T he Mavel Pel to n Turbi ne
Lester Pelton invented the Pelton turbine
Pelton Horizontal
in 1878, following the California Gold Rush.
Having witnessed miners using inefficient
Runner Diameters 500 mm to 1800 mm
water wheels for energy, Lester Pelton was
Number of Jets.... 1, 2 or 3 inspired to design a better turbine.
Head.................... 50 to 1000 meters (165 to 3300 feet)
Mavel Pelton Turbines
Flow..................... 0.1 to 6 cms (4 to 212 cfs) The Pelton turbine is designed for high heads and
Power Output...... 30+ MW low flow rates. A number of jets (1-6) direct water at
extremely high velocity at the turbine buckets, which
Transmission........ Runner Assembled to Generator or
causes the turbine to spin.
Turbine Shaft
Mavel’s Pelton turbines are designed for hydroelectric
plants with heads ranging between 50 and 1000 meters.
Each Pelton runner is customized and can be configured
either vertically or horizontally. The runners are milled
Pelton Vertical
from a single block of steel. Mavel’s Pelton turbines are
installed at projects in Europe, Asia, and North America.
Runner Diameters 500 mm to 2500 mm
Number of Jets.... 3, 4, 5 or 6 Mavel Pelton turbines have the following specifications:
Head.................... 50 to 1000 meters (165 to 3300 feet)
Flow..................... Up to 10 cms (up to 353 cfs) • horizontal or vertical configuration
Power Output...... 30+ MW • runner diameter up to 2500 mm
• 1, 2 or 3 jets on the horizontal
Transmission........ Runner Assembled to Generator or
• 3, 4, 5 or 6 jets on the vertical
Turbine Shaft • head range of 50 to 1000 meters (165 to 3300 feet)
M a v e l, a.s.
Jana Nohy 1237 • flow of 0.1 to 10 cms (4 to 353 cfs)
256 01 Benešov • installed power output up to 30+ MW
Czech Republic
+420 317 728 483
info@mavel.cz
Mavel Americas, Inc.
121 Mount Vernon Street
Boston, MA 02108
United States
+1 617 242 2204
americas@mavel.cz
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Mavel Pelton Runner Being Milled
Mavel Horizontal Pelton Turbine
Pelton Horizontal ARMAMAR HPP
H ydro Turbi ne Te chno l o g y
UPPER CLOWHOM HPP
Located on the Tedo River in Armamar, Portugal, On the Clowhom River in southwest British Columbia, by Mavel
Armamar HPP’s Horizontal Pelton turbine offers Upper Clowhom HPP is one of a two plant development
739 kW of installed power to the region. owned by Hydromax Energy Ltd. Mavel is a global leader in the supply
of Kaplan, Francis, Pelton and modular
micro turbines and related equipment for
hydroelectric power plants utilizing turbines
from 30 kW to 30+ MW.
Pelton turbines are preferred when the available water
Armamar HPP Parameters Upper Clowhom HPP Parameters
source has relatively high hydraulic head and low flow
Turbine................................... 1 x Pelton Horizontal Turbine.................................... 1 x Pelton Vertical
rates. Thus, more power can be extracted from a water
Head........................................ 218 meters (715 feet) Head........................................ 165 meters (541 feet)
source with high-pressure and low-flow than from a source
Flow......................................... 0.40 cms (14.1 cfs) Flow......................................... 8 cms (279 cfs)
with low-pressure and high-flow, even when the two flows
Total Power Output................. 739 kW Total Power Output................. 11.3 MW
theoretically contain the same power. Using 1 to 3 jets
Mavel’s Pelton Horizontal turbine directs high pressured
water into the runner buckets. Founded in 1990, Mavel was one of the first companies
formed under the new Czech Commercial Code. The
company moved from Prague to its current headquarters
Pelton Vertical YEGHESIS HPP BELA MESTA HPP AND CHERNA MESTA HPP in Benešov, CZ in 1993 and brought in a consortium
Located in the Caucasus mountains of Armenia, Bela Mesta HPP and Cherna Mesta HPP are a two of American / Canadian / European investors in 1997.
Yeghesis HPP is the largest private station in the region plant hydropower project in southwest Bulgaria. They Funds were used to upgrade facilities and purchase a
with total output of 13 MW. provide 1.3 MW of installed power to the area. small hydro turbine producer near Brno, CZ. The original
founders of the company remain top managers with
their American counterparts and are supported by a
team of global hydroelectric power specialists.
Mavel produces turbines at its two 12,900 m2
combined manufacturing facilities which have 85 ton
crane capacity, and 40 machines including a 5-axis milling
machine and a new 6-axis prototype machining center
put into operation in 2013.
The Company is ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, OHSAS
18001:2007 and ISO 3834-2:2005 certified.
Yeghesis HPP Parameters Bela Mesta HPP and Cherna Mesta HPP Parameters
Turbine................................... 2 x Pelton Vertical Turbine................................... 2 x Pelton Vertical Over the past twenty five years, Mavel has installed or
Mavel’s Pelton Vertical is also ideal for high head, low flow
signed contracts for over 500 turbines at more than 300
configurations. The Pelton Vertical offers 3 to 6 jets of Head........................................ 250 meters (820 feet) Head........................................ 98 meters (321 feet)
sites in 43 countries around the world.
direct flow onto the turbine runner buckets. Flow......................................... 6 cms (211 cfs) Combined Flow....................... 1.6 cms (63.56 cfs)
Total Power Output................. 13 MW Total Power Output................. 1.3 MW (combined)
