Patent ID: 9103563
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: F24S,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A thermal solar system having a fire rating of at least A, the system comprising: a thermal solar module having an aperture region for receiving direct sunlight and a backside region, and being substantially solid therebetween; a shaped thickness of material having a first side and a second side, the shaped thickness of material being characterized by a fire rating of at least A, the material having a characteristic including a thickness to be free from penetration of moisture, the thickness having a structural characteristic capable of maintaining a shape coupled to the backside region of the thermal solar module; an air plenum defined at least in part by the backside region of the thermal solar module and the shaped thickness of material and surrounded by two sidewalls, a frontend wall, and a backend wall, the air plenum comprising an opening in a length of the frontend wall operable to draw airflow from ambient air as a working fluid therein; rail structures mounted on an underlying body; a frame assembly operably integrating the two sidewalls, the frontend wall, and the backend wall, the frame assembly retaining the shaped thickness of material with the rail structures from edge segments such that the shaped thickness of material is spaced from the thermal solar module, and such that the shaped thickness of material and the thermal solar module are supported over the underlying body; and a duct assembly coupled to the air plenum for guiding the working fluid from the air plenum to an interior fluid flow region beneath the underlying body.