Hydraulic System Simulation and Hydro Turbines for Pumped Storage and Hydroelectricity
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Energy Storage and Application".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2026 | Viewed by 1007
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydraulic turbines; CFD; instabilities; design; optimization; hybridization; pump-turbines
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Interests: hydropower; hydraulic turbine; pumped hydro storage (PHS); pump-turbine; virtual power plants (VPPS); renewable energy systems; energy storage; hydro-mechanical systems; turbomachinery; computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
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Interests: hydraulic machines; design optimization; CFD; unstable behavior; flow induced vibrations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydropower plays a pivotal role in supporting the global energy transition, offering reliable and sustainable solutions for integrating renewable energy sources. As energy grids evolve to accommodate increasing levels of intermittency from wind and solar power, flexibility in hydroelectric plants and pumped hydro energy storage systems (PHESs) has become more critical than ever. Modern hydropower facilities must operate across a broader range of conditions, often requiring innovative approaches to address challenges such as hydrodynamic instability, transient events, vibrations, and deep off-design operation. These challenges, coupled with advancements in hydraulic design and power plant operational strategies, underscore the need for a deeper understanding of turbine behavior and system dynamics.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances in the hydropower field, focusing on the stability and reliability of both conventional and storage hydropower plants as well as on their hybridization with other generation/storage technologies. Topics of interest include numerical and experimental approaches for turbine analysis, innovative design methodologies, and solutions for improving plant performance. By exploring these themes, this Special Issue aims to advance the state of the art in hydropower technology and enhance the role of hydroelectric systems in modern, flexible energy grids.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- All aspects related to the design and optimization of hydraulic turbines and pump turbines;
- Transient behavior of hydraulic systems and control mechanisms;
- Hydrodynamic stability of reversible pump turbines under partial load and off-design operation;
- Vibration analysis and mitigation strategies in hydraulic turbines;
- Variable speed generation technologies and their application in hydroelectric systems;
- Advanced numerical simulations and experimental validation for turbine performance;
- Innovations in the monitoring and control of hydropower systems;
- Analysis of the impact of climate change on hydraulic system operation;
- Modeling of wear and tear in hydraulic component operations.
Dr. Giovanna Cavazzini
Dr. Alberto Benato
Guest Editors
Dr. Giacomo Zanetti
Dr. Francesco Nascimben
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- hydropower
- CFD
- flexibility
- hybridization
- optimization
- design
- reliability
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