Angled Ground Supports for Low-Height Photovoltaic Module Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional photovoltaic plant substructures are costly and require extensive anchorage, making them inefficient for low-height installations and maintenance, especially in environmentally sensitive areas like green spaces that need regular mowing.
Innovation Solution
A structurally simple and cost-effective substructure for photovoltaic modules using ground supports with angled bearing plates and adjustable lengths, allowing for flexible mounting and reduced material usage, incorporating modern lawn mowing technologies for maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional substructures with long supports are used, then stable anchorage is achieved, but material costs and device complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into multiple ground supports, each with its own bearing plate, distributing the load and simplifying individual component design while maintaining overall stability
Solution Approach 2:
The bearing plates are arranged at different vertical levels and angled orientations rather than using uniformly long vertical supports, creating a three-dimensional configuration that reduces material requirements while maintaining anchorage stability
2Reliability
If long supports are used for stable anchorage, then reliability improves, but the mounting height becomes too high for low-height installation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
Ground supports of different lengths and bearing plates at different vertical levels create an asymmetric configuration that achieves stable anchorage without requiring uniformly long supports, enabling lower overall mounting heights
Solution Approach 2:
By arranging bearing plates at different vertical levels and angles rather than extending supports uniformly upward, the system achieves stability through three-dimensional distribution rather than vertical height
3Ease of manufacture
If bearing plates are fixed at uniform heights, then assembly is simplified, but flexibility for different module configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The bearing plates are designed with adjustable angles and positions rather than fixed uniform configurations, allowing dynamic adaptation to different module requirements while maintaining relatively simple assembly procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The ground supports and bearing plates are designed as universal components that can accommodate different photovoltaic module configurations through angular and positional adjustments, serving multiple mounting scenarios with a single component type
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a holding system (1) for mounting a photovoltaic module (6) to a base (8) by means of ground supports (2, 2a, 44, 44a) which comprise a bearing head (4, 4a, 50, 50a), a ground support body (22) and a bearing surface (28, 48) on the bottom side which counteracts a penetration of the ground supports into the base (8), wherein the ground supports (2, 2a, 46, 46a) comprise on their head side a bearing plate (14, 14′, 14a, 14a′, 54, 54′, 54a, 54a′) that is disposed at a slanted angle (α) in relation to the base (8), and wherein the ground supports (2, 2a, 46, 46a) are provided and prepared such that, in the mounted state, the bearing plates (14, 14′, 14a, 14a′, 54, 54′, 54a, 54a′) of a ground support pair (2, 2a, 46, 46a) are spaced apart from each other vertically in relation to the base (8) and from each other horizontally in adjustment to the photovoltaic module (6) and that they are aligned with each other at least in essence.