Silver lining liquid-layer solar array

A system for management of roof solar, roof heat and roof fire suppression comprising:

• a fire sprinkler;
• a first roof-mountable Silver Lining solar transfer module having a higher-tilted edge, a lower-tilted edge, a top surface, a bottom surface, a left edge and a right edge,
• said Silver Lining solar transfer module comprising a cascade layer, a photovoltaic layer and a waste heat transfer layer,
• said photovoltaic layer being disposed on top of the waste heat transfer layer,
• said cascade layer being disposed on top of the photovoltaic layer,
• said photovoltaic layer comprising
• a casing with a transparent lid, and
• an array of photovoltaic cells,
• said waste heat transfer layer comprising
• a casing with a lid,
• a water distribution pipe running across the higher-tilted edge of the interior of the waste heat layer casing,
• a gutter pipe running across the lower-tilted edge of the interior of the waste heat layer casing, and
• at least one heat transfer pipe connecting the water distribution perforated pipe with gutter pipe,
• said cascade layer comprising:
• a casing with a lid transparent to light at the wavelengths used by the photovoltaic panels of the photovoltaic layer and a cascade surface transparent to light at the wavelengths used by the photovoltaic panels of the photovoltaic layer,
• a cascade layer water distribution pipe with water cascade perforations running across the higher-tilted edge of the interior of the cascade layer casing, said water cascade perforations being of sufficient size to allow water to pour through without vaporizing, and
• a gutter pipe running across the lower-tilted edge of the interior of the cascade layer casing, capable of collecting water from the cascade surface,
• the Silver Lining solar transfer module also comprising
• a cold water pipe connection port adjacent the waste heat layer casing upper-tilted edge capable of allowing cold water pipe connections into the waste heat layer water distribution perforated pipe,
• a hot water pipe connection port adjacent the waste heat layer casing lower-tilted edge capable of allowing hot water pipe connections into the waste heat layer perforated gutter pipe, and
• a photovoltaic power outlet port adjacent an edge of the photovoltaic layer casing.

A method of managing electricity generation, hot water generation and fire suppression comprising the steps of:

• pumping a first volume of water to a waste heat layer of a first Silver Lining solar transfer module mounted on a roof;
• receiving a first quantity of solar radiation into a photovoltaic layer of said first Silver Lining solar transfer module;
• generating a DC current in said photovoltaic layer of said first Silver Lining solar transfer module;
• conducting a DC current from said photovoltaic layer of said first Silver Lining solar transfer module;
• generating a first quantity of waste heat in said photovoltaic layer of said first Silver Lining solar transfer module;
• transferring said first quantity of waste heat to said first volume of water;
• returning said first volume of water from said waste heat layer to a first water storage container;
• pumping a second volume of water to a cascade layer of the first Silver Lining solar transfer module;
• cascading the second volume of water through the cascade layer;
• refracting a second quantity of solar radiation in said second volume of water;
• generating a second quantity of waste heat in said photovoltaic layer;
• transferring said second quantity of waste heat to said second volume of water;
• returning said second volume of water from said waste heat layer to a second water storage container;
• and,
• spraying a portion of said first volume of water or of said second volume of water onto said roof using a fire sprinkler.