Abstract

A self-cleaning system and method are disclosed, allowing the continuous removal of solid waste in culture ponds through the generation of a vortex for the concentration and suction of waste through the rotating motion of the body of water with different rotational velocities. The present system and method is used in aquaculture without the need to modify existing ponds, and allows self-cleaning in culture ponds even when the aspect ratio (D/h) between pond diameter (D) and useful water height (h) is less than that required to reach the fluid-dynamic conditions that allow to generate a conventional self-cleaning effect, and that allows self-cleaning in the culture ponds even when the speed of the water required for the safe and healthy cultivation of the culture species is less than the speed required to reach the fluid-dynamic conditions that allow to generate a conventional self-cleaning effect.