The rights to use the pump-as-turbine selection software has been granted to the Venture by Trinity College Dublin.
The selection software enables an accurate selection of the most suitable hydraulic pump (end-suction, inline, multistage, split-case) to work as a turbine for any given site. Until now, the available alternatives were either experimentally testing many different pumps in reverse or performing a numerical CFD simulation to predict their performances – both extremely time and resource consuming methods.
Screenshot of exemplary results from the software.
