Viennahydro 2022 – 21st International Seminar on Hydropower Plants

9-11 November 2022, Vienna, Austria

Hydropower for future generations, a theme that like no other emphasises long-range impacts of hydropower activities. All measures taken today, will always have a major impact on our children and grand-children. Therefore, it is just right to make hydropower viable for the next generations.

Call for Papers is open.

Topics

• Innovation, trends and future technologies
• Flexibilisation and smart grids
• Requirements from electrical grid to power generation and storage
• Quantum Computing
• Digitalisation on Machine- and Systemlevel – technological aspects
• Planning and Operation of Varspeed Pumped Storage Plants
• Operation, Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Modernisation
• Design rules, Standardisation and Legal aspects
• Physical modelling and numerical simulations
• Experimental Investigations on models and prototypes
• Cavitation under extreme load conditions
• Hydraulic systems and transient behaviour
• Market change, Business Models and Economics of Hydro Power
• Sustainability and environmental impact
• Small hydro

The role of hydropower in Europe is ever-changing. Therefore, the conference shall provide a platform to exchange experiences and enable an open-minded discussion about the future of hydropower.

Further information: https://www.viennahydro.com/