Supported PV module assembly
Abstract
A supported PV assembly may include a PV module comprising a PV panel and PV module supports including module supports having a support surface supporting the module, a module registration member engaging the PV module to properly position the PV module on the module support, and a mounting element. In some embodiments the PV module registration members engage only the external surfaces of the PV modules at the corners. In some embodiments the assembly includes a wind deflector with ballast secured to a least one of the PV module supports and the wind deflector. An array of the assemblies can be secured to one another at their corners to prevent horizontal separation of the adjacent corners while permitting the PV modules to flex relative to one another so to permit the array of PV modules to follow a contour of the support surface.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1176520
- Patent Number(s):
- 8558101
- Application Number:
- 11/616,575
- Assignee:
- Sunpower Corporation
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24S - SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02S - GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99GO10337
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2006 Dec 27
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Mascolo, Gianluigi, Taggart, David F., Botkin, Jonathan D., and Edgett, Christopher S. Supported PV module assembly. United States: N. p., 2013.
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Mascolo, Gianluigi, Taggart, David F., Botkin, Jonathan D., & Edgett, Christopher S. Supported PV module assembly. United States.
Mascolo, Gianluigi, Taggart, David F., Botkin, Jonathan D., and Edgett, Christopher S. Tue .
"Supported PV module assembly". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176520.
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title = {Supported PV module assembly},
author = {Mascolo, Gianluigi and Taggart, David F. and Botkin, Jonathan D. and Edgett, Christopher S.},
abstractNote = {A supported PV assembly may include a PV module comprising a PV panel and PV module supports including module supports having a support surface supporting the module, a module registration member engaging the PV module to properly position the PV module on the module support, and a mounting element. In some embodiments the PV module registration members engage only the external surfaces of the PV modules at the corners. In some embodiments the assembly includes a wind deflector with ballast secured to a least one of the PV module supports and the wind deflector. An array of the assemblies can be secured to one another at their corners to prevent horizontal separation of the adjacent corners while permitting the PV modules to flex relative to one another so to permit the array of PV modules to follow a contour of the support surface.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2013},
month = {10}
}
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