CN221806888U - Photovoltaic energy storage component - Google Patents

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CN221806888U
CN221806888U CN202323424761.3U CN202323424761U CN221806888U CN 221806888 U CN221806888 U CN 221806888U CN 202323424761 U CN202323424761 U CN 202323424761U CN 221806888 U CN221806888 U CN 221806888U
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王东
陈辉
江祥华
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本实用新型涉及光伏储能技术领域,具体涉及一种光伏储能组件;包括安装架、光伏板、电动滑轨、支架、驱动电机、驱动轴、清洁毛刷和清洗机构,清洗机构包括连接臂、导轨、推动组件、滑动座、安装板、水箱、水泵和输送管,驱动轴远离支架的一端的中心处设置有连接轴承,输送管远离水泵的一端嵌入至连接轴承的内部,在利用清洁毛刷对光伏板进行清洁的过程中,启动推动组件,带动滑动座在导轨上滑动,使得滑动座与支架同步移动,启动水泵,通过输送管和连接轴承的设置,将水箱内的清洁用水输送至驱动轴的外部,进而通过出水孔将清洁用水输送至清洁毛刷上,利用打湿后的清洁毛刷对光伏板的表面进行清洁时,清洁效果更好。

The utility model relates to the technical field of photovoltaic energy storage, and specifically to a photovoltaic energy storage component; it comprises a mounting frame, a photovoltaic panel, an electric slide rail, a bracket, a driving motor, a driving shaft, a cleaning brush and a cleaning mechanism, the cleaning mechanism comprises a connecting arm, a guide rail, a pushing component, a sliding seat, a mounting plate, a water tank, a water pump and a delivery pipe, a connecting bearing is arranged at the center of one end of the driving shaft away from the bracket, and one end of the delivery pipe away from the water pump is embedded in the interior of the connecting bearing, in the process of cleaning the photovoltaic panel with the cleaning brush, the pushing component is started to drive the sliding seat to slide on the guide rail, so that the sliding seat and the bracket move synchronously, the water pump is started, and the cleaning water in the water tank is delivered to the outside of the driving shaft through the delivery pipe and the connection bearing, and then the cleaning water is delivered to the cleaning brush through the water outlet, and when the surface of the photovoltaic panel is cleaned with the wetted cleaning brush, the cleaning effect is better.

Description

Photovoltaic energy storage assembly
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of photovoltaic energy storage, in particular to a photovoltaic energy storage assembly.
Background
After the traditional photovoltaic energy storage assembly is used for a period of time, impurities such as leaf dust are collected on the surface of the traditional photovoltaic energy storage assembly, so that the conversion effect is affected, and the traditional photovoltaic energy storage assembly is generally required to be cleaned manually, so that a large labor burden is caused.
In order to solve the above problem, current published patent (CN 218301341U) discloses a lithium cell photovoltaic energy storage component, including photovoltaic board, two racks that are fixed in photovoltaic board top, the equal fixedly connected with fixed frame in photovoltaic board both sides, sliding connection has the sliding sleeve on the fixed frame, fixedly connected with mounting bracket between the sliding sleeve, mounting bracket one side fixedly connected with connecting strip, connecting strip other end fixed mounting has the brush strip, brush strip bottom fixedly connected with brush. In this technical scheme, adopt mounting bracket, brush strip and motor, starter motor drives the bull stick and rotates, and the bull stick drives two gear rotations, and the gear rolls on the rack to make the mounting bracket along photovoltaic board motion, make the brush clean the performance of photovoltaic board, get rid of dust and the leaf on surface, make photovoltaic board can be abundant receive solar energy, realize photoelectric conversion, solved the problem that manual operation intensity of labour is big among the prior art.
