Offshore photovoltaic platform

By using floating structures and connection mechanisms made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, the problems of poor wave resistance and inconvenient connection of offshore photovoltaic platforms have been solved, achieving efficient and robust platform connection and large-area deployment.

CN223559823UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-18ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIV

Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422871155.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-25
Publication Date
2025-11-18
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-25

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Technical Problem

The existing concrete structures of offshore photovoltaic platforms are not resistant to wave impact and are easily damaged, making them unsuitable for large-area array deployment and inconvenient to connect.

Method used

The floating body mechanism and connecting mechanism are made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes. The floating body mechanism consists of four side pipes and a support pipe. The connecting mechanism achieves fixation and buffering between platform bodies through the elastic force of hydraulic rods and spring components. The snap-fit ​​mechanism facilitates installation and disassembly.

Benefits of technology

It enhances the platform's buoyancy and resistance to wave impact, is easy to install and manufacture, has a reliable connection, is suitable for large-area laying, and improves work efficiency and safety.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an offshore photovoltaic platform, which belongs to the technical field of offshore power generation and comprises a platform body, a plurality of flexible supports which are uniformly arranged are fixedly connected onto the platform body, photovoltaic panels are fixedly connected onto the flexible supports, and a floating body mechanism is fixedly connected to the bottom of the platform body. A protective bottom frame is fixedly connected to the position, located on the outer side of the floating body mechanism, of the bottom of the platform body, symmetrically-arranged connecting mechanisms are fixedly connected to the side walls of the periphery of the platform body, and the floating body mechanism comprises four side pipes distributed in a rectangular array. The floating body mechanism is integrally made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes in a hot melting mode, compared with a concrete structure, the floating body mechanism is higher in buoyancy, convenient to install and manufacture and capable of effectively resisting complex wave conditions on the sea, the connecting mechanism is arranged so that the two adjacent platform bodies can be connected and fixed conveniently, manpower is saved, and working efficiency is improved. And connection is firm, and large-area laying is suitable.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to offshore power generation technical field, concretely is a kind of offshore photovoltaic platform. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the rapid development of photovoltaic industry, its application field is also more and more widely, and water photovoltaic is one of them. Since it does not occupy land resources, and has the advantages of high power generation and high added value, water photovoltaic is called as "the most effective lever to accelerate the transition to solar energy driven future" in new energy utilization mode. After the development of inland water photovoltaic is greatly limited, offshore photovoltaic will usher in the opportunity of large-scale development, but compared with land photovoltaic, since the marine environment of offshore photovoltaic is more severe, offshore photovoltaic is currently in the development stage, and the water power conditions of offshore waves are complex and multi-faceted. It is difficult for general water photovoltaic structure to resist the water power conditions of sea.

[0003] In a kind of offshore photovoltaic platform of Chinese patent (publication number: CN116513386A), the device includes floating platform, carrier platform and multiple connecting columns, the carrier platform is supported above the floating platform by multiple connecting columns, for carrying photovoltaic module, photovoltaic module is installed at the top of carrier platform, wherein, floating platform is hollow shell, shell is made of concrete, the carrier platform of the device can adopt steel frame structure, located in the floating platform of lower layer in splash zone and water level variation area, adopts hollow concrete structure, since the economy and low corrosion cost of concrete material, the construction cost of floating platform can be effectively reduced, but, the offshore photovoltaic platform of the device adopts concrete structure, and the resistance to sea wave impact is weak, easy to be damaged, and not suitable for large-area array arrangement, and the connection between each platform is not convenient enough, and the actual use effect is not good. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model aims at providing a kind of offshore photovoltaic platform to solve the problems raised in the above background.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:

[0006] A kind of offshore photovoltaic platform, including platform body, the platform body is fixedly connected with several evenly arranged flexible supports, several The photovoltaic board is fixedly connected on the flexible support, the bottom of the platform body is fixedly connected with floating body mechanism, the bottom of the platform body is fixedly connected with protective bottom frame outside floating body mechanism, the periphery side wall of the platform body is fixedly connected with the connection mechanism arranged symmetrically;

[0007] The floating body mechanism comprises four edge pipes arranged in a rectangular array, the first and last ends of the four edge pipes are fixedly connected through bent pipe sleeves, three-way sleeve heads arranged at equal intervals are arranged on the two edge pipes distributed in the radial direction, and support pipes are fixedly connected between the opposite two three-way sleeve heads.

