Intelligent inspection robot for new energy power station

Abstract

The utility model relates to an intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station. The intelligent inspection robot comprises a robot base, a fixing block is installed at the top of the robot, a fixing column is fixed to the top of the fixing block, a detection cylinder is arranged at the top of the fixing column, and a plurality of panoramic cameras and thermal imaging cameras are installed at the bottom of the detection cylinder. According to the utility model, dual shooting is carried out through the panoramic camera and the thermal imaging camera, and the motor drives the wind wheel to rotate, so that external air at different positions can be sucked into the detection cylinder, and the detection efficiency is improved. By arranging the plurality of smoke sensors in the detection cylinder, smoke can be detected, after the smoke sensors detect the smoke, signals are sent to the control host, and the audible and visual alarm can be turned on to warn surrounding personnel.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of intelligent inspection robots, in particular to an intelligent inspection robot for new energy power stations. Background Art

[0002] With the rapid development of my country's power industry, the intelligent and automated operation and maintenance of power plants has become a focus of increasing attention among researchers and innovative enterprises. With the development of robotics technology, the use of intelligent inspection robots for various special tasks has become increasingly widespread, leading to research on the application of robots in power plant operation and maintenance. Due to the special nature of power equipment, the possibility of failure is always high, resulting in high maintenance costs and difficulty in handling emergency situations. Therefore, there is a need for an automated robot that can replace manual inspections.

[0003] According to the published patent 202322067255.7, the new energy power station inspection robot includes a guide rail, a mobile base, and an inspection camera. The lower surface of the mobile base is arranged on the outside of the guide rail by opening a slide groove. The lower surface of the mobile base is provided with rollers. The upper surface of the mobile base is provided with a power box. The upper surface of the mobile base is provided with a first adjustment component and a second adjustment component. The lower end of the first adjustment component is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the mobile base. The first adjustment component includes a support frame, a guide rod and a lifting plate. The lower ends of the support frame and the guide rod are connected to the upper surface of the mobile base.

[0004] However, during use, traditional intelligent inspection robots mainly rely on visual sensors (i.e., cameras) to capture environmental information. However, when such robots respond to sudden fires or smoke incidents, due to the weak flames or smoke obscuration in the early stages of a fire, their image recognition algorithms may find it difficult to quickly and accurately detect the presence of fire or smoke, thereby limiting the inspection robot's real-time early warning capabilities. Furthermore, current inspection robots do not include direct fire-fighting functions, which means that after confirming a fire, the robot cannot immediately take action to extinguish the initial fire. Instead, it needs to rely on manual response from a remote monitoring center to notify and wait for professional firefighting teams to arrive at the scene to carry out firefighting operations. The time delay in this process may miss the best opportunity to extinguish the fire, increasing the risk of fire spread and damage to power plant facilities. To this end, a new technical solution needs to be designed to address this issue. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the existing technology, adapt to the actual needs, and provide an intelligent inspection robot for new energy power stations to solve the problem that the current traditional intelligent inspection robots mainly rely on visual sensors (i.e., cameras) to capture environmental information. However, when such robots respond to sudden fires or smoke incidents, due to the weak flames or smoke obscuration in the early stages of the fire, their image recognition algorithms may find it difficult to quickly and accurately detect the presence of fire or smoke, thereby limiting the real-time early warning capabilities of the inspection robots. Furthermore, the current inspection robots do not include direct fire extinguishing functions, which means that after confirming the fire, the robot cannot immediately take action to extinguish the initial fire, but needs to rely on the manual response of the remote monitoring center to notify and wait for the professional firefighting team to arrive at the scene to perform firefighting operations. The time delay in this process may miss the best time to extinguish the fire, increase the risk of fire spread and damage to power station facilities.

[0006] In order to achieve the purpose of the utility model, the technical solution adopted by the utility model is as follows: designing a new energy power station intelligent inspection robot, including a robot base, a fixed block is installed on the top of the robot, a fixed column is fixed on the top of the fixed block, a detection cylinder is provided on the top of the fixed column, and a plurality of panoramic cameras and thermal imaging cameras are respectively installed on the bottom of the detection cylinder;

[0007] A smoke detection component is provided inside the detection cylinder to draw external gas into the detection cylinder for detection.

