Self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot

By using a self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, which combines an air supply component and a spiral brush, the problems of damage to photovoltaic panel cleaning devices and dust residue are solved, achieving a highly efficient and non-damaging cleaning effect.

CN224054210UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-27CHINA RAILWAY CONSTR ELECTRIFICATION BUREAUGRP SCI & TECH
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-04-08
Publication Date
2026-03-27

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Technical Problem

Existing photovoltaic panel cleaning devices are prone to damaging the surface of photovoltaic panels when cleaning hard dust, and the brushes are prone to leaving dust residue, making it difficult to clean efficiently.

Method used

A self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot was designed, which uses a combination of an air supply component and a spiral brush. The air supply component blows away hard impurities in advance, the spiral brush cleans them, and the photovoltaic panel self-powered system enables automatic power supply.

Benefits of technology

It effectively avoids damage to the surface of photovoltaic panels, improves cleaning efficiency, adapts to windy and sandy environments, and achieves automatic cleaning without the need for an external power source.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, which belongs to the technical field of photovoltaic panel cleaning, and comprises a cleaning robot device, the cleaning robot device climbs on a photovoltaic structure, two slope strips are fixed on both sides above the photovoltaic structure, the cleaning robot device comprises an outer cover, and the outer cover is provided with a power supply. An air supply assembly and a walking and sweeping assembly are assembled in the outer cover, and the air supply assembly is connected with the four strip-shaped air outlet heads. According to the self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, gas emission is accelerated through the air supply assembly, gas is shunted through the strip-shaped gas outlet head to be discharged in a strip shape, and therefore the gas blowing area can be effectively increased, meanwhile, gas flow is vertically blown to the surface of a photovoltaic structure, gravel and hard impurities contained on the surface can be blown off in advance, and the cleaning efficiency is improved. The photovoltaic structure is prevented from being damaged or even damaged when the photovoltaic structure is cleaned by the spiral brush subsequently, and the cleaning robot equipment can better adapt to a photovoltaic application area with much sand wind.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model belongs to the field of photovoltaic panel cleaning technology, specifically a self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot. Background Technology

[0002] Photovoltaic power plants are exposed to the outdoor environment for a long time and suffer from the erosion of natural conditions. Dust often accumulates on the surface of their photovoltaic modules, which not only reduces the light transmission efficiency but also directly reduces the amount of radiation that the modules can receive. Therefore, it is particularly important to clean the dust on the surface of photovoltaic panels regularly.

[0003] Currently, most commercially available photovoltaic (PV) panel cleaning devices use brushes as cleaning tools to wipe the surface of PV panels. However, when hard dust particles adhere to the PV panel surface, the frictional resistance between the brush and the PV panel increases significantly. This undoubtedly increases the risk of scratches or damage to the PV panel surface. In addition, after use, the brush often retains a large amount of dust inside, which greatly reduces its cleaning efficiency the next time it is used, making it difficult to meet the needs of efficient PV panel cleaning. Therefore, it is of great significance to research a new self-powered PV panel cleaning robot to solve the above problems. Utility Model Content

[0004] (a) Technical problems to be solved

[0005] In order to overcome the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, this utility model provides a self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, which solves the problem that when hard dust particles are attached to the surface of the photovoltaic panel, the risk of scratches or damage to the surface of the photovoltaic panel is increased. In addition, after use, a lot of dust often remains inside the brush, which greatly reduces the cleaning efficiency of the brush when used again, making it difficult to meet the needs of efficient cleaning of photovoltaic panels.

[0006] (II) Technical Solution

[0007] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following technical solution: a self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, including a cleaning robot device, the cleaning robot device crawling on a photovoltaic structure, and two inclined plates fixed on both sides of the upper part of the photovoltaic structure;

[0008] The cleaning robot includes an outer cover, in which an air supply component, a walking and cleaning component are assembled. The air supply component is connected to four strip-shaped air outlets. Both ends of each strip-shaped air outlet are fixed with a rotating rod. The rotating rods are rotatably mounted on the outer cover via bearings. Gears are fixed on the four rotating rods. The gears are driven by elastic tooth segments. Below the elastic tooth segments are rollers corresponding to the inclined surface.

[0009] As a further scheme of the utility model: four corners of the outer cover are equipped with auxiliary wheels, and the upper and lower two auxiliary wheels walk along the upper and lower sides of the photovoltaic structure, and the upper side of the outer cover is further provided with a photovoltaic panel and a conversion and storage device.

