Crawler-type photovoltaic power generation panel cleaning robot
By designing a tracked photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, which utilizes a brushless motor to drive pulleys and a plastic fiber brush head for electrostatic adsorption and physical cleaning, the problem of low efficiency and high cost of traditional manual cleaning is solved, achieving efficient and automated photovoltaic panel cleaning, suitable for large-scale photovoltaic power plants.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202511193553.8
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-25
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-17
AI Technical Summary
Traditional manual methods for cleaning photovoltaic panels are inefficient, costly, and pose safety risks, making them particularly difficult to meet the cleaning needs of large-scale photovoltaic power plants.
Design a tracked photovoltaic panel cleaning robot that uses a brushless motor to drive pulleys and is equipped with a plastic fiber brush head. It automatically cleans dust and dirt from the surface of photovoltaic panels using electrostatic adsorption and physical removal methods, and has flexible steering and efficient dust removal capabilities.
It achieves efficient and automated photovoltaic panel cleaning, improving cleaning efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing safety, making it suitable for the cleaning needs of large-scale photovoltaic power plants.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment, in particular to a tracked photovoltaic panel cleaning robot. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the growing global demand for renewable energy, photovoltaic power generation as a clean and sustainable way to obtain energy has been widely used. Photovoltaic panels, as the core component of photovoltaic power generation systems, the surface cleaning degree directly affects the power generation efficiency. Dust, dirt, bird droppings and other pollutants on the surface of the photovoltaic panel will block the light, reduce the photoelectric conversion efficiency, according to relevant research, the surface of the photovoltaic panel pollution can reduce the power generation efficiency by 10%-30%.
[0003] The traditional manual cleaning method not only has low efficiency, high cost, but also has certain safety risks, especially for large-scale photovoltaic power stations, manual cleaning is difficult to meet the actual demand. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to develop a tracked photovoltaic panel cleaning robot. SUMMARY
[0004] The purpose of the present application is to provide a tracked photovoltaic panel cleaning robot to solve the problem of the traditional manual cleaning method which is not only inefficient, costly, but also has certain safety risks, especially for large-scale photovoltaic power stations, manual cleaning is difficult to meet the actual demand.
[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the present application provides the following technical scheme: a tracked photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, comprising a sheet metal body, the outer surface of the sheet metal body is provided with a body shell, both ends of the sheet metal body are provided with a rolling brush body, the bottom of the sheet metal body is provided with a track structure, the upper end surface of the sheet metal body is provided with a heat shield, the upper end surface of the heat shield is respectively provided with a signal receiving end, an antenna body and an RTK receiving end.
[0006] Preferably, the rolling brush body is provided with a plastic fiber brush head, the plastic fiber brush head is in a cylindrical structure, and both ends of the plastic fiber brush head are connected with the rolling brush body through a rotating shaft.
[0007] Preferably, the antenna body and the RTK receiving end are electrically connected, and the RTK receiving end and the signal receiving end are electrically connected.
[0008] Preferably, the antenna body is used for collecting signals, the RTK receiving end is used for processing signals, and the signal receiving end is used for obtaining and applying the processed results.
[0009] Preferably, the inner part of the track structure is respectively provided with a large pulley, a small pulley and a tensioner, the large pulley, the small pulley and the tensioner are connected through the track transmission, the inside of the sheet metal body is provided with a brushless motor, and the brushless motor is used for driving control pulley operation.
[0010] Preferably, the outer surface of the large pulley is provided with a pulley retainer, and the outside of the track structure is provided with a reinforcing beam which is fixedly connected with the sheet metal body through bolts.
[0011] Preferably, the upper end surface of the sheet metal body is welded with a handle, and the handle is provided with two.
[0012] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following advantages:
[0013] The brushless motor drives the pulley, the direction of which is controlled through the differential control principle, the front and rear ends are provided with plastic fiber brush heads, dust deposited on the photovoltaic panel surface is cleaned by using high-speed friction to generate static adsorption of dust and using physical removal of redundant sundries, the device has the advantages of high automation degree and convenient control, flexible steering control, strong maneuverability and high dust cleaning efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0014] Figure 1 It is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present application;
[0015] Figure 2 It is a top view of the present application;
[0016] Figure 3 It is a side view of the present application;
[0017] Figure 4 It is a front view of the present application.
[0018] In the figure: 1, sheet metal body; 2, plastic fiber brush head; 3, large pulley; 4, rotating shaft; 5, rolling brush body; 6, small pulley; 7, track structure; 8, reinforcing beam; 9, tensioner; 10, pulley retainer; 11, signal receiving end; 12, handle; 13, body shell; 14, heat shield; 15, antenna body; 16, RTK receiving end. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0019] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all.
[0020] Please refer to Figures 1-4The application provides a track type photovoltaic power generation panel cleaning robot, which comprises a sheet metal body 1, the outer surface of the sheet metal body 1 is provided with a body shell 13, both ends of the sheet metal body 1 are provided with a rolling brush body 5, the bottom of the sheet metal body 1 is provided with a track structure 7, the upper end surface of the sheet metal body 1 is provided with a heat shield 14, and the upper end surface of the heat shield 14 is respectively provided with a signal receiving end 11, an antenna body 15 and an RTK receiving end 16.
[0021] Further, the rolling brush body 5 is provided with a plastic fiber brush head 2, the plastic fiber brush head 2 has a cylindrical structure, both ends of the plastic fiber brush head 2 are connected with the rolling brush body 5 through rotating shafts 4, the plastic fiber brush head 2 is used for cleaning dust deposited on the surface of the photovoltaic power generation panel by means of high-speed friction to generate electrostatic adsorption of dust and physical removal of redundant sundries, and has the advantages of high automation degree and good dust cleaning effect.
