- Head range from 30 m up to 1000 m
- Capacity up to 15 000 kW
- 1 to 6 jet designs
- Horizontal or vertical shaft arrangements
- Jet deflectors for outstanding dynamic performance
- 2 or 4 bearing turbine – generator arrangements
- Well suited to sites with significant fluctuations in discharge
- Developed for use in demanding application with silt laden water
- Optimized jet geometry to achieve outstanding peak efficiencies
- Spearvalve actuated by either electric or hydraulic means
- Runner cast from high grade, extremely wear resistant, stainless steel
- Maintenance free shaft seal design
Hydro turbines
The WKV Pelton Turbine
Characteristics :
The WKV Turgo Impulse Turbine
Characteristics :
Head range from 30 m up to approx. 300 m- Capacity up to 5 000 kW
- 1 and 2 nozzle designs, horizontal shaft arrangement
- Jet deflectors for outstanding dynamic performance – important in case of long penstocks
- Less sensitive than Francis turbines for applications with silt laden water
- Excellent part load efficiencies
- Jet and runner geometry optimized in WKV’s test facility to achieve excellent efficiencies
- Spearvalve actuated by either electric or hydraulic means
- Optimized jet geometry to achieve outstanding peak efficiencies
- Spearvalve actuated by either electric or hydraulic means
- Well suited to replacing low head multi jet Pelton or high head Francis turbines with poor part load efficiencies
- Maintenance free shaft seal design
- Runner cast from high grade, extremely wear resistant, stainless steel
The WKV Francis Turbine
Characteristics :
Head range:open flume from 1.5 m up to 10 mspiral casing up to approx. 300 m- Capacity up to 15 000 kW
- High peak efficiency
- Used where flow fluctuation is less than 50% of the design flow
- Complete range of specific speedrunner designs for optimum selection versus synchronous speed
- Compact design and low maintenance requirements through rigorous selection of the best suited materials
- 2 or 4 bearing turbine – generator arrangements
- Bearings rated for at least 100 000 hours of operation
- Wicket gates actuated by electric or hydraulic means
The WKV Crossflow Turbine
Characteristics :
Head range 3m up to approx. 150m- Capacity up to 2 000 kW
- A split vane construction allows an almost constant efficiency between 100% – 17% of full discharge
- Significant improvements achieved through targeted research and development in WKV’s own test facility
- Economic solution where other turbines prove to be too expensive
- Maximum efficiency achieved by using a hydraulically optimized blade design
- Highly sturdy runners cast or welded guide vanes with stainless steel shafts
- Guide vanes actuated by electric or hydraulic means
- Robust and stiff housing with inspection hole and aeration valve
- Proven bearing arrangement, designed by WKV, rated for at least100 000 hours of operation
Hydroelectric equipment
Lloyd Wensley
Mount Campbell Networks Ltd
P: 03 547 8840
M: 021 438 120
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Representative of WKV in New Zealand
www.wkv-ag.com