CONSTRUCTION DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION FACILITIES

• US 20190251208A1
• Filed: 01/16/2019
• Published: 08/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Totalmasters Corporation
• Original Assignee: Totalmasters Corporation
• Inventors: TAMASATO, Yoshinao
• Granted Patent: US 10,445,439 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/13 Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 10/00 PV power plants; Combinations of PV energy systems with other systems for the generation of electric power
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 20/10 Supporting structures directly fixed to the ground H02S20/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02S 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Abstract

A construction design support apparatus has: an input data acquisition unit; a temporary design unit that creates a plurality of pieces of temporary development surface data and creates temporary panel arrangement data for each piece of the temporary development surface data; a calculation unit that calculates a point value of a development amount for each piece of temporary development surface data and calculates a point value of a cumulative power generation amount for each piece of temporary panel arrangement data; and an extraction unit that extracts a combination of pieces of the temporary development surface data and the temporary panel arrangement data in which the point value of the development amount and the point value of the cumulative power generation amount match a predetermined evaluation condition.

Claims

1. A construction design support apparatus for photovoltaic power generation facilities, the construction design support apparatus comprising:

an input data acquisition unit configured to acquire input data including site data that includes positional data and topographic data on a site for a photovoltaic power generation facility that is an object to be designed, panel specifications data that includes data on power generation performance and dimensions of photovoltaic panels used in the photovoltaic power generation facility, sun direction data showing a direction of a sun on a time-series basis in a position of the site, and development requirements data that includes at least one of a development requirement for an allowable range of an inclination angle required of the site and a development requirement for an allowable range of a degree of undulation;

a temporary design unit configured to create a plurality of pieces of temporary development surface data by performing, on the topographic data, processing equivalent to earth cutting and earth filling so as to satisfy the development requirements, and to create temporary panel arrangement data on the photovoltaic panels for each piece of the temporary development surface data;

a calculation unit configured to calculate a point value of a development amount corresponding to amounts of earth cutting and earth filling for each piece of the temporary development surface data, and to calculate a point value of a cumulative power generation amount corresponding to a cumulative amount of power generated for a predetermined period for each piece of the temporary panel arrangement data; and

an extraction unit configured to extract a combination of the temporary development surface data and the temporary panel arrangement data in which the point value of the development amount and the point value of the cumulative power generation amount match a predetermined evaluation condition.

2. The construction design support apparatus for photovoltaic power generation facilities according to claim 1, wherein the point value of the development amount is a value corresponding to a development cost, the point value of the cumulative power generation amount is a value corresponding to an income from power sales, and the extraction unit extracts a combination of the temporary development surface data and the temporary panel arrangement data in which a difference value is maximum that is obtained by subtracting the point value of the development amount from the point value of the cumulative power generation amount.

3. The construction design support apparatus for photovoltaic power generation facilities according to claim 1, wherein the point value of the development amount is a value corresponding to a development cost, the point value of the cumulative power generation amount is a value corresponding to an income from power sales, and the extraction unit extracts a combination of the temporary development surface data and the temporary panel arrangement data in which a difference value is zero that is obtained by subtracting the point value of the development amount from the point value of the cumulative power generation amount.

4. The construction design support apparatus for photovoltaic power generation facilities according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image data acquisition unit configured to acquire image data on the site for the photovoltaic power generation facility; and

an image data processing unit configured to create topographic data on the site for the photovoltaic power generation facility, based on the image data, wherein

the input data acquisition unit is configured to acquire the topographic data created by the image data processing unit.

5. A construction design support method for photovoltaic power generation facilities, the construction design support method comprising the steps of:

input data acquisition in which an input data acquisition unit acquires input data including site data that includes positional data and topographic data on a site for a photovoltaic power generation facility that is an object to be designed, panel specifications data that includes data on power generation performance and dimensions of photovoltaic panels used in the photovoltaic power generation facility, sun direction data showing a direction of a sun on a time-series basis in a position of the site, and development requirements data that includes at least one of a development requirement for an allowable range of an inclination angle required of the site and a development requirement for an allowable range of a degree of undulation;

temporary design in which a temporary design unit creates a plurality of pieces of temporary development surface data by performing, on the topographic data, processing equivalent to earth cutting and earth filling so as to satisfy the development requirements, and creates temporary panel arrangement data on the photovoltaic panels for each piece of the temporary development surface data;

calculation in which a calculation unit calculates a point value of a development amount corresponding to amounts of earth cutting and earth filling for each piece of the temporary development surface data, and calculates a point value of a cumulative power generation amount corresponding to a cumulative amount of power generated for a predetermined period for each piece of the temporary panel arrangement data; and

extraction in which an extraction unit extracts a combination of the temporary development surface data and the temporary panel arrangement data in which the point value of the development amount and the point value of the cumulative power generation amount match a predetermined evaluation condition.