However, in the practical use process of the existing photovoltaic energy storage assembly, the cleaning effect is not ideal enough only by cleaning the photovoltaic plate through the rotating brush.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model aims to provide a photovoltaic energy storage component, which aims to solve the technical problem that the cleaning effect is not ideal enough in the actual use process of the existing photovoltaic energy storage component by only cleaning a photovoltaic plate through a rotating brush.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a photovoltaic energy storage assembly, which comprises a mounting frame, a photovoltaic panel, an electric sliding rail, a bracket, a driving motor, a driving shaft, a cleaning brush and a cleaning mechanism, wherein the photovoltaic panel is mounted on the upper surface of the mounting frame, the electric sliding rail is mounted at the edge of the upper surface of the mounting frame, the bracket is mounted on the electric sliding rail, the driving motor is mounted on the bracket, the driving shaft is arranged at the output end of the driving motor, the cleaning brush is arranged outside the driving shaft, and the cleaning brush is attached to the surface of the photovoltaic panel;
The cleaning mechanism comprises a connecting arm, a guide rail, a pushing assembly, a sliding seat, a mounting plate, a water tank, a water pump and a conveying pipe, wherein the connecting arm is arranged on the mounting frame and is located on one side of the mounting frame, which is far away from the electric sliding rail, the guide rail is arranged on the connecting arm, the sliding seat is arranged on the guide rail in a sliding mode, the pushing assembly is arranged in the guide rail, the output end of the pushing assembly is connected with the sliding seat, the upper surface of the sliding seat is provided with the mounting plate, the water tank and the water pump are arranged on the mounting plate, the input end of the water pump is located in the water tank, the output end of the water pump is provided with the conveying pipe, the driving shaft is arranged in a hollow structure, the driving shaft is far away from the center of one end of the support, one end of the conveying pipe is far away from the water pump is embedded into the connecting bearing, and a plurality of water outlets are uniformly arranged on the outer side wall of the driving shaft.
The pushing assembly comprises a servo motor, a threaded rod and a ball screw nut pair, wherein the servo motor is installed inside the guide rail, the output end of the servo motor is provided with the threaded rod, the ball screw nut pair is arranged on the threaded rod, and the ball screw nut pair is connected with the sliding seat.
The sliding seat is provided with a plurality of balls, and the sliding seat is provided with a plurality of grooves on two sides of one surface of the sliding seat, which is close to the guide rail.
Wherein, the guide rail is kept away from servo motor's one end is provided with rolling bearing, the threaded rod is kept away from servo motor's one end embedding extremely rolling bearing's inside.
The photovoltaic energy storage assembly further comprises a protective shell, the protective shell is mounted on the guide rail, and the protective shell is covered outside the servo motor.
The guide rail is provided with a protective shell, wherein a ventilation groove is formed in the outer side wall of the guide rail in a penetrating mode, and the ventilation groove is located at one end, close to the protective shell, of the guide rail and corresponds to the servo motor.
The utility model discloses a photovoltaic energy storage assembly, which comprises a mounting frame, a photovoltaic plate, an electric sliding rail, a bracket, a driving motor, a driving shaft, a cleaning brush and a cleaning mechanism, wherein the cleaning mechanism comprises a connecting arm, a guide rail, a pushing assembly, a sliding seat, a mounting plate, a water tank, a water pump and a conveying pipe, in the process of cleaning the photovoltaic plate by using the cleaning brush, the pushing assembly is started to drive the sliding seat to slide on the guide rail, so that the sliding seat and the bracket synchronously move, the water pump is started, cleaning water in the water tank is conveyed to the outside of the driving shaft through the arrangement of the conveying pipe and the connecting bearing, the cleaning water is conveyed to the cleaning brush through the water outlet, when the surface of the photovoltaic plate is cleaned by using the wetted cleaning brush, the cleaning effect is better, and as the connecting bearing is arranged at the center of the end part of the driving shaft, one end of the conveying pipe far away from the water pump is embedded into the inside of the connecting bearing, so that the cleaning water can be conveyed to the inside of the driving shaft through the center of the driving shaft, and the inside of the driving shaft cannot be influenced.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a photovoltaic energy storage module according to a first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a partial structure at a of fig. 1 provided by the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between a sliding seat and a guide rail in the first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing a bottom structure of a sliding seat according to a first embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between a sliding seat and a guide rail in a second embodiment of the present utility model.
