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

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Documents, reports (3)

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

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

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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 (1)

A Head Loss Pressure Boundary Condition for Hydraulic Systems

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

Conference proceedings (2)

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

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

Book chapters (2)

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, Volume 160, May 2022, 112281, 2022
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112281

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, Volume 158, April 2022, 112119, 2022
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112119

Peer reviewed articles (2)

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, 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

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, 14/12, 2021, Page(s) 3593, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en14123593