Condensing device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current condensing devices face difficulties in controlling the reflection angle of reflective mirrors and batch manufacturing due to fixed trajectories and varying rotational speeds, leading to inefficient energy collection and manufacturing challenges.
Innovation Solution
A condensing device with a mounting platform structure that tracks east and west angles, featuring multiple rotating devices, guide rails, and telescopic mechanisms allowing universal rotation of reflective mirrors, enabling adjustable reflection angles and efficient energy collection, facilitated by a universal ball and mounting rod system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If reflective mirrors are mounted on a planar structure with fixed trajectories, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the control difficulty increases due to different two-dimensional rotations and speeds
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the fixed planar structure into a dynamic three-dimensional configuration where reflective mirrors can rotate universally around their own axes in addition to the platform's east-west tracking rotation. This dynamic adjustment capability allows each mirror to independently control its reflection angle, solving the control difficulty while maintaining structural simplicity through modular mounting frames.
2Ease of manufacture
If reflective mirrors are mounted on a planar structure tracking east-west angles, then the manufacturing is easier, but the batch manufacturing capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the condensing device into multiple independent mounting frames, each with its own reflective mirror and rotation mechanism. These modular units can be manufactured separately and then assembled in batches on the mounting platform, significantly improving batch manufacturing capability while maintaining ease of manufacture through standardized modular components.
3Device complexity
If each reflective mirror has fixed trajectory, then the structure is simpler, but the reflection angle control is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a universal rotation mechanism that allows each reflective mirror to dynamically adjust its reflection angle around its own axis while the mounting platform maintains the overall east-west tracking trajectory. This dynamic degree of freedom provides precise reflection angle control without significantly increasing structural complexity, as the universal rotation is integrated into the existing mounting frame design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise control of reflective mirror angles and efficient energy collection, allowing for batch manufacturing while improving the condensing effect and adaptability to solar declination angles.
Implementation Method 1
light reflected by the reflective mirror may be reflected onto the energy-collecting structure
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AI summary
Provided is a condensing device, comprising: a mounting platform structure (1), an energy-collecting structure (5), mounting frame structures (2), rotation devices (3), reflective mirrors (4), a drive device (8), guide rails (6) and a telescopic device (7), wherein the mounting platform structure (1) is capable of tracking east and west angles of the sun and rotates synchronously; the energy-collecting structure (5) is located above the mounting platform structure (1); the mounting frame structures (2) are mounted on the mounting platform structure (1); each rotation device (3) is provided on the corresponding mounting platform structure (2); the reflective mirror (4) is provided on the rotation device (3), and the reflective mirror (4) can rotate in all directions on the mounting frame structure (2) by means of the rotation device (3); the drive device (8) is provided on one end of the corresponding telescopic device (7), and the other end of the telescopic device (7) is provided on the corresponding reflective mirror (4) or the rotation device (3); each guide rail (6) is provided on the mounting platform structure (1) or the mounting frame structure (2), the drive device (8) is provided on the guide rail (6) and may move along the guide rail (6), the curving radian of each guide rail (6) is different, thereby enabling the rotation direction of each reflective mirror (4) to be different; and the light reflected by the reflective mirror (4) may be reflected onto the energy-collecting structure (5). The condensation effect of the condensing device is good.