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Turbine Pelton
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Structural impact of the start-up sequence on Pelton turbines lifetime: Analytical prediction and polynomial optimization
Mario Paolone, Elena Vagnoni, Aldo Leonardo Alerci
Hydropower plants play a crucial role in the power system facing ambitious renewable energy targets. Due to their inherent controllability, they are well suited to provide flexibility to the grid. However, an increased flexibility provision leads to a prol ...
2023CFD simulations of hydraulic short-circuits in junctions, application to the Grand’Maison power plant
In the framework of the XFLEX HYDRO H2020 European Project, the pumped-storage power plant of Grand'Maison (France), owned by Electricité De France, focuses on the implementation of the hydraulic short-circuit (HSC) operating mode. This mode increases the ...
2022Numerical simulations of Pelton turbine flow to predict large head variation influence
François Avellan, Cécile Münch-Alligné, Siamak Alimirzazadeh, Steve Crettenand
In the framework of the new feed-in-tariff system in Switzerland for Small Hydropower Plants (SHP), the aim of the SmallFLEX project, led by HES-SO Valais and performed in collaboration with EPFL, WSL, EAWAG, PVE, and FMV, is to show how SHP can provide wi ...
IOP PUBLISHING LTD2021GPU-accelerated numerical analysis of jet interference in a six-jet Pelton turbine using Finite Volume Particle Method
François Avellan, Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh, Audrey Paulette Solange Maertens, Sebastián Camilo Leguizamón Sarmiento, Siamak Alimirzazadeh, Christian Vessaz, Takashi Kumashiro
The Pelton turbine is an impulse turbine typically installed for high head hydroelectric power plants. For a site with a rated head H and discharge Q, a higher specific speed turbine results in a more compact generating unit with reduced manufacturing cost ...
2020Transposition of the mechanical behavior from model to prototype of Francis turbines
François Avellan, Joao Gomes Pereira Junior, Eduard Egusquiza
Hydropower is nowadays essential for balancing the electrical grid providing flexibility and fast response. The role of hydraulic turbines has changed from working at their Best Efficiency Point (BEP) to work in the whole operating range when demanded. Fra ...
2020