[0008] Preferably, the smoke detection assembly includes a motor, a rotating rod, a wind wheel and a smoke sensor.

[0009] Preferably, the motor is installed on the top of the detection cylinder, and a rotating rod is connected to the bottom of the motor. The bottom of the rotating rod extends into the detection cylinder and is connected to the wind wheel in the detection cylinder, driving the wind wheel to rotate and draw air from different external positions into the detection cylinder.

[0010] Preferably, an annular hole is opened on the outside of the detection cylinder, an annular partition is installed inside the annular hole, and smoke sensors are installed at the upper and lower ends of the detection cylinder.

[0011] Preferably, the front ends of both sides of the top of the robot base are connected to a water pump, the top of the water pump is connected to one end of an L-shaped pipe, and the other end of the L-shaped pipe is connected to a nozzle.

[0012] Preferably, sound and light alarms are installed on the rear ends of both sides of the top of the robot base, and one end of a water pipe is connected to the upper and lower ends of one side of the top of the robot base, and the other end of the water pipe is detachably connected to a pipe cover.

[0013] Preferably, a control host is installed on one side of the robot base, and robot walking wheels are installed at the four corners of the bottom of the robot base.

[0014] Preferably, a circular groove is provided on the top of the fixing column, an electric telescopic cylinder is installed inside the circular groove, and a detection cylinder is fixed on the top of the electric telescopic cylinder.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0016] 1. The present invention, through the combination of a thermal imaging camera, a wind wheel, and a smoke sensor, not only utilizes a multi-node panoramic visual sensor and a thermal imaging sensor array to achieve comprehensive monitoring of the external environment and precise capture of thermal imaging fire points within the combustion area. The integration of a high-definition panoramic camera ensures comprehensive monitoring of a wide area. Furthermore, the advanced thermal imaging camera allows for the identification and analysis of areas with abnormal temperatures, particularly burning heat sources. This configuration provides operators with immediate and intuitive visual and thermal information, enabling rapid detection and confirmation of early signs of a fire, thereby effectively shortening response time and improving the efficiency of fire prevention and response. Furthermore, the motor-driven wind wheel rotates, drawing air from various external locations into the detection cylinder. Multiple smoke sensors are installed within the detection cylinder to detect smoke. Upon detecting smoke, the smoke sensors send a signal to the control host, activating an audible and visual alarm to alert nearby personnel. This solves the problem of traditional intelligent inspection robots relying primarily on visual sensors (i.e., cameras) to capture environmental information. However, when such robots respond to sudden fires or smoke incidents, their image recognition algorithms may find it difficult to quickly and accurately detect the presence of fire or smoke due to the weak flames or smoke obscuration in the early stages of the fire, thus limiting the patrol robot's real-time early warning capabilities.

[0017] 2. The utility model combines a water pump, an L-shaped pipe and a nozzle. After the inspection robot finds a fire in a new energy power station, it can directly start the water pump to pump out the water in the robot base, and quickly extinguish the fire through the L-shaped pipe and the nozzle toward the fire location, so that the inspection robot has the function of direct fire extinguishing, which solves the problem that the current inspection robots do not have a direct fire extinguishing function. This means that after confirming the fire, the robot cannot take immediate action to extinguish the initial fire, but needs to rely on the manual response of the remote monitoring center to notify and wait for the professional fire team to arrive at the scene to perform fire extinguishing operations. The time delay in this process may miss the best time to extinguish the fire, increase the risk of fire spread and damage to power station facilities. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the detection cylinder of the present utility model;

[0020] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the fixed column structure of the present utility model.

