KR101070775B1 - An appatratus for supporting solar cell pannel - Google Patents

Abstract

A panel support unit to which the solar panel is fixed, a first drive unit connected to the panel support unit, for tilting the panel support unit in a vertical direction, and a second drive for panning the first drive unit in a horizontal direction Disclosed is a solar panel support apparatus comprising a unit and a fixing unit for a pillar coupled to the pillar while the second driving unit supports the second driving unit so as to pan around the pillar including the telephone pole. do.

Description

Solar panel support device {AN APPATRATUS FOR SUPPORTING SOLAR CELL PANNEL}

The present invention relates to a solar panel support apparatus, and more particularly, to a solar panel support apparatus for supporting a solar panel installed on a pole such as a telephone pole or a street lamp so as to be freely panned and tilted.

As society develops and modernizes, development of alternative energy is becoming active due to high oil prices and depletion of fossil energy, which are caused by an increase in the use of fossil energy, which was an existing energy source.

Among the alternative energy, great attention is focused on the field of solar energy which can be used without pollution. In particular, since photovoltaic power generation is a semiconductor element and a control part is an electronic component, there is no mechanical vibration or noise, and a solar cell has a life span of several decades or more, and a semi-automated or automated power generation system is possible. There is an advantage that can minimize the cost. In addition, photovoltaic power generation has the advantage that it can be installed and used at home because it can be a small-scale power generation without the need for large-scale power generation equipment.

On the other hand, since the sun moves along the orbit for the time from sunrise to sunset, the optimal condition is to use the solar light when the solar light unit is fixed at a predetermined position for a long time. Will not be able to accept and will reduce the efficiency of the system.

Therefore, it is well known that if a solar panel that receives solar light is tracked along the trajectory of the sun, the solar light can be received under optimal conditions for a long time to increase the efficiency of the system. Known. For this reason, solar tracking devices have been developed and proposed.

In addition, the solar panel is designed and applied in various ways depending on the installation place and the use place from large size to small size.

Among these, a large size solar panel is installed on a roof or a ground of a building, and a small size solar panel is installed on a roof or a pillar such as a telephone pole. In other words, in the case of a small size solar panel, a separate column is installed to effectively receive sunlight (heat) without being disturbed by surrounding buildings, facilities, or terrain, or by using existing telephone poles. By installing the battery panel, solar power generation using the solar panel is possible even in areas where homes and installation spaces are insufficient.

However, when the solar panel is installed on the pole or the pole, the solar panel is panned and tilted while being subjected to an eccentric load based on the pole or the pole, so that the pan and tilt can be driven while enduring the eccentric load. There is a problem that the size of the drive device must be increased in order to be able to.

As such, when the size of the driving device including the panning and tilting device is increased, the installation work is difficult and the cost of the system is increased.

The present invention was conceived in view of the above, and the solar panel is installed in a pole such as a telephone pole or a street lamp stably, and the solar cell panel can be reduced in size and weight by suppressing the eccentricity of the solar panel. An object of the present invention is to provide an improved solar panel support device that can effectively perform posture and position adjustment.

The solar panel support apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object, the solar panel is fixed to the panel support unit; A first driving unit connected to the panel supporting unit and configured to tilt the panel supporting unit in a vertical direction; A second driving unit for panning the first driving unit in a horizontal direction; And a fixing unit for the pillar coupled to the pillar while supporting the second driving unit such that the second driving unit is panned around the pillar including the telephone pole.

The first driving unit may include a tilting rotating member connected to the panel support unit and installed to be rotatable with respect to the second driving unit; A first driving motor installed in the second driving unit; And a first power transmission unit for decelerating and transmitting the power of the first driving motor to the tilting rotating member.

The second driving unit may include: a panning rotating member installed rotatably around the pillar with respect to the fixed unit for the pillar, and supporting the first driving unit; A second driving motor fixed to the pillar fixing unit; And a second power transmission unit configured to decelerate and transfer power of the second driving motor to the panning rotating member so as to pan the driving of the panning rotating member.

In addition, the second power transmission unit, the second driven gear which is installed in an arc shape on the outside of the panning rotating member; And a second drive gear installed on the drive shaft of the second drive motor and gear-connected to the second driven gear.

