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WO2008155652A2
WO2008155652A2 PCT/IB2008/001640 IB2008001640W WO2008155652A2 WO 2008155652 A2 WO2008155652 A2 WO 2008155652A2 IB 2008001640 W IB2008001640 W IB 2008001640W WO 2008155652 A2 WO2008155652 A2 WO 2008155652A2
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Roberto Caldera
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ENERMILL ENERGIE RINNOVABILI Srl
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    • 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
    • H02S20/00—Supporting structures for PV modules
    • H02S20/10—Supporting structures directly fixed to the ground
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S30/00—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules
    • F24S30/40—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules for rotary movement
    • F24S30/45—Arrangements for moving or orienting solar heat collector modules for rotary movement with two rotation axes
    • F24S30/452—Vertical primary axis
    • 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
    • H02S20/00—Supporting structures for PV modules
    • H02S20/30—Supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
    • F24S25/10—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules extending in directions away from a supporting surface
    • F24S25/13—Profile arrangements, e.g. trusses
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S40/00—Safety or protection arrangements of solar heat collectors; Preventing malfunction of solar heat collectors
    • F24S40/80—Accommodating differential expansion of solar collector elements
    • F24S40/85—Arrangements for protecting solar collectors against adverse weather conditions
    • 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
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y02E10/47—Mountings or tracking
    • 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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  • the present invention refers to an orientable solar module panel.
  • the present invention regards an orientable solar module panel capable of setting itself at predetermined positions depending on the position of the sun in the sky.
  • such modules can for example be photovoltaic cells modules, capable of generating electrical power or thermal modules capable of suitably capturing and/or conveying the heat released by the sun.
  • the main object of a sun-tracker is that of maximising the production of energy resulting from the photovoltaic or thermal effect that the modules mounted on board are intended to generate.
  • the solar modules are arranged geometrically on a single panel, a solution which avoids mounting a sun-tracker for each single module.
  • the sun-tracker can be of the single axis type (that is the rotation occurs only on the horizontal or vertical axis) or of the double axis type, that is the rotation occurs both in vertical and horizontal axis 001640
  • the orientable solar module panels are distinguished according to the type of electronic control commanding the movement.
  • These electronic controls can be of the analogue type, in which the control is generated according to the information delivered by a sensor which detects the position of the brightest spot in the sky, and of the digital type, in which the control comes from a microprocessor which, through the stored schedules, knows the position of the sun in the sky at all times .
  • the structures moving the panel are usually formed by a support post provided with a mechanism for moving around the abovementioned axis .
  • a support post provided with a mechanism for moving around the abovementioned axis .
  • end structures were proposed which provide for the presence of a circumferential ring to allow both the movement of the panel around a vertical axis and its support .
  • the present invention refers to an orientable panel T/IB2008/001640
  • Figure 1 illustrates a side view of the orientable panel according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 illustrates a top view of the orientable panel according to the present invention
  • Figures 3a, 3b and 3c illustrate a side view of the orientable panel at three different slopes, according to the present invention
  • Figure 4 illustrates a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the movement means
  • Figure 5 illustrates a side view of a further embodiment of the movement means .
  • the orientable panel according to the present invention comprises a structure 2 for supporting a plurality of solar modules 21, a movement mechanism which allows the rotation of such structure along a first substantially vertical axis and a second substantially horizontal axis, lying on a ballast structure 3 or on an equivalent fixing or anchorage system, for example provided by means of a cement structure .
  • Such movement mechanism comprises a first circumferential ring 41 (hereinafter referred to as fixed ring) which lies on such ballast structure 3 or other fixing or anchorage systems and it is provided with a plurality of wheels 42, preferably equally spaced from each other arranged along such circumference .
  • the mechanism further comprises a second circumferential ring 43 (hereinafter referred to as moveable ring) lying on such wheels 42 and associated with the fixed ring by means of a bearing 44, for example provided by means of the so-called slewing ring, which allows its rotation with respect to a vertical axis Y.
