The PV Water Drainage Clips on solar panels are important accessories for fixing and guiding water pipes.
The material selection has an important impact on the performance, durability and maintenance cost of the system.
–Stainless steel:
Stainless steel is a common choice for PV Water Drainage Clips due to its high temperature resistance and corrosion resistance.
It can maintain its structural stability under long-term exposure to high temperature environments, effectively resist the erosion of oxygen and water vapor in the air, and is not easily expanded by heat, ensuring the stability of fixed water pipes.
In addition, it not only has excellent corrosion resistance, but also has high strength and pressure resistance, can withstand large external forces, and is not easy to deform or break.
–Aluminum alloy:
Aluminum alloy has good high temperature resistance, light weight and strong corrosion resistance. The aluminum alloy PV Water Drainage Clips has a low thermal expansion coefficient and can maintain a stable shape under large temperature differences. It is a common choice in solar panel systems. Its advantages are light weight and easy processing. It can be made into complex shapes through extrusion, casting, etc. to adapt to different sizes and design requirements.
Although the strength of aluminum alloy is lower than that of stainless steel, through reasonable design and material selection, aluminum alloy PV Water Drainage Clips can also meet most of the usage requirements, and they are light in weight and easy to install.
In addition, its thermal conductivity is good, which helps to quickly conduct the heat generated by the collector and improve the system efficiency. At the same time, aluminum alloy also has a low thermal expansion coefficient, which can reduce the thermal stress caused by temperature difference changes.
–Copper material:
Copper has very high thermal conductivity, but due to its high cost and weight, it is usually used less in high-end systems. Copper alloys are sometimes also used in some specially designed water guide clips.
–Plastic materials (such as ABS, polypropylene):
Plastic water guide clips are usually used in small photovoltaic systems. Plastic materials are light in weight, easy to process, low in cost, and have certain corrosion resistance, but their thermal stability and strength are relatively poor, and they are suitable for non-high temperature and non-high strength environments.
For PV Water Drainage Clips made of plastic materials, the selection of recyclable plastics (such as polycarbonate, polypropylene, etc.) can effectively improve their environmental protection.
The material selection of this clip is an important factor that cannot be ignored in the design of solar energy systems. The quality of different materials determines the performance of the clamp in terms of high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, strength, thermal conductivity, and installation and maintenance costs.
