ANDRITZ pumps

A global leader in hydraulic machines

ANDRITZ mirco hydropower

Bruno Mellacher, Sales & Project Manager, Andritz AG, Austria
Torsten Fiedler, Director Sales, Andritz Atro, Germany
ANDRITZ GROUP

ANDRITZ GROUP
Order intake: 4,924 MEUR Net income: 242 MEUR

Sales: 5,177 MEUR Equity ratio: 20%

Staff: approx. 23,400 worldwide

Plants and services for:

hydropower and pump stations
the pulp and paper industry
solid-liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors
the steel industry
the production of animal feed and biomass pellets

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Company profile
A world market leader in most business areas

HYDRO PULP & PAPER SEPARATION METALS FEED & BIOFUEL

40-45%* 30-35%* 10%* 10%* 5%*

Electromechani-
cal equipment
for hydropower
plants (mainly tur-
bines and genera-
tors); pumps;
turbo generators
Systems for the Equipment for the Systems for the Systems for the
production of all mechanical and production and production of
types of pulp and thermal solid/ processing of animal feed
of certain paper liquid separation stainless steel pellets (pet and
grades (tissue, for municipalities and carbon steel fish food) and
cartonboard); and various strips; industrial biomass pellets
boilers industries furnaces (wood, straw)

* Long-term average share of the ANDRITZ GROUP’s total order intake

Company presentation March 2013 – further information at www.andritz.com

ANDRITZ HYDRO – a global leader in hydraulic machines
Organization

Turbines und Service and Turbo generators Pumps

generators rehabilitation
Large turbines Rehabilitation Turbogenerators Large pumps
Generators Service and for steam and Reactor pumps
maintenance of hydro gas turbines
Turn key hydro Standard pumps
power plants power stations
Specialized motors
Screw pumps and
hydrodynamic screws

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ANDRITZ pumps division
Competences from a single source

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ANDRITZ – Experts in hydropower

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ANDRITZ – Experts in hydropower
Working Range of micro hydropower

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ANDRITZ Atro Archimedean Screw

 Archimedes invented the screw

pump 2300 years ago
 ANDRITZ Atro designs and builds
screw pumps for decades

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ANDRITZ Atro hydropower screw as a turbine

 ANDRITZ Atro invented the

hydropower screw 15 years ago
 The genius principle is turned
around
 The hydrodynamic screw is
placed inclined in flood direction
in the river
 The water flow makes the screw
rotating.
 The energy is given to
a generator via a gearbox

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ANDRITZ Atro hydropower screw

 Do you want to invest into

renewable energy?

 Do you have problems with the

interconnected grid,
• because there is none?
• because the power lines are to
weak?

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ANDRITZ Atro hydropower screw
Do you have nearby …

… a natural river flow

with currents?

… an owerflow over an existing dam?

… an irrigation channel?
… old unused hydropower site?
… a clean water outlet of sewage
treatment plants?
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ANDRITZ Atro hydropower screw
Perfect micro hydropower utilisation …
… at sites with small heads from
1 to 10 m

… at sites with flows from

0,25 to 10 cbm/sec.

=> Power output up to 500 kW

… at sites with concerns about

fish mortality

… with high efficiency especially at

partial load

… with small investments and

maintanence costs

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ANDRITZ Atro hydropower screw
Main Components
 Scoar screen

 Shut down device

 Drive unit with

gearbox and
generator

 Control cabinet: AHC - ANDRITZ hydro screw controller

 Archmimedean Screw
with upper and lower bearing
incl. splash plates and different types of troughs
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ANDRITZ Atro hydropower screw
Advantages
 No danger of blockage due to big
passages
 No need of expensive fine screening
 Very fish friendly
 Very low wear due to slow turning
screw

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ANDRITZ Atro hydropower screw
Advantages
 Enviromental friendly, because of little
effects in the surrounding world
 Minimal civil works
 No deep excavating
 Less regulations, smaller process of
permission

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ANDRITZ Atro hydropower screw
At a glance
 High efficient turbine for
 small heads 1-10 m
 Flows from 0,25 – 10 cbm/sec.
 Sites with concerns about fish
mortality
 Trouble free operation at low
maintanence costs
 Small investments in machinery
and civil works

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Pumps as Turbines Series ACT / FPT / HPT
Content
 Applications, Performance Range
 Design and Function
 Advantages
 References

Performance data:
Head: up to 80 m
Flow:
up to 800 l/s with ACT
up to 6000 l/s with FPT
HPT: Head up to 350m
Flow up to 250 l/s

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Pumps as Turbines Series ACT / FPT / HPT
Applications

 Island stations for mountain refugees

 Drinking water turbines
 Waste water turbines
 Reserved flow turbines
 Micro power stations with supply to grid
 Energy recovery turbines in industrial
applications
 Small pump storage power stations

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Pumps as Turbines Series ACT / FPT / HPT
Advantages
 Wear resistant execution
 Little and easy maintenance
 Impeller with large free passage
 Low problems with clogging
 Direct- or belt drive / gearbox possible
 Serial production, short delivery time

Disadvantage: Pumps have only one optimum duty point

Our philosophy:

Use only in applications, where pump fits perfect as turbine !

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Pumps as Turbines Series ACT / FPT / HPT
Control of turbine
Casing works as rigid guide vane, Control possibilities:
only one optimum point available a) Throttle control
surplus flow: by-pass
b) Variable speed control
shifts optimum efficiency point

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Pumps as Turbines Series ACT / FPT / HPT
Main Components
LV-switchbox Turbine
-current distribution
-fuses - Rigid design
-control unit - Speed optimized selection
-battery
Control valve
Turbine ...for control, niveau regulation and
-wear resistant
components emergency shut down or as
closing valve during stand still.
Switch cabinet
- current distribution, fuses, control,
battery and warning systems
Generator
- asynchron (parallel to grid) or
synchron (island drive)

Control valve
-with 24VDC drive
Generator
-for flow control and
Asynchron (parallel to grid)
-emergency shut down
Synchron (island drive / off grid)
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Pumps as Turbines Series ACT / FPT / HPT
Reference plant Micro Power Station with supply to grid,
Perhab Rössing, Ramsau

Flow 100 - 500 l/s

Head 51 – 50m
Power 38 – 198 kW

3 Turbines of different
size combined for
optimum control:
1 KT1530 105 l/s
1 KT1520 160 l/s
1 KT2020 240 l/s

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Pumps as Turbines Series ACT / FPT / HPT
Control possibilities by combination

Flow 100 - 500 l/s

Head 51 – 50m
Power 38 – 198 kW

3 Turbines of different size

combined for optimum
control:
1 KT1530 105 l/s 38 kW
1 KT1520 160 l/s 66 kW
1 KT2020 240 l/s 97 kW

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Pumps as Turbines Series ACT / FPT / HPT
Combination: Solar power pumped storage

 Solar power stored with

Pumpturbine during high
radiation

 Grid – high peak power supplied

by Pumpturbine

 Small power stations for rural

areas with weak infrastructure

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ANDRITZ micro hydropower turbines

Thank you!
See you in Hall 1, HY19

For more information please contact:

Screw turbines:
torsten.fiedler@andritz.com
Pumps as turbines:
bruno.mellacher@andritz.com

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