Journal and Conference Papers

All HydroFlex journal and conference papers will be made available here.

Published Papers

Chengjun Tang, Torbjorn Thiringer (2021): Performance comparison of five-level NPC and ANPC converters in medium voltage drives for hydro power application;  23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’21 ECCE Europe)

Anton J.Burman, Richard D.Hedger, J. Gunnar I.Hellström, Anders G.Andersson, Line E.Sundt-Hansen (2021): Modelling the downstream longitudinal effects of frequent hydropeaking on the spawning potential and stranding susceptibility of salmonids; Science of the total environment, Volume 796, 20 November 2021, 148999

Jesline Joy, Mehrdad Raisee and Michel Cervantes (2021): Study of flow characteristics inside Francis turbine draft tube with adjustable guide vane systems; 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems; IOP Science; EPFL, Lausanne

Tengs Erik, Charrassier Flora, Jordal Maria Rolstad, Iliev Igor (2021): Fully automated multidisciplinary design optimization of a variable speed turbine; 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems; IOP Science; EPFL, Lausanne

Marija Lazarevikj, Filip Stojkovski, Zoran Markov, Igor Iliev, Ole G. Dahlhaug (2021): Parameter based tool for Francis turbine guide vanes design using coupled MATLAB – ANSYS approach. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – JSDEWES

Jesline Joy, Michel J. Cervantes, Mehrdad Raisee (2021): Reduced Numerical Modeling of a High Head Francis Turbine Draft Tub e at Part Load. International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems; 2021 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 95-108

Marius SiemonsmeierPeter WirtzMaik Schönefeld, Investigating the Flexibilization of Hydraulic Storage Power Plants in the Nordics; IEEE Electric Power and Energy Conference (EPEC) 2020; ISSN: 2381-2842

Peter WirtzMarius SiemonsmeierMaik SchönefeldAlbert Moser: Two-step Approach Simulating the Unit Commitment of Highly Complex Hydraulic Systems in the Future European Power System. 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) 2020;

Jesline Joy, Mehrdad Raisee and Michel J. Cervantes; Study of Flow Characteristics inside Francis Turbine Draft Tube with Adjustable Guide Vanes; IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 774 (2021) 012018

Filip Stojkovski, Marija Lazarevikj and Zoran Markov; Parametric Design Tool for Development of a Radial Guide Vane Cascade for a Variable Speed Francis Turbine; IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 774 (2021) 012112

Filip Stojkovski, Marija Lazarevikj, Zoran Markov, Igor Iliev and Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug; Constraints of parametrically defined guide vanes for a high-head Francis turbine; Energies 2021, 14, 2667

Storli, Lundström; A new technical concept for water management and possible uses in future water systems; Water, 11(12), 2528 (2019)

Burman, Andersson, Hellström; Investigating Damping Properties in a Bypass River; River Flow conference; 2020

Juarez, A.: Assessing the impact of hydropeaking utilizing a 2D hydraulic model. Presented at The 6th Biennial Symposium of the International Society for River Science (ISRS) in Vienna. September 9-13, 2019

R. Felicetti, J. Abrahamsson and U. Lundin; An experimentally determined field winding model with frequency dependent parameters; IET Electric Power Applications; 2021

B. Alikhanzadehalamdari, C. Tang and T. Thiringer; A Study on the Lifetime of Q2L-MMC-DAB’s Switches for Wind Turbine Applications; EVER 2020

Omid Saberi, Pål-Tore Selbo Storli, Knut Alfredsen; New Technology to Increase Hydropower Plant Operational Flexibility; International Journal of Hydraulic Engineering; p-ISSN: 2169-9771; e-ISSN: 2169-9801; 2021;  10(1): 1-7

Chirag Trivedi; Igor Iliev; Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug; Zoran Markov; Fredrik Engstrom; Henning LysakerInvestigation of a Francis turbine during speed variation: Inception of cavitation : April 2020, Renewable Energy 166(4):147-162

Peter WirtzMarius SiemonsmeierMaik SchönefeldAlbert Moser : Two-step Approach Simulating the Unit Commitment of Highly Complex Hydraulic Systems in the Future European Power System :  2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)

Burman, A, Andersson, A & Hellström, G (2019): Inherent damping in a partially dry river. In: Proceedings of the 38th IAHR World Congress / [ed] Lucas Calvo, p. 5091-5100. 

Burman, A.J, Andersson, A.G, Hellström, J.G & Angele, K (2020): Case Study of Transient Dynamics in a Bypass Reach. In: Water 12(6), 1585; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061585.

Felicetti, R, Abrahamsson, C & Lundin, U (2019): Experimentally validated model of a fast switched salient pole rotor winding. In: 2019 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD), IEEE, 2019, p. 150-156. 

Felicetti, R, Abrahamsson C & Lundin, U (2020): The influence of eddy currents on the excitation winding impedance of solid and laminated salient pole synchronous machines. In: Electrical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-020-01053-z

Foti, P & Berto, F. (2019): Francis-99: Evaluation of the strain energy density value for welded joints typical of turbine runner blades. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1296 012007.

Joy, J., Dekhordi, M.R. & Cervantes, M. J. (2019): Numerical Study on Reduced Francis-99 Turbine Model during Part Load Operation. Forthcoming in: Conference Proceedings of 15th Asian International Conference on Fluid Machinery, Busan, South Kora.

Lazarevikj, M, Stojkovski, F, Iliev, I & Markov, Z (2019): Influence of the guide vanes design on stress parameters of Francis-99 turbine. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1296 01200

Markov, Z, Stojkovski, F, Lazarevikj, M & Iliev, I (2018): Investigation of the possibilities for development of a variable speed hydraulic turbine. Energetics 2018 Conference Proceedings Book, pp. 333-341. 

Schönefeld, M., Hüllenkremer, J., Siemonsmeier, M., Moser, A., Anaya-Lara, O. & Campos-Gaona, D. (2020): Frequency stability analysis under consideration of virtual inertia emulation of converter-interfaced hydropower plants in the Nordic Transmission Grid. Forthcoming in: Conference Proceedings of 3rd CIGRE SEERC Conference Vienna.

Tang, C. & Thiringer, T. (2019): Thermal simulation of a multichip inverter. 21st European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE ’19 ECCE Europe).

Trivedi, C. & Dahlhaug O. G. (2019): A Comprehensive Review of Verification and Validation Techniques Applied to Hydraulic Turbines. International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems 12(4), pp. 345-367.

Trivedi, C., Iliev, I. & Dahlhaug, O. G. (2020): Numerical Study of a Francis Turbine over Wide Operating Range: Some Practical Aspects of Verification. Sustainability 12(10) , 4301.