[0008] As a further scheme of the utility model: wherein, the connecting mechanism includes hydraulic rod and connecting rod, the hydraulic rod is movably connected with one side of platform body through first coupling, the connecting rod is movably connected with the other side of platform body through second coupling, the end of hydraulic rod away from first coupling is movably connected with mounting sleeve through third coupling, the outer wall of hydraulic rod is sleeved with spring piece, the front wall of mounting sleeve is provided with slot, the upper wall of mounting sleeve is fixedly connected with buckle mechanism, the end of connecting rod away from second coupling is movably connected with plug through fourth coupling, the upper wall of plug is provided with clamping hole corresponding with buckle mechanism.

[0009] As a further scheme of the utility model: wherein, the buckle mechanism includes fixed cylinder fixed on the upper wall of mounting sleeve, the inner wall of fixed cylinder is movably connected with sliding sheet, the lower wall of sliding sheet is fixedly connected with clamping head, the lower end of clamping head extends through slot, the upper wall of sliding sheet is fixedly connected with T-shaped pull rod, the upper end of T-shaped pull rod extends through the outside of fixed cylinder, the inner top wall between sliding sheet and fixed cylinder is fixedly connected with return spring.

[0010] As a further scheme of the utility model: wherein, the side wall of mounting sleeve is provided with sliding hole communicated with fixed cylinder, the clamping head is arranged through sliding hole.

[0011] As a further scheme of the utility model: wherein, the periphery of platform body is fixedly connected with evenly arranged anti-collision tires.

[0012] As a further scheme of the utility model: wherein, the edge pipe and support pipe are made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe material by hot melting.

[0013] As a further scheme of the utility model: wherein, the bottom between adjacent support pipes is fixedly connected with connecting plate.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that:

[0015] 1、The offshore photovoltaic platform is composed of four edge pipes and a plurality of support pipes through the setting of the floating body mechanism, and is made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe material by hot melting, so that the buoyancy is stronger, and the installation and manufacturing are convenient, and the complex wave conditions on the sea can be effectively resisted.

[0016] 2. The offshore photovoltaic platform, through the setting connection mechanism, when need to connect and fix two adjacent platform bodies, first, pull T-shaped pull rod up, at this time, drive the clamp head up, at the same time, the sliding sheet is up in the fixed cylinder and extrudes the reset spring to produce elastic force, when the clamp head is completely retracted in the fixed cylinder, the plug on the connecting rod can be inserted into the slot, then, release T-shaped pull rod, at this time, the elastic force of reset spring is used to push the clamp head and automatically insert into the clamping hole and abut tightly, realize the fixed connection of plug and mounting sleeve, realize the connection and fixation between two adjacent platform bodies, convenient to install and disassemble, save manpower, improve work efficiency, and the connection is firm, suitable for large area laying, secondly, the connecting rod and the hydraulic rod form the connecting mechanism between two platform bodies, and the displacement generated when two platform bodies are impacted by sea waves is buffered by the elastic force of the hydraulic rod and the spring piece, so that the firmness of the connection between two adjacent platform bodies is improved, and the effect of resisting sea wave impact is enhanced. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic view of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic view of the platform body of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 3 It is a bottom structure schematic view of the floating body mechanism of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 4 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic view of the connection mechanism of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 5 It is a sectional structure schematic view of the mounting sleeve of the utility model.

[0022] The corresponding relationship between the annotations of each drawing and the component names in the drawing is as follows:

[0023] 1, platform body; 2, flexible support; 3, photovoltaic panel; 4, anti-collision tire; 5, protective bottom frame; 6, edge pipe; 7, elbow sleeve; 8, tee sleeve head; 9, support pipe; 10, hydraulic rod; 11, connecting rod; 12, mounting sleeve; 13, spring piece; 14, slot; 15, fixed cylinder; 16, sliding sheet; 17, clamp head; 18, T-shaped pull rod; 19, reset spring; 20, plug; 21, clamping hole; 22, connecting plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5The utility model discloses a kind of offshore photovoltaic platforms, including platform body 1, several flexible supports 2 of uniform arrangement setting are fixedly connected on platform body 1, for example spring support, are prior art, several flexible supports 2 are fixedly connected with photovoltaic panel 3, storage station is arranged in the coast near the device, the photovoltaic panel 3 and the power storage equipment of storage station are electrically connected, for collecting and storing the electric energy generated by photovoltaic panel 3, for prior art, the bottom of platform body 1 is fixedly connected with float mechanism, the bottom of platform body 1 located outside float mechanism is fixedly connected with protective bottom frame 5, can form external protection to float mechanism, the periphery side wall of platform body 1 is fixedly connected with the connecting mechanism of symmetrical setting;

