Reliable machine for low heads
An axial-flow reaction turbine for heads of 1.5–35 m and flows up to 200 m³/s. Both the runner blades and the wicket gates adjust in real time, so efficiency stays high even when the flow changes sharply.
- Head
- 1.5 – 35 m
- Flow
- 1.2 – 200 m³/s
- Output
- 20 kW – 20 MW
- Runner
- Ø 550 – 5 500 mm
How it works
How it works
Water moves along the turbine axis, as it does through a ship's propeller. Double regulation — adjustable blades plus adjustable wicket gates — keeps efficiency high across the whole range of flows.
Configurations
Configurations
Five arrangements adapt the same hydraulics to your civil works, from open pit installations to compact S-type units.
Kaplan PIT
- Head
- 1.5 – 12 m
- Flow
- 15 – 150 m³/s
- Output
- 400 kW – 8 MW
- Runner blades
- 3 – 4
- Drive
- Belt · Parallel gearbox
Kaplan Vertical
- Head
- 1.5 – 35 m
- Flow
- 3.5 – 200 m³/s
- Output
- 70 kW – 20 MW
- Runner blades
- 4 – 6
- Drive
- Direct · Belt · Parallel gearbox
Kaplan Bulb
- Head
- 1.5 – 12 m
- Flow
- 5 – 45 m³/s
- Output
- 100 kW – 3 MW
- Runner blades
- 3 – 4
- Drive
- Direct · Belt · Bevel gearbox
Kaplan Z
- Head
- 2 – 35 m
- Flow
- 2 – 60 m³/s
- Output
- 30 kW – 20 MW
- Runner blades
- 4 – 6
- Drive
- Direct
Kaplan S
- Head
- 1.5 – 15 m
- Flow
- 1 – 14.5 m³/s
- Output
- 20 kW – 1.75 MW
- Runner blades
- 4 – 5
- Drive
- Direct · Belt
Applications
Applications
- Run-of-river plants
- Irrigation canals and weirs
- Existing dams and locks
- Modernization of old plants
Key facts
Key facts
- 260+ Kaplan units installed worldwide
- Double regulation: blades + wicket gates
- Runner diameters from 550 to 5 500 mm
- Best suited to Uzbekistan's canal network
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Yipo HPP
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Lovosice HPP
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4 × Kaplan PIT
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