Author(s): Anton Schleiss
Linked Author(s): Anton J. Schleiss
Keywords: hydraulic infrastructures; water supply networks; storage hydropower plants
Abstract:
In complex hydraulic infrastructures like water supply networks and storage hydropower plants challenging transient flows can occur during operation, which have to be simulated with uncertainties at the beginning of any project. The hydraulic infrastructures are briefly presented with focus on storage hydropower plants explaining the different alignment and lining options of the waterways with the actual trends when new pumped-storage power plants. The challenge of transient flows simulations will be highlighted taking into account the real behavior of the waterways in interaction with the hydraulic machinery. Technical mitigation measures with focus on surge tanks for managing transient flows and extreme pressures in the waterways are presented.
Year: 2025