Flat Photovoltaic Tile, Installation Method and Achieved Coverage

Abstract

Disclosed is a flat photovoltaic tile (1, 1') comprising a shell (3) made from plastic material and a photovoltaic element (2) fastened in a recess in the thickness of the shell (3), the tile (1, 1') having a front face (14) and a rear face (15), an upstream edge (12) and a downstream edge (13), an upstream portion (32) of the front face (14) situated along the front edge (12) being intended to be overlapped by a downstream portion along the downstream edge (13) of another tile, two right (10) and left (11) lateral edges, two lateral portions along the two right (10) and left (11) lateral edges being intended to respectively overlap and be overlapped by lateral portions of left (11) and right (10) lateral edges respectively of two other lateral tiles, the overlapping portions being configured so as to ensure at least water-tightness against liquid water, the tile further comprising an electrical connection means (20), the rear face (15) comprising, towards the upstream edge (12), at least one stud (33) intended to hold the tile (1, 1') on a retaining device (8, 5, 50), in particular a batten (8), and, at the photovoltaic element (2), the tile (1, 1') comprises, in its thickness, from the rear face (15) towards the front face (14): a part of the shell (2), a rear panel, a lower EVA film, at least one photovoltaic conversion plate made from silicon, an upper EVA film, and a transparent layer made from tempered glass, and, elsewhere, the tile (1, 1') comprises, in its thickness, the plastic material of the shell (2).