11310results about "Solar heating energy" patented technology

A solar panel mounting system can include a first panel mount including a first retaining feature attached to or attachable to a first torque tube clamp, and a second panel mount including a second retaining feature attached to or attachable to a second torque tube clamp. When the first and second panel mounts are mounted on a torque tube via the first and second torque tube clamps, respectively, the first retaining channel faces the second retaining channel, and the first and second retaining channels are oriented transversely relative to the torque tube. Furthermore, in this example, at least one of the first panel mount or the second panel mount is configured for overhead or lateral insertion of a solar panel while the torque tube clamps are installed on the torque tube.

A mounting assembly disposable on a nail strip seam rib of a building surface includes a mounting body having an exterior, which in turn comprises a slot configured to separately receive a plurality of different nail strip seam rib profiles. The mounting assembly also includes an insert that is at least partially disposable in the slot, and a threaded fastener that extends through the mounting body, into the slot, and engages the insert.

A rail assembly includes a rail and an adapter. The adapter may be slidably interconnected with the rail via a first rail channel on a first rail side of the rail, and may also be slidably interconnected with the rail via a second rail channel on a second rail side of the rail. The adapter may be inverted (whether installed via the first rail channel or the second rail channel) between two different orientations that dispose a mounting flange at different elevations to accommodate two different mounting configurations.

A mounting device or bracket for paneled building surfaces is disclosed. The mounting bracket includes an upper wall in the form of a flat surface for supporting various types of attachments. An elongated mounting slot extends through the upper wall, and the mounting bracket includes an elongated nut receptacle that is positioned below this elongated mounting slot. With an attachment being positioned on the upper wall, an attachment fastener may be directed through the attachment, then through the elongated mounting slot, and then may be threadably engaged with a nut that is positioned within and movable along the nut receptacle in its elongated dimension. The elongated configuration of the mounting slot and nut receptacle provides adjustability for the position of the attachment fastener relative to the mounting bracket, including after the mounting bracket has already been installed on the building surface.

A method for manufacturing a continuous torque tube of a solar tracking system on site includes the steps of: placing raw material at a rolling apparatus on site; shaping the raw material into torque tube components at the rolling apparatus on site; joining the shaped torque tube components output from the rolling apparatus on site to create a continuous torque tube; and placing solar modules at the continuous torque tube to create a continuous solar tracker row.

Apparatuses for clamping rails and methods for rail installation are provided. A clamp apparatus may include a first grip body that includes a first groove and a second grip body that includes a second groove. Alignment of the first groove and the second groove may form a groove pair configured to couple to one or more flanges of a rail. The clamp apparatus may further include a fastener, as well as a flange spring that extends from the first grip body and that flexibly engages with the second grip body. Flexing the flange spring may allow the first grip body to move away from the second grip body along a length of the fastener.

The disclosure relates to the technical field of photovoltaic power generation, in particular to a photovoltaic assembly convenient for angle adjustment, which includes a photovoltaic mounting base and a photovoltaic mounting frame. The photovoltaic mounting base is fixed on a fixture and is used for providing an installation station. The photovoltaic mounting frame is detachably mounted on the photovoltaic mounting base and can adjust angle, and a mounting end of the photovoltaic mounting frame can adjust mounting size and is used for mounting photovoltaic panels. The inclination angle of the photovoltaic panel can be detected in real time, and the angle of the photovoltaic panel can be adjusted according to environmental factors such as illumination, so as to adapt to the actual situation, ensure the smooth power generation and ensure the power generation.

Disclosed in the present invention is a folding photovoltaic tracking bracket, comprising a fixing bracket, a first-stage driving mechanism and a second-stage driving mechanism, wherein the first-stage driving mechanism can drive the second-stage driving mechanism to rotate around the rotation axis of the first-stage driving mechanism, such that photovoltaic panels rotate around a transverse axis; the second-stage driving mechanism can drive the photovoltaic panels to rotate around the rotation axis of the second-stage driving mechanism, such that the photovoltaic panels rotate around a longitudinal axis; a rotating member of the second-stage driving mechanism is fixedly connected to a clutch mechanism; when the clutch mechanism is in a connected state, the rotation of the rotating member of the second-stage driving mechanism can drive a first photovoltaic panel and a second photovoltaic panel to rotate synchronously; and when the clutch mechanism is in a disconnected state, the rotation of the rotating member of the second-stage driving mechanism can drive the first photovoltaic panel to rotate relative to the second photovoltaic panel. A photovoltaic device of the present invention has both tracking and folding functions. Further disclosed in the present invention is a folding photovoltaic tracking device.

