Turbulent Energy Explained: The Vortex Turbine! 

Ever seen a water wheel? This is old technology, really old.

@@seanregehr4921 hmm using the vortex is not so old, and fish stay safe.

@THEGODFATHER meh. just sell back the electricity to the grid. No really, they literally said that you can do that in the video.

@@novastar6112 it depends on the cost and from the looks of it, not cheap. I wonder how many year it will need to pay itself off also gotta look at maintenance costs to which could and probably is quite expensive.

@@acillius2 Maintenance is low, due to lack of moving parts. But yea I get your point: initial costs. Cheaper than hydrodams at any rate though.

@Bailover Trend .___. Well crap. But hey, it powers a decent amount of homes for a small village. I dunno, but appears to be meant for 3rd world countries or poor villages for use.

@Bailover Trend Hey, better than burning literal shit to cook I guess XD

Y’know, assuming it was a big enough model to support humans, it probably would be

Isn't it just like a bowl slide?

Depending on the RPM and material used for the turbine, it might be limited to 1 ride per person! 🤔

@@GMan-yv8cb oh no

Bread Soup well, considering larger turbines would spin slower maybe just maybe you’d be safe :P

for 30K Euros, id go online and look at the DIY builds on YT

It doesn't have to be open. Put a cover over it

The opening on the top of the vortex can be covered with a simple iron grate or mesh, and I believe it wouldn't be too expensive to do the same for the rest of the vortex channel to protect from what you mentioned.

Yes you are right, The what if. And the probabilities are Very high. Or like what I said some Idiot will jump in. Need a steel mesh Cover over it.

@@bethymears2648 can be done

The Archimedes' screw turbines, (that are installed "diagonally") use more material to construct and require more maintenance due to the load not being axial or perpendicular to the thrust of the water. These are installed on small streams and have a much lower impact on the aquatic life than any of the technologies that you listed. The kaplan, as I understand it, would be less efficient in a low-head environment. (Kaplan are great when you have a dam that is half a mile above the kaplan turbine.)

@@recklessroges Maybe I wrote wrong, I also specified leaving out the arcmede screws, (maintenance costs, etc.) not far from me there is the first co-commercialized archimede screw in the world with variable speed with regenerative inverter to modulate the flow rate, built 18 years ago and (object of study at the time being a novelty, built by the German company which has now been absorbed by a multi-national company, which marketed them for the first time ever over 20 years ago, leaving out this I read many imprecisations, fixed propeller turbines they are not Full Kaplan turbines, but both are born for very low jumps being reaction turbines with aspirated exhaust, they also work with only one meter, then subsequently they have been improved and brought to work even beyond 50 meters for full Kaplan, they are unparalleled as efficiency on the flow rate work curve, but only in large systems and with 2 settings, those not full kaplan but with fixed propeller are practically identical to this stuff, they can be open or closed chamber with radial inlet with or without fixed distributor always for jumps from one meter upwards, this "turbine" appears more commercial for developing countries than anything else, large diameter to slow down and adapt the centrifugal speed of the water to that of the propeller, in the end it is a propeller with an open loading chamber, nothing new we have similar turbines from 1920/1930 with an open loading chamber in the irrigation channels, the propeller turbines fixed are not used on dams or large jumps but precisely in small hydro plants with similar flow rates, they are in the hydroelectric field, this one in the video has adjustable propellers so it is not a fixed prop but a semi-kaplan type, so nothing new. that's why I don't see anything innovative and I don't understand.

@@winterburan Good questions, and some already answered above. What do you mean with aspirated exhaust? I don't get that term. As per benefits, we design these turbines to be cost efficient and requiring low amounts of expertise to install. We didn't add a draft tube as the extra efficiency it gave us, didn't outweigh the added costs of digging further down. You have to keep in mind that we design these systems for remote areas and for refurbishment of old mills. existing hydraulic structures etc. When you have to dig down under the water level, you have to put sheet piling around your build site and pump away the ground water. That all adds to the costs. By keeping it simple we want to make these projects doable by people without expert experience in hydraulic civil works. KISS is our moto, Keep it Simple and ssss...cheap.

www.turbulent.be/contact-us :)

@@TurbulentHydro just Tell us some numbers 🙄🤌🏻

@@HDCamcord roughly a max power of 180 kw, not more than that, and it's already the maximum peak which almost never happens I guess

How are you going to design and build the concrete chamber (called a volute) and who is going to do the hydraulic and electrical calculations? These things are engineered, you can’t buy one at Walmart.

@@greenmountainboy2528 Dude.. Just crush another dream.

@@greenmountainboy2528 Well we can help with the engineering part. Would you guys want to see a video of how to make the volute out of concrete, metal, or even wood?

@Muckin 4on That's the spirit. But seriously, if you ask for the plans we can give them!

2: You can calculate the potential energy the water has before and after it enters the turbine and compare that to the energy the turbine produced.

