FISH MIGRATION

UP- & DOWNSTREAM FISH MIGRATION 

Upstream migration guidance – CompRack modular fish barrier

To achieve the best possible conditions for the fish to find their way upstream during migration, it is recommended to guide them to avoid passage into dead ends such as outlet tunnels. To prevent fish from entering an outlet tunnel, a fish barrier placed at the end of the tunnel can be used. CompRack offers a flexible modular fish barrier solution that can easily be installed during migration season or stay in place all year around. The modular barrier sections are based on flow optimized CompRack profiles to maintain a high efficiency hydro power energy production. CompRack profiles have smooth surfaces and round edges which makes them fish-friendly. The solution is proven and for example installed at large hydro power plants such as Lysebotn II (370 MW, 1500 GWh) Lysebotn and Nye Nedre Fiskumfoss HPP ( 90 MW, 370 GWh), river Namsen, Norway.

Trashrack and downstream by-pass solutions

We deliver fish friendly downstream migration solutions. We offer both Alfa- and Beta- type trashrack/bar-screens, with or without integrated fish by-pass solution. The alfa-type is a traditional vertical bar trashrack, low inclined (approx. 30-45 degrees) usually with a free opening between the profiles of 12-20mm, sometimes more depending on fish type. With our long experience we are able to support you from the planning phase as speaking partner providing conceptual ideas until delivery and comissioning of a complete- or part- solution. When planning and designing trashrack solutions with small gap, there are several important issues to adress , both from the environmental point of view and the hydropower-production point of view. A number of the CompRack product benefits have large impact on the overall efficiency, both environmental and productional. Things that haven´t been a problem for a trashrack with lager gap easily grows to one when closing the gap if it hasn´t been adressed properly in planning phase. Productional issues to adress: – Possible obstruction of the trashrack by foregn objects such as grass/seaweed in the spring after ice-break, leaves in the autumn, frazil ice in the winter. Surface corrosion over time will reduce an already narrow gap and cause headloss. More frequent cleaning is allways needed by decreased gap distances…….  Environmental issues to adress: Important to use fish friendly profiles without sharp edges. Corroded profiles have rough surface and might harm the fish. A lot of these issues can be handled efficiently by using CompRack trashrack with benefits that take care of these problems.

Below we present two sites equipped with different types of CompRack fish friendly trashrack.

DOWNSTREAM FISH MIGRATION SYSTEM – alfa type – vertical profiles

DOWNSTREAM FISH MIGRATION SYSTEM – beta type – horisontal profiles