Recent Advances in Hydraulic Turbines
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2023) | Viewed by 4686
Special Issue Editors
Interests: shallow water modeling; model calibration; microturbine design and management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydropower is a major source of renewable energy (RE). However, there is significant concern about the environmental impact of large hydro plants working with large volumes of water stored in artificial basins. Thus, at present, running water mini hydro plants are the best RE producer with the highest power density and lowest environmental impact.
Mini hydro turbines have a number of advantages, for example, they meet the requirements of a distributed power energy system, they have a production variability lower than other RE producers and, when installed online within transport and distribution water pipes, they can provide two different and complementary functions: energy production and hydraulic regulation of discharge or pressure.
This new opportunity for hydropower production requires critical changes in turbine design, which have traditionally been designed for almost constant discharge and head jump values. Moreover, due to the low nominal power of the turbines, it is necessary to consider complementary machinery in order to obtain a net benefit from the installed device.
This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of the most recent advances in the field of hydraulic turbines and hydro plant design and management.
Potential topics will include, but are not limited to:
- The design of new hydraulic turbines for running water plants;
- The design of new electric systems for electricity generation in running water hydro plants;
- Mechanic design of new hydraulic turbines;
- Cyber security in hydro plants;
- Mini hydro plants and smart grids;
- Cost/benefit analysis of mini hydro plants;
- Advances in the design of high-power hydraulic turbines.
Prof. Dr. Tullio Tucciarelli
Dr. Marco Sinagra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydropower
- hydro plants
- hydro turbines
- hydro turbine design
- running water hydro plants
