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Sen Deng, Weiqiang Zhao, Tianbao Huang, Ming Xia and Zhengwei Wang
Kaplan turbines are generally used in working conditions with a high flow and low head. These are a type of axial-flow hydro turbine that can adjust the opening of the guide vanes and blades simultaneously in order to achieve higher efficiency under a wi...
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Daniel Molinero-Hernández, Sergio R. Galván-González, Nicolás D. Herrera-Sandoval, Pablo Guzman-Avalos, J. Jesús Pacheco-Ibarra and Francisco J. Domínguez-Mota
Driven by the emergence of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), the solution of increasingly large and intricate numerical problems has become feasible. Yet, the integration of GPUs into Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes still presents a significant ...
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Pedro Romero-Gomez, Thanasak Poomchaivej, Rajesh Razdan, Wayne Robinson, Rudolf Peyreder, Michael Raeder and Lee J. Baumgartner
Fish protection is a priority in regions with ongoing and planned development of hydropower production, like the Mekong River system. The evaluation of the effects of turbine passage on the survival of migratory fish is a primary task for informing hydro...
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Rafel Roig, Xavier Sánchez-Botello, Berhanu Mulu, Carl-Maikel Högström and Xavier Escaler
The growing installation of intermittent renewable energy sources is forcing hydraulic turbines to work more frequently at speed no load when dangerous vaneless space vortex structures and stochastic flow phenomena can occur. An experimental campaign has...
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Simon Joßberger and Stefan Riedelbauch
Double-regulated Kaplan turbines with adjustable guide vanes and runner blades offer a high degree of flexibility and good efficiency for a wide range of operating points. However, this also leads to a complex geometry and flow guidance with, for example...
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Calogero Picone, Marco Sinagra, Luana Gurnari, Tullio Tucciarelli and Pasquale G. F. Filianoti
In the last few decades, hydropower production has been moving toward a new paradigm of low and diffused power density production of energy with small and mini-hydro plants, which usually do not require significant water storage. In the case of nominal p...
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Minh N. Doan, Yuriko Kai, Takuya Kawata and Shinnosuke Obi
Recent developments in marine hydrokinetic (MHK) technology have put the cross-flow (often vertical-axis) turbines at the forefront. MHK devices offer alternative solutions for clean marine energy generation as a replacement for traditional hydraulic tur...
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Jing Li, Ameen Mohammed Salih Ameen, Thamer Ahmad Mohammad, Nadhir Al-Ansari and Zaher Mundher Yaseen
Dam operation and management have become more complex recently because of the need for considering hydraulic structure sustainability and environmental protect on. An Earthfill dam that includes a powerhouse system is considered as a significant multipur...
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