SolaRoof | Liquid Solar

Moderating the interior environment is a Liquid Thermal Mass system, using a water based Soap Solution reservoir, which may be thermally linked to a larger water thermal mass within the building and/or external to the building. The Soap Solution is pumped into the roof and wall Cavity Space of the Building Envelope. There, the Soap Solution is distributed as a Liquid Film that flows over the Inner Cover? of the Building Envelope Sola Fabric where it absorbs solar energy gain from within the structure. (While reading the technical description below, please refer for greater clarity to the Solaroof Gallery Album and to the Structure Tech section) The Liquid Solar Tech process actively controls the internal building environment, both cooling and dehumidifying so as to prevent overheating during the mid day hours. During winter days, this process, also referred to a Liquid Cooling, will capture Solar Thermal? gain and remove this energy to storage in the Liquid Thermal Mass.

Mixing a surfactant concentrate into solution with water forms the Soap Solution which is the Working Fluid? of the Liquid Solar process. The Soap Solution, interacting in thermal exchange with the Liquid Thermal Mass, is pumped to the envelope of the building where, in the Cavity Space, it can be distributed for Liquid Cooling or used to generate high-expansion bubbles that completely fill the roof and/or wall Cavity Space. Thus, the glazing envelope is not a single thin sheet material, poorly shielding the interior from extreme outside climates, but rather is a thick envelope having a cavity space at times filled soap bubbles, like cells, hundreds of layers deep, providing cooling or warmth as may be required. During the day, insulating and shading may be obtained by generating bubbles that fill the roof cavity, which process we call Bubble Tech. This same process used at night has an insulation and (low-temperature thermal energy) “heat” distribution function that utilizes the stored energy in our Liquid Thermal Mass System.