Fish Deflection

KEMA has extensive experience in the research and development of fish deflection systems

Fish deflection systems
Fish are killed when they pass through the turbines of hydropower stations and are drawn into the cooling water intakes of thermal power stations and industrial plants. Deflecting fish from such systems and danger zones has become increasingly important to plant operation, ecosystem sustainability and current environmental requirements, as legislation becomes more and more strict. KEMA has extensive experience in the research and development of fish deflection systems based on light that have proved their value in practice. Experiments in the past few years have demonstrated that certain fish species can be deflected effectively from the danger zone by means of a light screen. Beside light systems, also acoustic fish screens have been developed. Both the light and sound systems can be used by KEMA to solve your fish-related problems.