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US 11,512,475 B2Granted
Solar carport and water management and icicle prevent system for solar carports and canopies
AssigneeDistributed Solar Development, LLC
InventorsBenjamin 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.
Claims18
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 supports upon the plurality of beams;
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- at least two rows of complementarily paired solar panels supported upon the plurality of supports to form a series of V-shapes in profile;
- the water management system being integrated to the canopy, and comprising:
- a plurality of mini-gutters suitable to receive fluid flow, running parallel to a length of each row of the paired solar panels, and aligned with a gap formed between each panel of each of the paired solar panels and running along a length of each row of the paired solar panels;
- a plurality of primary gutters suitable to receive the received fluid flow from fluidically associated ones of the plurality of mini-gutters;
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- a plurality of downspouts fluidically associated with ones of the plurality of primary gutters and suitable to disperse the received fluid flow.
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