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Imaginaire pittoresque à Vandœuvres

Nicola Braghieri, Yony Daniel Santos

Vandœuvres n’est pas une commune ordinaire. Si ses ressources financières sont parmi les plus remarquables du canton de Genève, son patrimoine agricole est tout aussi épatant. Dans un tel contexte, la construction de 36 logements locatifs à caractère socia ...

espazium2022

Hydropeaking mitigation measures in the Swiss Upper-Rhône basin

Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Sabine Chamoun

Hydropower operations can cause hydropeaking particularly in the case of pumped storage systems located in mountainous regions. Due to the rapidly varying discharge conditions, hydropeaking leads to several problems such as stranding of fishes and inverteb ...

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Improving hydropower flexibility by synergizing independently managed utilities

Giovanni De Cesare, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Sabine Chamoun

Increasing the flexibility of hydropower allows operators to produce at optimal time ranges, not only dependent on the demand flow but also on the price trends. However, the possibility to improve hydropower flexibility can be hindered when assets are mana ...

Hydropower&Dams, Aqua Media International2019

The Use of Passive Samplers to Reveal Industrial and Agricultural Pollution Trends in Swiss Rivers

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Julien Omlin, Nicolas Estoppey, Adrien Schopfer

This study shows the efficiency of passive sampling to reveal industrial and agricultural pollution trends. Two practical applications for nonpolar and polar contaminants are presented. Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) samplers were deployed for one year in ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2014

Flood Management in a Complex River Basin with a Real-Time Decision Support System Based on Hydrological Forecasts

Javier García Hernández

During the last decades, the Upper Rhone River basin has been hit by several flood events causing significant damages in excess of 500 million Swiss Francs. From this situation, the 3rd Rhône river training project was planned in order to improve the flood ...

EPFL2011