HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD A new turbine for Very Low Head applications and low environmental impact
June 2008
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MJ2 TECHNOLOGIES
48 rue de la prise d’eau 12100 Millau (France) www.vlh-turbine.com Tel: + 33 565599946
vlh-turbine@vlh-turbine.com
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
PUBLIC SUPPORT & FUNDING FROM
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•French Agency of environment and Energy Saving ADEME.
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•French Minister Education.
of
Research
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•Natural Ressources Canada
and
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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Why a new type of hydroelectric turbine?
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Why a new type of hydroelectric turbine? Presentation
Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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• No Manufacturer in the world offers a Turbine fitted for heads of less than 2 m. •The most profitable sites are already built in developed countries. • The remaining potential is located below 2 m gross head. • Same comments are valid worldwide
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD Concrete Volume & Relative Runner Diameter at constant Output 9 8
Concrete Volume & Runner Diameter
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6 5
Concrete Volume
4
Runner Diameter
3
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2 1 0 1,2
1,6
2,0
2,4
2,8
3,2
3,6
N et Head
Civil Work cost is 5 times higher under 1,5m head than under 3 m head
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Vertical Siphon Kaplan Single regulation
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Bulb Turbine Set Fully Underwater
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Very Low Head Turbine Generating Set
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
Demonstration Site Millau Future Projects
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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Scientific Research and Development Program Fish Friendliness Tests
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD • CFD optimisation of hydraulic profile
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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• Small scale IEC 60193 Model Tests in the LAMH Laval University of of Québec.
• 3 D CAD mechanical design, finite element optimisation of all structures
• Fish friendliness tests with living fishes (smolts and eels)
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Small Scale Model test at Laval University Hydraulic laboratory in Quebec Presentation
Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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Test Rig
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Product Description Presentation
Very Low Head turbine
Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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The VLH速 is patented worldwide
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Rotating Trash Rake cleaner
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Rotation axis of the structure
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Generator stator
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Generator rotor
Hydraulic lifting Jack Turbine Runner
The VLH Turbo generator concept is Patented worldwide
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD Turbine Set Extraction for Heavy Maintenance and flood protection
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HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Frequency converter Command and control diagram
Turbine and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator
Chopper
DC High power resistor
DC
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Grid Inverter
Generator Drive
Transformer
AC DC
Description of the Product
DC Bus
Harmonics Filter
AC
Power Controller
. Oil level indicator . Oil temperature indicator . Air pressure . Oil pressure .etc...
Fiber optic link
Ethernet TCP/IP
To Oil Pump
INTERFACE INTERFACE BOARD OF THE BOARD OF THE AUXILIARY AUXILIARY EQUIPMENTS EQUIPMENTS
Wires
To Blades Control Cylinders To Trash Rake Cleaner Control Cylinders
Utility Grid 0.5kV/20kV
Control signals (Wires, Fiber optic link)
Pressured air from air compressor Demonstration Site Millau Future Projects
DC
DC AC
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User interface (LCD touch srceen)
Power station Controller
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Main Features: Presentation
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• • • • • • • • •
Integrated Generating set for very low heads Optimally reduced Civil Works Completely Submersible no Visual Impact Simple ,reliable & silent Directly Driven Permanent Magnet Generator with variable speed => Well suited for big head variation Fish friendly Fitted for heads bellow 1,8 m Fitted for Isolated Network operation Standardized Products Range for competitive pricing and swift delivery
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Product Range: • 5 diameters (3550, 4000, 4500, 5000, 5600 mm) Gross Head Range: • From 1,4 to 2,8 m and more Flow Range: • From 10 to 30 m3/s Output Range: • From 100 to 500 kW (At Generator Terminal Box)
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
1st Demonstration Site Presentation
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VLH DN 4500 410 kW - 20 m3/s - 2,5 m Head
Description of the Product
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Millau (France)
« Usine élévatoire du Troussy » (Pumping Station of Troussy)
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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Rotation downstream of the group until its inclined working position Craning of the 26 T VLH into its final location
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Upstream view of the VLH in the empty inlet channel
VLH in working conditions
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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Energy Cables, Hydraulic Piping, Compressed air tubes, entry and exit of the VLH
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Millau HPP Water intake
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Protection rakes against big floating elements Bars Ă˜ 100 mm, space between bars 300 mm
2 Vertical Gates
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Upstream view of the VLH in maintenance position
Downstream view of the HPP
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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14 months of industrial operation with outstanding results • Unperceivable noise and vibration level
• Full output reached and exceeded • Very precise regulation of upstream water level, generator voltage, grid voltage and rotation speed • Variable speed regulation under partial heads is validated until 40% of nominal head. • Soft functioning of the turbine down to 30 kW during summer months 2007 • Yearly objective of production of 2 Million kWh is reached
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
14 months of industrial operation with outstanding results Presentation
Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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•Nominal and intermediary efficiencies in full conformity with small scale model tests hill charts. Water Level regulation Nominal Flow % Gross Head Net head Turbined Flow Turbine Output Output on the Grid
m m m3/s kW kW
100% 2,50 2,38 21,8 448 409
90% 2,50 2,40 19,7 414 378
80% 2,50 2,42 17,5 368 336
70% 2,50 2,44 15,3 315 287
60% 2,50 2,46 13,1 258 235
50% 40% 30% 20% 2,50 2,50 2,50 2,50 2,47 2,48 2,49 2,50 10,9 8,7 6,6 4,4 201 146 96 55 183 133 88 50
80% 2,00 1,88 19,4 287
70% 1,75 1,63 18,1 231
60% 1,50 1,38 16,6 180
50% 1,25 1,13 15,0 133
Speed regulation with head reduction Gross Head % Gross Head Net Head Turbined Flow Output on the Grid
100% 2,50 m 2,38 m3/s 21,8 kW 409
90% 2,25 2,13 20,7 346
40% 1,00 0,88 13,3 91
30% 0,75 0,63 11,2 55
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Future Projects Orders Secured Presentation
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Turbine Type
Nom Output
La Roche
DN 3550
310 kW
Mayenne
SHEMA (EDF)
Limoux A
DN 4500
450 kW
Aude
Énergie Verte de Limoux
Limoux B
DN 4500
450 kW
Aude
Énergie Verte de Limoux
Clairvaux
DN 3550
310 kW
Aube
CHBC S.A.R.L.
Huningue 1
DN 3550
198 kW
Canal Huningue
Forces Motrices de Huningue
Huningue 2
DN 3550
142 kW
Canal Huningue
Forces Motrices de Huningue
Les Barrets
DN 3550
400 kW
Garonne
SNC APAS
Site
River
Customer
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
Canal d’Huningue Presentation
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Empty navigation lock before VLH
VLH & Electric Equs. in working position
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Scientific R&D Program Fish Friendliness Description of the Product
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La Roche HPP on the Mayenne River, « V » Dam
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La Roche HPP Downstream View
HYDRO TURBINE GENERATING SET FOR VERY LOW HEAD
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