A roof mount assembly mounts a structure to a roof having a rafter and a substrate supported by the rafter. The roof mount assembly includes a piece of flashing positioned on the substrate. The flashing includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and an aperture extending through the flashing. A fastener extends through the flashing aperture. A bracket is connected to the flashing via the fastener, and the bracket is sized to support at least one roof-mounted structure on the roof. A seal is positioned between the flashing aperture and the fastener. The seal is sized to form a water-tight seal with the aperture to inhibit flow of fluid through the aperture. The seal includes a first portion and a second portion, in which the first portion is positioned to abut the flashing first surface and the second portion is positioned to extend through the aperture.

A twist-lock clamp to attach a solar module to a rail system includes a spring between a top clamp and a t-nut, with features on the spring and top clamp to restrict rotation relative to each other. The t-nut includes features allowing rotation of about 90 degrees when the t-nut is inserted in a rail, but restrict rotation beyond about 90 degrees. The spring serves to hold the top clamp and t-nut apart while allowing the twist-lock clamp to resist sliding in the rail during installation.

A clamp couples to a rail on solar panel modules are supported and transitions between an unclamped state and a clamped state. The clamp includes a first body having a shelf on which a first arm of the rail rests, a flange, and a channel. The first arm is at least partially disposed in the channel in the clamped state. The clamp includes a second body having a shelf on which a second arm of the rail rests, a flange, a channel. The second arm is at least partially disposed in the channel in the clamped state. The second body has a slot through which a fastener is disposed for coupling the clamp to a mount. A receptacle is formed at least in part by the first body and the second body, and the rail is at least partially disposed in the receptacle.

The present invention relates to the technical field of photovoltaic power generation, and discloses a photovoltaic assembly stackable and accommodating agriculture-photovoltaic complementary flexible photovoltaic support, comprising a bearing mechanism, which comprises a column, an auxiliary component adapted to be installed on the top of the column, and a accommodating component adapted to be installed on the top of the column, and a main mechanism, which comprises a mounting component adapted to be installed on the outside of the auxiliary component; through the mutual cooperation of the auxiliary component, the accommodating component, the mounting component and the sliding component, when it is necessary to store the photovoltaic panels, a plurality of photovoltaic panels can be moved to the inside of the accommodating box and stacked by starting the motor, so that the sunlight can be utilized to a greater extent to achieve the effect of agricultural-photovoltaic complementary, and in extremely windy weather, the photovoltaic panels can be stored to protect the photovoltaic panels, and the photovoltaic panels can be shielded to prevent hail, high temperature sunlight, sudden heavy rain and other natural factors from causing damage to the economic crops under the panels.

The invention relates to the technical field of photovoltaic power generation, and discloses a buoyancy tank type water surface photovoltaic floating body support platform which comprises at least two buoyancy tank bodies and at least one mounting frame detachably mounted between the two buoyancy tank bodies, a U-shaped frame is mounted at the top of the mounting frame through fastening bolts, and a photovoltaic module is arranged at the top of the U-shaped frame; an adjusting assembly used for adjusting the angle of the photovoltaic assembly and a reinforcing assembly used for reinforcing the photovoltaic assembly are arranged in the U-shaped frame. According to the buoyancy tank type water surface photovoltaic floating body support platform, the temperature sensing pipe is arranged in the adjusting assembly and used for receiving heat of solar illumination to conduct automatic heating, then expansion liquid in the temperature sensing pipe expands, along with expansion of the expansion liquid, the jacking rod can be driven to conduct jacking, the photovoltaic assembly is driven by the adjusting frame to conduct angle adjustment, and the photovoltaic assembly can conduct angle adjustment. The automatic tracking angle adjusting function is achieved, extra electric driving force does not need to be arranged, and operation convenience is improved.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for calculating and evaluating the loss of light collection efficiency of a heliostat. 【Solution means】The present invention simulates the pulsating wind load distribution of a heliostat at different elevation-azimuth angles by CFD calculation, extracts the aerodynamic admittance function and shape parameters, constructs a pulsating wind load spectrum prediction model, calculates the pulsating wind load spectrum by combining the attitude parameters of the heliostat, applies the pulsating wind load spectrum to the structural model of the heliostat mirror by finite element analysis, obtains the instantaneous dynamic response, displacement and strain distribution characteristics of the heliostat, simulates the influence of mirror deformation on the light reflection path, quantifies the instantaneous influence on the light collection efficiency of the deformed mirror, and generates a dynamic curve of the change of light collection efficiency over time.

