WO2018009650A8 - Systems, methods, and vehicles for maintaining solar panels - Google Patents

Systems, methods, and vehicles for maintaining solar panels Download PDF

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WO2018009650A8
WO2018009650A8 PCT/US2017/040884 US2017040884W WO2018009650A8 WO 2018009650 A8 WO2018009650 A8 WO 2018009650A8 US 2017040884 W US2017040884 W US 2017040884W WO 2018009650 A8 WO2018009650 A8 WO 2018009650A8
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contact target
maintenance vehicle
vehicles
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Sean Bailey
Adam French
Luis Francisco CASTRO HERNANDEZ
Thomas Goehring
Jason Alderman
Craig B.E. WILDMAN
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Alion Energy, Inc.
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Priority to CN201780054869.6A priority patent/CN109804556A/en
Publication of WO2018009650A1 publication Critical patent/WO2018009650A1/en
Publication of WO2018009650A8 publication Critical patent/WO2018009650A8/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
    • B08B3/04—Cleaning involving contact with liquid
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
    • H02S40/00—Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S10/00 - H02S30/00
    • H02S40/10—Cleaning arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy

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A method of locating a maintenance vehicle in a solar power field can include driving the maintenance vehicle on a track. A plurality of flags are coupled to the track at spaced locations. Each flag can include an ID tag and a contact target or a non-contact target. The maintenance vehicle can include an ID tag reader and a sensor configured to detect the contact target or the non-contact target. The method also can include driving the maintenance vehicle along the track to a position adjacent to a flag of the plurality of flags, reading by the ID tag reader the ID tag of that flag, and sensing by the sensor the contact target or the non-contact target. The method also can include, based on the reading and the sensing, identifying a unique location of the maintenance vehicle in the solar power field.
PCT/US2017/040884 2016-07-08 2017-07-06 Systems, methods, and vehicles for maintaining solar panels WO2018009650A1 (en)

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MX2019000052A MX2019000052A (en) 2016-07-08 2017-07-06 Systems, methods, and vehicles for maintaining solar panels.
CN201780054869.6A CN109804556A (en) 2016-07-08 2017-07-06 For safeguarding the system, method and vehicle of solar panel

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US201662359959P 2016-07-08 2016-07-08
US62/359,959 2016-07-08
US201662399849P 2016-09-26 2016-09-26
US62/399,849 2016-09-26
US201662406874P 2016-10-11 2016-10-11
US62/406,874 2016-10-11

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