[0010] As a further scheme of the utility model: the walking and cleaning assembly comprises a transmission shaft, the transmission shaft is rotatably installed on the outer cover through a bearing, three power wheels are installed on the transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft is fixed with the output shaft of the motor, the motor is installed on the outer cover, and two driven auxiliary roller structures are further installed on the outer cover.

[0011] As a further scheme of the utility model: the transmission shaft is in transmission connection with the brush shaft through a belt transmission structure, the brush shaft is rotatably installed on the outer cover through a bearing, and two spiral brushes are fixed on the brush shaft, and two strip-shaped air outlet heads are located on the two sides of the spiral brushes and are inclined at 45 degrees towards the photovoltaic structure.

[0012] As a further scheme of the utility model: the air supply assembly comprises a fan, the fan is installed in the outer cover, the air inlet of the fan is in communication with a filter, the filter extends out of the outer cover, and the air outlet of the fan is in communication with an air supply hose, and the four ends of the air supply hose are in communication with the four strip-shaped air outlet heads.

[0013] As a further scheme of the utility model: the elastic tooth section comprises a tooth rod, the tooth rod is in engagement with a gear, and the roller is arranged at the bottom end of the tooth rod.

[0014] As a further scheme of the utility model: the tooth rod slides in a hole sleeve, the hole sleeve is fixed in the outer cover, and a spring is fixed between the hole sleeve and the upper side of the tooth rod.

[0015] (Three) beneficial effects

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

[0017] 1、The self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot accelerates gas discharge through the air supply assembly, and the gas is discharged in strip shape through the strip-shaped air outlet head, so that the gas blowing area can be effectively increased, the airflow is vertically blown to the surface of the photovoltaic structure, the surface sand and hard impurities can be blown off in advance, the photovoltaic structure is prevented from being damaged or even broken during subsequent cleaning by the spiral brush, and the cleaning robot device can better adapt to the photovoltaic application area with more wind and sand.

[0018] 2、The self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, by moving the cleaning robot device to both sides of the photovoltaic structure, the roller is in contact with the inclined strip in advance, at this time the roller is extruded to drive the gear rod and the gear transmission, the gear drives the strip-shaped air outlet to overturn through the rotating rod, at this time the strip-shaped air outlet faces the spiral brush, and then the airflow blows to the spiral brush, so that the spiral brush can be cleaned, and the influence of impurities on the high cleaning effect of the spiral brush is avoided.

[0019] 3、The self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, by cooperating the photovoltaic panel and the conversion and storage device, the solar energy can be converted into electric energy, the automatic power supply requirement is realized, and external power supply is not needed, and the starting and stopping can be started and stopped at any time according to the requirement. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 The cleaning robot device of the utility model is assembled in the structure diagram of the photovoltaic structure.

[0021] Figure 2 The utility model Figure 1 The structure diagram of the enlarged structure of A in the utility model is shown.

[0022] Figure 3 The utility model is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the cleaning robot device of the utility model from the bottom.

[0023] Figure 4 The utility model is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the cleaning robot device of the utility model from the bottom.

[0024] Figure 5 The utility model is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the cleaning robot device of the utility model from the bottom.

[0025] Figure 6 The utility model Figure 5 The structure diagram of the enlarged structure of B in the utility model is shown.

[0026] In the drawing: 1, photovoltaic structure, 2, cleaning robot device, 21, cover, 22, air supply assembly, 221, fan, 222, filter, 223, air supply hose, 23, walking and cleaning assembly, 231, motor, 232, transmission shaft, 233, power wheel, 234, belt transmission structure, 235, spiral brush, 236, brush shaft, 24, strip-shaped air outlet, 25, rotating rod, 26, elastic tooth section, 261, gear rod, 262, hole sleeve, 263, spring, 27, gear, 28, roller, 29, auxiliary wheel, 210, driven auxiliary roller structure, 3, inclined strip. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The technical scheme of the utility model will be further described in detail in combination with specific embodiments.

