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US 11,466,458 B2Granted
Solar carport and water management and icicle prevent system for solar carports and canopies
AssigneeDistributed Solar Development, LLC
InventorsBenjamin Robert Jones, Alex James Norman
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Abstract
The embodiments are apparatuses, systems and methods of water management and icicle prevention for solar carports, and are designed to catch drips between rows of, and water run-off from, the low side of inclined photovoltaic modules arranged to form the roof of the solar carport or canopy.
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A solar carport system having an integrated water management system, comprising:
- a canopy resting upon at least one column, the canopy comprising:
- a plurality of beams axially perpendicular to the at least one column;
- a plurality of pairs of purlins supported upon the plurality of beams;
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- a plurality of rows of solar panels, each row of the rows of solar panels supported upon a purlin pair such that adjacent ones of the plurality of rows of solar panels together form a series of W shapes in profile;
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- a plurality of gutters suitable to receive and carry from the canopy fluid flow, running parallel to a length of each row of the plurality of rows solar panels, and each of the plurality of gutters aligned with a gap formed at each nadir of the W shapes.
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A solar canopy system having an integrated water management system, comprising:
- at least one column;
- a plurality of beams axially perpendicular to the at least one column;
- a plurality of pairs of purlins supported upon a plurality of beams running axially perpendicular to, and being supported by the at least one column;
- a plurality of rows of solar panels, each row of the plurality of rows of solar panels supported upon a purlin pair such that four adjacent ones of the plurality of rows of solar panels together form a W shape in profile;
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- a plurality of gutters suitable to receive and carry fluid flow from the plurality of rows of solar panels, the plurality of gutters running parallel to a length of each row of the plurality of rows of solar panels and being aligned with a gap formed at each nadir of the W shape.
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A solar canopy system having an integrated water management system, comprising:
- a plurality of beams axially perpendicular to at least one column;
- a plurality of pairs of purlins supported upon the plurality of beams running axially perpendicular to, and being supported by, the at least one column;
- a canopy comprised of a plurality of rows of solar panels, each row of the plurality of rows of solar panels supported upon a purlin pair of the plurality of pairs of purlins such that the plurality of rows of solar panels together form a W shape in profile;
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- a plurality of gutters suitable to receive and carry fluid flow from the canopy to a plurality of collection gutters, the plurality of gutters running parallel to a length of each row of the plurality of rows of solar panels and being aligned with a gap formed at each nadir of the W shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.