Advanced frame design for roof-integrated solar panels

摘要

The roof-integrated solar panel of the disclosure comprises a mounting frame having a top side for facing away from a roof, a bottom side for facing toward the roof, an upper side for facing an upslope direction, a lower side for facing a downslope direction, a left side and a right side, a solar panel mounted within the mounting frame, and a plurality of nose vents in the lower side of the mounting frame, a plurality of flow-through vents in the upper side of the mounting frame, and a plurality of exhaust vents in the top side of the mounting frame at an upper edge of the upper side wherein air is drawn up through the nose vents and out through the exhaust vents to cool the solar panel.

主权项

1. A roofing system for mounting onto a roof deck, wherein a plurality of roofing shingles or tiles are arranged in courses on said roof deck, comprising:
a plurality of roof-integrated solar panels installed on said roof deck in place of a plurality of roofing shingles or tile, the roof-integrated solar panels being configured to match or complement the surrounding roofing shingles or tiles, each comprising:
a mounting frame having a top side for facing away from a structure, a bottom side for facing toward a structure, an upper side for facing the upslope direction, a lower side for facing a downslope direction, a left side and a right side;a photovoltaic solar panel mounted within said mounting frame; anda plurality of nose vents in said lower side of said mounting frame, a plurality of flow-through vents in said upper said of said mounting frame, and a plurality of exhaust vents in said top side of said mounting frame at an upper edge of said upper side wherein an exhaust hood is integrated into said frame over said exhaust vents to direct said air flow, wherein air is drawn up through said nose vents, flows under said photovoltaic solar panel and contacting said photovoltaic solar panel, and out through said flow-through vents and through said exhaust vents; wherein said roof-integrated solar panels are laid out in at least two courses wherein an upper course overlaps a lower course wherein sidewalls of an upper exhaust hood at a lower edge of a frame on said upper course have hooks that catch onto a lower exhaust hood on the top side of a frame on said lower course, thereby interlocking together said roof-integrated solar panels, and wherein said air is exhausted through said exhaust vents of a lower course and out of said nose vents of said overlapping upper course, thereby cooling said photovoltaic solar panels.