CRHT-VII’17 List of Presenters

Tuesday, 04 April 2017

KEYNOTE & FEATURED PRESENTATIONS

I. Gaining through training, The ICH approach – Mr. Tom Solberg, MD, ICH, Norway

II. Small Hydropower Nepal – Mr. Hitendra Dev Shakya, System Planning Department, Nepal Electricity Authority, Nepal

III. Current status and future directions of Turbine Testing Lab – Dr. Biraj Singh Thapa, Asst. Prof., Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU, Nepal

IV. Hydraulic efficiency measurement of two small hydropower plants in India using thermodynamic method – Prof. Bhupendra K. Gandhi, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

V. Optimization design & flow analysis of reversible pump turbine – Dr. Baoshan Zhu, Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

VI. Lesson learnt at Khimti Hydropower Plant, Mr. Ishwar Man Deshar, Plant Manager, Himal Power Limited, Nepal

 

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

 

Session 1: 13:45-15:00

Time

Development of test rig, tool and system

(Room:  Mini Auditorium)

Session Chair : B.K. Gandhi/ M.B. Bishwakarma

Modeling, Simulation & Experimental Techniques

(Room:  Senate Hall)

Session Chair:  B. Zhu/ H.P. Neopane

13:45

Study of Sediment Erosion in Guide Vanes of Francis turbine

Presenter: Ravi Koirala

Effect of erosion induced guide-vane clearance gaps on the turbine’s performance: A numerical and experimental investigation

Presenter: Sailesh Chitrakar

14:00

Development of an accumulator system for a pulsating Pelton nozzle

Presenter: Thomas Lindseth Bergflødt

Modeling and simulation of hydropower plant in Scilab

Presenter: Erik Rognaldsen

14:15

Development of 5 kW Cross-flow turbine test rig at Turbine Testing Lab

Presenter: Oblique Shrestha

Simulation and analysis of FCR operation of a Francis turbine

Presenter: Anna Holm Aftret

14:30

Design and Operation of a Francis Turbine with Variable Speed Capabilities

Presenter:Else Høeg Sundfør

Numerical investigation of tip leakage vortex

Presenter: Vegard Fredriksen

14:45

Development of tool for Aerodynamic & Structural design of wind turbine

Presenter: Shrabya Ghimire

Design and CFD analysis of Pico- hydro turgo turbine

Presenter: Sudish Gyanwali

15:00-

15:15

 

Tea/Coffee Break

(Auditorium Lobby)

 

 

Session II:15:15- 16:15

15:15

Development of a Francis Turbine Test Rig at Kathmandu University-I

Presenter: Morten Grefstad

Numerical Simulation of Air Injection in Francis Turbine

Presenter: Livia I. Pitorac

15:30

Development of a Francis Turbine Test Rig at Kathmandu University-II

Presenter: Andreas Kjerschow

Numerical investigation of Flow Field subject to Vibrating Structure

Presenter: Sondre Leonhardsen

15:45

Planning, start-up and testing on a pipe flow loop for the investigation of transient characteristics

Presenter: Eirik Myrvold Hansen

Investigations of a harmonic oscillatory flow

Presenter: Isak Bergset

16:00

Calibration and uncertainty analysis of pressure sensors used for dynamic measurements

Presenter: Aase Sørum Melaaen

 

16:15-16:30

 

 

Tea/Coffee Break

(Auditorium Lobby) 

16:30-17:15

 

 

                                                             

                                                               Closing program in Senate Hall

17:15-17:45

                                                             

 

                                                               Turbine Testing Lab Visit

                          

17:45  onwards

 

 

                                                             

                                                               Dinner Program