The utility model discloses a photovoltaic energy storage fishing boat which comprises a fishing boat body, a storage battery box body is installed inside the fishing boat body, and a rotating disc is installed at the top end of the storage battery box body in a rotating mode. A solar photovoltaic panel is arranged at the top of the rotating disc, hydraulic cylinders are fixedly mounted on the two sides of the top end of the rotating disc, first auxiliary shafts are fixedly mounted on the top ends of the two hydraulic cylinders and the two sides of the middle of the bottom end of the solar photovoltaic panel, and a light sensor senses the illumination angle and transmits a signal to a controller; and then the solar energy is transmitted to the corresponding hydraulic cylinder and the motor through the controller, the motor and the hydraulic cylinder can be driven to operate, so that the effect of changing the deviation angle and the rotation angle of the solar photovoltaic panel is achieved, the solar photovoltaic panel can always face a solar light source by adjusting the angle of the solar photovoltaic panel, and the energy of sunlight is absorbed to the maximum extent. The photovoltaic power generation efficiency can be improved, and a photovoltaic system can generate more electric energy under different weather conditions.

A system to connect a structure, such as a photovoltaic module, to a rib of a metal panel of a building surface. The system includes a torque actuated rail assembly comprises a lag clip or a lag foot and a rail. The lag clip or lag foot includes a lag catch and an aperture to receive a fastener to selectively couple the lag clip or lag foot to the rib. The rail includes a hook. When the rail is in a first configuration, the rail is disengaged from the lag clip or lag foot. When a force is applied to the rail, it transitions to a second configuration in which the hook is coupled to the catch and the rail is engaged to the lag clip or lag foot.

The utility model relates to a mounting frame for solar photovoltaic components, which includes: a base support component, the bottom end of which is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of an object for receiving solar energy for photovoltaic power generation; a platform, which is in a horizontal position; two support frames, which are arranged on the opposite side edges of the platform; a brake and a support, which are arranged in the longitudinal direction and are located on the opposite side edges of the platform that are different from the support frames; the brake can be extended up and down, and the support can be extended up and down in a driven state; a fixing mechanism, which is used to fix the photovoltaic panel, and the fixing mechanism can rotate along the axis formed by the upper ends of the two support frames, and the upper ends of the brake and the support are connected to the bottom surface of the fixing mechanism, and the moving member is extended up and down, driving the fixing mechanism, the photovoltaic panel and the horizontal plane to adjust the angle to the required angle. According to the flexible connection of the mounting frame for solar photovoltaic components of the utility model, only one brake is needed to achieve the angle adjustment of the photovoltaic panel.

The invention relates to the field of new-generation information technology and civil engineering, in particular to a frost heaving prevention technology of a roadbed in a seasonal frozen area, and particularly relates to a solar heating frost heaving prevention drainage roadbed in the seasonal frozen area and a construction method of the solar heating frost heaving prevention drainage roadbed. The method comprises the steps that environment sunlight data are obtained based on a solar heat collection device, heat energy is stored through an efficient heat storage material, and a heat energy output sequence is generated; acquiring soil temperature, humidity and frost heaving stress data from an environment sensor, predicting a frost heaving trend in combination with historical frost heaving characteristics, and generating regulation and control parameters; the heat energy output sequence and the frost heaving regulation and control parameters are input into a dynamic temperature control and drainage linkage module, heat distribution and optimization adjustment of a drainage path are carried out, and a linkage control strategy is generated; and performing feedback analysis on the operation condition of each module based on the data, and optimizing the control parameters of the dynamic temperature control and drainage linkage module. The temperature and humidity of the roadbed can be accurately adjusted, the frost heaving phenomenon is prevented, and roadbed drainage is optimized.