[0022] Further, the antenna body 15 and the RTK receiving end 16 are electrically connected, the RTK receiving end 16 and the signal receiving end 11 are electrically connected, the antenna body 15 is used for collecting signals, the RTK receiving end 16 is used for processing signals, and the signal receiving end 11 is used for obtaining and applying the processed results, so that the device can be remotely controlled.
[0023] Further, the track structure 7 is internally provided with a large pulley 3, a small pulley 6 and a tension pulley 9, the large pulley 3, the small pulley 6 and the tension pulley 9 are connected through a track transmission, and the sheet metal body 1 is internally provided with a brushless motor, which is used for driving control of the pulley rotation and is used for improving the mobility of the whole device.
[0024] Further, the outer surface of the large pulley 3 is provided with a pulley retainer 10, the outer surface of the track structure 7 is provided with a reinforcing beam 8, the reinforcing beam 8 is fixedly connected with the sheet metal body 1 through bolts, and is used for safely reinforcing and protecting the outer side of the track structure 7.
[0025] Further, the upper end surface of the sheet metal body 1 is welded with a lifting handle 12, the lifting handle 12 is provided with two, which is convenient for lifting and carrying the sheet metal body 1, and has the advantages of small size and convenient carrying.
[0026] Working principle: in use, the outer surface of the sheet metal body 1 is provided with the body shell 13, both ends of the sheet metal body 1 are provided with the rolling brush body 5, the bottom of the sheet metal body 1 is provided with the track structure 7, the inside of the track structure 7 is respectively provided with the large pulley 3, the small pulley 6 and the tension pulley 9, the large pulley 3, the small pulley 6 and the tension pulley 9 are connected through the track transmission, the inside of the sheet metal body 1 is provided with the brushless motor, the brushless motor is used for driving control pulley operation, which is used for improving the mobility of the whole equipment, the upper end surface of the sheet metal body 1 is provided with the heat shield 14, the upper end surface of the heat shield 14 is respectively provided with the signal receiving end 11, the antenna body 15 and the RTK receiving end 16, the antenna body 15 is used for collecting signals, the RTK receiving end 16 is used for processing signals, the signal receiving end 11 is used for obtaining and applying the processed results, so as to be used for conveniently remotely controlling the signal of the equipment, conveniently remotely controlling the robot to clean the dirt and dust on the photovoltaic panel, the rolling brush body 5 is provided with the plastic fiber brush head 2, the plastic fiber brush head 2 is in cylindrical structure outside, the both ends of the plastic fiber brush head 2 are connected with the rolling brush body 5 through the shaft 4, the plastic fiber brush head 2 uses high-speed friction to generate electrostatic adsorption dust and uses physical cleaning redundant sundries to clean the dust deposited on the surface of the photovoltaic panel, which has the advantages of high automation degree and good cleaning and dust removing effect.
[0027] It should be noted that the relational terms herein such as first and second and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another, without necessarily requiring or implying any such actual relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but can also include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
[0028] The standard parts used in the present application can be purchased from the market, the specific connection mode of each part adopts the conventional means such as bolt, rivet and welding in the prior art, and the mechanical, parts and equipment adopt the conventional type in the prior art, and the circuit connection adopts the conventional connection mode in the prior art, which will not be described in detail here.
[0029] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A crawler-type photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, comprising a sheet metal body (1), characterized in that: The outer surface of the sheet metal body (1) is installed with an organic protective shell (13), both ends of the sheet metal body (1) are installed with a roller brush body (5), the bottom of the sheet metal body (1) is installed with a crawler structure (7), the upper end surface of the sheet metal body (1) is installed with a heat insulation cover (14), and the upper end surface of the heat insulation cover (14) is respectively installed with a signal receiving end (11), an antenna body (15) and an RTK receiving end (16).
2. The crawler-type photovoltaic panel cleaning robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plastic fiber brush head (2) is mounted on the roller brush body (5); the plastic fiber brush head (2) has a cylindrical structure on the outside; and both ends of the plastic fiber brush head (2) are connected to the roller brush body (5) via a rotating shaft (4).
3. The crawler-type photovoltaic panel cleaning robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: The antenna body (15) is electrically connected to the RTK receiving end (16), and the RTK receiving end (16) is electrically connected to the signal receiving end (11).
4. The crawler-type photovoltaic panel cleaning robot according to claim 3, characterized in that: The antenna body (15) is used to collect signals, the RTK receiving end (16) is used to process signals, and the signal receiving end (11) is used to obtain and apply processed results.
5. The crawler-type photovoltaic panel cleaning robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: A large pulley (3), a small pulley (6) and a tensioner (9) are respectively installed inside the crawler structure (7); the large pulley (3), the small pulley (6) and the tensioner (9) are connected via a crawler transmission; a brushless motor is installed inside the sheet metal body (1); the brushless motor is used to drive and control the operation of the pulley.
6. The crawler-type photovoltaic panel cleaning robot according to claim 5, characterized in that: A pulley retaining ring (10) is installed on the outer surface of the large pulley (3), and a reinforcing beam (8) is installed on the outside of the crawler structure (7). The reinforcing beam (8) is fixedly connected to the sheet metal body (1) by bolts.
7. The crawler-type photovoltaic panel cleaning robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: A carrying handle (12) is welded and fixed to the upper end surface of the sheet metal body (1), and two carrying handles (12) are provided.
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