  • Such moveable ring is advantageously moved by means of first movement means comprising an electrical geared motor 51 arranged laterally with respect to such fixed ring on a support plate 52 associated with it.
  • first movement means comprising an electrical geared motor 51 arranged laterally with respect to such fixed ring on a support plate 52 associated with it.
  • the motion to the moveable ring is transmitted by such movement means by means of a chain or belt associated with the circumference of such B2008/001640
  • such movement means comprise a toothed wheel worm mechanism.
  • such means comprise a motor 51' on whose rotation shaft such worm is associated, while the toothed wheel is associated with the moveable ring 43' .
  • the movement around the vertical axis Y is obtained by means of a pair of rings one of which is integral to the ballast structure and one is integral to the load-bearing structure of the panel relatively moving between each other by means of movement means comprising at least one bearing.
  • the movement mechanism above such moveable ring and integral to it, has a framework made up of a pair of brackets 61 arranged at opposite positions with respect to such circumference of the moveable ring, adapted to support the structure 2 which supports the solar modules in an articulated manner.
  • brackets are substantially triangular-shaped and they are arranged tilted with respect to the vertical.
  • the upper end 62 of such brackets has a pair of seats 63 adapted to support a substantially horizontal shaft 22 associated with the structure 2 capable of rotating the plate around the horizontal axis X.
  • a further support bar 64 for example shaped to form an overturned single or double “U” or “V” is arranged between said brackets, wherein the horizontal portion of such bar further supports the shaft 22.
  • second movement means comprising a second geared motor 71 adapted to move a rod 72 constrained, in an articulated manner, to a pair of tie rods 73 and 74 and associated with the lower surface of such support structure of the solar modules .
  • such second movement means comprise a telescopic rod 72' fixed at one of its ends to the lower surface of the panel and at the other end to a bracket 73' .
  • a geared motor 71' arranged between the rod and the bracket allows the telescopic extension of such rod.
  • the panel further comprises a first electrical panel 75, arranged on board the load-bearing structure, such switchboard providing electrical connections for the geared motors and a main switchboard preferably arranged outside the panel (for example in a special cabinet-like structure) provided with an electronic processing unit which controls and drives the geared motors, in such a manner to control the orientation of the panel according to a stored programme .
  • the geared motors may be replaced by equivalent electronic or mechanical movement means .
  • such processing unit is a programmable logic unit (PLC) .
  • PLC programmable logic unit
  • At least one safety anemometer (not illustrated) or an equivalent system adapted to control the exposure of the panel to the wind is also associated with the support structure, in such a manner that the processing and control unit can possible set the panel at a non- dangerous position (safety position) in case the wind exceeds a given level detected by the anemometers.
  • the load-bearing structure of the panel is a hot zinc coated and very solid framework, simple and efficient in such a manner not to require particular maintenance interventions, such framework guaranteeing resistance against atmospheric agents and given climatic events over the years.
  • the control of the movement of the sun-tracking panel is based on the abovementioned programme which allows tracking the sun with an accuracy equivalent to at least 1 degree: this means that whenever the sun moves 1 degree, the sun-tracker correspondingly moves by 1 degree.
  • the programme is based on a stored schedule bearing the various positions of the sun during the whole year depending on the geographical position where the panel is installed. Alternatively, the programme is based on the information received from a light or heat sensor.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un panneau de module solaire orientable comprenant une structure (2) pour supporter une pluralité de modules solaires (21), un mécanisme de mouvement qui permet la rotation d'une telle structure le long d'un premier axe sensiblement vertical et d'un second axe sensiblement horizontal de façon à positionner la surface des modules solaires dans la meilleure position par rapport au rayonnement solaire direct.
PCT/IB2008/001640 2007-06-19 2008-06-18 Panneau de module solaire orientable Ceased WO2008155652A2 (fr)

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IT001222A ITMI20071222A1 (it) 2007-06-19 2007-06-19 Pannello per moduli solari orientabile
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