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US 2010/0071748 A1Published application
Building Integrated Photovoltaic Conversion System Implemented With Integrated Control Management Units
AssigneeArchitectural Glass and Aluminum Corporation, Inc.
InventorJoe Brescia
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Abstract
A power generating system is integrated within an exterior shell or façade of a building structure. The system components—energy generating devices (which can be photovoltaic), control units and associated power/signal wiring are incorporated and operated within individual unitized curtain wall units making up the façade
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A building integrated power generating system comprising:
- a plurality of unitized curtain wall elements defining at least a portion of an exterior shell for a building structure;
- a plurality of energy conversion devices integrated within said plurality of unitized curtain wall elements;
- each of said plurality of energy conversion devices being coupled to an associated power control module which is also integrated within said unitized curtain wall elements;
- wherein the power generating system is integrally incorporated and within said plurality of unitized curtain wall elements.
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The system of claim 90, wherein said continuous grid extends across an entire floor.
A building integrated photovoltaic power generating system comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected unitized curtain wall units defining at least a portion of an exterior shell for a building structure;
- each of said plurality of interconnected unitized curtain wall units having an integrated photovoltaic energy conversion module;
- a control module coupled to each integrated photovoltaic energy conversion module, which control module is adapted to optimize power of such device within a solar power generating array;
- said control module also being integrated within said unitized curtain wall unit and including electrical wiring for transmitting a power output from an associated photovoltaic energy conversion module to a separate control unit within said solar power generating array.
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A building integrated photovoltaic power generating system comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected unitized curtain wall units defining an exterior shell for a building structure;
- each of said plurality of interconnected unitized curtain wall units having an integrated photovoltaic energy conversion module;
- each integrated photovoltaic energy conversion module having an individual power control module, which control module is adapted to optimize power of such device within a solar power generating array;
- wherein a plurality of interconnected control units are used within the solar power generating array and are integrated entirely within said exterior shell;
- a management unit also being integrated within said unitized curtain wall unit and adapted to monitor said plurality of control units and optimize a power output of said solar power generating array.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.