Solar Display Assembly With Separated PV Arrays and Indicia
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solar-powered advertising and display systems face challenges such as high costs, structural damage, and inefficiency due to the integration of solar arrays with traditional billboards and textiles, which require grid-based power at night and occupy valuable space, limiting their economic feasibility and adaptability.
Innovation Solution
A display system integrating photovoltaic modules with a support structure and decorative elements that allow for selective positioning of solar arrays and indicia, enabling the creation of aesthetically pleasing, multi-use structures that can change with time or movement, using flexible thin-film materials and remote communication for dynamic display management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If solar arrays are integrated with traditional billboards, then power generation capability is improved, but space for advertising indicia is reduced and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display structure is divided into separate functional modules: solar array modules for power generation and display modules for advertising indicia. These modules can be independently positioned and configured, allowing the solar arrays to be placed on adjacent structures (such as building roofs or separate mounting structures) while the display modules occupy the billboard space, thereby resolving the conflict between power generation area and advertising space
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a two-dimensional planar integration (solar cells directly on billboard surface) to a three-dimensional spatial arrangement where solar arrays are positioned in adjacent vertical or horizontal spaces (building facades, rooftops, or separate mounting structures), allowing both power generation and advertising functions to operate in different spatial dimensions without interfering with each other
2Stability of the object's composition
If solar arrays are fixed to rigid planar surfaces, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to different display configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs dynamically adjustable mounting mechanisms that allow solar arrays to be repositioned between fixed structural mounts and flexible display surfaces. The solar modules can be selectively positioned on rigid structures for stability or integrated with flexible display modules when adaptability is prioritized, enabling the system to transition between stable and adaptable configurations based on operational requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The solar array mounting system is designed with universal attachment capabilities that can interface with both rigid structural surfaces and flexible display surfaces. The same solar module can be mounted on fixed structural elements for maximum stability or integrated with adaptable display configurations, providing multi-functional versatility across different installation scenarios
3Adaptability or versatility
If thin-film solar materials are woven into textiles, then flexibility and aesthetic integration are improved, but structural strength and reliability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system utilizes flexible thin-film solar modules that can be integrated with textile and flexible display substrates. These thin-film modules provide sufficient power generation capability while maintaining the flexibility and aesthetic qualities needed for integration with curved surfaces, fabrics, and non-rigid display structures, resolving the conflict between flexibility and structural integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs composite construction combining flexible solar film materials with reinforcing substrates and protective encapsulants. This composite approach maintains the flexibility and aesthetic integration benefits of thin-film solar materials while providing the structural strength and durability needed for reliable operation, effectively bridging the gap between soft flexible integration and structural integrity
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system enhances economic feasibility by generating power during the day and providing adaptable, aesthetically pleasing displays that can operate independently or connected to the grid, reducing structural damage and costs while maintaining advertising effectiveness.
Implementation Method 1
a display system integrating photovoltaic modules with a support structure
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a solar power generation display assembly and methods for providing same involving solar arrays in a display of designated indicia, each solar array containing one or more electronically linked solar modules or cells of a crystalline or amorphous type and other modules. The solar modules and/or portions of the solar modules and other module portions and/or portions of the other module portions within each specific array or display may be static or manipulated electronically or mechanically to provide an enhanced indicia while a programmable display management system enables operation of electrical and mechanical management sub-systems for displaying the indicia.