SedAway Vortex System: sediment management for water and energy assets
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At a glance
- Inline, non‑blocking sediment separation that uses the water’s own energy
- Features multimodal sensors and digital twins for prediction, regulation and optimisation
- Cuts operational costs and emissions, while maintaining stable hydropower and water supply
CHATTIGR delivers the SedAway Vortex System, an inline, non‑blocking sediment management solution that strengthens hydropower reliability and water security.
CHALLENGE
Protecting water and energy systems from silent sediment buildup
Reservoirs, rivers and hydropower assets worldwide are losing capacity due to rapid sedimentation – threatening water security, hydropower production and flood control. In response, utilities must use costly, carbon‑intensive and water-wasteful dredging, flushing and check dams, disrupting operations, ecosystems and the environment.
The scale of the issue is severe: Europe has already lost nearly one‑fifth of reservoir capacity, while Japan is projected to face future capacity losses of up to 50 per cent by 2050.
SOLUTION
CHATTIGR enables inline sediment separation without interrupting water flow
CHATTIGR’s SedAway Vortex System (SVS) is a modular inline sediment management and digital monitoring and control system for rivers, reservoirs, hydropower plants and water-supply assets.
The system combines non-blocking hydrodynamic vortex manifolds with Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), control hardware and digital twins to provide continuous, inline sediment separation that does not interrupt water flow. It also uses the water’s own energy, reducing the need for large settling basins, heavy dredging equipment or disruptive flushing operations.
SVS is an intelligent system as well, using multimodal sensors to feed a cloud‑connected digital twin, enabling predictive maintenance, automated regulation and continuous optimisation across the entire asset.
BENEFITS
Extending asset life while protecting the environment
This integration of physical separation and intelligent analytics in a single solution benefits operators by prolonging reservoir and asset lifetime and lowering costs related to dredging and flushing. The solution also supports more predictable hydropower production and water supply, fewer outages and improved regulatory reporting.
Meanwhile, the environment benefits from less river fragmentation due to fewer check dams, lower fuel use and fewer disruptive sediment flushes, leading to healthier river and reservoir ecosystems and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
MARKET POTENTIAL
A fast‑growing global market driven by sediment risk
The sediment management market for water systems exceeds USD 1.6 billion and is expected to surpass USD 3.2billion by 2033.
CHATTIGR’s target customers are hydropower operators, dam owners, water utilities and basin agencies in countries experiencing high sediment loads. The company will enter Taiwan and Japan, before expanding into Ireland, Italy, the UK and wider Europe.
The SedAway Vortex System is currently under piloting.
