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Installation method and installation equipment for photovoltaic module in photovoltaic field area, and photovoltaic array

AssigneeHunan Sunmotive Co., Ltd.

InventorChunhua Han

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Abstract

Disclosed are an installation method and installation equipment for a photovoltaic module in a photovoltaic field area, and a photovoltaic array, applied in the technical field of photovoltaic installation. The installation method includes determining a photovoltaic field area and laying a traction rope; mounting a photovoltaic module on the traction rope and feeding the traction rope, until arriving at an installation area; securing two ends of the traction rope; and moving to a next installation position and repeating to carry out installation. The installation equipment includes an unwinding device, a traction rope, a winding device, a photovoltaic support, a stock bin, an unloading apparatus, a snap-fit structure and a track. The method can carry out large-scale and batch installation in a photovoltaic field area, the process is standardized, and quality of installation is ensured, thereby achieving process-oriented processing, reducing labor input, saving costs, and implementing cost-effective batch installation.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An installation method for photovoltaic modules in a photovoltaic field area, comprising the steps of:

S1, determining an installation area of the photovoltaic field area, and laying two traction ropes traversing the installation area from a first side to an opposite second side of the installation area;
S2, arranging an unwinding device on the first side of the installation area and a winding device on the second side of the installation area;
providing a track on each of the first side and the second side of the installation area, installing the unwinding device on the track on the first side and the winding device on the track on the second side, wherein the unwinding device and the winding device are movable relative to the installation area in a sliding manner;
feeding the two traction ropes from the first side of the installation area to the second side thereof, mounting and fixing the photovoltaic modules on the two traction ropes at the first side of the installation area, moving the photovoltaic modules along with the two traction ropes, and feeding the two traction ropes and the photovoltaic modules until a row of the photovoltaic modules is moved to the installation area, and then stopping;
and
S3, securing two ends of each of the two traction ropes at the first side and the second side of the installation area, respectively, to complete the installation of the row of photovoltaic modules, wherein:
the unwinding device and the winding device are arranged and installed in two groups along with another unwinding device and another winding device,
the two traction ropes are wound on the unwinding device and the another unwinding device,
one of the two ends of each of the two traction ropes is connected to the winding device and the another winding device, and
each of the winding device, the another winding device, the unwinding device and the another unwinding device includes a servo motor that sets a tension and a speed for the two traction ropes.

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Equipment for installing a row of photovoltaic modules in a photovoltaic field area, comprising an unwinding device and a winding device arranged and installed in a first group, another unwinding device and another winding device arranged and installed in a second group, two traction ropes, a plurality of photovoltaic supports, a stock bin, an unloading apparatus, and first and second tracks on which the unwinding device and the winding device are respectively installed;

wherein the plurality of photovoltaic supports are provided at intervals in an installation area of the photovoltaic field area;
the two traction ropes together traverse the plurality of photovoltaic supports;
the unwinding device and the another unwinding device are at one end outside the photovoltaic field area, and the winding device and the another winding device are at another end outside the photovoltaic field area;
each of the unwinding device, the another unwinding device, the winding device and the another winding device have a bottom in contact with the respective first or second track along an edge of the installation area;
one of the two ends of the two traction ropes are respectively connected to the winding device and the another winding device, wherein the two traction ropes are wound on the unwinding device and the another unwinding device, the unwinding device and the another unwinding device feed the two traction ropes, and the winding device and the another winding device receive the two traction ropes;
the stock bin and the unloading apparatus are mounted beside the unwinding device;
the photovoltaic modules are placed in the stock bin;
the unloading apparatus transfers the photovoltaic modules from the stock bin to the traction rope, and each of the winding device, the another winding device, the unwinding device and the another unwinding device includes a servo motor that sets a tension and a speed for the two traction ropes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/437,261Filed 9 Feb 2024 · continuation
Priority: CN 202110923427.912 Aug 2021
Published: US 2024/0186940 A16 Jun 2024
Granted: 20 Jan 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H02S 20/30
Supporting structures for PV modules: supporting structures being movable or adjustable, e.g. for angle adjustment
B66D 1/30
Other constructional details: rope, cable, or chain drums or barrels
H02S 20/00
Supporting structures for pv modules
H02S 20/10
Supporting structures for PV modules: supporting structures directly fixed to the ground