Augmenting grid stability through Low-head Pumped Hydro Energy Utilization & Storage

Project Information

ALPHEUS

Grant agreement ID: 883553

DOI

10.3030/883553

Project closed

EC signature date 25 March 2020

Start date 1 April 2020

End date 30 September 2024

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost

€ 4 996 825,00

EU contribution

€ 4 996 825,00

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT
Netherlands

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (4)

Control concepts for power reference tracking

Report with control concepts for power reference tracking Task 31 Multiple control parameters are integrated for power reference tracking Pump and turbine modes and transitions are considered

RDCR model design

Report Optimized initial downscaled model design of RDCR Task 21 The Blade Element Method validated with CFD is used to design a model scale rim driven CRRPT This design is optimized for efficiency

Mechanical boundary conditions

Report on mechanical boundary conditions and potential powerelectronic architectures Task 32 Wear and fatigue loads are estimated This allows calculation of transient ramping rates

SDCR model design

Report Optimized initial downscaled model design of SDCR Task 21 The Blade Element Method validated with CFD is used to design a model scale shaft driven CRRPT This design is optimized for efficiency

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website

Project website Task 74 A subcontract will be let to develop a web based dissemination platform This will extend further to social media and press releases

Publications

Other (6)

A Head Loss Pressure Boundary Condition for Hydraulic Systems

Author(s): Jonathan Fahlbeck, Håkan Nilsson, Saeed Salehi
Published in: OpenFOAM® Journal 2022, Issue Volume 2, 2022
Publisher: OpenFOAM Journal

Optimized initial down-scaled model design of RD-CRPT (ALPHEUS, D2.2)

Author(s): Joseph, Melvin; Fahlbeck, Jonathan; Zangeneh, Mehrdad; Nilsson, Håkan
Published in: Issue 16, 2020
Publisher: ALPHEUS

Simulation files to run CFD of the mode-switching sequences for the contra-rotating pump-turbine of the ALPHEUS project (deliverables 2.7 and 2.8)

Author(s): Jonathan Fahlbeck; Håkan Nilsson
Published in: 2024
Publisher: ALPHEUS
DOI: 10.4121/3744b4d0-8dce-4114-8931-dd014920e98d.v1

Experimental data from model tests of the small-scale positive-displacement pump-turbine design of the ALPHEUS project (deliverable 2.5)

Author(s): Håkan Nilsson, Valery Chernoray
Published in: 2023
Publisher: ALPHEUS
DOI: 10.4121/370f4182-827c-4e45-9781-94c61cfd6509

Optimized initial down-scaled model design of SD-CRPT (D2.1, ALPHEUS)

Author(s): Joseph, Melvin; Fahlbeck, Jonathan; Zangeneh, Mehrdad; Nilsson, Håkan
Published in: Issue 6, 2020
Publisher: ALPHEUS

Grid-scale pumped hydro energy storage for the low countries

Author(s): Bricker, Jeremy; Nilsson, Håkan; Storli, Pål-Tore; Truijen, Daan; De Kooning, Jeroen; Laguna, Antonio; Terheiden, Kristina; Engel, Bernd; Goseberg, NIls; Moll, Roelof
Published in: Hydrolink Magazine vol.2(2023), Issue 6, 2023
Publisher: International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research

Conference proceedings (9)

Hardware-in-the-loop emulator test-setup for a dual-rotor contra-rotating pump-turbine

Author(s): Daan P. K. Truijen, Justus P. Hoffstaedt, Jonathan Fahlbeck, Antonio Jarquin-Laguna, Håkan Nilsson, Kurt Stockman, Jeroen D. M. De Kooning
Published in: 13th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2024), 2024, Page(s) 81-88
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
DOI: 10.1049/icp.2024.2140

Drivetrain Architectures for a Mechanically Decoupled Contra-Rotating Reversible Pump-Turbine

Author(s): Daan P. K. Truijen; Jeroen D. M. De Kooning; Kurt Stockman
Published in: 2021 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/aim46487.2021.9517403

Cavitation Simulations of a Low Head Contra-rotating Pump-turbine

Author(s): Fahlbeck, Jonathan; Nilsson, Håkan; Salehi, Saeed; Arabnejad Khanouki, Mohammad Hossein
Published in: OpenFOAM Workshop (OFW18) Book of abstracts, Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: OpenFOAM
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24081426.v6