101-Mounting frame, 102-photovoltaic panel, 103-electric slide rail, 104-bracket, 105-driving motor, 106-driving shaft, 107-cleaning brush, 108-connecting arm, 109-guide rail, 110-pushing component, 111-sliding seat, 112-mounting plate, 113-water tank, 114-water pump, 115-conveying pipe, 116-servo motor, 117-threaded rod, 118-ball screw nut pair, 119-connecting bearing, 120-water outlet hole, 121-mounting groove, 122-ball, 123-rotating bearing, 201-protective shell, 202-ventilation groove.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative and intended to explain the present utility model and should not be construed as limiting the utility model.
First embodiment:
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a photovoltaic energy storage module according to a first embodiment, fig. 2 is an enlarged partial structural diagram of a portion a of fig. 1, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a connection between a sliding seat and a guide rail according to the first embodiment, and fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a bottom of the sliding seat according to the first embodiment.
The utility model provides a photovoltaic energy storage component, which comprises: the cleaning device comprises a mounting frame 101, a photovoltaic panel 102, an electric sliding rail 103, a bracket 104, a driving motor 105, a driving shaft 106, a cleaning brush 107 and a cleaning mechanism, wherein the cleaning mechanism comprises a connecting arm 108, a guide rail 109, a pushing assembly 110, a sliding seat 111, a mounting plate 112, a water tank 113, a water pump 114 and a conveying pipe 115, and the pushing assembly 110 comprises a servo motor 116, a threaded rod 117 and a ball 122 screw nut pair 118. The problem that the cleaning effect is not ideal enough in the actual use process of the existing photovoltaic energy storage component in the cleaning mode of the photovoltaic panel 102 through the rotating brush is solved through the scheme, and it can be understood that the scheme can be used on the structure of the photovoltaic energy storage component.
For this embodiment, the photovoltaic board 102 is installed to the upper surface of mounting bracket 101, install in the edge of the upper surface of mounting bracket 101 electronic slide rail 103, install on the electronic slide rail 103 support 104, install on the support 104 driving motor 105, driving motor 105's output is provided with drive shaft 106, driving shaft 106's outside is provided with cleaning brush 107, cleaning brush 107 with photovoltaic board 102's surface laminating mutually, through the setting of electronic slide rail 103 for driving motor 105 on the support 104 is in the edge translation of mounting bracket 101 starts driving motor 105, through driving shaft 106 drives cleaning brush 107 rotates, thereby utilizes cleaning brush 107 will photovoltaic board 102 surface's dust and leaf get rid of, make photovoltaic board 102 can be abundant receive solar energy.
