US 2014/0150845 A1 · SOLAR TRACKING APPARATUS AND FIELD ARRANGEMENTS THEREOF

Abstract

A solar tracker assembly for mounting one or more solar tracking units, which can be adapted for use with various solar energy modules such as photovoltaic modules and heliostat mirrors, is provided. Each assembly comprises a frame of four sides connected at leg assemblies, each leg assembly being adapted for mounting a solar tracking unit. The frame may be configured as an oblique-angled, rhombus or diamond frame with a cross member extending between the closer-spaced leg assemblies. A set of frames may be arranged in the field with adjacent sides of adjacent frames being parallel, with spacing arms of predefined lengths interconnecting adjacent pairs of frames, to provide a desired staggered spacing.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A field of interconnected solar tracker assemblies, the field comprising:

a plurality of solar tracker assemblies, each solar tracker assembly comprising:
an oblique-angled, rhombus frame comprising four leg assemblies interconnected by sides of substantially equal length;
and
one or more solar tracking units mounted on one or more of the four leg assemblies, movement of the one or more solar tracking units in relation to at least one axis being controlled by a local control unit associated with the solar tracker assembly,
the plurality of solar tracker assemblies being arranged with substantially regular spacing in the field such that adjacent sides of an adjacent pair of the plurality of solar tracker assemblies are parallel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/018,841Filed 5 Sep 2013

Priority

30 Nov 2012

Published

5 Jun 2014

Term ends

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Classification16 codes

H10F 77/63
Arrangements for cooling, heating, ventilating or compensating for temperature fluctuations: arrangements for cooling directly associated or…
F24S 25/10
Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules: extending in directions away from a supporting surface
F24S 25/65
Fixation means, e.g. fasteners, specially adapted for supporting solar heat collector modules: for coupling adjacent supporting elements, e.g. for…
F24S 30/452
With two rotation axes: vertical primary axis

Solar tracking apparatus and field arrangements thereof

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Solar tracking apparatus and field arrangements thereof

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Abstract

Claims19