Experimental setup and methods for a novel low-head pumped storage system

Author(s): J. P. Hoffstaedt, R. A. Ruiz, D. Schürenkamp, A. Jarquin-Laguna, N. Goseberg
Published in: 7th Offshore Energy & Storage Symposium (OSES 2023), 2023, Page(s) 341-348
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
DOI: 10.1049/icp.2023.1589

The Contribution of Low head Pumped Hydro Storage to a successful Energy Transition

Author(s): Mohammed Qudaih, Bernd Engel, Daan Truijen, Jeroen De Kooning, Kurt Stockman, Justus Hoffstädt, Antonio Jarquin-Laguna, Ruben Ansorena Ruiz, Nils Goseberg, Jeremy Bricker, Lorenzo Bossi, Melvin Joseph, Mehrdad Zangeneh, Jonathan Fahlbeck, Håkan Nilsson
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Proceedings of the Virtual 19th Wind Integration Workshop

Axial Flux PMSM Power Take-Off for a Rim-Driven Contra-Rotating Pump-Turbine

Author(s): Daan P. K. Truijen, Jeroen D. M. De Kooning, Dieter Fauconnier, Hendrik Vansompel, Peter Sergeant, Kurt Stockman
Published in: 2022 IEEE PES 14th Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), Issue 41, 2023, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/appeec53445.2022.10072056

Optimal design and operation of low-head offshore pumped hydro energy storage for the provision of market-based grid services

Author(s): E. B. Prasasti, M. Joseph, M. Zangeneh, K. Terheiden
Published in: 7th Offshore Energy & Storage Symposium (OSES 2023), 2023, Page(s) 74-79
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
DOI: 10.1049/icp.2023.1556

A Low-Head Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine at Unsteady Conditions

Author(s): Fahlbeck, Jonathan; Nilsson, Håkan; Salehi, Saeed
Published in: OpenFOAM Workshop (OFW17) Book of abstracts, Issue 1, 2022
Publisher: OpenFOAM Workshop (OFW17) Book of abstracts

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF COUNTER-ROTATING PUMP-TURBINE WITH A NEW HEAD-LOSS PRESSURE BOUNDARY CONDITION

Author(s): Fahlbeck, Jonathan; Nilsson, Håkan; Salehi, Saeed
Published in: OpenFOAM Workshop (OFW16) Book of abstracts, Issue 6, 2021
Publisher: OpenFOAM Workshop (OFW16) Book of abstracts

Peer reviewed articles (17)

Identification of wave breaking from nearshore wave-by-wave records

Author(s): K. Holand, H. Kalisch, M. Bjørnestad, M. Streßer, M. Buckley, J. Horstmann, V. Roeber, R. Carrasco-Alvarez, M. Cysewski, H. G. Frøysa
Published in: Physics of Fluids, Issue 35, 2023, ISSN 1070-6631
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0165053

Low-head pumped hydro storage: A review on civil structure designs, legal and environmental aspects to make its realization feasible in seawater

Author(s): R.Ansorena Ruiz L.H.de Vilder E.B.Prasasti M.Aouad A.De Luca B.Geisseler K.Terheiden S.Scanuf A.Miccoli V.Roeber M.Marence R.Moll J.D.Brickerb N.Goseberg
Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Issue Volume 160, May 2022, 112281, 2022, ISSN 1364-0321
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112281

Numerical analysis of an initial design of a counter-rotating pump-turbine

Author(s): Jonathan Fahlbeck, Håkan Nilsson, Saeed Salehi, Mehrdad Zangeneh, Melvin Joseph
Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Issue 774/1, 2021, Page(s) 012066, ISSN 1755-1307
Publisher: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/774/1/012066

Impact of Dual Variable Speed and Inlet Valve Control on the Efficiency and Operating Range of Low-Head Contra-Rotating Pump-Turbines

Author(s): Daan P. K. Truijen, Justus P. Hoffstaedt, Jonathan Fahlbeck, Antonio Jarquin Laguna, Håkan Nilsson, Kurt Stockman, Jeroen D. M. de Kooning
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 12, 2024, Page(s) 86854-86868, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2024.3416679

Stress Response to Entrainment Flow Speed near Pump Inlet Fish Screens in Two Model Teleost Species, Anguilla anguilla and Oncorhynchus mykiss

Author(s): Andrea Miccoli, Antonio De Luca, Jeremy Bricker, Frederik Tijmen Vriese, Roelof Moll, Giuseppe Scapigliati
Published in: Fishes, Issue 8, 2023, Page(s) 139, ISSN 2410-3888
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fishes8030139

Optimization of pumped hydro energy storage design and operation for offshore low-head application and grid stabilization