The invention provides a fused salt energy storage system with a seal, and relates to the technical field of energy storage. The fused salt energy storage system comprises a high-temperature storage tank used for storing hot fused salt; the low-temperature storage tank is used for storing the cold molten salt; the nitrogen supply device is used for conveying nitrogen into the high-temperature storage tank and the low-temperature storage tank; the balance pipeline is used for balancing the internal pressure of the high-temperature storage tank and the low-temperature storage tank; a heat exchange working medium flows through the heat exchange device, the hot molten salt stored in the high-temperature storage tank can flow through the heat exchange device and exchange heat with the flowing heat exchange working medium in the heat exchange device, and the hot molten salt becomes cold molten salt after releasing heat and enters the low-temperature storage tank; or the cold fused salt stored in the low-temperature storage tank can flow through the heat exchange device and exchanges heat with the flowing heat exchange working medium in the heat exchange device, and the cold fused salt becomes hot fused salt after absorbing heat and enters the high-temperature storage tank. The fused salt energy storage system solves the problems that in the prior art, ternary salt in fused salt energy storage is prone to oxidation, so that the melting point of fused salt rises, and the heat storage efficiency is reduced.

The invention relates to the technical field of heat pumps, and provides an energy-saving control method and system for a solar combined heat pump, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining a heat energy feature vector according to a heat absorption power feature, a heat release power feature, an environment temperature feature, an environment humidity feature and a solar radiation intensity feature; obtaining a uniform coefficient according to the heat absorption uniformity, the heat release uniformity, the pipeline resistance coefficient and the equipment aging coefficient; a self-adaptive control target is obtained according to the heat energy feature vector, the uniformity coefficient and historical data; and operation control over the solar heat pump set is achieved according to the self-adaptive control target. According to the method, factors such as environment temperature and humidity which have remarkable influence on the performance of the heat pump are considered, the accuracy of heat pump unit uniformity identification can be improved, and the finally obtained uniformity coefficient better reflects the actual uniformity of the heat pump unit; the problems that according to an energy-saving control method of a solar combined heat pump in the prior art, heat energy characteristic analysis is limited, and a uniformity recognition model is single are solved.

The invention discloses a solar system. The solar system comprises a solar panel; the control mechanism is connected with the solar panel, and the control mechanism is used for controlling the solar panel and / or a first load mechanism related to the solar panel to execute a target event according to the acquired information; wherein the first load mechanism is directly or indirectly powered by the solar panel. According to the solar system, automatic management of the solar panel and / or the first load mechanism can be achieved, and high efficiency and rapidness are achieved.

The invention provides a solar energy-air energy composite heat pump system based on self-contained energy storage cascade application and a control method. The solar energy-air energy composite heat pump system comprises a heat pump host module, a solar module and a hydraulic module. Hot water generated by the solar heat collector is accumulated in the energy storage water tank and serves as an external heat source for active enhanced vapor injection to improve the performance of the heat pump. An active enhanced vapor injection device is designed for a heat pump host module, a refrigerant in an economizer absorbs heat of heat storage hot water, is jetted to a middle pressure cavity of a compressor and is converted into heating capacity, and the performance of the heat pump is greatly improved. When it is detected that the temperature in the heat storage water tank is reduced to a certain temperature, the flow direction of the heat storage hot water is switched through the switching assembly, the heat storage hot water is pumped to the heat pump fluorine-water heat exchanger for heat exchange, the heat pump performance is improved, and cascade application of the heat storage hot water is achieved. Refrigerant flows in the fin type heat exchanger and the fluorine-water heat exchanger are controlled by respective electronic expansion valves, and the opening degrees of the fin type heat exchanger and the fluorine-water heat exchanger are adjusted according to respective air suction superheat degrees, so that respective optimal heat exchange effects are realized.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of photovoltaic power generation, and particularly relates to an angle-adjustable photovoltaic power generation support which comprises a fixing frame and a bottom plate. A spiral screw rod is rotationally connected to the fixing frame; one end of the spiral screw rod is fixedly connected with a driving motor; the spiral screw rod is in threaded connection with a cleaning assembly; during working, a driving motor drives a spiral screw to rotate, the spiral screw rotates to drive a sliding plate in threaded connection with the spiral screw to move, the sliding plate drives a connecting plate to move, the connecting plate further drives a cleaning plate connected with the connecting plate to move on the surface of a photovoltaic panel, and a sliding rod assists the sliding plate to move; the cleaning plate on the connecting plate is driven by the screw rod to scrape the surface of the photovoltaic panel back and forth, so that dust on the surface of the photovoltaic panel is cleaned, the cleaning assembly is regularly or continuously used for cleaning, it can be ensured that the photovoltaic panel keeps high cleanliness all the time, solar energy is absorbed to the maximum degree, and the power generation efficiency is improved.

