WO2012094701A1 - Dispositif de fixation de panneau collecteur solaire - Google Patents

Dispositif de fixation de panneau collecteur solaire Download PDF

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WO2012094701A1
WO2012094701A1 PCT/AU2011/001681 AU2011001681W WO2012094701A1 WO 2012094701 A1 WO2012094701 A1 WO 2012094701A1 AU 2011001681 W AU2011001681 W AU 2011001681W WO 2012094701 A1 WO2012094701 A1 WO 2012094701A1
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panel member
enclosure
attachment arrangement
base panel
member attachment
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Joseph REARDON
Gregory Chapman
Glen BOLITHO
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Rheem Australia Pty Limited
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Priority to AU2011355594A priority Critical patent/AU2011355594B2/en
Priority to NZ613065A priority patent/NZ613065A/en
Publication of WO2012094701A1 publication Critical patent/WO2012094701A1/fr
Priority to AU2013200236A priority patent/AU2013200236B2/en

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
    • F24S25/20—Peripheral frames for modules
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S80/00—Details, accessories or component parts of solar heat collectors not provided for in groups F24S10/00-F24S70/00
    • F24S80/40—Casings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S80/00—Details, accessories or component parts of solar heat collectors not provided for in groups F24S10/00-F24S70/00
    • F24S80/70—Sealing means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S25/00—Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules
    • F24S2025/80—Special profiles
    • F24S2025/805—Special profiles in the form of corrugated profiles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y02E10/47—Mountings or tracking