Author(s): E.B. Prasasti, M. Aouad, M. Joseph, M. Zangeneh, K. Terheiden
Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Issue 191, 2023, Page(s) 114122, ISSN 1364-0321
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.114122

Evaluation of startup time for a model contra-rotating pump-turbine in pump-mode

Author(s): J Fahlbeck, H Nilsson, S Salehi
Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Issue 1079, 2022, Page(s) 012034, ISSN 1755-1307
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1079/1/012034

An experimental and numerical study of a three-lobe pump for pumped hydro storage applications

Author(s): L H A Gans, C Trivedi, I Iliev, P T Storli
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 2629, 2023, Page(s) 012010, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2629/1/012010

The contribution of low‐head pumped hydro storage to grid stability in future power systems

Author(s): Mohammed Qudaih, Bernd Engel, Daan P. K. Truijen, Jeroen D. M. De Kooning, Kurt Stockman, Justus Hoffstaedt, Antonio Jarquin‐Laguna, Ruben Ansorena Ruiz, Nils Goseberg, Lucas de Vilder, Jeremy D. Bricker, Melvin Joseph, Mehrdad Zangeneh, Kristina Terheiden
Published in: IET Renewable Power Generation, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 3594-3608, ISSN 1752-1416
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
DOI: 10.1049/rpg2.12668

Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine

Author(s): Jonathan Fahlbeck, Håkan Nilsson, Saeed Salehi
Published in: Energies, Issue 14/12, 2021, Page(s) 3593, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14123593

Surrogate based optimisation of a pump mode startup sequence for a contra-rotating pump-turbine using a genetic algorithm and computational fluid dynamics

Author(s): Jonathan Fahlbeck, Håkan Nilsson, Saeed Salehi
Published in: Journal of Energy Storage, Issue 62, 2023, Page(s) 106902, ISSN 2352-152X
Publisher: ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2023.106902

Efficient Numerical Computations of Long-Wave Run-Up and Their Sensitivity to Grid Nesting

Author(s): Fatima-Zahra Mihami, Volker Roeber, Denis Morichon
Published in: Water Waves, Issue 4, 2022, Page(s) 517-548, ISSN 2523-367X
Publisher: HAL
DOI: 10.1007/s42286-022-00070-8

Low-head pumped hydro storage: A review of applicable technologies for design, grid integration, control and modelling

Author(s): J.P.Hoffstaedt, D.P.K.Truijen, J.Fahlbeck, L.H.A.Gans, M.Qudaih, A.J.Laguna, J.D.M.De Kooning, K.Stockman, H.Nilsson, P.-T.Storli, B.Engel, M.Marence, J.D.Brickerg,
Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Issue Volume 158, April 2022, 112119, 2022, ISSN 1364-0321
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112119

Development of blade element momentum (BEM) method for hydropower

Author(s): H Abedi, C I Uribe, J Fahlbeck, H Nilsson
Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Issue 1079, 2022, Page(s) 012014, ISSN 1755-1307
Publisher: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1079/1/012014

Design of shaft- and rim-driven contra-rotating reversible pump-turbine to optimize novel low-head pumped hydro energy storages

Author(s): E.B. Prasasti, M. Joseph, X. Miao, M. Zangeneh, K. Terheiden
Published in: Energy, Issue 306, 2024, Page(s) 132237, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132237

Understanding stakeholder attitudes towards low-head pumped hydro storage technology

Author(s): Ruben Ansorena Ruiz, David Schürenkamp, Jeremy D. Bricker, Madita Olvermann, Nils Goseberg
Published in: Energy, Sustainability and Society, Issue 14, 2024, ISSN 2192-0567
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1186/s13705-024-00466-z

Performance characteristics of a contra-rotating pump-turbine in turbine and pump modes under cavitating flow conditions

Author(s): Jonathan Fahlbeck, Håkan Nilsson, Mohammad Hossein Arabnejad, Saeed Salehi
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 237, 2024, Page(s) 121605, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.121605

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Flow in contra-rotating pump-turbines at stationary, transient, and cavitating conditions

Author(s): Jonathan Fahlbeck
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Chalmers

Low head pumped hydro storage with contra-rotating pump-turbines

Author(s): Fahlbeck, Jonathan
Published in: Issue 5, 2022
Publisher: Jonathan Fahlbeck

Book chapters (1)

System model development and numerical simulation of low-head pumped hydro storage

Author(s): J.P. Hoffstaedt, A. Jarquín-Laguna, J. Fahlbeck, H. Nilsson
Published in: Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore, 2022, Page(s) 757-763
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003360773-85