[0021] In the figure: 1. Robot base; 101. Robot walking wheel; 102. Water pipe; 103. Pipe cover; 104. Control host; 2. Fixing block; 201. Fixing column; 202. Detection cylinder; 203. Panoramic camera; 204. Annular hole; 205. Annular partition; 206. Motor; 207. Sound and light alarm; 208. Rotating rod; 209. Smoke sensor; 210. Wind wheel; 211. Thermal imaging camera; 212. Circular groove; 213. Electric telescopic cylinder; 3. Water pump; 301. L-shaped pipe; 302. Nozzle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The present invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments:

[0023] Example 1: New energy power station intelligent inspection robot, see Figures 1 to 3 , including a robot base 1, a fixed block 2 is installed on the top of the robot, a fixed column 201 is fixed on the top of the fixed block 2, a detection cylinder 202 is set on the top of the fixed column 201, and a plurality of panoramic cameras 203 and a thermal imaging camera 211 are respectively installed on the bottom of the detection cylinder 202; a smoke detection component is set inside the detection cylinder 202, and the external gas is sucked into the detection cylinder 202 for detection. During the robot inspection process, multiple panoramic cameras 203 and thermal imaging cameras 211 can be used to cooperate to respectively shoot the external environment and the burning thermal imaging fire point, so that the staff can see and identify the fire in time, and then The motor 206 can also be turned on, and the motor 206 drives the rotating rod 208, which drives the wind wheel 210 to rotate. The rotation of the wind wheel 210 is used to draw air from different external positions into the detection cylinder 202, and the smoke sensor 209 inside the detection cylinder 202 is used to detect the smoke in the drawn air. When the smoke sensor 209 detects the smoke, it will send a signal to the control host 104, and the control host 104 will turn on the sound and light alarm 207, and use the sound and light alarm 207 to warn the people around, solving the problem that traditional intelligent inspection robots mainly rely on visual sensors (i.e., cameras) to capture environmental information. However, when such robots respond to sudden fires or smoke incidents, due to the weak flames or smoke obstructions in the early stages of the fire, their image recognition algorithms may find it difficult to quickly and accurately detect the presence of fire or smoke, thereby limiting the technical problem of the real-time early warning capability of the inspection robots.

[0024] For details, see Figure 1 and Figure 2 The smoke detection assembly includes a motor 206 , a rotating rod 208 , a wind wheel 210 and a smoke sensor 209 .

[0025] For more details, see Figure 2 The motor 206 is installed on the top of the detection cylinder 202. The bottom of the motor 206 is connected to a rotating rod 208. The bottom of the rotating rod 208 extends into the detection cylinder 202 and is connected to the wind wheel 210 in the detection cylinder 202, driving the wind wheel 210 to rotate and draw air from different external positions into the detection cylinder 202.

[0026] For further information, see Figure 2 An annular hole 204 is opened on the outside of the detection cylinder 202, an annular partition 205 is installed inside the annular hole 204, and smoke sensors 209 are installed at both the upper and lower ends of the detection cylinder 202.

[0027] Further, see Figure 1 , the front ends of both sides of the top of the robot base 1 are connected to water pumps 3, the top of the water pump 3 is connected to one end of an L-shaped pipe 301, and the other end of the L-shaped pipe 301 is connected to a nozzle 302. After the inspection robot finds a fire in the new energy power station, it can directly turn on the water pump 3 to pump out the water in the robot base 1, and quickly extinguish the fire through the L-shaped pipe 301 and the nozzle 302 toward the fire location, so that the inspection robot has the function of direct fire extinguishing, which solves the problem that the current inspection robots do not include direct fire extinguishing function. This means that after confirming the fire, the robot cannot take immediate action to extinguish the initial fire, but needs to rely on the manual response of the remote monitoring center to notify and wait for the professional fire team to arrive at the scene to perform fire extinguishing operations. The time delay in this process may miss the best time to extinguish the fire, increase the risk of fire spread and damage to power station facilities.

[0028] It is worth noting that, see Figure 1 , sound and light alarms 207 are installed on the rear ends of both sides of the top of the robot base 1, and one end of the water pipe 102 is connected to the upper and lower ends of one side of the top of the robot base 1, and the other end of the water pipe 102 is detachably connected to the pipe cover 103.

[0029] It is worth noting that see Figure 1 A control host 104 is installed on one side of the robot base 1, and robot walking wheels 101 are installed at the four corners of the bottom of the robot base 1.