In addition, the fixed unit for the pillar, the coupling housing coupled to surround the pillar; A panning support bracket connected to an outer circumference of the coupling housing, the panning rotating member being rotatably connected around the coupling housing, wherein a bearing is installed between the panning support bracket and the panning rotating member. It is good.

The panning rotating member may further include: an upper plate surrounding an upper surface of the panning support bracket; A lower plate disposed to face the bottom surface of the panning support bracket; And a side plate connecting the upper plate and the lower plate to support the first driving unit.

 The bearing may include an upper bearing installed between the upper plate and the panning support bracket; It is preferable to include a; lower bearing is installed between the lower plate and the panning support bracket.

In addition, the panel support unit is disposed in a pair of positions symmetrical with respect to each other with respect to the pillar to support the solar panel, respectively, the pair of panel support unit or a pair of solar panels are mutually connected by a connection bracket It is good to be connected and interlocking tilt drive.

According to the solar panel support apparatus of the present invention, while supporting a pair of solar panels is installed on a pole, such as telephone poles, the solar panel can be tilted and panned to track the position of the sun without interfering with the telephone poles.

Therefore, it is possible to install the solar panel in the existing telephone poles, and because it can avoid the interference with the telephone poles even if you move for tracking the sun position, it is possible to effectively obtain and generate solar energy.

In addition, the solar panel is installed in a symmetrical position with respect to the pillar, so that panning and tilting can be driven around the pillar, so that the load of the solar panel is driven unbiased about the pillar. You can do it.

Therefore, as the conventional drive unit for panning and tilting driving to withstand eccentric loads does not need to be large, it is possible to miniaturize and lighten, so that installation is easy, installation cost can be reduced, and maintenance is easy. There is this.

1 and 2 are each a perspective view showing a solar panel support device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the solar panel support apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
4 is a cross-sectional view of the fixing unit for the pillar shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, a solar panel support apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, 2, 3 and 4, the solar panel support apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the panel support unit 110 is fixed to the solar panel 10, and A first driving unit 120 for tilting the panel support unit 110 in a vertical direction, a second driving unit 130 for panning the first driving unit 120 in a horizontal direction, and the second Supporting the drive unit 130 is provided with a fixed unit 140 for the column is coupled to the pole 20, such as telephone poles, street lights.

Here, the solar cell panel 10 is provided with a pair, each having a panel body 11 and a frame 13 supporting the panel body 11. The frame 13 surrounds and supports the outer periphery of the panel body 11 and is coupled to the panel support unit 110.

The panel support unit 110 is tilted up and down and panned in a horizontal direction while supporting a pair of solar panels 10. The panel support unit 110 has a bracket structure having a '-' shape as shown as a metal material. It may have a variety of appearance structures in addition to.

The pair of panel support units 110 of such a configuration supports the solar panel 10, respectively, and tilts and pans the horizontal and vertical directions together with the solar panel 10 to track the position of the sun. Receive sunlight in posture and position. Here, the pair of panel support units 110 are connected to each other by a connecting bracket 150 so that the pair of solar panels 10 can be simultaneously tilted and driven using one first driving unit 120. It may be to be integrally tilted driving, and may also be connected to a pair of solar panel 10 by the connection bracket 150.

Meanwhile, the solar cell panel 10 is supported using the panel support unit 110 having the configuration as described above, and the panel support unit 110 includes the first driving unit 120 and the second driving unit 130. If the tilting and panning movement by), the pair of solar panels 10 may be free from posture and position adjustment without interference, i.e., without being disturbed in a state spaced apart from the pillar 20. In particular, the support unit 110 for supporting the solar panel 10 can also be tilted and panned in the widest range of motion as far as possible from the column 20 so that the solar panel 10 to the pillar 20 Even if it is installed on the floor, it can be prevented from following the sun.

The first driving unit 120 is connected to the panel support unit 110 and is installed on the tilting rotating member 121 to be rotatable with respect to the second driving unit 130 and the second driving unit 130. The first driving motor 123 is installed and the first power transmission unit 125 for decelerating and transmitting the power of the first driving motor 123 to the tilting rotating member 123. Here, the tilting rotating member 121 is provided with a pair so as to correspond to each of the pair of panel support units 110.

