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US 11,114,976 B2Granted
Modular removable building integrated thermal electric roofing system
OwnerFrank Paoinventor
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Abstract
An improved modular, removable system of building-integrated solar panel photovoltaics for easy residential and commercial roof installation for generating electrical and thermal energy.
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A modular, removable roofing installation system for optimally capturing solar thermal energy, the modular, removable roofing installation system comprising:
- a plurality of removable solar panel modules, each solar panel module comprising a plurality of slate modules mounted on a plurality of metal battens, a plurality of inverters for converting DC electricity fed from the plurality of slate, modules to AC electricity, a thermal tubing containing liquid mounted beneath the plurality of slate modules on the plurality of metal battens, wherein the plurality of metal battens are mounted on a plurality of horizontal battens that are mounted onto a plurality of vertical battens, wherein each solar panel module comprises a roof-attaching latch mounted to a backing of the plurality of vertical battens, wherein the roof-attaching latch couples to a corresponding roof surface latch mounted to a roof to removably attach each solar panel module to the roof;
- a plurality of metal fasteners, each metal fastener coupled to two adjacent removable solar panel modules of the plurality of removable solar panel modules;
- a pump and thermal control unit comprising a circulation pump that is operatively connected to the thermal tubing for circulating the liquid through the thermal tubing;
- a heat exchanger that is operatively connected to the thermal tubing for extracting the thermal energy, the heat exchanger being housed in a storage tank;
- a heat pump connected to the heat exchanger for maintaining the temperature of the liquid in the storage tank to a certain threshold temperature;
- whereby the plurality of slate modules and the thermal tubing operate simultaneously to generate electricity and domestic hot water respectively;
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- wherein the system may be removed and re-installed on a second roof by disconnecting the pump and thermal control unit, disconnecting the thermal tubing from the heat exchanger and the circulation pump, and removing the plurality of removable solar panel modules.
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A method of installing a modular, removable roofing installation system comprising:
- a. removably mounting a plurality of removable solar panel modules on a roof, each solar panel module comprising a plurality of slate modules mounted on a′plurality of metal battens, a plurality of inverters for converting DC electricity fed from the plurality of slate modules to AC electricity, a thermal tubing containing liquid mounted beneath the plurality of slate modules on the plurality of metal battens, wherein the plurality of metal battens are mounted on a plurality of horizontal battens that are mounted onto a plurality of vertical battens, wherein each solar panel module comprises a roof-attaching latch mounted to a backing of the plurality of vertical battens, wherein the roof-attaching latch couples to a corresponding roof surface latch mounted to roof to removably attach each solar panel module to the roof;
- b. coupling each metal fastener of a plurality of metal fasteners to two adjacent removable solar panel modules of the plurality of removable solar panel modules;
- c. mounting a pump and thermal control unit comprising a circulation pump proximate to the solar panel modules;
- d. connecting the circulation pump to the thermal tubing for circulating the liquid through the thermal tubing;
- e. connecting a heat exchanger to the thermal tubing for extracting the thermal energy, the heat exchanger being housed in a storage tank;
- f. connecting a heat pump to the heat exchanger for maintaining the temperature of the liquid in the storage tank to a certain threshold temperature;
- g. electrically connecting each of the plurality of slate modules in series to form a string;
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- h. connecting the plurality of inverters to each string for converting the DC electricity from the plurality of slate modules to AC electricity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.