Electricity generation from solar and wind has raised a significant concern about the stability
of grid networks. Hydroelectricity plays an important role to balance the stability of grid …

It is predicted that 60% of all new energy investments over the next 20 years will be in
renewables. The estimation for new hydropower production is 25% of all new renewables …

Abstract The utilization of Underground Pumped Storage Power Systems (UPSP) addresses
the growing need for energy storage in the face of increasing intermittent energy sources …

Erosion of material surface due to collision of solid particles has been a challenge to several
fields of engineering. Despite of centuries of investigations and research, the exact …

Hydraulic fracturing is an essential technology for continuously developing non-renewable
energy, such as oil and gas. The erosion of solid-liquid two-phase flow in hydraulic …

Applications of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) techniques to hydropower have
increased rapidly in the last three decades. The majority of the experimental investigations …

The flow of sediment particles in rivers is a big challenge to develop hydropower plants
across the sediment-laden rivers. Hard particles such as quartz and feldspar are available in …

Hydro-abrasive erosion caused by suspended sediments is a severe issue leading to
frequent generation losses and failure of hydropower components especially in geologically …

The Wenchuan earthquake greatly reduced the forest water conservation capacity along the
banks of Minjiang River. With the intensified soil erosion and the rapid increasing sediment …

The hydraulic turbine performance is adversely affected by sediment erosion. The present
study aims to explore the erosion behavior of radial hydraulic turbine. Numerous shapes …