[0028] For example, Figures 1-6As shown, the utility model provides a technical scheme: a kind of self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot, including cleaning robot equipment 2, cleaning robot equipment 2 crawls on photovoltaic structure 1, photovoltaic structure 1 is composed of photovoltaic support and multiple photovoltaic panels, and the both sides of photovoltaic support are left with empty stop, so that cleaning robot equipment 2 can be left with parking space, and prevent the impurities after cleaning of spiral brush 235 from falling on photovoltaic panel, two inclined strips 3 are fixed in the upper sides of photovoltaic structure 1;

[0029] The cleaning robot device 2 comprises an outer cover 21, auxiliary wheels 29 are installed on four corners of the outer cover 21, two auxiliary wheels 29 are arranged on the upper and lower sides of the photovoltaic structure 1, auxiliary wheels 29 are arranged on the upper and lower sides of the outer cover 21, the auxiliary wheels 29 can be located on the upper and lower sides of the photovoltaic structure 1, and the auxiliary wheels 29 can play a limiting role, so that the cleaning robot device 2 can run stably, photovoltaic panels and conversion power storage devices are arranged on the upper side of the outer cover 21, the photovoltaic panels and the conversion power storage devices are matched, so that the photovoltaic panels can convert solar energy into electric energy, the automatic power supply requirement can be realized, an external power supply is not needed, the cleaning robot device 2 can be started and stopped at any time according to requirements, the power before starting can be detected, the cleaning robot device 2 is prevented from stopping in the middle of the photovoltaic structure 1 due to insufficient power, a blowing assembly 22 and a walking and cleaning assembly 23 are arranged in the outer cover 21, the walking and cleaning assembly 23 comprises a transmission shaft 232, the transmission shaft 232 is rotatably arranged on the outer cover 21 through a bearing, three power wheels 233 are arranged on the transmission shaft 232, the transmission shaft 232 is fixedly connected with an output shaft of a motor 231, the motor 231 can drive the transmission shaft 232 to drive the power wheels 233 to move, so that the cleaning robot device 2 can realize the purpose of crawling cleaning, the motor 231 is arranged on the outer cover 21, two driven auxiliary roller structures 210 are arranged on the outer cover 21, the driven auxiliary roller structures 210 can play the purpose of assisting walking, the driven auxiliary roller structures 210 are composed of an axle and three driven wheels, the transmission shaft 232 is in transmission connection with a brush shaft 236 through a belt transmission structure 234, the brush shaft 236 is rotatably arranged on the outer cover 21 through a bearing, two spiral brushes 235 are fixedly arranged on the brush shaft 236, the spiral brushes 235 are soft brushes made of high polymer materials and will not damage tempered glass on the surface of the photovoltaic structure 1, two strip-shaped air outlets 24 are arranged on the two sides of the spiral brushes 235 and are inclined at an angle of 45° to the photovoltaic structure 1, the spiral brushes 235 are arranged at an angle of 45°, so that the strip-shaped air outlets 24 can clean conveniently, the blowing assembly 22 is connected with the four strip-shaped air outlets 24, the blowing assembly 22 comprises a fan 221, the fan 221 is arranged in the outer cover 21, an air inlet of the fan 221 is in communication with a filter 222, the filter 222 can keep air inlet and filter the air, the filter 222 extends out of the outer cover 21, an air outlet of the fan 221 is in communication with a blowing hose 223, the blowing hose 223 can play the role of air conveying and is in a hose structure, so that the strip-shaped air outlets 24 can be adjusted conveniently, four ends of the blowing hose 223 are in communication with the four strip-shaped air outlets 24, both ends of each strip-shaped air outlet 24 are fixedly provided with a rotating rod 25, the rotating rod 25 is rotatably arranged on the outer cover 21 through a bearing, the rotating rod 25 can rotate through the bearing, so that the strip-shaped air outlets 24 can be adjusted conveniently, four rotating rods 25 are fixedly provided with gears 27, the gears 27 are in transmission with elastic tooth segments 26, the elastic tooth segments 26 comprise tooth rods 261, the tooth rods 261 are engaged with the gears 27,Roller 28 is arranged at the bottom end of the toothed rod 261, the toothed rod 261 slides in the hole sleeve 262, the hole sleeve 262 can guide the toothed rod 261, the toothed rod 261 keeps stable sliding, the hole sleeve 262 is fixed in the outer cover 21, and the hole sleeve 262 is fixed between the upper part of the toothed rod 261 and the spring 263, the reset force of the spring 263 can drive the toothed rod 261 to reset, so that the toothed rod 261 and the gear 27 are driven, so that the strip-shaped air outlet head 24 smoothly completes the reset action, the lower part of the elastic toothed section 26 is provided with the roller 28 corresponding to the inclined surface strip 3, when the roller 28 walks on the inclined surface strip 3, the inclined surface of the inclined surface strip 3 can extrude the roller 28 to move, so that the toothed rod 261 is driven to move and realizes transmission with the gear 27.

