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COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DES GRANDS BARRAGES ------- VINGT-SIXIÈME CONGRÈS DES GRANDS BARRAGES Autriche, juillet 2018 ------- EJECTOR POWER PLANT – VERTICAL KAPLAN Rudolf FRITSCH CEO of ZT Fritsch GmbH / CEO of Hydro-Construct GesmbH AUSTRIA 1. INTRODUCTION As a contribution to the transition from fossil to renewable energy sources, we need to focus also on power generation from small scale Hydropower plants. The key objective should be to maximize the exploitation of hydro power and one solution in this regard is the utilization of the ejector effect in low head schemes. A research project was carried out by ZT-Fritsch GmbH / Steyr in collaboration with the Institute HFM (Prof. Dr. Jaberg) - Graz University of Technology in 2013 – 2016. From this research, and from the appended dissertation on the subject, authored by DI Rudolf Fritsch, scientifically based dimensioning norms for specialized ejector plants in different conditions have been determined. 1364