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AFC4Hydro SIGNED

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

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permit generator performance affordable afc4hydro loads momentum time rope tested demanding machine wear steady active dangerous efficiency programmed transient continuous pulsating directed prototype deleterious provoked speed safety vortex small breakdown orientation ramp adjusting technologies afc controller turbines monitoring flexibility shm flow mitigate frequent innovative extend maintenance tear operation combination limits structural phenomena special efficient tube health mitigating ramping vibrations amplitude exerted ipm bearings jets instability solution tuned load reduce rotor injection validated optimise hydraulic pressure fluctuations off effect icm reliability form turbine actuators water swirling powerful frequency model stablished final transients

Project "AFC4Hydro" data sheet

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Coordinator	UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA Organization address address: CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 city: BARCELONA postcode: 8034 website: www.upc.edu contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	Spain [ES]
Total cost	4˙711˙589 €
EC max contribution	4˙711˙589 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.3.3.2. (Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply)
Code Call	H2020-LC-SC3-2018-RES-TwoStages
Funding Scheme	RIA
Starting year	2019
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2019-06-01 to 2023-05-31

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA Organization address address: CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 city: BARCELONA postcode: 8034 website: www.upc.edu contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	ES (BARCELONA)	coordinator	1˙112˙586.00
2	LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET Organization address address: UNIVERSITETSOMRADET PORSON city: LULEA postcode: 971 87 website: www.ltu.se contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	SE (LULEA)	participant	1˙562˙984.00
3	FLOW DESIGN BUREAU AS FLOW DESIGN BUREAU AS Organization address address: PROFESSOR OLAV HANSSENS VEI 7A city: STAVANGER postcode: 4021 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	NO (STAVANGER)	participant	1˙335˙625.00
4	VATTENFALL AB VATTENFALL AB Organization address address: EVENEMANGSGATAN 13 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 169 56 website: www.vattenfall.com contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	SE (STOCKHOLM)	participant	350˙415.00
5	STIFTELSEN PORJUS VATTENKRAFTCENTER STIFTELSEN PORJUS VATTENKRAFTCENTER Organization address address: VATTENFALL VATTENKRAFT AB city: LULEA postcode: 971 77 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	SE (LULEA)	participant	182˙128.00
6	STATKRAFT ENERGI AS STATKRAFT ENERGI AS Organization address address: LILLEAKERVEIEN 6 city: OSLO postcode: 283 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	NO (OSLO)	participant	167˙850.00

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Project objective

The AFC4Hydro project addresses the development of a novel Active Flow Control (AFC) system for improving off-design operation of hydraulic turbines by mitigating deleterious flow phenomena during steady and transient operation including ramping of produced load. The main effect being increased reliability and flexibility, and reduced wear and tear. More specifically, this innovative and affordable AFC solution, allowing efficient utilization of existing hydraulic turbines, is planned to be validated at small scale in a model turbine and at large scale in two prototype turbines. A combination of technologies will be used to reduce the pressure and load fluctuations exerted on the machine induced by the draft tube flow using: (1) injection of pulsating momentum (IPM) with a specific frequency, amplitude and phase by means of actuators; (2) injection of continuous momentum (ICM) in the form of water jets with controlled speed and orientation directed against the swirling flow. A structural health monitoring (SHM) system will be developed to evaluate the effects of the injection systems in the structural response of the rotor, generator and bearings. These measurements will be used to optimise the machine performance. For that, a Controller will be programmed and tuned to reduce pressure fluctuations, structural loads and induced vibrations in real-time operation by continuously adjusting the injection systems. The final AFC system will also be tested against demanding transients like ramp up and ramp down. Special attention will be given to mitigate the powerful and dangerous flow instability provoked by the vortex rope breakdown. The success of the proposal will permit to extend the operating range of already existing turbines beyond the stablished safety limits, to increase their efficiency at off-design operation, to be able to face more frequent transients and to reduce the maintenance and operating costs.

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