Solar cell street lights with cooling function
A solar cell street lights with a cooling device for streetlight head portion, includes: a vertical pillar fixed to a ground; a hollow mounting rod obliquely connected upward from one side of an upper end portion of the vertical pillar; a lower housing; a mounting hole for mounting a LED module formed on the other side and one end connected to the mounting rod to be communicated with the second hollow portion; and an upper housing mounted on an upper surface portion of the lower housing to form an internal space (A) together with the lower housing and having one end connected to the mounting rod (to be communicated with the second hollow portion, an air outlet for discharging air introduced through the air inlet, and a mounting plate, on which the solar panel is mounted and fixed, formed on an outer surface thereof.
1 . A solar cell street lights with a cooling device for streetlight head portion, where a battery ( 1 ) and a light emitting diode (LED) module are accommodated together and a solar panel is mounted, comprising:
a vertical pillar ( 100 ) fixed to a ground at a lower end of the vertical pillar ( 100 ) and having a first hollow portion ( 101 ) formed along it's body and an air inlet ( 102 ), through which an external air is introduced, communicated with the first hollow portion ( 101 );
a hollow mounting rod ( 110 ) obliquely connected upward from one side of an upper end portion of the vertical pillar ( 100 ) and having a second hollow portion ( 112 ) communicated with the first hollow portion ( 101 ) and formed along the body of the hollow mounting rod ( 110 );
a lower housing ( 120 ) having a receiving portion ( 121 ) for receiving the battery ( 1 ) formed on one side of the lower housing ( 120 ), a mounting hole ( 122 ) for mounting the LED module ( 700 ) formed on the other side of the lower housing ( 120 ); and one end connected to the hollow mounting rod ( 110 ) to be communicated with the second hollow portion ( 112 ); and
an upper housing ( 130 ) mounted on an upper surface portion of the lower housing ( 120 ) to form an internal space (A) together with the lower housing ( 120 ) and having one end connected to the hollow mounting rod ( 110 ) to be communicated with the second hollow portion ( 112 ), an air outlet ( 131 ) for discharging air introduced through an air inlet ( 102 ), and a mounting plate ( 2 ), on which the solar panel is mounted and fixed, formed on an outer surface of the upper housing ( 130 );
wherein the external air introduced through the air inlet ( 102 ) passes through the vertical pillar ( 100 ), the hollow mounting rod ( 110 ), and the receiving portion ( 121 ), and is discharged through the air outlet ( 131 ); and
wherein the receiving portion ( 121 ) comprises an opening ( 121 a ) for insertion and removal of the battery ( 1 ) formed at a lower portion of the receiving portion ( 121 ); a side wall ( 121 b ) formed around a lateral circumference of the receiving portion ( 121 ); a plurality of seating ribs ( 121 c ) formed on a floor surface of the receiving portion ( 121 ) where the battery ( 1 ) is placed; a through-hole ( 121 d ) communicating with the internal space (A) formed between the plurality of seating ribs ( 121 c ); and a cover ( 121 e ) for opening and closing the opening ( 121 a ), so that it allows a heat released from the battery ( 1 ) to be discharged through the through holes ( 121 d ) and the air introduced from the hollow mounting rod ( 110 ) to flow near the through-hole ( 121 d ), thereby carrying the battery's heat with the air and eventually being discharged through the air outlet ( 131 ).
2 . The solar cell street lights of claim 1 , wherein an air guide ( 140 ) is detachably coupled to a floor surface of the receiving portion ( 121 ), so as to guide the air, which is introduced from the hollow mounting rod ( 110 ) toward the air outlet ( 131 ) and the air guide ( 140 ) includes a top plate ( 141 ) facing the floor surface of the receiving portion ( 121 ), a pair of side plates ( 142 ) formed to face each other at edges of the top plate ( 141 ), an air channel ( 145 ) formed between the pair of side plates ( 142 ), a plurality of air pipes ( 143 ) arranged across the air channel ( 145 ) and coupled at both ends to the pair of side plates ( 142 ) and through which the air introduced from the hollow mounting rod ( 110 ) passes, and an arc-shaped guide plate ( 144 ) extending from the pair of side plates ( 142 ) to guide the air, that has passed through the air pipes ( 143 ), toward the air outlet ( 131 ).
3 . The solar cell street lights of claim 2 , wherein among the plurality of air pipes ( 143 ), at least one air pipe ( 143 a ) is disposed to pass through the arc-shaped guide plate ( 144 ) and extends over the upper side of the LED module.
4 . The solar cell street lights of claim 3 , further comprises a heat sink ( 600 ) that is coupled to the at least one air pipe ( 143 a ) and dissipates the heat generated from the LED module ( 700 ).
5 . The solar cell street lights of claim 2 , wherein air inlets/outlets ( 125 ) are formed on both opposing side surface portion of the lower housing ( 120 ) and are communicated with the air channel ( 145 ) of the air guide ( 140 ).
6 . The solar cell street lights of claim 2 , wherein the vertical pillar ( 100 ) is equipped with a blocking member ( 30 ) that blocks both side portions and the upper portion of the air inlet ( 102 ); a bottom member ( 31 ) that blocks a lower portion of the air inlet ( 102 ) and has multiple through-holes formed therein; and a plug member ( 40 ) that opens and closes each of the through-holes.
7 . The solar cell street lights of claim 2 , further comprises:
a fan member ( 200 ) that rotates by natural wind is rotatably mounted on the upper end portion of the vertical pillar ( 100 );
a generator that generates electricity by the rotation of the fan member ( 200 );
a protective member ( 1 a ) that surrounds the battery and has a heating wire that receives electric energy from the generator and generates heat;
a sensor member that senses a heating temperature of the battery; and
a switch that selectively supplies electric energy generated from the generator to the battery or the heating wire according to the sensing temperature of the sensor member.
8 . The solar cell street lights of claim 1 , wherein an air guiding groove ( 132 ) connected to the air outlet ( 131 ) is formed on an outer surface of the upper housing ( 130 ).
9 . The solar cell street lights of claim 1 , wherein an auxiliary mounting rod ( 115 ) is connected obliquely downward from the other side of the upper end portion of the vertical pillar ( 100 ) and has a third hollow portion ( 115 a ) formed in communication with the first hollow portion ( 101 ) and the second hollow portion ( 112 ); a pair of support brackets ( 116 a and 116 b ) are coupled to the hollow mounting rod ( 110 ) and the auxiliary mounting rod ( 115 ); and a panel support frame ( 117 ) for supporting another solar panel is fixed to the pair of support brackets ( 116 a and 116 b ).
10 . The solar cell street lights of claim 9 , wherein a spacing space (B) is formed between the panel support frame ( 117 ) and the solar panel.
11 . The solar cell street lights of claim 1 , further comprises an alarm member ( 400 ) for generating an alarm sound, high frequency or low frequency formed on the upper housing, when a bird approaches the upper housing ( 130 ), thereby preventing the approach of birds and preventing contamination of the solar panel by excrement.
12 . The solar cell street lights of claim 1 , further comprises:
a hollow air conduit ( 500 ) placed in parallel to the vertical pillar ( 100 ), allowing the external air to be drawn in from below; and
a nozzle ( 510 ) connected to the upper end portion of the hollow air conduit ( 500 ), which blows the external air from the bottom of the hollow air conduit ( 500 ) toward the solar panel.
13 . The solar cell street lights of claim 1 , wherein at least one air passage pipe ( 129 ) penetrating the receiving portion ( 121 ) is arranged in the receiving portion ( 121 ) so as to dissipate heat from a circuit board received in the receiving portion ( 121 ).