Publications by Loïc Andolfatto

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The most exploited renewable energy at a global scale is hydropower, which nowadays accounts for the 18 % of the world’s electricity supply. Its production is expected to increase approximately 3.1% each year in the next 25 years maintaining its share in t ...

With the Energy Strategy 2050, Switzerland wishes to focus on balanced utilization of hydropower potentials and new renewable energy sources to cope with nuclear energy phasing out. Integration of large amounts of new renewable energies such as wind and so ...

The roles of hydropower plants within the energy system has been evolving during the last two decades. The potential to provide ancillary services to the grid is often harnessed, leading to a major change in hydropower plants operations. Ancillary services ...

Francis turbines operating at part load conditions develop a cavitation precessing vortex known as a vortex rope in the draft tube cone below the runner outlet. At part load conditions, this vortex precession acts as an excitation source inducing pressure ...

The work presented in this paper details the methodology applied to inventory and estimate the power losses in a micro-turbine with counter-rotating runners. The separation between the impact of design parameters and operational parameters on each identifi ...

The work presented in this paper details an original procedure developed in order to automatically build on-cam surfaces for double-regulated hydropower units such as Kaplan or bulb turbines. The proposed method allows a sparse exploration of the operating ...

Francis turbines are designed for a specific set of operating conditions that is particular to each hydropower plant site. It allows this type of turbine to extract as much hydraulic power as possible, as long as they are operating in the right conditions. ...

The sustainability of the electricity mix can be increased by introducing recovery energy systems on existing water supply infrastructures. The concept of the new counter rotating micro-turbine presented in this work is a competitive option for energy reco ...

Existing water utility networks provides a wide, distributed and unexploited hydropower potential. The installation of energy recovery stations on existing infrastructures limits both the required investment and the environmental impact. The counter-rotati ...

Laser based flow survey methods such as Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) or Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) have long been used for studying the flow in hydraulic machines. Even if the results have crucially improved our understanding of potentially destab ...

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Experimental evaluation of the velocity profiles and performance of a counter rotating micro-turbine by 2D laser Doppler velocimetry

Renovation of hydraulic power plant: how to select the best technical options?

Model testing beyond the scope of International Standards: an outlook

Procedure for predicting part load resonance in Francis turbine hydropower units based on swirl number and local cavitation coefficient similitude

Comprehensive power loss modelling to improve the performance of an Energy Recovery Station for water utility networks

Automated hill chart modeling procedure to estimate the performance of double regulated units

Monitoring a Francis Turbine Operating Conditions

Application of Laser Doppler Velocimetry to the development of a counter rotating micro-turbine

Analytical hill chart towards the maximisation of energy recovery on water utility networks with counter rotating micro-turbine

Air-Water Ring in the Vaneless Gap of a Reversible Pump-Turbine Operating in Condenser Mode

Use of compact Laser Doppler Velocimetry in reduced scale model testing of hydraulic machines