Floating PV Support Structure With Ventilation Gap for Panel Cooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing waterborne photovoltaic power generation systems face efficiency degradation due to inadequate heat dissipation, as photovoltaic cell panels are often in close contact with the floating platform, leading to reduced power generation and shortened service life.
Innovation Solution
A supporting structure with a floating platform and supporting members that create a ventilation space between adjacent members, allowing the photovoltaic cell panel to be fixed with a gap from the platform, facilitating air flow and heat dissipation, and incorporating features like oblique mounting and adjustable connections for optimal light exposure and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If photovoltaic cell panels are fixed directly on the floating platform, then structural simplicity is improved, but heat dissipation performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The floating platform is segmented into multiple supporting members (first supporting member, second supporting member, etc.) that are spatially separated to form ventilation spaces. This segmentation allows air flow channels to be created between the supporting members, enabling effective heat dissipation while maintaining structural support for the photovoltaic cell panels.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple supporting members are introduced as intermediary structures between the floating platform and the photovoltaic cell panels. These supporting members create ventilation spaces that act as thermal mediators, allowing heat to be dissipated through air flow while still providing mechanical support.
2Stability of the object's composition
If photovoltaic cell panels are mounted close to the floating platform, then structural stability is improved, but power generation efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is segmented into multiple distributed supporting members rather than a continuous flat surface. This segmentation creates ventilation spaces that improve heat dissipation, thereby maintaining power generation efficiency while the multiple supporting members collectively provide structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure transitions from a two-dimensional flat platform surface to a three-dimensional structured arrangement with vertical and horizontal spacing. The supporting members are positioned at different heights and locations, creating ventilation spaces that enable heat dissipation in the vertical dimension while maintaining horizontal structural stability.
3Temperature
If multiple supporting members are used to create ventilation spaces, then heat dissipation performance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting members serve multiple functions simultaneously: they provide mechanical support for the photovoltaic cell panels, create ventilation spaces for heat dissipation, and form a stable structural framework. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting members integrate multiple functions into a single structural element: support, ventilation creation, and structural stability. By merging these functions into unified components rather than separate systems, the overall device complexity is kept manageable despite the enhanced heat dissipation capability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances power generation efficiency by effective heat dissipation, prolongs the service life of photovoltaic cell panels, and improves structural stability and reliability, while reducing construction costs and workload.
Implementation Method 1
a ventilation space is provided between at least two adjacent supporting members, whereby the plurality of supporting members is configured to fix a photovoltaic cell panel thereon with a lower surface of the photovoltaic cell panel being separated from the upper surface of the floating platform
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AI summary
A supporting structure for waterborne photovoltaic power generation is provided. The supporting structure includes at least one floating bracket. The floating bracket includes a floating platform and a plurality of supporting members provided on an upper surface of the floating platform, a ventilation space is provided between at least two adjacent supporting members, whereby the plurality of supporting members is configured to fix a photovoltaic cell panel thereon with a lower surface of the photovoltaic cell panel being separated from the upper surface of the floating platform.