Solar tracker motor having a fixed caliper and a translating caliper each with an electromagnetic brake system
    2.
    发明授权
    Solar tracker motor having a fixed caliper and a translating caliper each with an electromagnetic brake system 有权
    太阳能跟踪电机具有固定的卡钳和平移卡钳,每个具有电磁制动系统

    公开(公告)号:US08362411B1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-29

    申请号:US12581997

    申请日:2009-10-20

    申请人: Scott James Rau

    发明人: Scott James Rau

    IPC分类号: G01C21/02 H02N6/00

    摘要: Concepts and technologies described herein provide for an accurate and cost-effective method for rotating a solar array disk for tracking the movement of the sun. According to various aspects, a motor includes a fixed caliper and a translating caliper positioned adjacent to one another. Electromagnetically controlled brakes on the translating caliper grip the solar array disk while adjacent, but spaced apart, electromagnets on the fixed caliper and the translating caliper are energized to create an attractive force that pulls the translating caliper with the solar array disk toward the fixed caliper. After reaching the fixed caliper, brakes on the fixed caliper are engaged with the disk, brakes on the translating caliper are released from the disk, and the translating caliper is pushed back to the starting location where the process repeats until the desired rotation is completed.

    摘要翻译: 本文所述的概念和技术提供了用于旋转太阳能阵列盘以便跟踪太阳运动的准确和具有成本效益的方法。 根据各方面,电动机包括固定的卡钳和相邻定位的平移卡钳。 平移卡钳上的电磁控制制动器夹住太阳能阵列盘,同时在固定卡钳上相邻但间隔开的电磁体,并且平移卡钳被激励,以产生吸引力,其将太阳能阵列盘的平移卡钳拉向固定卡钳。 在到达固定的卡钳后,固定卡钳上的制动器与盘接合,平移卡钳上的制动器从盘中释放,并且平移卡钳被推回到起始位置,在该位置,重复该过程,直到期望的旋转完成。

    Structure and Articulation System for Solar Collectors
    3.
    发明申请
    Structure and Articulation System for Solar Collectors 有权
    太阳能收集器的结构和铰接系统

    公开(公告)号:US20110180057A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-28

    申请号:US13015339

    申请日:2011-01-27

    IPC分类号: F24J2/10 F24J2/38 F24J2/52

    摘要: Solar energy may be harvested utilizing arrays of solar collectors, supported and articulated to follow movement of the sun. Particular systems include arrays of solar collectors mounted on an elevation-azimuth tracking structure. From the ground up, embodiments of this system may include a Ground Interface, a Base, an Upper Truss, and a Collector. The system is designed to transmit loads with minimal deflection from the surface of the collector to the ground, while tracking the position of the sun across the sky. The use of structural, actuator, and collector elements with a minimum amount of low-cost materials, and which are able to be mass produced, allows large scale deployment of the system at reduced cost.

    摘要翻译: 可以利用太阳能收集器阵列来收获太阳能,这些太阳能收集器被支撑和铰接以跟随太阳的运动。 特定系统包括安装在仰角方位跟踪结构上的太阳能收集器阵列。 从最初起,该系统的实施例可以包括地面接口,基座,上部桁架和收集器。 该系统设计用于将收集器表面的极小偏转载荷传递到地面,同时跟踪太阳穿过天空的位置。 使用具有最少量的低成本材料并且能够批量生产的结构,致动器和集电器元件允许以更低的成本大规模部署系统。

    Single Axis Solar Tracking System
    4.
    发明申请
    Single Axis Solar Tracking System 有权
    单轴太阳能跟踪系统

    公开(公告)号:US20080308091A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-18

    申请号:US12137764

    申请日:2008-06-12

    申请人: Ronald P. Corio

    发明人: Ronald P. Corio

    IPC分类号: F24J2/38

    摘要: A solar tracking system with a torque tube supporting solar panels. Columns support the system and have bearings for rotation of the torque tube. A drive is coupled to the torque tube and is driven by a gearbox, such as a worm gear assembly, for rotating the array of solar panels to follow the sun's diurnal motion. The array can rotate in an opposite direction, or backtrack, to prevent shadowing from one module row to another. Multiple gearboxes can be mechanically linked by drive shafts and driven by a single motor. The drive shafts may incorporate universal joints for uneven terrain or staggered configurations. Harmonic dampers can be affixed to the solar panels to decouple wind forces which allows the use of larger solar panels.

    摘要翻译: 具有支撑太阳能电池板的扭矩管的太阳跟踪系统。 立柱支撑系统并具有用于转矩管旋转的轴承。 驱动器联接到扭矩管并且由齿轮箱(例如蜗轮组件)驱动,用于旋转太阳能电池板阵列以跟随太阳的日间运动。 阵列可以沿相反的方向旋转或回溯,以防止从一个模块行到另一个模块的阴影。 多个变速箱可以通过驱动轴机械连接并由单个电机驱动。 驱动轴可以包括用于不平坦地形或交错配置的万向节。 谐波阻尼器可以固定在太阳能电池板上,以分离风力,从而允许使用较大的太阳能电池板。

    DYNAMIC DAMPING SYSTEM FOR SOLAR TRACKERS
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170179872A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-22

    申请号:US14979258

    申请日:2015-12-22

    IPC分类号: H02S20/32

    摘要: A solar-tracking photovoltaic array is described. The photovoltaic array includes mounting hardware configured to rotate photovoltaic modules associated with the photovoltaic array about one or more axes. In some embodiments, the photovoltaic modules can be coupled to a torque tube oriented in a substantially North-South direction. An orientation motor can then periodically rotate the torque tube in a manner that causes the photovoltaic modules to be oriented towards the sun. The orientation motor can also be utilized to apply short pulses to the torque tube that dampen oscillations caused by wind buffeting the photovoltaic modules.