The Turbulent Vortex turbines are designed to be easy to install and maintain.

Their low pressure design

makes them ecosystem friendly and makes it possible for fish to pass through unharmed, a great benefit
when environmental permits are needed. These robust turbines have a low maintenance cost and will
provide clean energy to your facilities for years to come.

Use cases:

The turbines are designed using modular components. This gives us a certain freedom to offer custom
power outputs at affordable prices. We always install the turbines in a short (2 to 30m bypass, in part to
simplify initial civil works, but also to have easy access for repairs or maintenance. As such we design
sites according to three different use cases:

1. Single turbine in a bypass. This is a case where one of our turbines within the range of 15 to
100kW can be used.
2. Series installation of turbines in bypass: Often we find a head that is slightly higher than our
range. For example: 2m3/s with a head of 4m. Instead of selecting a new technology, we offer a
cascade of 2 vortex turbines. This has the same benefit as the single unit regarding fish
friendliness and debris passing, and can be done at similar low cost.
3. Parallel installation in bypass: our largest turbine can use 6m3/s. Often it is smarter to install
smaller units that will experience smaller loads. For example: a river with 6m3/s and a head of
3m. We could do this with one 100kW turbine, but depending on seasonal changes in water
flow, and the forces involved in the larger turbine, it can be more economical to install two
parallel units of 50kW. As an added benefit the whole power output becomes more rugged
since you’re dividing the power over multiple units. It also allows one unit to always work at
optimal flow and efficiency, while the other turbine adapts to seasonal flow variations.
The technology was developed over a time period of 4 years, of which 2 years in the
field. The first installation was made to validate OPEX and test other issues that might arise
with low pressure turbines in rivers. Our findings were then uses to improve the model and
build the second generation in Cunco, Chile. What we learned from this site was then used
in our third-generation turbine, which is installed in Doñihue, Chile as a commercially ready
model. We refined the core component to a single unit with generator, gearbox, rotor and
support structure in one, easy to ship package.
First Installation in Cleerbeek, Belgium: 2.2kW vortex turbine.

Industrial prototype in suitable environment. Used to test the reliability of vortex turbines and better
estimate the OPEX.

Basin made out of HDPE, rotor made out of stainless steel. Uses 0.250 m3/s and a height of 2.4m.
First Installation in Chile: 5kW turbine in Cunco. Powers a Mapuche indigenous
Indian Community

Basin made out of concrete. 100-meter bypass made out of concrete pipes.

River with a flow of 2 to 4 m3/s. 0.9m3/s used for turbine with a head of 1.5m.
Second Installation in Chile, 15kW Vortex Turbine:

Basin made out of reinforced concrete. Core components installed in 1 day after delivery to
site.

Flow of 1.65 m3/s and a head of 1.7m, produces 15kW 24/7. Able to pass sand, and stone
debris up to 10cm in diameter.