ES1066887U - Photovoltaic panel (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Photovoltaic panel, provided with a plurality of photovoltaic cells, characterized in that it comprises on the rear part a radiofrequency device for gps location whose power supply input terminals are connected to said photovoltaic cells. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Photovoltaic panel.

The present invention relates to a panel photovoltaic equipped with an anti-theft and monitoring system that allows you to locate them in real time, as well as identify their status of operation in installation.

Background of the invention

The production facilities of  electrical energy through photovoltaic panels, which at from cells made of solid state semiconductors transform the energy of the incident radiation into energy electric

A mode of arrangement of these panels, increasingly widespread, is its arrangement in "orchards solar ", in which a large number of panels.

For these orchards to be profitable, it is they often need to be placed on low-cost land, which They are usually in sparsely populated and busy areas.

As is well known, these cells have a high cost, and therefore are subject to theft, which are more frequent the further are the solar gardens of the inhabited nuclei In addition, they are relatively easy to disassemble, and on the other hand they are flat, which allows thieves to take away and transport a large number of units in a short time, with the serious damage to the profitability of solar farms in general.

Typically, garden operators solar resort to security gates, whose cost is not very high, but they don't offer much protection either They only pose an obstacle to theft.

Also, these gates can be combined with security perimeters with intrusion detectors, which they are connected to a security companies warning system, that go to the solar garden.

However, thieves act every time with more speed, and the guards don't have time to avoid the theft of part of the plates.

Therefore, the need for have an anti-theft system of photovoltaic panels that allow to notify the contracted security service as soon as possible and that allows to recover the plates once they have been subtracted and at the same time it is inexpensive.

Description of the invention

With the photovoltaic panel of the invention, solve the mentioned problems, presenting other advantages and features that will be described below.

The photovoltaic panel of the invention is provided with a plurality of photovoltaic cells, and characterized by the fact that it comprises on the back a GPS tracking device whose input terminals of Power supply are connected to photovoltaic cells, so that it is possible to know at all times the position of the panels, and especially know if these are being displaced and once stolen it is possible to locate and recover them. Further, when said panels are supplied with the location device GPS previously connected to photovoltaic cells, said device is energy independent, not being necessary make additional connections to provide power.

Preferably, said device GPS location is arranged in a panel junction box, so that a previously existing space of the panel in which it is easy to make the mentioned connections and where said device is hidden.

Advantageously, the location device GPS is configured to receive signals with information about operating parameters measured in real time of said panel and issue them through it, which makes it possible to remote monitoring of panel operation, which allows you to perform optimal maintenance and even perform your predictive maintenance, no wiring needed supplementary monitoring in the installation.

More preferably, one of said parameters is  the average temperature of at least one of said cells, with which one can indirectly know the operating status of panels.

Finally, the panel of the invention comprises a power converter-adapter arranged between the terminals and the connection to said photovoltaic cells, which allows to regulate and adapt the input current to the battery needs of said location device GPS

Brief description of the drawings

For a better understanding of how much has been exposed a drawing is accompanied in which, schematically and only to non-limiting example title, a case study of realization.

Figure 1 is a schematic view of the invention, in which the connections of the device are appreciated GPS location to panel cells.

Description of a preferred embodiment

According to a preferred embodiment, as is you can see in figure 1, the photovoltaic panel of the invention 1 is provided with a plurality of cells photovoltaic 2 and comprises on the back a device 3 radio transmitter with GPS location whose input terminals 4 are connected to photovoltaic cells 2.

In this way, a panel is supplied photovoltaic that incorporates an anti-theft device, which serves both to prevent theft, if the reaction time by a security service allows it, or recover it, if the panel It has already been stolen.

This panel is especially advantageous, put that the anti-theft system is already incorporated in the panel itself, not being necessary to adapt later to the solar garden a particular anti-theft security system.

In addition, the cheaper products electronic and communications and especially devices GPS, make this anti-theft solution very inexpensive, and that in years to come it will be less and less.

On the other hand, the panel of the invention leverages its generation capacity to supply energy to GPS device and thus guarantee its uninterrupted operation With total autonomy.

According to this preferred embodiment, the device  GPS tracking is arranged in junction box 5, from which you can easily access the connection to the panels and in which the GPS device is hidden.

Also, taking into account its small size,  the GPS tracking device may be arranged in any back of the panel provided it is hidden, such as it can be inside the frame itself, provided they can be make the appropriate connections with the cells photovoltaic

Being hidden, the panel of the invention will be can combine in solar gardens with other panels that do not carry anti-theft device, taking advantage of statistical strategies of anti-theft security Specifically, the most exposed panels are those that are arranged in the perimeter of the solar garden, and by therefore, that would be the area in which they would be available preferably the panels of the invention.

In this preferred embodiment, the device  GPS location is set to receive signals with information on operating parameters, such as the temperature, voltage and output current measured in time real on said panel using the appropriate sensors 6, so that the operation of the panel could be monitored remotely. This would allow to react promptly in case of breakdown and reduce the installation maintenance plan. Would also allow perform the predictive maintenance of the installation remotely, no need to provide the installation of connections additional communication

It is also possible to provide a power converter-adapter arranged in series between the connections to the cells and the terminals of power input of the GPS tracking device, which It would allow to regulate the supply current.

Claims (5)

1. Photovoltaic panel, provided with a plurality of photovoltaic cells, characterized by the fact that it comprises on the back a radio frequency device for GPS location whose power supply input terminals are connected to said photovoltaic cells. 2. Photovoltaic panel according to claim 1, characterized in that said GPS tracking device is arranged in a panel junction box. 3. Photovoltaic panel according to claim 1, characterized in that said GPS tracking device is configured to receive and transmit signals with information on operating parameters measured in real time from said panel and emit them by means of it. 4. Photovoltaic panel according to claim 4, characterized in that said parameters are the average temperature of at least one of said cells, the voltage and the output current. 5. Photovoltaic panel according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a power converter-adapter arranged between said terminals and said connection to said photovoltaic cells.