Publications related to Blade Runner

On 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 ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2024

Swirl number based transposition of flow-induced mechanical stresses from reduced scale to full-size Francis turbine runners

François Avellan, Arthur Tristan Favrel, Christian Landry, Joao Gomes Pereira Junior, Keita Yamamoto

At part load conditions, Francis turbines are subject to the emergence of a hydrodynamic instability in their draft tube, referred to as precessing vortex rope. It induces pressure pulsations in the water passages at the precession frequency of the vortex, ...

2020

Physical Mechanism of Interblade Vortex Development at Deep Part Load Operation of a Francis Turbine

François Avellan, Arthur Tristan Favrel, Keita Yamamoto

For seamless integration of growing electricity production from intermittent renewable energy sources, Francis turbines are under increasing demand to extend their operating range. This requires Francis turbines to operate under off-design conditions, wher ...

ASME2019

Actuation Displacement Analysis of a Self-Switching Shape Memory Alloy Buckled Beam

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Morgan Almanza, Sean Thomas

This paper aims to simulate using Finite Element Modelling (FEM), a self-activating bistable buckled beam actuator using SMAs. In this work, various parameters such as the dimensions of the beam, shape geometry are studied to determine their effects on the ...

2018

Hydrodynamics of Francis turbine operation at deep part load condition

Keita Yamamoto

The electrical energy production from New and Renewable Energy (NRE) sources have become increasingly important in the past decades. However, intermittent electrical generation from NRE sources due to their stochastic nature often prevents stable power out ...

EPFL2017

Mechanical impact of dynamic phenomena in Francis turbines at off design conditions

François Avellan, Arthur Tristan Favrel

At partial load and overload conditions, Francis turbines are subjected to hydraulic instabilities that can potentially result in high dynamic solicitations of the turbine components and significantly reduce their lifetime. This study presents both experim ...

2017

Pressure measurements and high speed visualizations of the cavitation phenomena at deep part load condition in a Francis turbine

François Avellan, Andres Müller, Christian Landry, Arthur Tristan Favrel, Keita Yamamoto

In a hydraulic power plant, it is essential to provide a reliable, sustainable and flexible energy supply. In recent years, in order to cover the variations of the renewable electricity production, hydraulic power plants are demanded to operate with more e ...

IOP Publishing2014

Design optimization of a 2D blade by means of milling tool path

François Avellan, Cécile Münch-Alligné, Christian Vessaz

In a conventional design and manufacturing process, turbine blades are modeled based on reverse engineering or on parametric modeling with Computer Fluids Dynamics (CFD) optimization. Then, only raises the question of the manufacturing of the blades. As th ...

2013

Mathematical modelling of swirling flow in hydraulic turbines for the full operating range

François Avellan

We introduce and validate a novel mathematical model for computing the radial profiles of both axial and circumferential velocity components, respectively, of the swirling flow exiting the runner of hydraulic turbines within the full operating range. We as ...

Elsevier2011