Publications by Alessandro Morabito

Fatigue damage reduction in hydropower startups with machine learning

Elena Vagnoni, Ekaterina Krymova, Alessandro Morabito, Martin Seydoux

As the global shift towards renewable energy accelerates, achieving stability in power systems is crucial. Hydropower accounts for approximately 17% of energy produced worldwide, and with its capacity for active and reactive power regulation, is well-suite ...

2025

CFD-based analysis of pumped storage power plants implementing hydraulic short circuit operations

Elena Vagnoni, Alessandro Morabito

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 Ltd2024

On the modelling of the fatigue-induced damage in Francis turbines start-up sequences

Elena Vagnoni, Ekaterina Krymova, Alessandro Morabito, Martin Seydoux

The European Green Deal is prescribing a very ambitious rise in the annual production of renewable energy sources, and grid regulation services are increasingly important in the course of a massive integration of intermittent renewable energy sources. Alth ...

Institute of Physics2024

Numerical investigation on the volute cutwater for pumps running in turbine mode

Elena Vagnoni, Alessandro Morabito

The hydropower sector has recently raised the interest in pump as turbine (PaT) that can be a valid trade-off between capital cost and performance in micro-scale installations. Nevertheless, the modest efficiency of PaTs often restricts their exploitation. ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2021

Underground Pumped Storage Hydropower Case Studies in Belgium: Perspectives and Challenges

Elena Vagnoni, Alessandro Morabito

To avoid the geographical and topographical prerequisites of the conventional pumped hydro energy storage, the use of underground cavities as water reservoirs allows countries without steep topography, such as Belgium, to increase the potential of the ener ...

MDPI2020