Wherein the mounting frame 101 is further provided with a connecting arm 108, the connecting arm 108 is positioned at one side of the mounting frame 101 far away from the electric sliding rail 103, the connecting arm 108 is provided with a guide rail 109, the guide rail 109 is provided with a sliding seat 111 in a sliding manner, the inside of the guide rail 109 is provided with a pushing assembly 110, the output end of the pushing assembly 110 is connected with the sliding seat 111, the upper surface of the sliding seat 111 is provided with a mounting plate 112, the mounting plate 112 is provided with a water tank 113 and a water pump 114, the input end of the water pump 114 is positioned in the water tank 113, the output end of the water pump 114 is provided with a conveying pipe 115, the driving shaft 106 is in a hollow structure, the center of one end of the driving shaft 106 far away from the bracket 104 is provided with a connecting bearing 119, one end of the conveying pipe 115 far away from the water pump 114 is embedded into the connecting bearing 119, a plurality of water outlet holes 120 are uniformly formed in the outer side wall of the driving shaft 106, the pushing assembly 110 is started to drive the sliding seat 111 to slide on the guide rail 109 so that the sliding seat 111 moves synchronously with the bracket 104 in the process of cleaning the surface of the photovoltaic panel 102 by using the cleaning brush 107, the water pump 114 is started, cleaning water in the water tank 113 is conveyed to the outside of the driving shaft 106 through the arrangement of the conveying pipe 115 and the connecting bearing 119, the cleaning water is conveyed to the cleaning brush 107 through the water outlet holes 120, the cleaning effect is better when the wetted cleaning brush 107 is used for cleaning the surface of the photovoltaic panel 102, and because the connecting bearing 119 is arranged at the center of the end part of the driving shaft 106, an end of the delivery pipe 115 remote from the water pump 114 is inserted into the inside of the connection bearing 119 so that the cleaning water can be delivered to the inside of the driving shaft 106 through the center of the end of the driving shaft 106 without affecting the rotation of the driving shaft 106.
Secondly, the servo motor 116 is installed inside the guide rail 109, the output end of the servo motor 116 is provided with a threaded rod 117, the threaded rod 117 is provided with a ball 122 screw nut pair 118, the ball 122 screw nut pair 118 is connected with the sliding seat 111, the servo motor 116 is started to drive the threaded rod 117 to rotate, and the ball 122 screw nut pair 118 is connected with the sliding seat 111 to drive the sliding seat 111 to slide on the guide rail 109.
Meanwhile, mounting grooves 121 are formed in two sides of the sliding seat 111, which are close to one surface of the guide rail 109, and a plurality of balls 122 are arranged in the mounting grooves 121, so that the sliding seat 111 slides on the guide rail 109 more smoothly through the arrangement of the mounting grooves 121 and the balls 122.
In addition, the guide rail 109 is far away from the one end of servo motor 116 is provided with a rolling bearing 123, the threaded rod 117 is far away from the one end of servo motor 116 is embedded into the interior of rolling bearing 123, through the setting of rolling bearing 123, make the threaded rod 117 rotate more smoothly when rotating.
When the photovoltaic energy storage assembly is used, the driving motor 105 on the support 104 is enabled to translate at the edge of the mounting frame 101 through the arrangement of the electric sliding rail 103, the driving motor 105 is started, the cleaning brush 107 is driven to rotate through the driving shaft 106, so that dust and leaves on the surface of the photovoltaic panel 102 are removed by the cleaning brush 107, the photovoltaic panel 102 can fully receive solar energy, in the cleaning process of the photovoltaic panel 102 by the cleaning brush 107, the pushing assembly 110 is started, the sliding seat 111 is driven to slide on the guide rail 109, the sliding seat 111 and the support 104 are enabled to synchronously move, the water pump 114 is started, cleaning water in the water tank 113 is conveyed to the outside of the driving shaft 106 through the arrangement of the conveying pipe 115 and the connecting bearing 119, the cleaning water is conveyed to the cleaning brush 107 through the water outlet holes 120, the cleaning brush 102 can fully receive solar energy, in the cleaning process of the cleaning brush 107, the cleaning surface of the photovoltaic panel 102 is well affected by the cleaning brush 107, the cleaning water is conveyed to the inside the driving shaft 106 through the conveying pipe 119, and the end part of the cleaning brush is well connected with the driving shaft 106, and the end part is far away from the connecting bearing 106.
Second embodiment:
On the basis of the first embodiment, please refer to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a connection structure between the sliding seat and the guide rail in the second embodiment.
The utility model provides a photovoltaic energy storage assembly further comprising a protective shell 201.
For this embodiment, the guide rail 109 is provided with the protective case 201, the protective case 201 is covered on the outer portion of the servo motor 116, and the servo motor 116 is protected by the protective case 201, so that the influence of the external environment on the servo motor 116 is avoided, and the service life of the servo motor 116 is prolonged.
