Photovoltaic and thermal solar panel
A hybrid solar panel including at least one single-piece section resulting from extrusion, the section including a wall forming the aforementioned bottom and top faces of the heat exchanger, and the section includes: a plurality of longitudinal fins extending substantially perpendicularly from the bottom face of the heat exchanger or from the aforementioned wall, and—at least one portion of the circulation pipe directly connected to the bottom face of the heat exchanger or to the aforementioned wall, the portion of the circulation pipe extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal fins.
1 . A hybrid solar panel comprising:
a photovoltaic module including a front face and a rear face,
a heat exchanger configured for dissipating thermal energy coming from the photovoltaic module, including a bottom face and a top face, said top face disposed facing the rear face of the photovoltaic module, the heat exchanger further including at least one circulation pipe configured for transporting a heat-transfer fluid and two manifolds, namely an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold, respectively for introducing and discharging the heat-transfer fluid circulating in the circulation pipe,
a rigid frame framing the photovoltaic module and the heat exchanger,
at least one elastic element adapted to exert a compression force against the bottom face of the exchanger so that said exchanger is pressed against the rear face of the photovoltaic module,
the elastic element pushes against at least one support element, said support element connected with the frame so that at least a part of the compression force exerted by the elastic element on the support element is absorbed by said frame,
the support element is disposed under the exchanger and extends along a width and/or a length of said exchanger,
wherein that the heat exchanger comprises at least one single-piece section resulting from extrusion, said section comprising a wall forming the aforementioned bottom and top faces of the heat exchanger, and said section includes:
a plurality of longitudinal fins extending substantially perpendicularly from the aforementioned wall, and
at least one portion of the circulation pipe directly connected to the aforementioned wall, the portion of the circulation pipe extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal fins.
2 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein the wall of the section is interrupted and forms a square or rectangle.
3 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein the wall of the section is extended by a closure counter-wall so as to define a plurality of circulation pipe portions.
4 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein the aforementioned single-piece section is made from aluminium.
5 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein the aforementioned manifolds are made from copper or aluminium.
6 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein the section comprises at least two circulation pipe portions.
7 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 6 , wherein the coupling portion is made from aluminium, brass or copper or an alloy based on copper and brass, or stainless steel.
8 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 6 , wherein the coupling portion is angled so that the two manifolds are disposed so as to entirely lie outside an interior space formed by the aforementioned rigid frame, and the two manifolds project beyond a plane containing an internal face of the rigid frame.
9 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 6 , wherein the coupling portion extends substantially linearly so that the two manifolds are disposed so as to entirely lie inside an interior space formed by the aforementioned rigid frame, so as not to project beyond a plane containing an internal face of the rigid frame.
10 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein the aforementioned elastic element consists of a metal blade undulating in an Ω shape, and mechanically secured pressed on or against the wall of the section.
11 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein the manifolds are connected to an inter-panel coupling module allowing coupling of the exchangers of a plurality of hybrid solar panels.
12 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein said panel comprises a plurality of elastic elements distributed along a length of each support element.
13 . The hybrid solar panel according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a plurality of aforementioned sections disposed alongside one another.