Mobile panel cleaner
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile panel maintenance systems lack efficient and automated solutions for maintaining panels, such as solar panels, which are scattered over large areas and require precise positioning and cleaning, often relying on manual labor or rudimentary equipment.
Innovation Solution
A mobile panel maintenance system comprising a mobile base with a carriage arm and panel maintenance assembly, equipped with navigation sensors, fluid reservoirs, and cleaning mechanisms, controlled by logic control circuits and software that enables automated translational motion and cleaning operations, utilizing GPS and RTK for precise positioning and fluid management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual labor or rudimentary equipment is used for panel maintenance, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity and cleaning efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile panel maintenance system is divided into distinct functional modules: a mobile base for navigation, a carriage arm for positioning, and a panel maintenance assembly for cleaning operations. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together to achieve high productivity through automated operation.
2Productivity
If automated translational motion and positioning systems are implemented, then productivity improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile base is designed as a multi-functional platform that integrates navigation sensors, propulsion mechanisms, and control systems into a single unit. This universal base can navigate to panels, position the carriage arm, and coordinate cleaning operations, reducing the need for separate specialized devices and managing system complexity through functional integration.
3Measurement precision
If precise positioning systems with GPS and RTK are used, then measurement precision improves, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
GPS and RTK satellites serve as external intermediaries that provide precise positioning data to the mobile base without requiring complex onboard navigation hardware. The system receives positioning signals from these external sources and uses the data to navigate to and position over target panels, achieving high measurement precision while keeping the onboard system relatively simple.
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AI summary
A mobile panel maintenance system including a mobile panel maintenance unit having a base supported for translational motion over a surface within a panel array and a carriage movably mounted to the base to position a panel maintenance assembly in relation to a panel surface for panel maintenance.