[0025] Float mechanism includes four rectangular array distribution edge pipes 6, the head and tail of four edge pipes 6 are fixedly connected by elbow pipe sleeve 7, two edge pipes 6 distributed along the radial are all set with three-way sleeve head 8 of equidistant arrangement, opposite two three-way sleeve heads 8 are fixedly connected with support pipe 9 by sleeve joint, compared with concrete structure, stronger buoyancy, and installation is convenient, can effectively resist complex wave conditions on sea.

[0026] As Figure 4 Shown, connecting mechanism includes hydraulic rod 10 by first coupling and one side of platform body 1 movably connected and connecting rod 11 by second coupling and the other side of platform body 1 movably connected, one end of hydraulic rod 10 away from first coupling is movably connected with mounting sleeve 12 by third coupling, the outer side wall of hydraulic rod 10 is set with spring piece 13, the front side wall of mounting sleeve 12 is set with slot 14, the upper side wall of mounting sleeve 12 is fixedly connected with buckle mechanism, one end of connecting rod 11 away from second coupling is movably connected with plug block 20 by fourth coupling, the upper side wall of plug block 20 is set with the buckle hole 21 of corresponding setting with buckle mechanism, when plug block 20 and mounting sleeve 12 are installed and fixed, connecting rod 11 and hydraulic rod 10 form the connecting mechanism between two platform body 1, and utilize the elastic force of hydraulic rod 10 and spring piece 13, the displacement generated when two platform body 1 are impacted by sea wave is buffered, to improve the firmness of connection between adjacent two platform body 1, to enhance the effect of anti-sea wave impact.

[0027] As Figure 4 And Figure 5As shown, the buckle mechanism includes a fixed cylinder 15 fixed on the side wall of the mounting sleeve 12, the inner wall of the fixed cylinder 15 is slidingly connected with a sliding sheet 16, the lower side wall of the sliding sheet 16 is fixedly connected with a clamping head 17, the lower end of the clamping head 17 extends through the slot 14, the upper side wall of the sliding sheet 16 is fixedly connected with a T-shaped pull rod 18, the upper end of the T-shaped pull rod 18 extends through the outside of the fixed cylinder 15, a return spring 19 is fixedly connected between the sliding sheet 16 and the inner top wall of the fixed cylinder 15, when it is needed to connect and fix the adjacent two platform bodies 1, first, pull the T-shaped pull rod 18 to move upward, at this time, the clamping head 17 is driven to move upward, at the same time, the sliding sheet 16 moves upward in the fixed cylinder 15 to extrude and contract the return spring 19 to generate elastic force, when the clamping head 17 is completely retracted into the fixed cylinder 15, the plug 20 on the connecting rod 11 can be inserted into the slot 14, then, release the T-shaped pull rod 18, at this time, the elastic force of the return spring 19 is used to push the clamping head 17 to automatically insert into the clamping hole 21 and abut tightly, the fixed connection of the plug 20 and the mounting sleeve 12 is realized, so that the connection and fixation between the adjacent two platform bodies 1 are realized, which is convenient to install and disassemble, saves manpower, improves work efficiency, is firmly connected, and is suitable for large-area laying.

[0028] As shown in Figure 5 The side wall of the mounting sleeve 12 is provided with a sliding hole communicated with the fixed cylinder 15, and the clamping head 17 is arranged through the sliding hole, so as to facilitate the displacement of the clamping head 17.

[0029] As shown in Figure 2 The four side walls of the platform body 1 are fixedly connected with uniformly arranged anti-collision tires 4, so as to prevent the collision between the platform bodies 1 due to the sea wave swing and avoid damage.

[0030] As shown in Figure 3 The edge pipe 6 and the support pipe 9 are integrally made of high-density polyethylene HDPE pipe material by hot melting, which can effectively resist the complex wave conditions at sea, has light material and high buoyancy, and is resistant to seawater corrosion.

[0031] As shown in Figure 3 The bottom portions of the adjacent support pipes 9 are fixedly connected with a connecting plate 22, so as to be more stable and reliable in structure and improve the sea wave impact resistance effect.

