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   Current Research in Hydraulic Turbines, CRHT-II

    International Symposium, Organized by

         Turbine Testing Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Kathmandu University

Turbine Testing Lab has organized an International Symposium on “Current Research in Hydraulic Turbines, CRHT-II” on the occasion of its first anniversary. This symposium was the continuation of the first Symposium organized on 23 March 2010.

The scope of Symposium was focused at PhD and Masters Students thesis works related to Hydro turbines. However, R&D activities related to hydro power in general have also been covered. The main objective of this symposium was to bring young researchers working in hydropower sector to a common platform to share their research experiences and also develop networking for future endeavors.

Program:

Date: 19 March 2013, Tuesday

Venue: C.V. Raman Auditorium, KU, Dhulikhel, 

Time: 9:00 am onwards

Presenters’ Information:

Country	University	Level	Number
Norway	Norwegian University of Science and   Technology, Norway	PhD	1
Masters	12
Nepal	Kathmandu University, Nepal	PhD	2
Masters	3
Bachelors	5
Sweden	Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden	Masters	1
United Kingdom	University of LEEDS	Researcher at PEEDA	1
	Total	25

Activity Summary:

A one day international Symposium on “Current Research in Hydraulic Turbines, CRHT-II” organized by Turbine Testing Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering on 19^th March 2013, on the occasion of its first anniversary, was accomplished efficaciously with huge applaud from all the participants and presenters. The program started at 9:30 am with the welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Bhola Thapa, Dean of School of Engineering, Kathmandu University. Prof. Thapa talked about challenges faced during the planning and construction period of the lab and also assured to implement the outputs of research into business in coming years. He welcomed all the participants and presenters from different universities with deep gratitude.

After the brief inauguration session, the first round of presentation session was instigated. The presentation session was attention-grabbing and remarkable with diverse group of presenters present in the symposium. A total of 25 presentations were made of which 13 presentations were made by the students from Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, 10 presentations were made by students from Kathmandu University, 1 presentation was by Master level student, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and 1 presentation was by researcher at PEEDA.

At the end of the session I the Chairman summarized all the presentations. And a brief question and answer session was followed, in which the audience came up with very interesting questions and made the information sharing more effective.

The third and last session was chaired by Dr. Bibek Baral, Associate Professor, Kathmandu University. His area of research is renewable energy particularly in Bio- Energy. And this session started with another PhD candidate at KU, Mr. Krishna Prasad Shrestha on the topic “Design of Francis Turbine Runner against Sediment Erosion”.

A short closing program was organized after the completion of session III. Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering delivered his closing remarks with his expectations that the objectives were achieved and message from this symposium will be taken back to home country by international participants. Dr. Hari Neopane summarized the major issues discussed during the symposium on behalf of session chairmen. He also thanked all the participants for delivering good presentations in limited time.

After the completion of the seminar, the students from NTNU and major participants were taken for a short tour of university departments and laboratories.

     Current Research in Hydraulic Turbines, CRHT-II

       One day International Symposium organized by Turbine Testing Lab, Kathmandu University

     Venue: C.V. Raman Auditorium, KU, Dhulikhel

Program Schedule                                                                                                                             Date: 19 March 2013

S.N.	Time	Program
1	9:00 9:25	Registration   and Tea/Snacks
2	9:3010:00	Inauguration   Program9:30   Welcome speech by Dean, SOE9:40   Program overview and Recent activities at   TTL by Biraj Singh Thapa9:50     Inaugural Speech by Vice-Chancellor, KU
3	10:00   12:00	Session I                       Chair Person: Dr.   Hari Prasad Neopane             Venue:   C.V. Raman Auditorium
S.N.	Presenter	Title of   Presentation	Organization
1	Peter   Joachim Gogstad	Pressure   pulsations in Francis turbines	NTNU   PhD Candidate
2	Juben   Bhaukajee	Hydropower   development in Nepal: Issues, policies and institutional aspect	ENPE-   Master’s Student
3	Sverre   Stefanussen Foslie	Design   of centrifugal pump for produced water	NTNU   ME Student
4	Subash   Panta	Software   Development for Segregation of Turbine Data	KU   BE student
5	Even   Lillefoss Haugen	Verification   of simulation program for high head hydro power plant with air cussion	NTNU   ME Student
6	Ram   Hari Khatri KC	Design   of Cross Flow Turbine Test Rig	KU   BE student
7	Ingeborg   Lassen Bue &Julie   Marie Hovland	Pressure   pulsations and stress in a high head turbine – comparison between model and   geometrically similar prototype	NTNU   ME Student
8	Jone   Rivrud Rygg	Pelton   turbine	NTNU   ME Student
9	Chris   O’Rourke	Low   head Pico turbine Design and Development	Researcher for PEEDA
10	Sailesh Chitrakar	Implementation of FSI in engineering applications	KTH   ME Student
4	12:00 12:50	Lunch Break
5	1:00 2:15	Session   II                            Chair Person: Mr. Brijesh   Adhikary                 Venue: C.V.   Raman Auditorium
S.N.	Presenter	Title of   Presentation	Organization
1	Laxman   Poudel	Study   on sediment characterization & its impact on hydraulic Turbine Material	KU   PhD Candidate
2	Kjartan   Furnes	Flow   in Pelton turbines	NTNU ME Student
3	Milan   Poudel	Prospects   Of Utilization Of Pump Turbine In   Nepalese Hydropower Project	KU   BE student
4	Mons   Ole Dyvik Sellevold	Damping   of U-tube oscillations in hydro power plants	NTNU   ME Student
5	Bidhan   Rajkarnikar	Study   of Sediment Erosion in Francis Turbine Runner at Laboratory Conditions	ENPE-   Master’s Graduate
6	Kristin   Tessem Kolsaker	Evaluation   of modulated cavitation in hydro turbines	NTNU ME Student
7	Ravi   Koirala	Performance   Test of Francis Turbine to estimate the effect of sediment erosion	KU   BE student
8	Johanne   Seierstad	Design   of a Francis turbine test rig	NTNU   ME Student
6	2:15 2:30	Tea Break
7	2:30 3:30	Session   III                           Chair   Person: Dr. Bivek Baral                          Venue: C.V. Raman Auditorium
1	Krishna P. Shrestha	Design of Francis turbine runner against sand erosion	KU   PhD Candidate
2	Sigrid Marie Skodje	Real time modeling of flow systems	NTNU   ME Student
3	Gaurab Nakarmi	Developing Testing Procedure and Data Analysis System of a   Simplified Francis Turbine Test Rig	KU   BE student
4	Tage Morken Augustson	How a skewed velocity profile at turbine inlet influence the   efficiency	NTNU   ME Student
5	Amod Panthi	Fatigue failure in Pelton runner	KU MS Student
6	Oystein Sveinsgjerd Hveem	Governing systems	NTNU   ME Student
8	3:304:00	Closing ProgramRemarks   from Session Chairs by Hari P. NeopaneRemarks   from HoD, Mechanical Engineering   DepartmentClosing   Speech by Registrar

MC: Miss Rojina Bade; Miss Sneha Sefalika

Symposium Coordinator: 

Biraj Singh Thapa, Asst. Professor and Faculty In-Charge, Turbine Testing Lab