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Turbine families, frames and structures, water-control equipment and certification documents, for manufacturers, developers and owners. One parametric range, so a new site is a configuration.
“Every turbine is a custom project from scratch.”
One parametric turbine family with scaling rules per kW, so a new site is a configuration.
“The rotor and the structure eat the margin.”
Castings out, and weight out where the stress isn't: ~80% lower rotor cost and a ~32% lighter structure on Turbulent's turbines.
“Certification paperwork holds up handover.”
Manufacturing drawings and machine manuals for CE marking come out of the same models.
One-off turbines into a standard range: structure, scaling rules and release packages per size.
Static, fatigue, buckling and modal checks, and sign-off before anything is fabricated.
Manufacturing drawings and machine manuals for CE marking, made from the same models.
Gates, weirs and trash racks designed for fabrication and validated for their loads.
LiDAR scans of existing sites turned into CAD, so retrofit design starts from what is really there.
Shops and suppliers in Europe, the US and China, with quotes compared before you order.
Cast blades need moulds and machining, and they set the cost of the whole rotor.
The new blade geometry can be formed on a standard press brake: no special dies or moulds, one weld per blade, and bend angles that are easy to check. Redesign, FEA, flat patterns and fabrication drawings.
Six years on vortex turbines, the last four as Head of Structural Validation: structural sign-off before fabrication, a structure made ~32% lighter, and all the manufacturing drawings and machine manuals used for CE certification.
Projects included Doñihue (Chile), Otepää (Estonia), the Versailles water plant (France), Green School Bali (Indonesia) and a fish-friendly turbine approved by the UK government.
Fish-friendly turbine technology approved by the UK government (Turbulent).
Versailles water plant (Turbulent).
Doñihue (Turbulent), with work on site.
Otepää (Turbulent).
Green School Bali (Turbulent).
Humanitarian community hydro projects.
On site in Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Chile. Full track record
A photo, a drawing or a short description is enough to start. We reply with where the build loses time and money, and what would change it. NDA on request.