Publications associées à Effects of flow guide walls on sediment flushing in peaking hydropower reservoirs

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Effects of flow guide walls on sediment flushing in peaking hydropower reservoirs

Giovanni De Cesare, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Romain Nathan Hippolyte Merlin Van Mol

Reservoir sedimentation is known to be a key issue worldwide. One operational measure to deal with sediment accumulations is flushing; however, efficiency is often lacking. The goal of this study is thus to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of flush ...

ETH Zurich2024

Fundamental study on microlayer dynamics in nucleate boiling

Lubomír Bures

Dynamics of nucleate boiling are strongly affected by the formation and behaviour of the microlayer, a layer of liquid underneath growing bubbles. As a result of its minute thickness, very high heat fluxes occur within the microlayer and its evaporation co ...

EPFL2021

Continuously-fed gravity currents propagating over a finite porous substrate

Anton Schleiss, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Sara Venuleo

We present the results of laboratory investigations of continuously-fed density currents that propagate first over a smooth horizontal bed and then over a porous substrate of limited length. Inflow discharge, initial excess density, and substrate porositie ...

2019

Evolution of reservoir flushing and emptying practices in a cascade of large reservoirs across several decades

Giovanni De Cesare, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Sebastián Guillén Ludeña, Samuel Luke Vorlet

Reservoir sedimentation is, at present, one of the main concerns in the operational management of dams in the Alps. For larger seasonal storage reservoirs, the main operational concern is the blockage of bottom outlets and turbine abrasion. In case of infr ...

2018

Influence of lateral embayments on suspended sediment transport under unsteady flow conditions

Anton Schleiss, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Carmelo Juez Jiménez

Local widening in a channelized river is a common practice in restoration projects. The lateral embayments built for this purpose in the river banks are partially filled up by fine sediments. This allows the formation of aquatic habitats with hydraulic and ...

2018

Reservoir sedimentation

Anton Schleiss, Giovanni De Cesare, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Carmelo Juez Jiménez

Artificial water storage, originated by the construction of dams, is essential for the sustainable health and welfare of civilizations since it supplies water for human consumption, irrigation and energy production. Furthermore, dam reservoirs are used for ...

Taylor & Francis Ltd2016

Experimental study on the influence of the geometry of shallow reservoirs on flow patterns and sedimentation by suspended sediments

Sameh Ahmad Kantoush

The worst enemy of sustainable use of reservoirs is sedimentation. Often the main silting process is the result of settling down of suspended sediments. In shallow reservoirs the flow pattern and the sediment deposition processes are strongly influenced by ...

EPFL2008

Analysis of large scale hydrodynamic phenomena in turbine draft tubes

Monica Iliescu

Hydraulic power is a renewable energy with a very advantageous price, and its flexibility of use coupled with its storage possibilities easily enables to meet the peak demand. Refurbishment of old hydraulic power plants is an important topical issue and th ...

EPFL2007

High Speed Flow Visualisation of an Impinging Jet on a Pelton Turbine Bucket

François Avellan, Mohamed Farhat, Alexandre Perrig

This paper deals with flow investigations using endoscopes in a single-injector reduced scale Pelton turbine performed with a CMOS high-speed camera. Both onboard and external visualizations techniques of the flow in a bucket are presented. The flow observ ...

ASME2007