[0030] The working principle of the utility model is that when cleaning, the motor 231 drives the transmission shaft 232 to rotate, the transmission shaft 232 drives the power wheel 233 to move, the power wheel 233 and the driven auxiliary roller structure 210 crawl on the photovoltaic structure 1, and the transmission shaft 232 also rotates through the belt transmission structure 234 and the brush shaft 236, the brush shaft 236 drives the spiral brush 235 to rotate, so that the spiral brush 235 can clean the photovoltaic structure 1.

[0031] At the same time, the fan 221 controls air inlet through the filter 222, and air inlet through the air supply hose 223 into the strip-shaped air outlet head 24, so that the airflow blows off the impurities on the photovoltaic structure 1, facilitating efficient cleaning of the spiral brush 235.

[0032] When the cleaning robot equipment 2 crawls to the both sides of the photovoltaic structure 1, the roller 28 walks on the inclined surface strip 3 and is extruded by the inclined surface strip 3 to drive the toothed rod 261 to move, the toothed rod 261 drives the spring 263 to deform, and the toothed rod 261 drives the gear 27 to drive the rotating rod 25 to drive the strip-shaped air outlet head 24 to rotate towards the spiral brush 235, at this time, the airflow cleans the spiral brush 235, when the roller 28 is separated from the inclined surface strip 3, the spring 263 drives the toothed rod 261 to reset, and then the strip-shaped air outlet head 24 is reset, and the photovoltaic structure 1 can be cleaned again.

[0033] In the description of the utility model, it should be explained that, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection", "connection" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integrally connected, it can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection, it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, it can be the communication inside two elements. For ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0034] The preferred embodiments of the present patent have been described in detail, but the present patent is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present patent.

Claims

1. A self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot comprising a cleaning robot device (2), characterized in that: The cleaning robot device (2) crawls on the photovoltaic structure (1), two inclined strips (3) are fixed on the upper sides of the photovoltaic structure (1); The cleaning robot device (2) comprises an outer cover (21), a blowing assembly (22) and a walking and cleaning assembly (23) are arranged in the outer cover (21), the blowing assembly (22) is connected with four strip-shaped air outlets (24), both ends of the strip-shaped air outlet (24) are fixed with rotating rods (25), the rotating rods (25) are rotatably arranged on the outer cover (21) through bearings, four rotating rods (25) are fixed with gears (27), the gears (27) are in transmission with elastic tooth segments (26), and the lower portion of the elastic tooth segment (26) is provided with rollers (28) corresponding to the inclined strips (3).

2. The self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot of claim 1, wherein: Four corners of the outer cover (21) are provided with auxiliary wheels (29), and the upper and lower two auxiliary wheels (29) walk along the upper and lower portions of the photovoltaic structure (1), and the upper portion of the outer cover (21) is further provided with a photovoltaic panel and a conversion and storage device.

3. The self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot of claim 1, wherein: The walking and cleaning assembly (23) comprises a transmission shaft (232), the transmission shaft (232) is rotatably arranged on the outer cover (21) through a bearing, three power wheels (233) are arranged on the transmission shaft (232), and the transmission shaft (232) is fixed with an output shaft of a motor (231), the motor (231) is arranged on the outer cover (21), and two driven auxiliary roller structures (210) are further arranged on the outer cover (21).

4. The self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot of claim 3, wherein: The transmission shaft (232) is in transmission connection with a brush shaft (236) through a belt transmission structure (234), the brush shaft (236) is rotatably arranged on the outer cover (21) through a bearing, two spiral brushes (235) are fixed on the brush shaft (236), and two strip-shaped air outlets (24) are arranged on the two sides of the spiral brushes (235) and are inclined at an angle of 45° to the photovoltaic structure (1).

5. The self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot of claim 1, wherein: The blowing assembly (22) comprises a fan (221), the fan (221) is arranged in the outer cover (21), an air inlet of the fan (221) is in communication with a filter (222), the filter (222) extends out of the outer cover (21), and an air outlet of the fan (221) is in communication with a blowing hose (223), four ends of the blowing hose (223) are in communication with the four strip-shaped air outlets (24).

6. The self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot of claim 1, wherein: The elastic tooth segment (26) comprises a tooth rod (261), the tooth rod (261) is in mesh with the gear (27), and the roller (28) is arranged at the bottom end of the tooth rod (261).

7. A self-powered photovoltaic panel cleaning robot according to claim 6, characterized in that: The tooth rod (261) slides in a hole sleeve (262), the hole sleeve (262) is fixed in the outer cover (21), and a spring (263) is arranged between the hole sleeve (262) and the upper portion of the tooth rod (261).