Solar table mobile transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of large-scale solar panel systems is cost-prohibitive due to the complexity and inefficiency of moving and aligning thousands of solar panels across multi-acre terrains, particularly in remote areas, where traditional methods require individual assembly and installation, leading to increased costs and labor expenses.
Innovation Solution
A motorized solar table transport system that enables centralized assembly and alignment across a three-dimensional coordinate system, providing angular controls for pitch, yaw, and roll, allowing pre-assembled solar tables to be efficiently moved and integrated into the system using autonomous or remotely controlled vehicles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional individual assembly and installation methods are used for each solar panel, then installation flexibility is maintained, but installation cost and time increase significantly for large-scale systems
Solution Approach 1:
Solar tables are pre-assembled at a centralized factory location before being transported to the installation site. This preliminary assembly action reduces on-site installation time and complexity, as complete solar tables rather than individual panels are installed. The pre-assembly process prepares mounting equipment and structures in advance, allowing faster deployment across large-scale sites.
Solution Approach 2:
The solar system is divided into modular solar tables that can be independently assembled, transported, and installed. Each solar table represents a segmented unit containing multiple panels pre-mounted on a common structure, enabling parallel installation processes and reducing overall system assembly complexity.
2Ease of manufacture
If materials are delivered to deployment site via access road and staged by crew, then material delivery is achieved, but labor costs and installation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
Materials and complete solar tables are manufactured and pre-assembled at a centralized factory location before delivery to the installation site. This preliminary manufacturing action consolidates material preparation activities, reducing on-site material staging time and labor requirements while improving delivery efficiency through bulk transportation of ready-to-install units.
3Weight of moving object
If heavy equipment is used to move pre-assembled solar tables to specific locations, then transportation capability is achieved, but alignment precision and control are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
Traditional heavy mechanical equipment for moving and positioning solar tables is replaced with an automated mobile transport system equipped with sensors, GPS, and computer-controlled positioning mechanisms. This substitution enables precise alignment and positioning of heavy solar tables through electronic control and automated navigation, achieving manufacturing-level precision that manual heavy equipment cannot provide.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile transport system incorporates feedback mechanisms including sensors, GPS positioning, and computer control systems that continuously monitor and adjust the position and orientation of solar tables during transportation and installation. This feedback loop ensures precise alignment by comparing actual position data with target coordinates and making real-time corrections.
4Productivity
If centralized assembly factory is used to pre-assemble solar tables, then installation efficiency improves, but transportation and logistics complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile transport system is designed as a multi-functional platform that can transport, position, align, and install solar tables. This universal system consolidates multiple functions into a single device, reducing overall transportation and installation complexity despite the benefits of centralized factory assembly. The transport vehicle integrates positioning, alignment, and installation capabilities to streamline the entire process.
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AI summary
A solar table mobile transport is described that moves a solar table to a point of installation. The solar table mobile transport comprises multiple motors that allow movement within a three-dimensional coordinate system as well as provide angular controls of pitch, yaw and roll. These motors enable at least one alignment process used to install the solar table to a mounting structure within a solar system.