Andritz Atro

Hydrodynamic screw turbines

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andritz Atro hydrodynamic screw turbines

Efficient, rugged, and environmentally friendly
Do you own water rights as an individual,

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a company, or a local authority? Then a

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you at no cost. Dont let this potential

simply run down the drain any longer.
An ingenious idea from Greek antiquity
was the source of inspiration for this technology: The Archimedean screw made

Generator Klemmenleistung (kW)

lucrative source of energy is available to

10,00m3/s

waterInstallation
flow uphill.
The hydrodynamic screw
angle 22

6,00m 3/s

300
250

1,5

1,0

4,00m 3/s

200
3,00m 3/s
150
2,00m 3/s
100

1,50m3/s
1,00m3/s

50

30 around and uses the

turns that principle

0,75m 3/s
0,50m 3/s

position and energy difference of falling

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8,00m 3/s

50

0,25m 3/s

4000
water to3500
generate power.

1,0

1,5

2,0

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3,0

3,5

4,0

4,5

5,0

5,5

6,0

6,5

7,0

7,5

8,0

8,5

9,0

Fallhhe (m)

The facts

Water flow up to 10 m/s

Head up to 10 m

Efficiency up to 92%

Output up to 500 kW

Fish-friendly

Your advantages

Rapid amortization thanks to small

Self-regulating system that adapts

Fields of application

High efficiency, even with fluctuating

automatically to the water volume and

water levels and low volumes of water

mains frequency

investment and low operating costs

Efficient use as from an output of 1 kW,

even with low hydropower potential

Rugged, wear-resistant, trouble-free,

and durable technology

Low-maintenance plant that requires

turbine plants

very little cleaning

As substitute for waterwheels and

As residual water screw turbine in an
existing spillway or a weir system

Operates with coarse screen only (no

At former irrigation weirs

fine screens needed)

At the clear water outlet from sewage

treatment plants

At the cooling water outlet from thermal power stations

At diversion power plants on flowing

water

Back-filled steel trough (WU)

In a hydrodynamic steel turbine with a back-filled steel trough,
the screw turbine body is placed in a concrete structure
together with the trough, and the trough shell is back-filled
with concrete. The drive unit and switchgear are mounted on
a concrete structure. This design provides for maximum operating reliability with low cost for maintenance and care.

Self-supporting trough (WUF)

In a self-supporting trough variant, there is no need to back-fill
the steel trough with concrete. The lower bearing is mounted
on the trough and the forces are transferred to the trough
structure. The drive unit and switchgear are mounted on a
concrete structure.

Compact system (WKU)

In this case, the hydrodynamic screw turbine is placed in a
self-supporting trough. The complete unit is a self-supporting
steel structure with integrated drive unit. The baffle plate is
already integrated into the steel trough, which has an open
top. Thus compact system is secured to strip foundations
prepared by the customer. A central support must be provided
as from a blade length of approximately 11.0 m. The customer
then only needs to provide the inlet and outlet areas for the
screw turbine.

Compact tube screw (WKR)

In this case, the body of the screw turbine rotates in a
closed tubular shell. The complete unit is a self-supporting
steel structure with an integrated drive unit. The customer
must provide the inlet and outlet areas for the screw turbine.
Particularly suitable for low heads, e.g. clear water outlet from
sewage treatment plants.

Sustainability
Every kilowatt-hour generated by a
hydrodynamic screw means around 1 kg
less CO2 polluting the environment. Fish,
other creatures, and floating particles
pass through the hydrodynamic screw
unharmed. What is more, the quality of
the water in deeper bodies of water is
improved thanks to oxygen enrichment.

Fish friendly
In addition to being very suitable for adapting the screw turbine and trough to the
natural surroundings, the hydrodynamic
screw turbine also allows fish to pass
through it without coming to any harm.
There is no need for the filter screens
needed in small turbine systems as
protection against floating objects. All
that is required is a coarse screen through
which floating particles and, more importantly, fish can pass unharmed.

Conclusion by the experts

The efficiency of the hydrodynamic
screw turbine compared to other small
hydropower systems of this magnitude
(turbines, waterwheels) is [...] similar or
better. However, the partial load efficiency
can be considered a special advantage
that still makes very efficient use of the
hydraulic energy available, even at low
inflow volume. This is not easy to achieve
in plants of a comparable size.
Source: Extract from an expert opinion on determination of
efficiency by the Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Automation
Reliable, economic and safe
Your hydropower plant should operate fully
automatically and reliably without any personnel present, and you would like to check
the plant status and your power generating
data online on your smartphone?
This is possible both with a standardized
design (compact, premium line) and with a
complete customized solution, e.g. with integration of the entire weir system.

Our competence
A team with decades of experience in
generating electricity from hydropower will
cific case. With the complete engineering

ANDRITZ hydrodynamic screw turbine

controller AHC

work, high-grade materials, manufacture in

This unit controls and protects advanced, scalable technology on an

our own works, commissioning, customer

industrial scale. The following modules can be integrated into this unit

training, and service features, you have a

whole range of resources at your disposal

if required:
Integrated vibration monitoring to detect undesirable situations

to guarantee that your hydropower plant is

High-resolution, long-term archiving for status analysis

highly profitable.

Integrated logging of electrical measurements

Webcam integration

Alerts on mobile phone by SMS

Reliable remote access, remote maintenance facility

Detailed process visualization

develop the best solution for your spe-

Close to our customers

ANDRITZ Atro GmbH

Max-Brod-Strasse 2
90471 Nuremberg, Germany
Phone: +49 (911) 998120
Fax: +49 (911) 813 7646
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