PHOTOVOLTAIC BUILDING MATERIAL WITH ABILITY OF SAFE ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
20220014142 · 2022-01-13
Inventors
- Tsung-Hsin Chen (Taipei City, TW)
- Yong-Xiang Cui (Chengdu City, CN)
- Keh-Tao Liu (Taipei City, TW)
- HISAYOSHI KOBAYASHI (Tokyo, JP)
Cpc classification
H01L31/0481
ELECTRICITY
Y02B10/20
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y02E10/50
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
H01L31/0488
ELECTRICITY
H02S40/34
ELECTRICITY
Y02B10/30
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y02E10/72
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
F03D9/007
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
H02S20/26
ELECTRICITY
Y02B10/70
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y02B10/10
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
International classification
Abstract
A photovoltaic building material, which can safely generate electric power with solar power energy is disclosed. The photovoltaic building material can be used as building material, and can be directly installed on the fixed part of the building, such as roof, wall or decoration materials on the surface of building. The photovoltaic building material is accord with the architectural requirements of waterproof, fireproof, load-carrying ability, durability and heat-insulation. When this invention is installed on the roof, the automatic spraying device can be set up on the height of ridge, which realizes the functions of roof cleaning and cooling down by the automatic water spraying. Also, with the auxiliary device, this invention can intensify the ability to withstand strong winds for roof, and can ensure safety in the typhoon/hurricane area.
Claims
1. A photovoltaic building material with ability of safe electric power generation comprising a metal back plate fixed on a fixed part of a building through transverse or longitudinal connection; a glass plate, wherein a nano-coating is provided upon the glass plate, and the glass plate is provided on the metal back plate; a plastic film connected to a solar cell, the metal back plate and the glass plate, wherein the solar cell is fixed between the metal back plate and the glass plate; and an automatic spraying device assembled at adjacently relative height around the photovoltaic building material, wherein the automatic spraying device provides a water jet on the photovoltaic building material.
2. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein the metal back plate has a thickness ≤2 mm and ≥0.1 mm, and the metal back plate is one of an aluminum-zinc alloy coated steel sheet, a zinc-coated steel sheet, a color steel sheet, an aluminum-magnesium alloy sheet, an aluminum alloy sheet, a stainless steel sheet, and an aluminum-magnesium-manganese alloy sheet.
3. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein a voltage generated from the photovoltaic building material is less than 48V.
4. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein a series circuit of the solar cell is serially manufactured by a usage of process of soldering circuit or laminae bonding, and a parallel circuit of the solar cell is parallelly manufactured by a usage of process of conductivity film strip or transfer printing of conductor.
5. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein the solar cell comprises one of a regular single crystalline-silicon cell, a polysilicon cell, a Passivated Emitter Rear Contact (PERC) cell, a Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin layer (HIT/HJT) cell, an Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) cell, a Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) cell, a thin-film micro crystal silicon cell, and a perovskite cell.
6. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein the glass plate comprises one of a thin glass, a photovoltaic glass with nano-coating, an ultra-thin glass composed of organic and inorganic materials, a film plating glass, and a glass composed of complexed transparent material.
7. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein the plastic film comprises one of a POE film, a PVB film, a complexed film composed of POE+PVB, and a complexed film composed of POE+PVB+reducing infrared spectrum reflection.
8. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein a water channel is formed from top to bottom at an overlapped position where a lower photovoltaic material is covered by an upper photovoltaic material, wherein rainwater flows and is discharged through the water channel, or a waterproof sealing element used for preventing rainwater from going into the overlapped position is set up at the overlapped position between upper and lower photovoltaic materials.
9. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 8, wherein at least a stiffening rib is set up at the overlapped position between upper and lower photovoltaic building materials.
10. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein an underside DC circuit lead-out wire is set up on the photovoltaic building material, and wherein the underside DC circuit lead-out wire passes through a hole at a grooved edge of the fixed part of the two photovoltaic building materials, enters into a closed slot below a waterproof cover, is assembled inside a groove at an overlapped position of the fixed part of the two photovoltaic building materials and forms a closed DC cable slot with the waterproof cover.
11. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 10, wherein the waterproof cover is independent of the photovoltaic building material, and the waterproof cover has a different color of meatal material property from the photovoltaic building material.
12. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, wherein the automatic spraying device is assembled on an upper position of a roof ridge in order to provide the water jet on the photovoltaic building material.
13. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 13, further comprising: a rainwater reclaiming device set up at a relative lower position of a roof, wherein the automatic spraying device is connected to the rainwater reclaiming device, and the rainwater reclaiming device reclaims the water flowing down from the roof or the metal back plate, and the rainwater reclaiming device guides the water onto the spraying device after the water being processed by a filtering system.
14. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, further comprising: a reverse wing device assembled on a main structure, wherein the reverse wing device enhances a downforce of the building when suffering from a strong wind.
15. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of cable trays assembled on an edge of a roof or on a ridge, wherein when receiving a strong wind, the cable tray forms a turbulent flow to destroy the wind field of the strong wind, hence reduce damage to the roof.
16. The photovoltaic building material according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of wind turbines, wherein the wind turbines are assembled on an edge of a roof and arranged in array type, and the wind turbines are arranged to form a wind turbine wall structure and absorb partial wind power.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0068] The following provides a detailed description of the embodiments along with the accompanied drawings to facilitate the understanding of the technical features and effects of the present invention.
[0069] Please refer to
[0070] Specifically but not limited to, the metal back plate 10 in the present invention may be an aluminum-zinc alloy coated steel sheet, a zinc-coated steel sheet, a stainless steel, a color steel sheet, an aluminum-magnesium alloy sheet, an aluminum alloy sheet, a, an aluminum-magnesium-manganese alloy sheet, etc. In addition, a fixed part 101 for fixing the metal back plate 10 at a building may be provided by the back plate 10. More particularly but not limited to, shapes of the fixed part 101 may be W, V or the combination thereof, and the back plate 10 and the fixed part 101 may be an overall same material and integrated together. Refer
[0071] Specifically but not limited to, the solar cell 12 may be a regular single crystalline-silicon cell, a polysilicon cell, a Passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) cell, a Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin layer (HIT/HJT) cell, an Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC cell), a Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) cell, a thin-film micro crystal silicon cell, a perovskite cell etc., but it is not limited in the present invention.
[0072] Specifically but not limited to, the glass plate 11 may be a regular ultra-clear glass, a solar glass with nano-coating, an ultra-thin glass composed of organic and inorganic materials, a film plating glass reflecting infrared ray or a complexed transparent material with weathering resistance over 20 years, but it is not limited in the present invention.
[0073] Specifically but not limited to, the plastic film 13 may be a specially made POE film, a complexed film composed of POE+PVB, or a complexed film composed of POE+PVB+reducing infrared spectrum reflection, but it is not limited in the present invention.
[0074] The solar cell 12 as mentioned above may be fixed between the metal back plate 10 and the glass plate 11 through the plastic film 13. Specifically but not limited to, the plastic film 13 may extend from the top side of top surface of the solar cell 12 and along the lateral side onto surface of the metal back plate 10, and a part of the plastic film 13 is positioned between the solar cell 12 and the glass plate 11. Showing in
[0075] A heat resistant temperature may be increased through performing a crosslinking reaction for POE/PVB in the present invention, therefore resulting in a reduced permanent deformation, and resulting in greatly improved tensile strength, tear strength, etc. of major mechanical properties. Good performances such as aging resistant, ozone resistant, chemical resistant, etc. are presented through POE/PVB after the crosslinking reaction. The greatest advantages of the POE/PVB plastic film are low-moisture transmission rate and high-volume resistivity, such that the safety operation under high temperature-high humidity and long-term aging resistance of photovoltaic building material 1 are proven, and the photovoltaic building material 1 is capable of using for at least 25 years. Specifically speaking, the better performance comparing the photovoltaic building material 1 sealed by POE/PVB plastic film to the same sealed by EVA plastic film are as below.
[0076] 1. The POE plastic film is a copolymer of ethylene and octane and has less Tertiary carbon atom in the molecular chain. Good weatherability, UV aging resistance, excellent heat resistance, low-temperature resistance are represented. Therefore, a better aging resistance than an EVA plastic film is represented by the POE plastic film. PVB is used for interlayer film of a fireproof and bulletproof safety glass, has a long history and outstanding thermoset, thermal stability and bonding performance.
[0077] A bonding force between the POE/PVB plastic film and the glass plate 11, and the metal back plate 10 is improved through a modification method such as a photo-grafting polymerization monomer, plasma surface treatment or reactive graft modification etc., therefore there is a good interface bonding performance in the present invention.
[0078] 3. The POE/PVB plastic film with a lower water vapor transmission rate and a greater cohesive force is more suitable for building-integrated modules. A combination of the glass plate 11 and the metal back plate 10 is a research and development result of the present invention, such that the extra sealing edge is not required and service life is longer in the manufacturing of building-integrated modules.