Probably because diverting the entire flow of water to build something to capture the entire flow would be expensive.

The system is built in a scale that only requires x amount of waterflow to generate energy at max capacity. You have to take into account that you are not the only person who needs to use the water plus by only diverting part of the stream you get past the environmental extremists who would claim that diverting the entire flow would adversely impact the local ecosystem. Why ruffle any more feathers than absolutely necessary to get the amount of energy that you need for your project? At least that's what makes the most sense to me

Ask them, they come.

@@robertbaelen7656 yes

The only thing you need is quantity of water and a drop og 1.5meters.

The efficiency is better. Go to to the website. Everything is localy made exept the turbine generator. Local people can keep an eye on it.

You can visit our website, where you will find a range of prices for our turbine models. Of course, the cost will vary depending on the site characteristics, so make sure to send us any site you have in mind and we will send you a price quotation :)

@Ken MacDonald Well its hard for them to give you a price if they have no idea how big it needs to be, the best thing they could do is tell you how much all the resources would cost/

Ok so I just looked it up on google and it said $1,000-$20,000 per unit, but I don't think that includes maintenance. Hope this helps!

@@andersbell6974 thanks but I think that's the problem. I need to know price per kW to understand the value vs. alternatives like solar or wind, etc.

@Ken MacDonald well to be honest if you are in a remote area the cost will be higher than if you are near the capital (for example) and the amount of concrete that you will need to use but I guess what you mean is to have a reference idea like 3k to 8k usd, and have some sort of disclaimer saying something like: *price may be higher due to exchange rates and access to the site where the system will be built

Here I am checking my mail every day, but nothing. Giving me the cold shoulder? ;) You can always go to www.turbulent.be/contact-us

@@TurbulentHydro ill do that..

Hi Callum! With a name like Gillman we would've expected your mail already! Don't miss the opportunity to go into FISH friendly technology with a name like that! 😉

I think the Water in the Vortex has a high momentum. Momentum times RPM is Power, so high momentum with low RPM can generate as much Power as low momentum with high RPM.

@@philipphermann9454 oh i got it now thanks man

I know this is late but the turbines have large motors that can generate sufficient power at low rpms. The water does need to have enough force or momentum to push the motors thou.

I’m saying this because it’s about how much the turbine/motor spins not the momentum of the water. Faster water will turn the turbine more and produce more power and slower water will produce less power. So the rpm of the turbine and the motor(energy produced) is effected by the momentum of the water and the size of the motor not the rpm x momentum of the water

Both and neither, hope that helps. 😁

Putting a grate is like 15 dollars more and can be done by pretty much everyone

Rpm is very low....

@@jaikumar848 windmill rpm is even lower, and they work very well

@@jaikumar848 I mean sure rpm is low, but it's not small enough for ppl to pass trough easily lol

@@arcachofo Blade tip speed increases the larger the diameter of the turbine, and many windfarms increase tip velocity of turbine blades by a factor of 10 relative to the wind speed. Blade tip speed on turbines like this will be lower than incoming water, which is designed to be low, harming little to no aquatic life, and be no more dangerous to terrestrial life than any normal non-mechanical irrigation transfer would be. Tens of thousands of birds die at the blades of windfarms every year. **Just fact-checked myself. Turns out it's estimated to be HUNDREDS of thousands of birds, not tens.

You wouldn’t be able to make these in the US. New dams are rarely being built in the US because of their environmental impact on River ecology. The best you could do is upgrade an existing dam that does not currently provide hydroelectricity, so farmers would be out of luck unless they have a dam in their property already

Best way is to fill out your contact details on our contact us page. Please make sure to give us the estimated height difference and flow for your river. That way we can immediately tell you the feasibility when connecting you to our local representative.

which is totally possible ;) Hint hint

Fence off your property well away from the turbine site with lots of no trespassing signs then design a bit of overhead camo to hide from the inevitable drones they use these days. Shouldn't take much to make it appear to be a small log jam or something from the air while the turbine does it's job underneath

@@TurbulentHydro hi how much does it cost and how much power this model can produce I mean if some families in the farm. CA they get whole electricity needs for their home like the City and the 5KwDoes it the end of it's capacity or it produce 5kw per hour

Muy buena esa turbina es fabulosa los felicito desde colombia las estoy fabricando

Where do you think they got the idea from?

Bom dia. Você conseguiu informações sobre representante do Turbulent no Brasil?

Turbulent juice?

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@@Billy420-69 That's our trademark name for the gearbox oil :P

@@TurbulentHydro Have you considered advertising on Adult Swim?

Sex sells what?

Jup!

No, this is for small height drops. You'd need a different turbine design for higher water pressure.

There are plenty of high pressure systems to buy. 200 meters is a pressure of 20 bar or 20 kg/cm² thats high pressure. With a lot of energy. I am jalous.