Small Hydro Plant Developments

Abstract

The exploitation of the renewable sources is a challenge for all the engineers. Hydro power application is ranging from a kW to order of GW. The technical solutions have a wide spectra, such as turbines and dam constructions. The hydro power potential of Hungary is modest. Óbuda University cooperates with the patent owner in the development of new devices. In this paper we introduce the latest development for the mini hydro applications capable of deploying low heading watercourses and small size rivers. The fast mountable flowing through arrangement and the anchored floating Sagebien wheel devices have 5-10 kW output power. These days the operations are in the test phase.