Installation for Capturing Floods and Excess Water in Drainage Systems, As Well As Maintenance of Road Surfaces According to Warnings, Phenomena, and Weather Parameters Measured in Real Time

Abstract

An installation for the maintenance of road surfaces, or located on several sections of road, on the median line of the road or on one of its sides, which installation operates according to meteorological parameters measured in real time by the weather station associated with each section or during the issuing of a warning code in the geographical area of each section and which is composed of an air compressor, a compressed air tank, one or more reservoirs for the intervention fluids, connected by connections to a pump unit, controlled by a GSM module with remote relay according to the commands of a server, the fluids circulating through connections and pipe sections mounted underground in the roadway, compression collars being arranged on each pipe section and connected to spraying sub-assemblies consisting of direction valves, flow restrictors, movable quick couplers and nozzles, the installation allowing automated actions based on the interpretation of meteorological data received from weather stations.

1 . An automatic road surface maintenance plant, located on road sections, on the centre line of the road or on one of its sides, operating according to the set time and duration of the issuing of a warning code in the geographical area of each infra-weather system, comprising an air compressor ( 1 ), a tank for compressed air ( 2 ), one or more tanks ( 3 ) for intervention fluids, connected via connections ( 6 ) to a pump unit ( 4 ) controlled by a GSM module with remote relay ( 9 ) according to the commands of a server ( 10 ), the fluids circulating through connections ( 6 ) and pipe sections ( 11 ) mounted underground in the roadway, each pipe section ( 11 ) being fitted with compression collars ( 12 ) connected to spraying sub-assemblies consisting of direction valves ( 13 ) and flow restrictors ( 14 ), movable quick couplers ( 15 ) and nozzles ( 16 ), the installation allowing automated actions based on the interpretation of meteorological data received from weather stations ( 19 ) and based on the recordings of sensors ( 191 - 197 ) with which they are provided and/or when severe weather warnings are issued and received, characterized in that a pump ( 7 ) for dirty water absorbs excess water from the roadway when the sewage system cannot cope and directs it to a dirty water tank ( 8 ), and there are arranged on the pipe section ( 11 ) between the nozzles ( 16 ) siphons ( 17 ) with one-way flaps, by means of which the sewage pump ( 7 ) sucks up water from the roadway when the amount of water is large, i.e. more than 3 cm, and when water level sensors ( 18 ) arranged on each siphon ( 17 ) actuate the sewage pump ( 7 ) by means of an electrical impulse. 
     
     
         2 . Automatic road surface maintenance installation according to  claim 1 , wherein the water level sensors ( 18 ) report the critical level, transmit a signal to the server ( 10 ) which drives the dirty water pump ( 7 ) which starts the water absorption through the siphons ( 17 ) until the water level on the public roads drops and the dirty water pump ( 7 ) stops, the remaining silt being removed from the road by the action of washing the road surface with clean water from the washing tank. 
     
     
         3 . An automatic road surface maintenance installation according to  claim 1 , wherein the unisense valves of the siphons ( 17 ) allow water to pass only in one direction, not allowing water to pass when the installation is active for operations to prevent ice, snow deposits, cooling or washing, the direction valves ( 13 ) blocking the water absorption through the nozzles ( 16 ), thus allowing the water or liquid substances to pass in both directions. 
     
     
         4 . An automatic road surface maintenance installation according to  claim 2 , wherein the unisense valves of the siphons ( 17 ) allow water to pass only in one direction, not allowing water to pass when the installation is active for operations to prevent ice, snow deposits, cooling or washing, the direction valves ( 13 ) blocking the water absorption through the nozzles ( 16 ), thus allowing the water or liquid substances to pass in both directions.