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    • Accurate determination of the frequency response function of submerged and confined structures by using PZT-patches 

      Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Valentín Ruiz, David; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Bossio, Matias (2017-03-22)
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      To accurately determine the dynamic response of a structure is of relevant interest in many engineering applications. Particularly, it is of paramount importance to determine the Frequency Response Function (FRF) for ...
    • Advanced condition monitoring of Pelton turbines 

      Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Valentín Ruiz, David; Bossio, Matias (2018-04)
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      The ability of hydropower to adapt the electricity generation to the demand is necessary to integrate wind and solar energy into the electrical grid. Nowadays, hydropower turbines are required to work under harsher operating ...
    • Advanced condition monitoring of Pelton turbines 

      Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Valentín Ruiz, David; Bossio, Matias; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard (2017)
      Conference report
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      The ability of hydropower to adapt the electricity generation to the demand is necessary to integrate wind and solar energy to the grid. Nowadays hydropower turbines are required to work under harsher operating conditions ...
    • Análisis de la respuesta dinámica en agitadores industriales 

      Bossio, Matias (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-06-01)
      Doctoral thesis
      Open Access
      In food and pharmacological industries, reducing the production time and improving the machine flexibility to be adapted to new products is a constant necessity. This generate changes on the initial working conditions for ...
    • Condition monitoring of a prototype turbine. Description of the system and main results 

      Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Valentín Ruiz, David; Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Bossio, Matias (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2017)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The fast change in new renewable energy is affecting directly the required operating range of hydropower plants. According to the present demand of electricity, it is necessary to generate different levels of power. Because ...
    • Dynamic response of the MICA runner. Experiment and simulation 

      Valentín Ruiz, David; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Bossio, Matias (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2017)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Studying the dynamic response of Francis turbine runners is of paramount importance in order to avoid resonance problems during operating conditions. For this purpose, the natural frequencies as well as their associated ...
    • Estudio de la interacción fluido-estructura en rejas filtradoras de centrales hidroeléctricas reversibles 

      Ramos Martín, David; Bossio, Matias (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-10-14)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    • Extension of operating range in pump-turbines. Influence of head and load 

      Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Valentín Ruiz, David; Bossio, Matias (2017-12-19)
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      Due to the increasing share of new renewable energies like wind and solar in the generation of electricity the need for power regulation and energy storage is becoming of paramount importance. One of the systems to store ...
    • Feasibility of detecting natural frequencies of hydraulic turbines while in operation, using strain gauges 

      Valentín Ruiz, David; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Bossio, Matias; Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2018-01-10)
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      Nowadays, hydropower plays an essential role in the energy market. Due to their fast response and regulation capacity, hydraulic turbines operate at off-design conditions with a high number of starts and stops. In this ...
    • Influence of the boundary conditions on the natural frequencies of a Francis turbine 

      Valentín Ruiz, David; Ramos Martín, David; Bossio, Matias; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2016)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Natural frequencies estimation of Francis turbines is of paramount importance in the stage of design in order to avoid vibration and resonance problems especially during transient events. Francis turbine runners are submerged ...
    • Numerical study on the influence of acoustic natural frequencies on the dynamic behaviour of submerged and confined disk-like structures 

      Bossio, Matias; Valentín Ruiz, David; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Ramos Martín, David; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica (2017-08)
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      The dynamic response of disks has been deeply studied in the last years given that their dynamic characteristics present similarities with more complex disk-like structures used in real engineering applications, such as ...
    • On the use of PZT-Patches as exciters in modal analysis: application to submerged structures 

      Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Valentín Ruiz, David; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Bossio, Matias (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2016)
      Conference report
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      Modal Analysis is an experimental technique widely used to determine the dynamic response of structures. One of the most critical part is the selection of the actuator that will excite the tested structure. In many cases, ...
    • Power swing generated in Francis turbines by part load and overload instabilities 

      Valentín Ruiz, David; Presas Batlló, Alexandre; Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard; Valero Ferrando, Ma. del Carmen; Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica; Bossio, Matias (2017-12-13)
      Article
      Open Access
      Hydropower plays a key role in the actual energy market due to its fast response and regulation capacity. In that way, hydraulic turbines are increasingly demanded to work at off-design conditions, where complex flow ...