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  • This invention relates to a panel attachment arrangement for an enclosure.
  • the invention is particularly adapted for use with enclosures exposed to atmosphere, such as solar collector panel enclosures.
  • Solar collector panels generally include a heat transfer fluid circuit having risers and headers enclosed in a box with a transparent lid, usually of glass or other transparent material, to permit the solar energy to impinge on the risers.
  • a transparent lid usually of glass or other transparent material
  • the present invention provides an enclosure panel member attachment arrangement, the enclosure having side walls, each of the side walls including an inward facing slot adapted to receive a corresponding edge of a panel member.
  • the slot can include a step partially occluding the opening of the slot.
  • a wall of the slot can include an engagement slope adapted to contact the corresponding edge of the panel member.
  • the lower end of the engagement slope can be spaced transversely from the upper end of the step by a distance less than the thickness of the panel member.
  • the panel member can be resiliently deflected by the step and the engagement slope.
  • the side walls can be profiled extrusions.
  • the enclosure can include comer mouldings having an "L" shaped inward facing slot which aligns with the corresponding side wall slots.
  • corner mouldings and the extrusions can include complementary engagement features.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of a solar collector.
  • Figure 2 is a partial section view of a solar collector having pipe risers.
  • Figure 3 is a partial section view of a solar collector according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a novel extrusion adapted for forming the walls of a solar collector enclosure according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a comer assembly according to an embodiment of the invention adapted for use with the extrusion of Figure 4.
  • Figure 6 is a partial section view of the top end of a solar collector housing according to an embodiment of the invention. .
  • FIG. 7 is a detail illustration of the base attachment arrangement of a solar collector enclosure according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 8 shows a cut-away illustration of a comer of a solar collector housing according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 9 shows detail of an edge of the base panel sealed in position.
  • FIG. 1 Illustrated in Figure 1 is a simplified illustration of a solar collector .002 having an enclosure box 1.004.
  • the box includes side walls 1.006 with a peripheral seat 1.010 for a glass cover (not shown).
  • the glass is sealed to the box around the peripheral seat.
  • the heat transfer path includes an upper and lower header 1.018,
  • Figure 2 illustrates a section of a first embodiment of a solar collector.
  • the wall extrusion 2.024 (described in detail in Figure 4) includes an external overhang 2.040 which can serve for use in lifting the collector by installers when installing the collector on a roo or other location, and an external channel 2.025 which can be used for fixing the collector assembly to its mount or mounting structure.
  • the overhang 2.040 also provides impact protection for the edge of the toughened glass cover and can shield grommet rubber fittings to reduce weathering.
  • the glass cover 2.034 is seated on a peripheral seat provided by the wall extrusion 2.024 and channel and cooperating corner assemblies such as those illustrated in Figure 5, and is sealed thereto.
  • the risers 2.014 in this embodiment are located under and in thermal contact with an absorber plate 2.032.
  • the solar energy can pass through the glass 2.034 and impinge on the absorber plate 2.032 from whence the heat is thermally conducted to the risers 2.014 for delivery to the outlet header.
  • a base plate or panel 2.026 closes off the lower side of the enclosure.
  • the extrusion 2.024 includes a channel 4.056 for receiving the edges of the base plate or panel 2.026, and the corner assemblies (illustrated in Figure 5) also include seats 5.087 for the comers of the base plate or panel 2.026.
  • Insulation 2.028 is provided between the collector risers 2.018 and the base panel or plate 2.026.
  • Figure 3 is an alternative assembly where multiple risers are formed in a unitary manner in a plate 3.038, which is assembled in much the same way as in the preceding description except that the absorber plate 2.032 is not required as the riser plate 2.038 has an upper surface which serves the same function.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the wall extrusion profile.
  • the wall 4.048 has upper formations including:
  • channel 4.044 forms a glass seat rim 4.045;
  • Figure 5 illustrates a comer assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the corner assembly includes a cap 5.070 and a wall segment 5.082.
  • the cap and wall segment are adapted to conform to the shape of the wall extrusions and its recesses.
  • the cap 5.070 includes an overhang 5.072 which forms a continuation of the extrusion overhang 4.040.
  • the cap overhang 5.072 includes a projection 5.074 which is adapted to be a close fit within the underside of the extrusion overhang 4.040.
  • the cap 5.070 includes a second projection 5.076 which is likewise adapted to fit below channel 4.044 of the extrusion.
  • the cap also includes a glass seat 5.080 and seal formations 5.078.
  • the cap wall 5.079 extends downward below the glass seat and transversely thereto.
  • the corner wall segment includes a pair of intersecting walls 5.084,
  • the lower spigots 5.090, 5.094 can include drain channel slots.
  • a sealant injection point 5.096 communicates with a sealant channel
  • a purge point 5.100 is provided at the top of the sealant channel and the end of the purge point is located so that the end of the purge point is visible beyond the edge of the extrusion, allowing the person injection the sealant to view the purge point to determine when the sealant channel is full.
  • a similar sealing injection point, sealant channel and purge point are provided on corner wall 5.086.
  • the base panel channel 5.087 accommodates the corner of the base panel inserted in the base panel channel 4.056 of the wall extrusion.
  • the cap 5.070 and comer wall segment 5.082 can include a snap fit arrangement to attach the to the corner wall segment.
  • Figure 6 is a partial section view of the upper header end of a solar collector housing.
  • the collector is installed at an incline so the heated heat transfer fluid in the risers 6.014 will rise up to the header tube 6.018.
  • the extrusion 6.024 supports the glass cover 6.034 on an upper ledge, and also supports the header 6.018 via a suspension support 6.330 attached to the extrusion in the channel 6.046, the projecting rib 6.047 engaging a flange of the suspension support 6.330.
  • the base panel 6.026 is inserted into the channel 6.056 of the extrusion.
  • FIG. 7 is a detail view of the base attachment arrangement according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the attachment channel 7.056 has a step 7.060 projecting from its lower wall.
  • the upper wall of the channel 7.056 has a first inclined entrance portion 7.304 adapted to facilitate the initial insertion of an edge of the base panel 7.026 into the channel.
  • This entrance slope can be greater than 10°.
  • a second inclined portion 7.306 of the upper wall is less steeply sloping than the entrance slope and serves to engage the leading edge of the base 7.026 and produce a downward force on the leading edge as the base panel is being inserted.
  • the engagement slope can be less than 8°.
  • the space between the top of the lower wall step 7.060 and the base of the upper wall engagement slope 7.310 can be of the same order as the thickness of the base panel 7.026.
  • the dotted outline base panel indicates the initial contact between the base panel and the engagement slope 7.306.
  • Further insertion of the base panel into the channel can result in elastic deformation of the edge of the plate so that, when all four sides are engaged in their corresponding channels 7.056, the plate is slightly pre-stressed which assists in retaining the base panel securely.
  • the base panel is thus resiliently clamped in the base panel channels when the solar collector enclosure is assembled.
  • the edge region of the base panel 7.026 can be slightly deflected by the slot step 7.060 and the engagement slope 7.306 as all the edges of the base panel are held in their corresponding slots.
  • the base panel can be made of a material, such as, for example, metal or plastics, sufficiently flexible to accommodate such deflection.
  • Figure 8 is a cut-away view of a corner of a solar collector housing showing the base panel 8.026 seated in the corner moulding slot 8.057, which forms a continuation of the extrusion slot 8.056.
  • the base panel 8.026 is secured around its periphery by the extrusion base attachment slot and the comer moulding base attachment slot.
  • Figure 9 shows detail of an edge of the panel sealed into the channel.
  • the base panel can be assembled into the frame as follows.
  • the frame including four wall extrusions and four corner pieces, can be loosely aligned with the connection spigots of the corner pieces partially inserted into their respective channels or slots in the wall extrusions, but not yet pushed home.
  • the base panel can then be seated on the base panel channel steps of 9.060 the wall extrusions and the complementary continuations of the step on the comer mouldings.
  • a bead of sealant 9.310 of a predetermined size can be applied in the base channel 9.056 and the extensions in the comer moulding, or the sealant can be applied to the periphery of the base panel so it will enter the base panel channels on assembly.
  • the frame can be then be pushed home by, for example first pushing the opposed long sides inward. This causes the base panel to be pushed into the base panel channels 9.056. Because the edges of the base panel engage the respective base panel channel entrance tapers 9.304 on both wall extrusions, the base panel is

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de fixation d'un élément de panneau d'enceinte, l'enceinte ayant des parois latérales (6.024), chacune comportant une fente tournée vers l'intérieur (6.056) destinée à recevoir un bord correspondant d'un élément de panneau (6.026).
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AU2013200236A AU2013200236B2 (en) 2011-01-12 2013-01-17 A Solar Collector Header Attachment Arrangement

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