Cooling fixture for solar photovoltaic panels

摘要

The cooling fixture for solar photovoltaic panels has a hollow support platform made from thermally conductive metal that contains a heat exchange medium, preferably water. The solar photovoltaic panel is supported atop the platform so that heat absorbed by the panel is transferred to the platform by conduction and through the media by convection. The platform is pivotally supported on a base frame, and can be adjusted to any desired angle by a brace releasably engaging lugs projecting from the edge of the platform. The heat exchange medium is circulated from the top of the platform to the bottom of the platform by a thermo-siphon effect through at least one thin, rectangular duct having at least one fin for cooling the medium by heat exchange with air.

主权项

1. A fixture for supporting solar photovoltaic panels, comprising:
a support platform formed of a thermally conductive material, the support platform having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a left side wall, and a right side wall, the front wall of the support platform being designed and configured to provide support for at least one solar photovoltaic panel; a cooling system for the support platform, the cooling system defined by a closed loop having a substantially D-shape, the closed loop consisting of:
an interior chamber portion defined between the front, rear, top, bottom, left and right walls;wherein the interior chamber portion is hollow;a duct having a first end extending from and attached to the rear wall adjacent the bottom wall, a second end extending from and attached to the rear wall near the top wall, and a middle portion extending from the first end and the second end, the middle portion having an exterior surface facing the support platform such that a space extends between the middle portion and the rear wall of the support platform the duct being in fluid communication with the interior chamber portion of the support platform;a heat exchange medium disposed in the closed loop of the interior chamber portion and the duct, the heat exchange medium is selected from the group consisting of water and antifreeze;wherein the heat exchange medium flows within the loop from the first end of the duct into the interior chamber portion adjacent the bottom wall, upwardly towards the top wall and into the second end of the duct, from the second end of the duct downwardly to the first end of the duct; anda plurality of fins coupled to and extending from the middle portion of the duct between the first and second ends; a plurality of pairs of lugs attached to the support platform, each pair of the plurality of pairs of lugs respectively extending from the right and left walls of the support platform, the plurality of pairs of lugs being equidistantly spaced along the right and left side walls; wherein each lug of each pair of the plurality of pairs of lugs is designed and configured as a substantially cylindrically shaped member extending normally from one of the right and left side walls, in a direction opposite the interior chamber portion; a base frame having a pivotal connection, the support platform being coupled to the base frame by the pivotal connection; and at least one brace pivotally attached to the base frame; wherein the at least one brace is attachable to the support platform by at least one lug of a pair of lugs in order to adjustably position the support the support platform at an adjustable angle.