JP3163011U - Solar power plant - Google Patents

Abstract

A solar power generation apparatus that generates power using solar energy is provided. Sunlight is concentrated on a solar energy collecting plate 22 by a plurality of condensing lenses 23 arranged in parallel. The sensing unit sends sensing information indicating the incident direction of sunlight to the controller. The controller controls the rotation of the disk body 32 by the drive unit and the length of the telescopic rod member 34 based on the sensed information. The solar energy collecting plate 22 can be set to an appropriate angle with respect to sunlight by rotating the disk body 32 and adjusting the length of the telescopic rod member 34. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

 The present invention relates to a power generation device, and more particularly to a solar power generation device.

  FIG. 10 shows a conventional example of a solar power generation device. This conventional power generation apparatus includes a carrier 12 having a solar energy collecting plate 11 attached thereto, a sensing unit provided on the carrier 12 and having a plurality of sensors 15 for directing sunlight, and a carrier 12. A driver 13 that is movably driven and a controller 14 that controls the driver 13 based on a result of sensing by the sensing unit are provided. Thus, since the solar energy collection piece 11 is configured to be movable, the solar energy collection efficiency can be improved.

Taiwan Utility Model Registration No. M279834

The conventional power generation apparatus has a disadvantage in that it cannot efficiently generate power because the solar energy collection efficiency decreases when the sunlight irradiation becomes weak.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a solar power generation apparatus that efficiently generates power using solar energy.

  In order to achieve the above object, a photovoltaic power generation apparatus according to the present invention is a photovoltaic power generation apparatus that converts solar energy into electric power, and is configured to move sunlight collection means for concentrating sunlight and the sunlight collection means. Supporting means for enabling support and control means for controlling movement of the solar light collecting means, the solar light collecting means being mounted on the carrier and solar energy collecting for converting solar energy into electric power A plate and a light collecting unit mounted on the carrier and arranged on the solar energy collecting plate so as to concentrate sunlight on the solar energy collecting plate, and the support means includes the sunlight collecting means A hollow support body having a top surface on the side and a bottom surface on the opposite side of the top surface, a disc body mounted on the top surface of the support body so as to be rotatable about a central axis in the vertical direction, A driving unit attached to the support so as to drive rotation about the central axis of the disc body; and an upper moving end and a lower moving end pivotally connected to the carrier and the disc body, respectively. And two struts having a telescopic rod member that can be expanded and contracted, a lower end that stands upright on the disk body at a predetermined interval and is fixed to the disk body, and an upper end that is pivotally connected to the carrier And the control means is connected to a sensing unit that outputs sensing information indicating the incident direction of sunlight, the sensing unit, the drive unit, and the telescopic rod member, and the sensing unit outputs Based on the detected information, the drive unit and the extension unit are arranged so that the solar energy collecting plate faces sunlight by rotating the disk body and adjusting the length of the telescopic rod member by the drive unit. And having a controller for controlling the rod member.

  In the solar power generation device of the present invention, it is preferable that the solar light collecting unit further includes an energy storage member electrically connected to the solar energy collecting plate for storing electric power. An energy storage member is preferably mounted on the carrier so as to be located under the solar energy collecting plate.

  In the solar power generation device of the present invention, the condensing unit includes a plurality of condensing lenses having a longitudinal direction in a first direction, and the plurality of condensing lenses are in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. It is arranged in order.

  In the solar power generation device of the present invention, each of the condensing lenses may be a plano-convex lens having a flat surface on the solar energy collecting plate side and a convex surface on the opposite side, and biconvex surfaces projecting on the opposite sides. A biconvex lens may be used.

  In the photovoltaic power generator of the present invention, it is preferable to use a fluid cylinder as the telescopic rod member.

  In the solar power generation device of the present invention, the drive unit has a motor electrically connected so as to be controlled by the controller of the control means, and the motor has a drive shaft extending along the central axis. The drive shaft of the motor is installed on the disk body so as to rotate together with the disk body.

  In the solar power generation device of the present invention, the drive unit has a motor shaft and is electrically connected so as to be controlled by the controller of the control means, and the drive unit rotates with the disc body. A drive rod extending along the central axis installed in a disc body, a transmission wheel attached to the drive rod so as to rotate with the drive rod, a motor shaft of the motor and the transmission wheel, You may make it the structure which has an annular transmission belt which transmits rotation of the said motor shaft to the said transmission wheel.

  In the solar power generation device of the present invention, it is preferable that the support means further includes a plurality of wheels attached to the lower surface of the support.