One end of the tilting rotating member 121 is connected to the panel support unit 110, and the other end thereof is rotatably connected to the second driving unit 130, that is, the panning rotating member 131 which will be described later. To this end, a bearing housing 122 for rotatably supporting the tilting rotating member 121 is installed outside the panning rotating member 131.

The first driving motor 123 is coupled to and supported by a motor bracket 124 connected to the pair of panning rotary members 131. The first driving motor 123 may include a motor capable of forward and reverse rotational driving.

The first power transmission unit 125 is connected to the first drive gear (125a) and the first drive gear (125a) installed on the drive shaft (123a) of the first drive motor 123 so that the driven rotation The first driven gear 125b is installed on any one of the pair of tilting rotating members 121.

According to the above configuration, the driving force of the first driving motor 123 is decelerated and transmitted to the first driven gear 125b via the first driving gear 125a, so that the solar cell panel 10 having a large load is relatively low. Precise tilting control is possible. That is, the first drive gear 125a is a small gear, and the first driven gear 125b has a configuration of a standby gear, thereby precisely driving the tilting rotating member 121 to which the driven gear 125b is connected. It is possible to control the tilting while fine-tuning the solar panel 10.

In addition, the first driving unit 120 of the configuration is the second driving unit 130 so that the center of rotation of the second driving unit 130, that is to be disposed in a symmetrical position around the pillar (20) It is installed on both sides of each. Therefore, without causing an eccentric load on the second driving unit 130, it is possible to drive the panning and tilting in a state in which the solar panel 10 is mounted in a stable state.

The second driving unit 130 is rotatably installed around the pillar 20 with respect to the fixed unit 140 for the pillar and the panning rotating member 131 for supporting the first driving unit 120 and The deceleration and transmission of the power of the second driving motor 132 and the second driving motor 132 to the panning rotating member 131 is fixed to the pillar fixing unit 140 to the panning rotating member 131. It has a second power transmission unit 135 to drive the pan.

The panning rotating member 131 is installed to surround the outside of the panning support bracket 143 of the pillar fixing unit 140, and is rotatably installed with respect to the panning support bracket 143. The panning rotating member 131 includes an upper plate 131a surrounding the upper surface of the panning support bracket 143, a lower plate 131b and an upper plate 131a and the lower plate 131b surrounding the lower surface of the panning support bracket 143. It has a side plate (131c) for connecting. The first driving unit 120, that is, the bearing housing 122 and the motor bracket 124 may be coupled to the side plate 131c by a welding method.

In addition, the upper and lower bearings 151 and 153 are installed between the upper plate 131a and the panning support bracket 143 and between the lower plate 131b and the panning support bracket 143, respectively. do.

Therefore, while supporting the load of the solar panel 10, the first driving unit 120 and the panning rotating member 130 acting on the panning support bracket 143, the panning rotating member 130 can be smoothly panned. You can do that.

The second driving motor 132 is coupled to and supported by the fixed unit 140 for the pillar, and more specifically coupled to the motor bracket 134 installed in the coupling housing 141 of the fixed unit 140 for the pillar. Supported. The second drive motor 132 is also preferably a motor capable of forward and reverse driving. Therefore, the panning rotation member 130 may be controlled to pan in a desired direction.

The second power transmission unit 135 of the second driven gear 135a and the second driving motor 132 that are installed on the outer side of the panning rotating member 131, specifically, the lower portion of the panning rotating member 131. A second drive gear 135b is installed on the drive shaft 132a.

The second driven gear 135a is installed in a ring shape at a lower portion of the panning rotating member 131 and has a configuration in which gears are formed on an outer circumference thereof. The second driving gear 135b is installed on the drive shaft 132a of the second driving motor 132 so as to be connected to the second driven gear 135a, thereby decelerating the power of the second driving motor 132 and panning rotation. By transmitting to the member 131, the panning rotating member 131 can be rotated at low speed. Therefore, it becomes possible to control the panning driving of the pair of solar panels 10 at low speed.

The pillar fixing unit 140 includes a coupling housing 141 coupled to the pillar 20, and a panning support bracket 143 connected to the outside of the coupling housing 141 in a plate shape.

