GILKES COMPACT HYDRO SYSTEMS

GILKES COMPACT HYDRO SYSTEMS
Micro-hydroelectric solutions
Matthew Crosher
UK Sales Manager
GILKES HISTORY
•First Turbine installed 1854
•Installed turbine in 1881 at
the Cragside estate,
Northumberland. - First
house in the world to have
electric light.
•Invented Turgo Turbine in
1919
•Over 6500 turbine
installations in over 82
Countries
GILKES TODAY
•Currently working on new projects in
Alaska, South Georgia (FI), Dominican
Republic, Kenya, Sri Lanka, and 12 sites in
the UK
•Sizes ranging from 1kW to 15 MW
•UK sites from 30kw to 3MW
•Private land owners through to major
Utility Companies.
2009 Ardchattan, Scotland – 900 kW Turgo
2009 – Inverlael, Ullapool
Pair of 1.25 MW
Francis turbines
2008 Coignafearn, Scotland
„
„
Underground
Powerhouse
100kw Single
Jet Turgo
2008 Grytviken, South Georgia
Turgo Impulse
turbine for South
Georgia
2007 – Coniston, Cumbria
„
300 kW Twin jet Turgo
Turbine.
2009 FRANCIS TURBINES
Hydro Doesn’t have to mean Big.
Range of small “domestic” off the shelf turbine range sub 100 kW
to meet the increased interest in this area.
GILKES MICRO-HYDRO TURBINE RANGE
Pelton
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Turgo
Hydraulic Heads from 5m to 300m
Flow rates from 0.5 l/s to 1000 l/s
Power outputs from 1 kW to 100 Kw
Grid Connected or Islanded
Crossflow
GILKES MICRO-HYDRO TURBINE RANGE
3 Different Turbine Types
Pelton
Turgo
„Hydraulic Heads from 5m to 300m
„Flow rates from 0.5 l/s to 1000 l/s
„Power outputs from0.05 kW to 100 Kw
„Grid Connected or Islanded
Crossflow
RANGE CHART
PELTON
CROSSFLOW
PELTON RANGE
90.05 kW to 100 kW
96 Jet Design
9Large Flow Variation
9Jets can be actuated
9Stainless Steel Runner Design
9Single or three phase
9415 or 240 volts
9Grid connected or islanded
TURGO RANGE
92 sizes 7.5” and 10.5”
9Fully modulating Spear Valve – Continuous flow
control
9Wide flow range
9Good wear characteristics
9Actuated spear valve
9Skid mounted for ease of installation
9Can be fully automatic adjusting to water
availability
Compact Turgo Turbine
50 kW Compact
Turgo
CROSSFLOW RANGE
94 DIFFERENT SIZES
9Ideal for Low Head high flow sites – Mill sites
9Continuous Flow Regulation
9Large Flow Variation
9Manual or Actuated Flow Control
9Stainless Steel Runner Design
9Single or three phase
9415 or 240 volts
9Grid connected or islanded
Control Systems
Manual control to Fully automatic
PLC Digital Controllers
G59 or G83 Compliant for Grid
Connection
Email / Text Alarm
Remote monitoring and control
LOAD BANKS
•2kW or 10kW loads, can be stacked for larger loads
•Air or water Cooled
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Alan Robinson – a.robinson@gilkes.com
Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd.
Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7BZ
Tel.: +44 (0) 1539 720028
Fax: +44 (0) 1539 732110
Web site: www.gilkes.com