Floating type solar power generation equipment stage device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing floating-type solar energy generating devices face issues such as environmental impact due to large contact area with water, high costs and UV sensitivity of rigid floats, maintenance difficulties, instability during waves, and incompatibility with varying water levels, which affect both ecological balance and economic viability.
Innovation Solution
A floating-type platform system using annular hollow floats made from recycled materials, with adjustable buoyancy and a connecting frame design that allows for vertical buoyance and easy assembly, incorporating a filling mechanism to adjust buoyancy and a hexagonal structure for enhanced stability, and a polymer-coated metal coupler for secure assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Force
If large-area floats are used to provide sufficient buoyance, then the buoyant force is improved, but the contact area with water increases blocking sunlight and reducing dissolved oxygen
Solution Approach 1:
The float is divided into multiple independent hollow spherical chambers (first hollow spherical chamber, second hollow spherical chamber, third hollow spherical chamber) connected in series. This segmentation allows the float to provide sufficient buoyant force through the combined volume of multiple chambers while maintaining smaller individual contact areas with water, thereby reducing blockage of sunlight and improving water aeration.
2Strength
If rigid HPDE floats are used, then the structural strength is improved, but the cost increases and UV resistance is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The float employs a composite structure combining rigid material components (supporting frame, connecting rods, coupling posts) with hollow spherical chambers. This composite design provides the necessary structural strength to support solar panels while using materials that are more cost-effective and UV-resistant compared to traditional rigid HPDE floats. The hollow spherical chambers contribute to both buoyancy and structural integrity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If rigid floats are used, then the assembly stability is improved, but the adaptability to water level changes and drought conditions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The float incorporates adjustable buoyancy through a filling mechanism that can add or remove material (such as water or sand) from the hollow spherical chambers. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the float to adapt to varying water levels and drought conditions while maintaining assembly stability. The supporting frame and connecting components provide structural stability, while the adjustable buoyancy compensates for environmental changes.
4Stability of the object's composition
If fixing posts are used to insert into pool bottom, then the structural stability is improved, but the installation complexity increases and adaptability to water level changes is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the fixing posts from the system and replaces them with a pure floating structure supported by hollow spherical chambers. This eliminates the need for complex installation procedures involving insertion into the pool bottom while maintaining structural stability through the buoyant force of the chambers. The float can be easily deployed and adjusted without permanent installations, simplifying the overall system complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The platform system provides improved stability, reduced ecological impact, longer service life, easier maintenance, and adaptability to changing water levels, while utilizing recycled materials for cost-effectiveness and promoting better water ventilation and oxygen levels.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of floats arranged in a row in a vertical direction to provide the platform with vertical buoyance to float on water
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a floating type solar power generation equipment stage (10) device, comprising a carrier (1) and a plurality of floating collars (2). The carrier (1) is made of a hard material, and has an outer frame portion (11) in a horizontal direction and a link bar (12) disposed at the center of the outer frame portion (11). Further, the outer frame portion (11) is vertically disposed with a plurality of straight strip-shaped bonding columns (13) downwards, and an adjustment portion (14) for adjusting the buoyancy of the stage is disposed on the carrier (1). Each of the plurality of floating collars (2) is a buoyant hollow ring, and its center has a sleeve hole (114) into which the bonding column (13) can be inserted so that the floating collars (2) can be arranged vertically up and down on the bonding column (13), and the stage (10) can be floated on the water with vertical buoyancy. Moreover, there is a water flow spacing between the vertically arranged floating collars (2), thereby having better floating stability and maintaining ecological functions.