bodies using beehive oven.

摘要

#$%^&*AU2015101762A420160128.pdf#####ABSTRACT An incinerator method is disclosed in this patent application which offers a faster, positive weed eradication method for Water Hyacinth. Water Hyacinth control methods to date have revolved around mechanical methods- which are cumbersome & slow, chemical and biological (weevils)- both of which allow dead weed to sink to bottom of lake to decay depleting water oxygen levels. The proposed incinerator method eliminates these problems as it enables localised weed destruction with physical work limited to primary weed harvest from water surface only and the weed fuelled furnace burning the dried weed without the need for any additional fuel thus mitigating the residual problems of prior science.PagelIof2Z 0 O0 0 0O Refractory ?1- O" O' Brick Wall Dry Weed Hopper 0 and Auger . Tin Cladding O0lsIto O O O 2 o Od O0 Ash rapwt Furnace 00 Of Wae sean Deck ORr Lake Water 2 0 Surface O oQ Furnace Floats O O O 000o Figure 1. Water Weed Furnace cross section