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Venturi Turbines increase water flow velocity and produce more power !

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​On grid / Off grid applications

The Davidson Hill Venturi  (DHV) is a vertical axis DarrIeus turbine inside our unique Venturi shape. 

Our design allows h
igher performance in low water speeds having previously achieved up to a 3x augmentation factor ( 300% increase in potential power output.)  This is due to the slatted diffusers effect on water flow focusing the water energy onto the turbine blades. Tests on Higher speeds 6m/s plus have acheived a 2.4 x augmentation factor .

Ideal for diesel dependent remote communities who live along  water courses that want to stop burning expensive fossil fuels.

Due to this  increase in efficiency. The DHV. design can produce power in areas previously economically unviable due to slower water flow velocities. 


More power output allows smaller unit to produce the same output as a larger traditional style windmill. with the advantage of being more Compact!


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Increase efficiency/ decrease  cost

Costs are  saved on large expensive twisting blades. The design consists of 5 components  with a flat top and bottom. Transportable as a whole unit on one truck.  The blades of the darrIeus turbine and the DHV venturi side panels are one continuous profile as simplicity saves cost in production and allows for scalable mass production through injection molding. 
Sweep Area vs Velocity
2 m/s
3 m/s
1.5 m
​4.6 kW
​15 kW
2.4 m
10 kW
​40 kW
5 m
​50 kW
​170 kW
Table based on a flow augmentation factor of 3x as indicated in the first two experiments 
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​Scalable to any size!

The modern age take on the windmill
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Research Potential

Venturi turbines are a relatively new science and there is still a lot of room for improvement.  DVH Turbines  encourages  interested researchers and academics to collaborate with us to help move the science forward!

Licence

Commercial and research licences are available.  Please send us an inquiry to
[email protected]
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Future

DHV Turbines is seeking interested Fluid dynamics specialists to help us optimize and perfect our design with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).  
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