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SUMMARY:MechE Honorary Lecture: Water Turbines\, Storage Pumps and Pump-Tu
 rbines Key Technology for Hydropower
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CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Prof François Avellan\,Technology Platform for Hydraulic Mach
 ines\,Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM)\, School of Engineering (
 STI)\, EPFL\nAbstract:\nAiming for a greener future\, the tremendous know
 ledge and technology progress in water turbine\, storage pumps and pump-tu
 rbines\, the so-called hydraulic machines\, can unlock a multitude of nove
 l and expanded services for the longstanding hydropower industry\, thus pa
 ving the way towards a more sustainable future for the electrical energy m
 ix. An exploratory tour among the achieved research results will demonstra
 te how enhanced knowledge in hydrodynamics\, turbulence\, cavitation\, flu
 id structure interactions\, hydro-acoustics\, etc. are beneficial for key 
 technological breakthrough. The interplay of digital techniques\, advanced
  experimental and numerical simulations enabled the development\, engineer
 ing\, manufacturing\, installation\, and operation of these humongous mach
 ines featuring\, at the core of the hydroelectric power plants\, several h
 undred-megawatt capacity\; in short\, contributing\, during the last decad
 e\, to more than 85 international hydroelectric projects in 25 countries f
 or a total of about 80'000 MW\n\n\nBiography:\nProfessor Avellan earned a 
 degree in Hydraulic Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Hydra
 ulique\, Grenoble France\, in 1977 and an engineering doctoral degree in M
 echanics at University of Aix-Marseille II\, in 1980. He worked as Researc
 h and Teaching Associate at the EPFL Fluid Mechanics Laboratory and then\,
  at the Institute of Hydraulic Machines as Head of the Cavitation Research
  Group. Appointed Adjunct Professor in 1992\, he was designated Director o
 f the EPFL Laboratory for Hydraulic Machines in 1994 and appointed Ordinar
 y Professor in 2003. He retired from EPFL at the end of March 2020 and\, s
 ince then\, he is contracted by EPFL as an independent scientific advisor 
 for the 18 million Euros H2020 XFLEX HYDRO Research Project. His research 
 interests are hydrodynamics of turbine\, pump and pump-turbines including 
 cavitation\, hydro-acoustics\, design\, performance\, and operation assess
 ments of hydraulic machines. He supervised 42 EPFL doctoral theses and was
  distinguished by SHF\, Société hydrotechnique de France\, awarding him 
 the "Grand Prix 2010 de l'hydrotechnique". He has conducted successfully s
 everal Swiss and international collaborative research projects\, involving
  key hydropower operators and suppliers Prof. Avellan was Chairman of the 
 IAHR Section on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems from 2002 to 2012. Further
 more\, he was involved in scientific expertise and independent contractual
  experimental validations of turbines and pump turbines performances for t
 he main hydropower plants in the world. In recognition for his work as Con
 venor of the TC4 working group of experts in editing the IEC 60193 standa
 rd\, he received the "IEC 1906 Award" from the International Electrotechni
 cal Commission.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here.
LOCATION:L'Aula des Cèdres\, Av. de Cour 33\, Lausanne https://www.hepl.c
 h/accueil/mission-et-organisation/batiments-et-infrastructures/location-de
 -laula-des-cedres.html https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65033706361
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