It is a perspective view which shows the solar power generation device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the use condition of the solar power generation device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a circuit block diagram which shows a part of solar power generation device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the solar energy collection means in 1st Embodiment. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows a part of example of a solar energy collection means. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the use condition of a solar energy collection means. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows a part of other example of a solar energy collection means. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the other use condition of the solar power generation device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the solar power generation device which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the conventional solar power generation device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, about the component which has substantially the same structure and function, the same number is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted. However, it should be particularly understood that the drawings are provided for illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention.
[First embodiment]

 FIGS. 1-8 is a figure which shows in detail the structure and effect | action of 1st Embodiment of the solar power generation device of this invention.

  The solar power generation device is provided on the installation surface 100, for example, and converts solar energy into electric power. The solar power generation device 2 concentrates sunlight and supports the solar light collection device 2 movably. Supporting means 3 and control means 4 for controlling movement of the sunlight collecting means 2 are provided.

 The sunlight collecting means 2 includes a carrier 21, a solar energy collecting plate 22, and a light collecting unit.

 The solar energy collecting plate 22 is mounted on the carrier 21 and converts solar energy into electric power, such as a solar panel.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the light collecting unit is attached to the carrier 21 and is disposed above the solar energy collecting plate 22 so as to concentrate sunlight on the solar energy collecting plate 22. The condensing unit has a plurality of condensing lenses 23 having a longitudinal direction in the X direction, and the plurality of condensing lenses 23 are arranged in the Y direction perpendicular to the X direction as shown in FIG.

  Since the condenser lenses 23 are rotatably attached to the carrier 21, they can be rotated with respect to the carrier 21, as shown in FIG. In this example, each condensing lens 23 uses a plano-convex lens having a convex surface 231 on the sunlight incident side and a flat surface 232 on the opposite solar energy collecting plate 22 side. As another example, FIG. As shown, a biconvex lens having biconvex surfaces 231, 232 ′ projecting on opposite sides may be used as the condenser lens 23 ′.

  The sunlight collecting means 2 further has an energy storage member 24 electrically connected to the solar energy collecting plate 22 for storing electric power. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, the energy storage member 24 is mounted on the carrier 21 so as to be disposed below the solar energy collecting plate 22.

  The support means 3 movably supports the sunlight collecting means 2 and includes a hollow support body 31, a disk body 32, a drive unit, a telescopic rod member 34, and a column 35.

  The support 31 includes a housing having a hollow portion, is provided on the installation surface 100, and includes an upper surface 311 on the sunlight collecting means 2 side and a lower surface 312 on the opposite side of the upper surface 311.

  The disc body 32 is attached to the upper surface 311 of the support body 31 so as to be rotatable about the central axis a in the vertical direction.

  The drive unit is attached to the hollow portion of the support 31 so as to drive rotation about the central axis a of the disc body 32. As shown in FIG. 2, the drive unit has a motor 33 that is electrically connected to the control means 4. The motor 33 has a drive shaft 331 extending along the central axis a, and is installed on the disk body 32 so that the drive shaft 331 can rotate together with the disk body 32.

  The telescopic rod member 34 has an upper moving end and a lower moving end that are pivotally connected to the carrier 21 and the disc body 32, respectively. In this example, a fluid cylinder such as a hydraulic cylinder or a pneumatic cylinder is used as the telescopic rod member.

  The telescopic rod member 34 has a cylindrical body 341 and a piston rod 342 connected to the cylindrical body 341 so as to be reciprocally movable. The cylindrical body 341 has a lower moving end 3411 that is pivotally connected to the disk body 32. The piston rod 342 has an upper moving end 3421 that is pivotally connected to the carrier 21.

  The two support columns 35 stand upright on the disc body 32 at a predetermined interval. Each column 35 has a lower end 351 fixed to the disk body 32 and an upper end 352 pivoted to the carrier 21.

  The control means 4 includes a sensing unit 41 and a controller 42. The sensing unit 41 outputs sensing information indicating the incident direction of sunlight.

The controller 42 is connected to the sensing unit 41, the driving unit 33, and the telescopic rod member 34. Based on the sensing information output from the sensing unit 41, the rotation of the disk body 32 and the telescopic rod member 34 are expanded and contracted by the driving unit 33. To control. By rotating the disc body 32 and adjusting the length of the telescopic rod member 34 by the drive unit, the solar energy collecting plate 22 can be moved to have an appropriate angle with respect to sunlight as shown in FIGS. It has become.
[Second Embodiment]

  FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a photovoltaic power generation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This configuration is different from the first embodiment in the configuration of the drive unit. The drive unit in the second embodiment includes a motor 33 ′, a drive rod 36, a transmission wheel 37, and an annular transmission belt 38.