The outer side wall of the guide rail 109 is provided with a ventilation groove 202 in a penetrating manner, the ventilation groove 202 is located at one end of the guide rail 109, which is close to the protective housing 201, and corresponds to the servo motor 116, and the inside of the protective housing 201 is kept in circulation with the outside air through the arrangement of the ventilation groove 202, so that the heat generated by the servo motor 116 during working is taken away by flowing air, and the heat of the servo motor 116 is dissipated.
When the photovoltaic energy storage assembly of the embodiment is used, the protection shell 201 is used for protecting the servo motor 116, the influence of the external environment on the servo motor 116 is avoided, the service life of the servo motor 116 is prolonged, the ventilation groove 202 is arranged, the inside of the protection shell 201 is kept in circulation with external air, and therefore heat generated by the servo motor 116 during working is taken away through flowing air, and the servo motor 116 is subjected to heat dissipation.
The above disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and it should be understood that the scope of the utility model is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the procedures described above can be performed according to the equivalent changes of the claims, and still fall within the scope of the present utility model.

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1. The utility model provides a photovoltaic energy storage component, includes mounting bracket, photovoltaic board, electronic slide rail, support, driving motor, drive shaft and cleaning brush, the upper surface mounting of mounting bracket has the photovoltaic board, the edge of the upper surface of mounting bracket is installed electronic slide rail, install on the electronic slide rail the support, install on the support driving motor, driving motor's output is provided with the drive shaft, the outside of drive shaft is provided with cleaning brush, cleaning brush with the surface of photovoltaic board laminates mutually, its characterized in that,
The cleaning device also comprises a cleaning mechanism;
The cleaning mechanism comprises a connecting arm, a guide rail, a pushing assembly, a sliding seat, a mounting plate, a water tank, a water pump and a conveying pipe, wherein the connecting arm is arranged on the mounting frame and is located on one side of the mounting frame, which is far away from the electric sliding rail, the guide rail is arranged on the connecting arm, the sliding seat is arranged on the guide rail in a sliding mode, the pushing assembly is arranged in the guide rail, the output end of the pushing assembly is connected with the sliding seat, the upper surface of the sliding seat is provided with the mounting plate, the water tank and the water pump are arranged on the mounting plate, the input end of the water pump is located in the water tank, the output end of the water pump is provided with the conveying pipe, the driving shaft is arranged in a hollow structure, the driving shaft is far away from the center of one end of the support, one end of the conveying pipe is far away from the water pump is embedded into the connecting bearing, and a plurality of water outlets are uniformly arranged on the outer side wall of the driving shaft.
2. The photovoltaic energy storage assembly of claim 1 wherein,
The pushing assembly comprises a servo motor, a threaded rod and a ball screw nut pair, wherein the servo motor is installed inside the guide rail, the output end of the servo motor is provided with the threaded rod, the ball screw nut pair is arranged on the threaded rod, and the ball screw nut pair is connected with the sliding seat.
3. The photovoltaic energy storage assembly of claim 1 wherein,
The sliding seat is close to the both sides of one side of guide rail all are provided with the mounting groove, the inside of mounting groove is provided with a plurality of balls.
4. The photovoltaic energy storage assembly of claim 2 wherein,
One end of the guide rail, which is far away from the servo motor, is provided with a rotating bearing, and one end of the threaded rod, which is far away from the servo motor, is embedded into the rotating bearing.
5. The photovoltaic energy storage assembly of claim 2 wherein,
The photovoltaic energy storage assembly further comprises a protective shell, the protective shell is mounted on the guide rail, and the protective shell is covered outside the servo motor.
6. The photovoltaic energy storage assembly of claim 5 wherein,
The outer side wall of the guide rail is provided with a ventilation groove in a penetrating mode, and the ventilation groove is located at one end, close to the protective shell, of the guide rail and corresponds to the servo motor.
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