3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2025
Effect of Stokes number on erosion on Pelton buckets for sediment-laden flows
Aron Dagur Beck, Elena Vagnoni
With increased glacial melting and the need to maintain sediment continuity for ecosystem health, sediment-laden flows through hydropower plants are becoming increasingly problemat…
eess.SY2023
Enhanced Frequency Containment Reserve Provision from Battery Hybridized Hydropower Plants: Theory and Experimental Validation
Francesco Gerini, Elena Vagnoni, Martin Seydoux +2
This paper presents a solution to address wear and tear of Run-of-River (RoR) Hydropower Plants (HPPs) providing enhanced Frequency Containment Reserve (FCR). In this respect, the…
physics.flu-dyn2023
CFD simulation for Hydraulic Short-Circuit feasibility analysis
A. Morabito, C. Wu, S. Sigali +1
Hydraulic Short Circuit (HSC) application allows the simultaneous pumping and generating operations on different units of the same pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plants for the…