Turbulent Hydro
In this video you can see the full installation process of our new vortex turbines. They are easy to install even by unskilled workers. As soon as you pop in the CORE component with the turbine and generator, the turbine can be filled with water and will generate energy 24/7 from rivers and canals with low height differences. No maintenance, dirt, sand, mud, leaves, small debris,... everything passes through. Fish can also pass this turbine downstream without being harmed. Our turbines are designed with pressure variations 10X lower than the limit of fishfriendly design. In the future we're planning to make these turbines ALSO passable in the upstream direction.
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These turbines, running in a micro-grid connecting households, local businesses, and public utilities, will provide a stable load to the local community for decades to come.
100% clean, renewable energy from the previously untapped power of the river.
This project was made possible by G-STIC, Vlaamse Overheid - Departement Omgeving.
For more information and to submit your project request, visit www.turbulent.be
The project aims to support the rural electrification of an area that is poorly electrified. Among the served end users will be schools, businesses, households, factories, e-bike charging stations and more.
Find more information about the project on: climate-action-programme.be/project/hydro-powered-smart-grids
Do you want to take a part in the change? Contact us on www.turbulent.be
This award motivates us to continue with our mission of providing clean energy and contributing to the SDGs.
We will share updates on the evolution of the latest project in Kenya developed in cooperation with partners Hydrobox and byNubian and with the support of GSTIC.
In the meanwhile, we invite you to take a look at the video created by Cleantech Flanders featuring the Turbulent team and giving a further explanation on our technology and ambitions.
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In this video, you will get to see the actual site, along with the running turbine, and an animation detailing the process that went into building this project. Green, reliable and renewable energy for decades!
Want to join the movement? Reach out to us on www.turbulent.be!
At Turbulent, have no doubts about it! Our micro-hydropower technology opens possibilities to generate clean, renewable and reliable energy in places that were never viable before.
In this video, you will find a complete explaination on how we can help you generate green energy for the local people, to help the planet while making a sustainable profit.
Start your project now on www.turbulent.be
In this video, Geert, our CTO and co-founder will take you through the process of measuring a water stream. By getting to know the tools and techniques we use, you will be able to reproduce them and measure your site to find out if it is suitable for micro hydro-power and estimate the power output of an installation!
Learn more on: www.turbulent.be
At Turbulent, we say yes! These structures often have the perfect characteristics to generate a high amount of clean, renewable and reliable energy!
So if you know a watermill owner in your town, show him this video in order to spread awareness and shift energy production towards green sources!
More info on www.turbulent.be
In this video, our business development manager, Florian Vallaeys, will go through the different steps and materials that are required to build the civil works for your turbine.
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In this video, our CEO and co-founder, Jasper Verreydt, will go through the different permits that are generally needed for our sites, and where to go looking for them.
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To explore in lockdown times, we have prepared a 360 degrees video that will immerse you into the environment of two different sites, one being a typical site for 70 kW+ turbines, the second showcasing a typical 5-70 kW site.
You will be able to move your field of view freely and also to find various information over our infrastructure!
In this video, we will be covering all the techniques and formulas we need to determine measure if the head (height difference) and flow of a river are suitable for a vortex turbine, and we will also teach you how to apply these values in order to calculate the amount of power you will be able to generate.
You can use these timecodes to easily navigate through the video :
0:00 Introduction & Formula
2:40 Head (height difference) measurment
9:08 Flow measurment
15:13 Efficiency factor
16:45 Available power calculation
Download your Easy Water Measurement Cheat Sheet here: turbulent.be/measure-your-site
The drone survey guide can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=RDinJVJodqE&
The time to act is NOW. Share this video and help us find the right stakeholders to help more remote communities worldwide!
Then welcome to our Micro hydro-power 101 series! We will show you the best tips and tricks to develop your own micro hydro power plant. From site spotting to permits and installation, Turbulent's top executives will teach you everything you need to know, STEP by STEP.
On this first video, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Geert Slachmuylders will show you how to easily recognize a potential site for vortex water turbines.
The turbine supplies 13 kW of energy to the Green School, the world-famous sustainable school located next to the Ayung River in Bali. The turbine supplies up to 80% of the school's energy need. More than seven hundred students, teachers and staff can now benefit from clean and reliable energy from the river.
Have you ever wondered how civil works are done and how long it takes? Are they earthquake resistant?....
Here is your answer!
(This is a trial video and the first of many videos of our Turbulent Academy. We want to teach everyone how simple hydropower can be and how to develop it in a sustainable way. Learn to listen to your river!)
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Amazing how we suddenly have so many views and comments! And thank you for all of the advice!
I just want to clarify a few things I saw asked in the comments:
- We shot this footage during commissioning. When installing a hydropower turbine you first test it for a while at half the nominal flow. That's what you see passing through this turbine. It doesn't look very stable yet, as it needs additional flow for the vortex to stabilize itself (Think about how you get that sucking sound at the last few liters running from your bath tub). Full flow of this turbine is 1.8m3/s with a height difference of 1.7m. That gives 15kW of useful electric power with our efficiency of 50%.
- When we were finished shooting the video, we put back the trash rack (with a spacing between the bars of 10cm as that is the maximum debris size that can pass through) and the mesh that covers the whole basin. No children, dogs, pirates,... can fall in.
-60 homes can be powered in Chile with an average household power demand of 0.25 kW. The average in many European countries is 0.5 kW. The average in American homes could well be a few MW if the comments are to go by :P
-Yes, waterwheels have been done before, and turbines as well. We don't claim to have invented hydropower. We claim, however, that we have made this size of hydropower an interesting investment with a lower cost and a higher efficiency. Our hope is to offer a clean, eco-friendly alternative for investors, land owners, industries etc to generate power from the rivers that they have running in their neighborhood. As one of the co-founders, I can tell you that I enjoy nature, and that I want my kids growing up learning about and seeing technologies that try to work in harmony with it.
- Some rivers meander too much for our technology. These rivers aren't suitable. We know about this, thank you for mentioning it.
-We're not related to any kickstarter or crowdfund campaign. I made the video in my spare time as a hobby and I'm honestly a bit surprised that it became so popular. What I was hoping for, was to meet like minded people who want to help make our vision a reality. Affordable electrification for all without harming nature. A lot of people here have been really nice, with lots of helpful advice. Thank you for that! I believe we, as a society, can achieve anything if we just work together.
- Any good scientific peer review should scrutinize the numbers. I'm busy making a new video with full flow footage and footage of our inverter power readout. Please tell me what you'd like to see in there and I'll try and arrange it :)
- Last but not least: we're still in the testing phase. Currently we're checking all the systems and we're making sure this turbine can do what it promises. It seems to be holding up well against erosion and debris. We had some power cable heating, but got it solved. We will also be conducting fish friendliness tests. The whole design was based on the fish friendly design parameters of the Alden turbine Labs. We will validate those numbers. This model is now being worked on and we will be ready by July 2018 with our testing phase. When all of that is done, we will be ready to start helping people everywhere to develop their very own hydropower turbine and build their future!
Thank you for your attention, stay tuned for more updates!
With each vortex turbine delivering 3-100kW, Turbulent hydro-power plants operate at a high efficiency on rivers with a low height difference. We generate electricity in the form of a single turbine or a network of multiple turbines. This approach allows us to generate up to the same amount of energy as a large dam does, but without the dam.
Conferencia -Turbinas para Generación de Energía Eléctrica Sustantable