A mounting device or bracket for paneled building surfaces is disclosed. The mounting bracket includes an upper wall in the form of a flat surface for supporting various types of attachments. An elongated mounting slot extends through the upper wall, and the mounting bracket includes an elongated nut receptacle that is positioned below this elongated mounting slot. With an attachment being positioned on the upper wall, an attachment fastener may be directed through the attachment, then through the elongated mounting slot, and then may be threadably engaged with a nut that is positioned within and movable along the nut receptacle in its elongated dimension. The elongated configuration of the mounting slot and nut receptacle provides adjustability for the position of the attachment fastener relative to the mounting bracket, including after the mounting bracket has already been installed on the building surface.

A solar mounting system includes at least one photovoltaic module (“PV module”) having a module frame and a support structure including at least one elongated support rail configured to support the at least one photovoltaic module (“PV module”). A fastener assembly or hardware stack is used to mount and secure the at least one PV module to the elongated support rail of the solar mounting system. The fastener assembly includes a fastener having a fastener head including at least one abutment surface that prevents rotation of the fastener during mounting of the PV module to the support structure, and, optionally, at least one projection that pierces a protective coating applied to the PV module to thereby establish an electrical bond and grounding of the PV module with the support structure during installation.

The utility model relates to a flexible photovoltaic support with a vibration reducing function, which comprises end part stand columns and a middle stand column, the middle stand column is arranged between the end part stand columns, the top of each end part stand column is fixedly connected with an installation cable, and two installation cables are arranged in pairs in parallel in a group. A triangular support is fixedly connected to the mounting cables arranged in pairs, a spring is fixedly connected to the bottom of the triangular support, a limiting piece used for limiting straightening of the spring is installed on the spring, a balancing weight is fixedly connected to the bottom of the spring through a first steel wire rope, and a ground pile is fixedly connected to the bottom of the balancing weight through a second steel wire rope. Various guarantees are provided, the vibration amplitude of the flexible photovoltaic support is effectively reduced, the structural safety is improved, meanwhile, the vibration reduction assembly can be effectively protected, and structural failure is avoided.

The invention belongs to the technical field of solar wing unfolding machinery, and particularly relates to a shears-fork type solar wing unfolding device based on a planar four-bar mechanism, which comprises an unfolding base assembly, a countersunk head assembly, a guide mechanism, a positioning assembly, a connecting assembly and a top plate arranged on the side wall of the connecting assembly, the shear fork type solar wing unfolding device based on the plane four-bar mechanism is composed of the rigid unfolding mechanism and the flexible solar wing film, and the flexible solar wing film is supported and tensioned after the shear fork type solar wing unfolding device is completely unfolded; the anti-bending section coefficient of the rod piece is high, and meanwhile, the rod piece is positioned in the axial direction in the form of an end cover and a set screw; the connecting pieces at the two ends of the shear fork rod facilitate complete positioning of pressing, the guide assembly is arranged, the folding condition of the solar wing is conveniently maintained, a guide rope keeps certain compactness and rigidity in the unfolding process of the whole mechanism, and when the flexible solar wing adopts a four-point tensioning mode, the system has higher fundamental frequency, and the stability of the system is improved. And the stability and the reliability are improved.

The invention discloses a photovoltaic panel auxiliary support and a using method thereof.The photovoltaic panel auxiliary support comprises a base, a supporting plate, an adjusting assembly, a photovoltaic panel and a cleaning assembly, the supporting plate is arranged on the base through a rotating shaft, the photovoltaic panel is arranged on the surface of the supporting plate, and the cleaning assembly is arranged on the sunny side of the photovoltaic panel; wherein the angle of the supporting plate is adjusted through the adjusting assembly, so that the inclination angle of the photovoltaic panel is changed. A telescopic air cylinder drives a moving block, a sliding rod slides in a sliding groove, the moving block is pushed to move in the direction away from the telescopic air cylinder, under adjustment of an adjusting plate and rotation of a rotating rod, the angle between a supporting plate and a base becomes larger or smaller, the angle of a photovoltaic panel is changed, and the flexible usability is improved; the rollers slide in the slide rails, so that the moving plate moves along with the movement of the transmission belt, and the cleaning scraper is driven to move and clean on the surface of the photovoltaic panel, and the surface of the photovoltaic panel can be kept clean all the time.

Systems related to concentrated solar combination heating and power generation; solar heating; industrial heat driven power generation; thermal storage systems and heat exchanger and power generation systems therefore, including any of the above with optional supplemental fuel production, and associated methods, are generally described.