Vortex Turbine

In agriculture, the use of energy, especially electricity, is essential for its proper development. This energy is used in very different ways: in drainage and irrigation automation, to operate the necessary machinery, in heating for greenhouses, in the transport of products both within the farms themselves and to the centres where they are marketed, in the transformation of food or in its own conservation. Therefore, one way of producing electricity is by taking advantage of an available natural resource such as water and its gravitational flow with potential usable kinetic energy. An associated technology is the gravitational votex turbine, whose energy conversion mechanism consists of passing water through a straight inlet and directing it tangentially towards a cylindrical container, equipped with a drainage hole at the bottom. The water forms a large vortex in this central drain that sets the turbine in motion, extracting the rotational energy of the vortex and converting it into electrical energy. This turbine has a compact design that facilitates its adaptation and installation in small available spaces. The external diameter of the vortex chamber generally reaches a maximum of 4 m, which means that little space is required for its installation.