  The motor 33 ′ has a motor shaft 332 and is electrically connected so as to be controlled by the controller 42 of the control means 4.

  The drive rod 36 is installed on the disk body 32 so as to rotate together with the disk body 32 and extends along the central axis a.

  The transmission wheel 37 is attached to the drive rod 36 so as to rotate together with the drive rod 36.

  The transmission belt 38 is mounted on the motor shaft 332 and the transmission wheel 37 of the motor 33 ′, and transmits the rotation of the motor shaft 332 to the transmission wheel 37.

  In this embodiment, the support means 3 further includes a plurality of wheels 39 attached to the lower surface 312 of the support 31, and the support means 3 can move with respect to the installation surface 100.

  As described above, the controller 42 controls the support means 3 based on the sensing information from the sensing unit 41 of the present invention, so that the solar energy collecting plate 22 can be set at an appropriate angle with respect to sunlight. Further, the sunlight can be concentrated on the solar energy collecting plate 22 by the condenser lens 23. Therefore, the solar power generation device of the present invention can improve the collection efficiency of solar energy and can generate power stably.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Installation surface 2 Sunlight collection means 21 Carrier 22 Solar energy collection plates 23 and 23 'Condensing lenses 231 and 232' Convex surface 232 Plane 24 Energy storage member 3 Support means 31 Support body 311 Upper surface 312 Lower surface 32 Disc bodies 33 and 33 ' Motor 331 Drive shaft 332 Motor shaft 34 Telescopic rod member 341 Cylindrical body 3411 Lower moving end 342 Piston rod 3421 Upper moving end 35 Column 351 Lower end 352 Upper end 36 Driving rod 37 Transmission wheel 38 Transmission belt 39 Wheel 4 Control means 41 Sensing unit 42 Controller a Center axis

Claims (10)

A solar power generation device that converts solar energy into electric power, the sunlight collecting means for concentrating sunlight, the support means for movably supporting the sunlight collecting means, and the movement of the sunlight collecting means are controlled. Control means for
The sunlight collecting means includes
A carrier,
A solar energy collecting plate mounted on the carrier for converting solar energy into electric power;
A light collecting unit attached to the carrier and disposed on the solar energy collecting plate to concentrate sunlight on the solar energy collecting plate;
The support means is
A hollow support having an upper surface on the sunlight collecting means side and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface;
A disk attached to the upper surface of the support so as to be rotatable about a vertical central axis;
A drive unit attached to the support to drive rotation about the central axis of the disc body;
A telescopic rod member that has an upper moving end and a lower moving end that are pivotally connected to the carrier and the disc body, respectively;
Two struts standing upright on the disc body at a predetermined interval and having a lower end fixed to the disc body and an upper end pivoted to the carrier;
The control means includes
A sensing unit that outputs sensing information representing the incident direction of sunlight;
Based on the sensing information output from the sensing unit and connected to the sensing unit, the drive unit, and the telescopic rod member, the disk body is rotated by the drive unit and the length of the telescopic rod member is adjusted. A solar power generation apparatus comprising: a drive unit and a controller that controls the telescopic rod member such that a solar energy collecting plate faces sunlight.   The solar power generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the solar light collecting unit further includes an energy storage member electrically connected to the solar energy collection plate for storing electric power.   The photovoltaic power generation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the energy storage member is mounted on the carrier so as to be disposed below the solar energy collecting plate.   The condensing unit includes a plurality of condensing lenses having a longitudinal direction in a first direction, and the plurality of condensing lenses are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The solar power generation device according to claim 1.   5. The photovoltaic power generation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of the condensing lenses uses a plano-convex lens having a flat surface on the solar energy collecting plate side and a convex surface on the opposite side.   The solar power generation device according to claim 4, wherein each of the condensing lenses is a biconvex lens having biconvex surfaces protruding opposite to each other.   The solar power generation device according to claim 1, wherein a fluid cylinder is used as the telescopic rod member.   The drive unit has a motor electrically connected to be controlled by the controller of the control means, the motor has a drive shaft extending along the central axis, and the drive shaft of the motor The solar power generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the photovoltaic power generation apparatus is installed on the disk body so as to rotate together with the disk body. The drive unit is
A motor having a motor shaft and electrically connected to be controlled by a controller of the control means;
A drive rod extending along the central axis installed on the disc body for rotation with the disc body;
A transmission wheel attached to the drive rod for rotation with the drive rod;
The solar power generation device according to claim 1, further comprising: an annular transmission belt that is attached to a motor shaft of the motor and the transmission wheel and transmits rotation of the motor shaft to the transmission wheel.   The photovoltaic power generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support means further includes a plurality of wheels attached to a lower surface of the support body.

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