{"id":1797,"date":"2026-02-23T08:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.geekworkers.dev\/?post_type=projets&#038;p=1797"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:30:41","slug":"revhydro","status":"publish","type":"projets","link":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/projets\/revhydro\/","title":{"rendered":"RevHydro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Revolutionary Refurbishment for an Efficient and Eco-Friendly Hydropower<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, hydroelectric turbines have been designed to operate at nominal load (BEP).<br>Today, with the massive integration of intermittent renewable energies, they are increasingly operating under partial or transient conditions. These conditions generate :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increased fatigue and reduced service life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inter-vane vortices in the deep partial load regime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High pressure pulsations in part-load operation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Against this backdrop, the European <strong>RevHydro<\/strong> aims to revolutionise the renovation of existing power plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RevHydro project (Horizon Europe - HORIZON-RIA, 48 months Proposal-SEP-211000742) aims to design and validate innovative flow control devices to improve the efficiency, flexibility and sustainability of existing hydroelectric power plants, with minimal impact on infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hydro Alps Lab is working closely with the University of Lulea and GE Vernova to develop a system called Draft Tube Flow Control (DFC), which reduces the amplitude of pressure pulsations at partial load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our approach combines :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High-fidelity CFD\/FEA modelling <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fatigue models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimisation using machine learning <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div data-is-block=\"jet-engine\/dynamic-image\"><div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-image\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/projets\/revhydro\/\" class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image__link\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"\"data-is-block=\"jet-engine\/dynamic-image\"><div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-image\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/projets\/revhydro\/\" class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image__link\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" autoplay controls loop muted src=\"http:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RevHydro_film.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"\"data-is-block=\"jet-engine\/dynamic-image\"><div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-image\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/projets\/revhydro\/\" class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image__link\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"\"data-is-block=\"jet-engine\/dynamic-image\"><div class=\"jet-listing jet-listing-dynamic-image\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/projets\/revhydro\/\" class=\"jet-listing-dynamic-image__link\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","type-de-projet":[26,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-1797","projets","type-projets","status-publish","hentry","type-de-projet-en-cours","type-de-projet-machine-learning","type-de-projet-recherche","type-de-projet-simulation-numerique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projets\/1797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projets"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projets"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"type-de-projet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-de-projet?post=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}