Active Flow Control system FOR improving HYDRaulic turbine performances at off-design Operation

Project description

Novel technologies prepare hydropower for the future

Hydropower plants make an important contribution to our clean-energy mix by exploiting water level differences to generate electricity. Hydraulic turbines, the workhorses of these power plants, are subject to extreme and continuous forces that, when controlled, improve unit performance, efficiency, and lifetime. The EU-funded AFC4Hydro project will develop an active flow control system complete with structural health monitoring to improve operation in regimes outside the design window, by reducing pressure fluctuations, loads and vibrations. These improvements lead to an expanded operation window, which allows hydropower to contribute to system services of the electrical grid and to maintain a more natural flow in hydropower schemes, ultimately benefiting the economy, society and environment.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › automation and control systems

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy
• H2020-EU.3.3.2. - Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply

Topic(s)

• LC-SC3-RES-11-2018 - Developing solutions to reduce the cost and increase performance of renewable technologies

Call for proposal

H2020-LC-SC3-2018-RES-TwoStages
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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA

Address

Calle Jordi Girona 31
08034 Barcelona
Spain

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 1 112 586,25

Participants (5)

FLOW DESIGN BUREAU AS

Norway

EU contribution

€ 1 335 625

Address

Professor Olav Hanssens Vei 7A
4021 Stavanger

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET

Sweden

EU contribution

€ 1 562 984,50

Address

Universitetsomradet Porson
971 87 Lulea

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

VATTENFALL AB

Sweden

EU contribution

€ 350 415,25

Address

Evenemangsgatan 13
169 56 Stockholm

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

STIFTELSEN PORJUS VATTENKRAFTCENTER

Sweden

EU contribution

€ 182 128,25

Address

Vattenfall Vattenkraft Ab
971 77 Lulea

Activity type

Research Organisations

STATKRAFT ENERGI AS

Norway

EU contribution

€ 167 850

Address

Lilleakerveien 6
0283 Oslo

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)