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CFD-based analysis of pumped storage power plants implementing hydraulic short circuit operations
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Hydraulic short circuit (HSC), corresponding to the simultaneous operation of the pumps and turbines, enhances the power flexibility of a pumped storage power plant (PSPP). However, comprehensive analyses are imperative to guarantee a secure and reliable o ...
Elsevier Sci Ltd2024Twenty years of irrigation acclimation is driven by denser canopies and not by plasticity in twig- and needle-level hydraulics in a Pinus sylvestris forest
Charlotte Grossiord, Christoph Bachofen, Eugénie Isabelle Mas, Hervé Cochard, Alice Jacqueline Frédérique Gauthey, Alex Tunas Corzon
Climate change is predicted to increase atmospheric vapor pressure deficit, exacerbating soil drought, and thus enhancing tree evaporative demand and mortality. Yet, few studies have addressed the longer-term drought acclimation strategy of trees, particul ...
Oxford2024Study of flexible operating conditions in variable-speed hydraulic turbines : advanced models and experimental validation
This PhD thesis is framed within the XFLEX HYDRO project, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 857832. The ultimate objective of the XFLEX HYDRO project is to increase hydropower potential in ...
EPFL2024On the prediction of the induced damage by the start-up sequence of Francis turbines: On operational resilience framework
Mario Paolone, Christophe Nicolet, Elena Vagnoni, Martin Seydoux
The number of transient operations in hydraulic machinery connected to power grid, notably start-ups and shut-downs, has observed a substantial increase in recent decades, primarily driven by the global shift toward intermittent renewable energy sources. S ...
2024Large-scale in-silico analysis of CSF dynamics within the subarachnoid space of the optic nerve
BackgroundImpaired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics is involved in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system and the optic nerve (ON), including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, as well as frontotemporal dementia ...
London2024Electronic transport in graphene with out-of-plane disorder
Real-world samples of graphene often exhibit various types of out-of-plane disorder-ripples, wrinkles and folds-introduced at the stage of growth and transfer processes. These complex out-of-plane defects resulting from the interplay between self-adhesion ...
Berlin2024Tree water uptake patterns across the globe
Charlotte Grossiord, Christoph Bachofen
Plant water uptake from the soil is a crucial element of the global hydrological cycle and essential for vegetation drought resilience. Yet, knowledge of how the distribution of water uptake depth (WUD) varies across species, climates, and seasons is scarc ...
Wiley2024A propos du film Rolling, d'Ivan Gagliardo et d'Emmanuelle Bigot. Une histoire sociale du hors-piste urbain
Yves Pedrazzini, Christophe Jaccoud, Philippe Vollichard
Discussion collective après la projection du film "Rolling" de Peter Entell (1997) ...
2024Data-driven statistical optimization of a groundwater monitoring network
Andrea Rinaldo, Gianluca Botter
We propose a comparative study of three different methods aimed at optimizing existing groundwater monitoring networks. Monitoring piezometric heads in subsurface porous formations is crucial at regional scales to properly characterize the relevant subsurf ...
Elsevier2024Computational fluid dynamics simulations of the heat transfer properties of graphene-based nanolubricants and application to hydrodynamic lubrication
In this paper, we consider experimental data available for graphene-based nanolubricants to evaluate their convective heat transfer performance by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Single-phase models with temperature-dependent prope ...
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