[0032] Working principle: The floating body mechanism of the device is integrally made of high-density polyethylene HDPE pipe material by hot melting, which has stronger buoyancy than the concrete structure, and is convenient to install and manufacture, can effectively resist the complex wave conditions at sea;

[0033] When two adjacent platform bodies 1 need to be connected and fixed, first, pull the T-shaped pull rod 18 up, at this time, drive the clamping head 17 to move up, at the same time, the sliding sheet 16 moves up in the fixed cylinder 15 to extrude and shrink the reset spring 19 to generate elastic force, when the clamping head 17 is completely shrunk into the fixed cylinder 15, the plug block 20 on the connecting rod 11 can be inserted into the insertion slot 14, then, release the T-shaped pull rod 18, at this time, by the elastic force of the reset spring 19, push the clamping head 17 to automatically insert into the clamping hole 21 and abut tightly, realize the fixed connection of the plug block 20 and the mounting sleeve 12, thereby realize the connection and fixation between the two adjacent platform bodies 1, convenient to install and disassemble, save manpower, improve work efficiency, and the connection is firm, suitable for large-area laying, secondly, the connecting rod 11 and the hydraulic rod 10 form a connecting mechanism between the two platform bodies 1, and by the elastic force of the hydraulic rod 10 and the spring piece 13, the displacement generated when the two platform bodies 1 are impacted by sea waves is buffered, thereby improving the firmness of the connection between the two adjacent platform bodies 1, and thereby enhancing the effect of resisting sea wave impact.

Claims

1. An offshore photovoltaic platform, comprising a platform body (1), characterized in that, The platform body (1) is fixedly connected to a number of evenly arranged flexible supports (2), and photovoltaic panels (3) are fixedly connected to each of the flexible supports (2). A floating mechanism is fixedly connected to the bottom of the platform body (1), and a protective bottom frame (5) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the platform body (1) outside the floating mechanism. A symmetrically arranged connecting mechanism is fixedly connected to the four sides of the platform body (1). The floating body mechanism includes four side tubes (6) arranged in a rectangular array. The ends of the four side tubes (6) are connected and fixed by a bend sleeve (7). Two side tubes (6) arranged in a radial direction are fitted with tee sleeves (8) arranged at equal intervals. A support tube (9) is fitted and fixed between two opposite tee sleeves (8).

2. The offshore photovoltaic platform according to claim 1, characterized in that, The connecting mechanism includes a hydraulic rod (10) movably connected to one side of the platform body (1) via a first coupling and a connecting rod (11) movably connected to the other side of the platform body (1) via a second coupling. The end of the hydraulic rod (10) away from the first coupling is movably connected to an mounting sleeve (12) via a third coupling. A spring (13) is sleeved on the outer side wall of the hydraulic rod (10). A slot (14) is opened on the front side wall of the mounting sleeve (12). A buckling mechanism is fixedly connected to the upper side wall of the mounting sleeve (12). A plug (20) is movably connected to the end of the connecting rod (11) away from the second coupling via a fourth coupling. A buckle hole (21) corresponding to the buckling mechanism is opened on the upper side wall of the plug (20).

3. The offshore photovoltaic platform according to claim 2, characterized in that, The buckling mechanism includes a fixed cylinder (15) fixed to the upper side wall of the mounting sleeve (12), a sliding piece (16) is slidably connected to the inner wall of the fixed cylinder (15), a locking head (17) is fixedly connected to the lower side wall of the sliding piece (16), the lower end of the locking head (17) extends through into the slot (14), a T-shaped pull rod (18) is fixedly connected to the upper side wall of the sliding piece (16), the upper end of the T-shaped pull rod (18) extends through to the outside of the fixed cylinder (15), and a return spring (19) is fixedly connected between the sliding piece (16) and the inner top wall of the fixed cylinder (15).

4. A marine photovoltaic platform according to claim 3, characterized in that, The side wall of the mounting sleeve (12) is provided with a sliding hole that communicates with the fixing cylinder (15), and the clip (17) passes through the sliding hole.

5. A marine photovoltaic platform according to claim 1, characterized in that, The platform body (1) has anti-collision tires (4) that are evenly arranged and fixedly connected to all four sides of its four sides.

6. A marine photovoltaic platform according to claim 1, characterized in that, Both the side pipe (6) and the support pipe (9) are made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe by hot-melt integral manufacturing.

7. A marine photovoltaic platform according to claim 1, characterized in that, A connecting plate (22) is fixedly connected between the bottoms of adjacent support tubes (9).

Citation Information

Patent Citations

  • Offshore photovoltaic platform

    CN116513386A

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