• Patent Title: Solar Energy Collection Panel Cleaning System
  • Application No.: US15579905
    Application Date: 2016-06-03
  • Publication No.: US10749465B2
    Publication Date: 2020-08-18
  • Inventor: Jagadish Iyer
  • Applicant: Jagadish Iyer
  • Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
  • Agent Jeffrey L. Costellia
  • International Application: PCT/US2016/035852 WO 20160603
  • International Announcement: WO2016/197013 WO 20160812
  • Main IPC: H02S40/12
  • IPC: H02S40/12 F24S40/20 H02S40/22
Solar Energy Collection Panel Cleaning System
Abstract:
An apparatus, method and system for cleaning a solar panel includes a solar panel, one or more fluid reservoirs, a fluid dispenser at a first side of a solar panel, a mechanism for providing pressurized fluid to the fluid dispenser from the fluid reservoir(s), and a mechanism for dispensing the fluid from the dispenser. The solar panel is periodically cleaned and the motivation for cleaning may be a detected output condition of the panel, a detected weather condition, an expired time condition, detected precipitant accumulation, a manual command, or the like. The fluid(s) may include a gas and/or one or more liquids. A heater may be provided to heat the fluid(s).
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