Patent ID: 9712108
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B63B,F24S,H02S,Y02E

Claim:
1. A floating solar photovoltaic device comprising: at least one solar photovoltaic module, each solar photovoltaic module comprising a first side supported by a first floating support member and a second side, opposite to said first side, supported by a second floating support member, said floating support members supporting an underside of said solar photovoltaic module which is opposite to a topside of said solar photovoltaic module; wherein said first floating support member comprises a first vertical member and a first buoyant base extending from a lower end of said first vertical member initially submerged below a water surface, said first buoyant base shaped to have a larger upward buoyant force than said first vertical member; and wherein said second floating support member comprises a second vertical member and a second buoyant base extending from a lower end of said second vertical member initially submerged below said water surface, said second buoyant base shaped to have a larger upward buoyant force than said second vertical member, and an upper buoyant base extending from an upper end of said second vertical member and initially not submerged below said water surface, said upper buoyant base shaped to have a larger upward buoyant force than said second vertical member; and wherein said first vertical member is longer in vertical height than said second vertical member such that said solar photovoltaic module is initially tilted with said first side higher than said second side; and wherein a wind force acting on the topside of said solar photovoltaic module urges the first side of said solar photovoltaic module downwards towards the water surface more than the second side and a wind force acting on the underside of said solar photovoltaic module urges the second side of said solar photovoltaic module upwards away from the water surface more than the first side.