[0030] It is worth mentioning that see Figure 3 A circular groove 212 is provided on the top of the fixed column 201 , an electric telescopic cylinder 213 is installed inside the circular groove 212 , and a detection cylinder 202 is fixed on the top of the electric telescopic cylinder 213 .

[0031] During the robot inspection process, multiple panoramic cameras 203 and thermal imaging cameras 211 are used to cooperate to respectively shoot the external environment and the burning thermal imaging fire points, so that the staff can see and identify the fire in time. Then the motor 206 can be turned on, and the motor 206 drives the rotating rod 208, and the rotating rod 208 drives the wind wheel 210 to rotate. The rotation of the wind wheel 210 is used to draw air from different external positions into the detection cylinder 202. The smoke sensor 209 inside the detection cylinder 202 is used to detect the smoke in the drawn air. When the smoke sensor 209 detects smoke, it will send a signal to the control host 104, and the control host 104 will turn on the sound and light alarm 207, and use the sound and light alarm 207 to warn the surrounding people. After the inspection robot finds that the new energy power station is on fire, it can directly turn on the water pump 3 to pump out the water in the robot base 1, and quickly extinguish the fire through the L-shaped pipe 301 and the nozzle 302 toward the fire location, so that the inspection robot has the function of direct fire extinguishing.

[0032] In addition, the components designed in this utility model are all universal standard parts or components known to technical personnel in this field. Their structures and principles can be known to technical personnel through technical manuals or through conventional experimental methods. They can be fully implemented by technical personnel in this field. Needless to say, the content protected by this utility model does not involve improvements to internal structures and methods.

[0033] The embodiments disclosed in the present invention are preferred embodiments, but are not limited to them. Ordinary technicians in this field can easily understand the spirit of the present invention based on the above embodiments and make different extensions and changes. As long as they do not deviate from the spirit of the present invention, they are all within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station, comprising a robot base (1), characterized in that: A fixed block (2) is installed on the top of the robot, a fixed column (201) is fixed on the top of the fixed block (2), a detection cylinder (202) is provided on the top of the fixed column (201), and a plurality of panoramic cameras (203) and thermal imaging cameras (211) are respectively installed on the bottom of the detection cylinder (202); A smoke detection component is provided inside the detection cylinder (202), and external gas is drawn into the detection cylinder (202) for detection.

2. The intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The smoke detection assembly comprises a motor (206), a rotating rod (208), a wind wheel (210) and a smoke sensor (209).

3. The intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station according to claim 2, characterized in that: The motor (206) is installed on the top of the detection cylinder (202). The bottom of the motor (206) is connected to a rotating rod (208). The bottom of the rotating rod (208) extends into the detection cylinder (202) and is connected to the wind wheel (210) in the detection cylinder (202), driving the wind wheel (210) to rotate, thereby drawing air from different external positions into the detection cylinder (202).

4. The intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station according to claim 1, characterized in that: An annular hole (204) is provided on the outside of the detection cylinder (202), an annular partition (205) is installed inside the annular hole (204), and smoke sensors (209) are installed at both upper and lower ends of the detection cylinder (202).

5. The intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front ends of both sides of the top of the robot base (1) are connected to a water pump (3), the top of the water pump (3) is connected to one end of an L-shaped pipe (301), and the other end of the L-shaped pipe (301) is connected to a nozzle (302).

6. The intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station according to claim 1, characterized in that: Sound and light alarms (207) are installed at the rear ends of both sides of the top of the robot base (1), and one end of a water pipe (102) is connected to both upper and lower ends of one side of the top of the robot base (1), and the other end of the water pipe (102) is detachably connected to a pipe cover (103).

7. The intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station according to claim 1, characterized in that: A control host (104) is installed on one side of the robot base (1), and robot running wheels (101) are installed at the four corners of the bottom of the robot base (1).

8. The intelligent inspection robot for a new energy power station according to claim 1, characterized in that: A circular groove (212) is provided on the top of the fixed column (201), an electric telescopic cylinder (213) is installed inside the circular groove (212), and a detection cylinder (202) is fixed on the top of the electric telescopic cylinder (213).

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