State of the art, shortcomings and future challenges for a sustainable sediment management in hydropower: A review

C Hauer, B Wagner, J Aigner, P Holzapfel… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Multiple solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations computing water flow in sand traps

SK Almeland, NRB Olsen, K Bråveit… - … of computational fluid …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Two cases are presented wherein the main flow pattern in sand traps changes considerably
as a function of discretization scheme, grid resolution and turbulence model. Both cases …

Three-dimensional numerical study of free-flow sediment flushing to increase the flushing efficiency: A case-study reservoir in Japan

T Esmaeili, T Sumi, SA Kantoush, Y Kubota, S Haun… - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
The catchment of the Dashidaira reservoir located on the Kurobe River has high sediment
yield. Because of the sufficient available amount of water in the catchment during flood …

Three‐dimensional CFD modeling of morphological bed changes in the Danube River

T Fischer‐Antze, NRB Olsen… - Water Resources …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The bed changes in a section of the river Danube were computed using a 3‐D
computational fluid dynamics model. A time series of discharges during the flood in 2002 …

Derivation of engineering design criteria for flow field around intake structure: A numerical simulation study

LH Chie, AK Abd Wahab - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
The primary environmental impact caused by seawater intake operation is marine life
impingement resulting from the intake velocity. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of …

Hydraulic model study of the intake-outlet of a pumped-storage hydropower plant

M Bermúdez, L Cea, J Puertas, A Conde… - Engineering …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The design of intake-outlet structures for pumped-storage hydroelectric power plants
requires site-specific location and geometry studies in order to ensure their satisfactory …

Application of a 3D layer integrated numerical model of flow and sediment transport processes to a reservoir

S Faghihirad, B Lin, RA Falconer - Water, 2015 - mdpi.com
Details are given in the paper of the refinement of a three-dimensional layer integrated
turbulence model and its application to a scaled physical model of a reservoir, named …

Performance of different turbulence models in predicting flow kinematics around an open offshore intake

HC Lee, AKA Wahab - SN Applied Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Combined predictive modelling approach that couples the 2D far-field model and the 3D
near-field computational fluid dynamic model has been developed to compare the …

Long-time 3D CFD modeling of sedimentation with dredging in a hydropower reservoir

NRB Olsen, G Hillebrand - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of the current study was to present a 3D computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) model that can be used to predict long-term (11 years) bed changes in a reservoir …

Simulation‐Based Assessment of Fine Sediment Transport to Support River Restoration Measures

F Pomázi, S Baranya - River Research and Applications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A three‐dimensional coupled hydrodynamic and sediment transport model was
employed to simulate the suspended sediment transport at a section of the Danube River, in …