Photovoltaic plant, in particular a ground photovoltaic plant
OwnerFrancesco Pieroboninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a photovoltaic plant including a plurality of units each having at least one respective photovoltaic panel, a support structure of the plurality of units designed to support the latter at a distance from the ground (GR).
Claims10
A photovoltaic plant comprising a plurality of units each having at least one respective photovoltaic panel, a support structure of said plurality of units designed to support the plurality of units at a distance from the ground, further comprising at least one motor and motion transmission means from said at least one motor to at least two units, so that by activating only one motor it is possible to control substantially simultaneously the inclination in an east or west direction of said at least two units;
- wherein said motion transmission means comprise at least one shaft arranged or aligned in a north-south direction, said at least one shaft being actuatable in rotation by said at least one motor and being integral to directly cause angular displacement of said at least two units, wherein by activating said at least one motor the rotation of said at least one shaft is determined and thus the angular displacement towards east or west of said at least two units is controlled,
- wherein said at least one shaft includes several sections connected to each other,
- wherein said at least one shaft rotates around a respective main axis of longitudinal extension,
- wherein at least one unit of said plurality of units is inclined so that said at least one respective photovoltaic panel is facing south, therefore with its own lower end closer to the south than a respective upper end,
- wherein said photovoltaic plant further comprises at least one actuator having a cylinder and a stem which can be inserted in said cylinder and/or disinserted from said cylinder and wherein said at least one motor is provided to control the insertion of said stem in said cylinder and/or the disinsertion of said stem from said cylinder, and
- wherein such insertion and/or disinsertion of the stem determines an angular displacement of at least one lever, said at least one lever having one end pivoted to the stem of said at least one actuator, and another end integral with the at least one shaft, the angular displacement of the at least one lever determining the rotation in one direction or the other of the at least one shaft and therefore the inclination or angular displacement of said at least two units and of their respective photovoltaic panels towards east or west.
A group for a ground photovoltaic plant comprising a unit having at least one respective photovoltaic panel, a support structure of said unit designed, in use, to support the unit at a distance from ground, at least one motor supported by a support component or frame integral with said support structure so that said at least one motor is supported at the distance from the ground, motion transmission means from said at least one motor to said unit, so that by activating said at least one motor it is possible to control the angular displacement or inclination of said unit, said motion transmission means comprising a shaft, said shaft being operable in rotation by said at least one motor and being integral in angular displacement or inclination of said unit, so that by activating said at least one motor the rotation of said shaft is determined and thus the angular displacement or inclination is controlled towards the east or west of said unit,
- wherein said shaft comprises several sections connected to each other,
- wherein said shaft rotates around a respective main axis of longitudinal extension,
- wherein said unit is inclined so that said at least one respective photovoltaic panel is facing south, so that a lower end of said at least one panel is closer to the south than an upper end of said at least one panel,
- wherein said photovoltaic plant further comprises at least one actuator having a cylinder, and a stem which can be inserted in said cylinder and/or disinserted from said cylinder and wherein said at least one motor is provided to control the insertion of said stem in said cylinder and/or the disinsertion of said stem from said cylinder, and
- wherein such insertion/disinsertion of the stem determines an angular displacement of at least one lever, said at least one lever having one end pivoted to the stem of said at least one actuator, and another end integral with at least one section of the shaft, the angular displacement of the at least one lever determining the rotation in one direction or the other of the at least one section of the shaft and therefore the inclination or angular displacement of said unit and of the at least one respective photovoltaic panel towards east or west.
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