Hydropower Technology

This work package will focus on the following themes:

• Sustainable and cost-effective methods to maintain and improve reliability of production units regardless of increase in operational stress.
• Improved knowledge and methods to assess current state of turbines and generators to minimize down time and support decision making concerning predictive maintenance.
• Develop methods to assess loads, wear, and fatigue on equipment and constructions from changing operational patterns and investigation of innovative ways to mitigate these negative effects while maintaining a safe and effective production.
• Environmental aspects of bearings with environmentally friendly lubricants.
• New and higher demands on operational conditions (primary and secondary frequency response, such as FCR-N) based on new requirements should be investigated from a perspective of mechanical degradation as this could limit development of the network grid performance.

These themes will be further explored within the four thematic areas of the work package.