Solar Table Transport With Sideshift for Precise Field Alignment
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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 precise positioning, leading to increased labor and resource costs.
Innovation Solution
A motorized solar table transport with horizontal sideshift capability that allows for centralized assembly, pre-assembled solar tables to be moved and aligned at installation sites using a solar table alignment and support component, enabling extended horizontal, vertical, and angular movements, reducing the need for precise parking and increasing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional individual assembly and installation methods are used for each solar panel, then installation precision can be achieved, but labor costs and installation complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The solar array is divided into modular solar tables that can be pre-assembled and tested at a centralized facility, then transported and deployed as complete units. This segmentation allows precision work to be done in a controlled environment while simplifying on-site installation to mere deployment of complete modules.
Solution Approach 2:
Solar tables are pre-assembled, pre-configured, and pre-tested at a centralized assembly facility before transportation to the installation site. This preliminary action ensures installation precision is achieved during manufacturing rather than during field installation, significantly reducing on-site complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If materials are delivered to each deployment site via access road and assembled individually, then installation flexibility is maintained, but transportation costs and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple solar panels are merged into complete solar table assemblies that are manufactured and tested together at a centralized facility. These complete assemblies are then transported as single units to deployment sites, reducing the number of trips required and eliminating repeated assembly operations at multiple locations.
Solution Approach 2:
Complete solar table assemblies are pre-configured and pre-tested at the centralized facility before transportation. This preliminary completion of assembly and testing operations eliminates time-consuming on-site assembly work and reduces the total time required for deployment at multiple locations.
3Manufacturing precision
If pre-assembled solar tables are transported and require precise parking at installation sites, then alignment accuracy improves, but positioning complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The solar table assembly includes a movable support structure with adjustable positioning mechanisms that allow the solar table to be dynamically repositioned after placement. This dynamic adjustment capability eliminates the need for precise initial parking positioning while maintaining final alignment accuracy through mechanical adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure parameters (position, angle, height) are made adjustable to accommodate variations in placement accuracy. By changing these parameters mechanically after placement, the system achieves high alignment accuracy without requiring precise initial positioning during transportation and placement.
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AI summary
A solar table mobile transport with sideshift capability 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. Extended horizontal movement of the solar table is provided by a sideshift element that extends the solar table beyond an edge of a transport component of the solar table mobile transport. The mobile transport may incorporate wings to prevent the solar table from rotating during transportation. The wings may be adjustable such that the solar table may be maneuvered in height and pitch/roll/yaw angle into an installation instance before unloading. Such a capability of sideshft in combination of instance adjustment facilitates an installation process of the solar table.