Solar power generation device, method for installing solar power generation device, and method for operating solar power generation device
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsKoji Mori, Takashi Iwasaki, Masao Moriguchi
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Abstract
A photovoltaic apparatus includes: a power generation part; an angle changeable mechanism configured to support the power generation part so as to be able to change an elevation of the power generation part; a post configured to support the power generation part and the angle changeable mechanism; and a hinge mechanism configured to support the post so as to be able to change an angle of the post relative to an installation surface for the photovoltaic apparatus.
Claims10
A photovoltaic apparatus comprising:
- a power generation part;
- an angle changeable mechanism configured to support the power generation part so as to be able to change an elevation of the power generation part;
- a post configured to support the power generation part and the angle changeable mechanism;
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- a hinge mechanism configured to support the post so as to be able to change an angle of the post relative to an installation surface for the photovoltaic apparatus.
A method for installing a photovoltaic apparatus, the method comprising:
- a step of laying a post sideways relative to an installation surface for the photovoltaic apparatus, the post having a hinge mechanism mounted thereto;
- a step of mounting a power generation part to the post laid sideways;
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- a step of rotating the post by the hinge mechanism, to cause the post to stand.
A method for operating a photovoltaic apparatus, the method comprising:
- a step of, in a state where a post having a hinge mechanism mounted thereto and supporting a power generation part stands at an installation surface for the photovoltaic apparatus, and when a weather satisfies a predetermined withdrawal condition, rotating the post by the hinge mechanism so as to cause the post to be laid sideways relative to the installation surface;
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- a step of, when the weather satisfies a predetermined restoration condition, rotating, by the hinge mechanism, the post having been laid sideways so as to cause the post to stand at the installation surface.
A photovoltaic apparatus comprising:
- a photovoltaic panel configured to receive sunlight and generate power;
- an angle changeable mechanism configured to support the photovoltaic panel so as to be able to change an elevation and an azimuth of the photovoltaic panel relative to the sun;
- a post configured to support the photovoltaic panel and the angle changeable mechanism from an installation surface;
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- a rotation mechanism provided at a portion near a root at an installation surface side of the post, the rotation mechanism configured to rotatably hold the post with the portion used as a fulcrum, thereby allowing selection between a high-attitude state in which the post stands, and a low-attitude state in which the post is laid sideways along the installation surface together with the photovoltaic panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.