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[0080] In addition, the glass plate 11 may be an ultra-clear glass with a transparent nano-coating (this design complies with the ((technical requirements for reduced reflection coating glass used for crystalline silicon photovoltaic elements)), Standard No. SEMI PV47-0513), i.e., self-cleaning and anti-slip high hardness ultra-thin transparent glass, the surface thereof is processed by embossed, reinforced and sprayed nano-coatings at high temperature, i.e., the light transmission rate is increased to about 95% and the self-cleaning function and the anti-slip function are presented. The glass plate 11 of the present invention is not a regular embossed ultra-transparent glass used for the solar module in the prior art. Therefore, the following effect is representing by the usage of the glass plate 11 in the present invention.
[0081] 1. Improved light transmission rate, the light transmission rate of the ultra-clear glass is increased by 5% with nano-scale optical coating technology, therefore an output power of the photovoltaic building material 1 is improved.
[0082] 2. A strong self-cleaning function, good appearance for a long time and a self-cleaning effect for a long time may be maintained by a nano-scale inorganic silicon oxide coating, and a manual cleaning is not required due to an ultra-hydrophilic feature, i.e., a pollution is fallen off in the raining condition by the rainwater self-washing.
[0083] 3. An improved scratch-resistant hardness, hardness 3H anti-scratch effect may be achieved after strengthening,
[0084] 4. Coating layer with high chemical stability, high thermal stability, high-temperature variation resistance, aging resistance, acid, and alkali corrosion resistance provides the solar glass to maintain stably clear and anti-pollution performance for a long time in the outdoor application.
[0085] Another assembling structure of the photovoltaic building material 1 with underside lead-out form is provided by the present invention. As showing in
[0086] In particular but not limited to, as showing in
[0087] Specifically but not limited to, an underside lead-out form is used based on a lead-out wire 14 of the photovoltaic building material 1, the lead-out wire 14 passes through an adjacent circular hole 10101 of a V shaped fixed part 1010 and enters into a closed slot below the waterproof cover 9, is assembled inside a groove at an overlapped position of an U-shaped hole 10111 of a W shaped fixed part 1011 and the V shaped fixed part 1010 and forms a closed DC cable slot with the waterproof cover 9 (closed slot below the waterproof cover 9 in
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[0091] In conclusion, at least the function of improving the load-bearing ability for building materials and durability is represented by the metal back plate 10 of the present invention. In addition, the effects of aging resistant, ozone resistance, and chemical resistance are further represented by the sealed plastic film 13 of the present invention. Furthermore, the thermo loading resulted from the shade is further prevented by the present invention, and effects of maintaining stable anti-pollution performance, easily assembling, simple and reliable waterproof, easily assembling and using, easily replacing, smooth flow of rain, etc. are provided by the present invention.
[0092] After the photovoltaic building material 1 of the present invention is assembled, an automatic spraying device used for cleaning roof automatically may be set up on a ridge or on a height. An automatic water spraying device may have a usage of rotative watering on a roof or a usage of punching holes on pipe channel and water jet, directly resulting in a showering effect on the photovoltaic building material 1, and cleaning the area of photovoltaic power generation, improving efficiency of power generation and cooling down roof temperature simultaneously.
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[0094] Electrical control of the water pump 38 may be controlled by an intelligent system, and it may be controlled through a temperature detection of a bottom space of the roof, and may process a programming control which is based on roof temperature, indoor temperature and analogy prediction of power generation and turn on an automatically ridge water spraying system when roof temperature is high or when indoor temperature requires, reducing indoor temperature indirectly and realizing an intelligent control without the need for manual operation.
[0095] Traditional building materials are replaced by an intelligent roof power generation system formed by the automatic spraying device and photovoltaic building material 1, and the BAPV system set up on traditional photovoltaic module roof is also be improved, realizing a real building integrated photovoltaic and an intelligent photovoltaic roof which is intelligent power generating, waterproof, fireproof, load-bearing, durable, and heat insulation.
[0096] An auxiliary device for resisting strong wind of the present invention is shown in
[0097] A partial zoom-in view of a structure shown in
[0098] An assembled reverse wing device on a roof for resisting winds of the present invention is shown in
[0099] The formula is “D=½ W H F ρ V.sup.2”, and meanings of the symbols are as below.
[0100] D: downforce, SI unit: newton;
[0101] W: wing span, SI unit: meter;
[0102] H: chord of wing, SI unit: meter;
[0103] F: lift coefficient;
[0104] ρ: air density, SI unit: kg/m.sup.3;
[0105] V: wind velocity, SI unit: m/sec
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[0107] The above describes the preferred embodiments of the present invention. However, not all of the elements or steps are essential technical features, and all details of the technical features may not have been described completely. All units and steps described are provided as examples only, and they may be modified by a person ordinarily skilled in the art of the technical field of this patent application. The scope of the present invention shall be defined by the claims thereof