The coupling housing 141 is for wrapping and coupling a pillar, and includes a pair of clamping members 141a and 141b that are spaced and tightly coupled to each other, and a fastening hole formed with a fastening hole. The pair of clamping members 141a and 141b have semi-cylindrical shapes that are symmetrical to each other, and have one end connected to each other so as to be rotatable, and the other end connected to the fastening part to protrude outward. The panning support bracket 143 is coupled to and supported by any one of the pair of clamping members 141a and 141b by welding or the like. The pair of clamping members 141a and 141b are arranged to surround the outer circumference of the pillar 20 so that the pair of clamping members 141a and 141b may be used universally in the pillar 20 having various sizes. By firmly fastening by inserting the bolt and fastening the nut, it is possible to install the column fixing unit 140 with respect to the pillar (20).

As described above, according to the solar panel support apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the pair of solar panels 10 are arranged symmetrically with respect to each other based on the panning driving center, that is, the rotation center, It becomes possible to arrange | position in the position which is symmetrical about the pillar 20, too. Accordingly, in one state, the solar panel 10 and the first and second driving units 120 and 130 are balanced so that the loads of the solar panel 10 and the first and second driving units 120 and 130 are not eccentric.

Therefore, in order to withstand the eccentric load as in the prior art, the size of the panning and tilting devices, that is, the first and second driving units 120 and 130, need not be increased, and the load need not be increased. There is an advantage to reduce.

In addition, it is possible to reduce the weight, it is possible to prevent the degradation of the durability of the devices due to the large load, there is an advantage that can extend the life.

In addition, it is possible to fundamentally reduce the error rate of the panning and tilting angle due to the eccentric load, it is possible to precisely track the sun, there is an advantage that can improve the reliability.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with preferred embodiments for illustrating the principles of the invention, the invention is not limited to the construction and operation as shown and described. Rather, those skilled in the art will appreciate that many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

10. Solar panel 20. Pillar
100. Solar panel support device 110. Panel support unit
120 .. First drive unit 130 .. Second drive unit
140..Static unit for pillar

Claims (7)

A panel support unit to which the solar cell panel is fixed;
A first driving unit connected to the panel supporting unit and configured to tilt the panel supporting unit in a vertical direction;
A second driving unit for panning the first driving unit in a horizontal direction; And
And a pillar fixing unit coupled to the pillar while supporting the second driving unit such that the second driving unit is panned around the pillar including the telephone pole.
The first driving unit,
A tilting rotating member connected to the panel supporting unit and installed to be rotatable with respect to the second driving unit;
A first driving motor installed in the second driving unit; And
And a first power transmission unit configured to reduce and transfer the power of the first driving motor to the tilting rotating member. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the second drive unit,
A panning rotating member installed rotatably around the pillar with respect to the pillar fixing unit and supporting the first driving unit;
A second driving motor fixed to the pillar fixing unit; And
And a second power transmission unit configured to decelerate and transfer power of the second driving motor to the panning rotating member so as to pan the driving of the panning rotating member. The method of claim 3, wherein the second power transmission unit,
A second driven gear installed in an arc shape on an outer side of the panning rotating member;
And a second driving gear installed on the driving shaft of the second driving motor and gear-connected to the second driven gear. According to claim 4, The fixed unit for pillars,
A coupling housing coupled to surround the pillar;
And a panning support bracket connected to the outer circumference of the coupling housing, the panning rotating member being rotatably connected about the coupling housing.
Solar panel support device, characterized in that the bearing is installed between the panning support bracket and the panning rotating member. The method of claim 5, wherein the panning rotating member,
An upper plate surrounding an upper surface of the panning support bracket;
A lower plate disposed to face the bottom surface of the panning support bracket;
And a side plate connecting the upper plate and the lower plate to support the first driving unit.
The bearing,
An upper bearing installed between the upper plate and the panning support bracket;
And a lower bearing installed between the lower plate and the panning support bracket. The method according to any one of claims 1 and 3 to 6,
The panel support unit is disposed in a pair of symmetrical positions with respect to the pillar to support the solar cell panel, respectively,
The pair of panel support units or a pair of solar panels are connected to each other by a connection bracket, the solar panel support device, characterized in that the tilting drive.

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