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2011
NICOLET, C., ALLIGNE, S., BERGANT, A., AVELLAN, F., Parametric study of Water column Separation in Francis Pump-turbine draft tube Proceedings of SHF «Pumped storage Powerplants», Lyon, 23-24 November 2011, paper 20. Article.pdf [792 Kb]
NICOLET, C., KAELBEL, T., ALLIGNE, S., RUCHONNET, N., ALLENBACH, P., BERGANT, A., AVELLAN, F., Simulation of Water Hammer Induced Column Separation through Electrical Analogy Proceedings of the 4th IAHR International Meeting of the WorkGroup on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Belgrade, Serbia, October 26-28, 2011, pp. 37-46. Article.pdf [585 Kb]
ALLIGNE, S., NICOLET, C., AVELLAN, F., Identification by CFD Simulation of the Mechanism Inducing Upper Part Load Resonance Phenomenon Proceedings of the 4th IAHR International Meeting of the WorkGroup on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Belgrade, Serbia, October 26-28, 2011, pp. 241-255. Article.pdf [1'415 Kb]
NICOLET, C., PANNATIER, Y., KAWKABANI, B., SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Hydroelectric Interactions with Variable Speed and Fixed Speed Machines in Pumping Mode of Operation , Proceedings of HYDRO 2011, October 17-19, 2011, in Prague, Czech Republic, Paper 24.4. Article.pdf [1'061 Kb]
ZOBEIRI, A., NICOLET, C., VUADENS, E., Risk analysis of the transient phenomena in a hydropower plant installation , Proceedings of HYDRO 2011, October 17-19, 2011, in Prague, Czech Republic, Paper 24.4. Article.pdf [822 Kb]
KOUTNIK, J., BRUNS, M., MEIER, L., NICOLET, C., Pumped Storage - Grid Requirements For Behavior of Large Motorgenerators and Confirmation Of Compliance Through Simulation , Proceedings of HydroVision International, 19-22 July 2011, Sacramento, CA, USA, Session: Pumped Storage Design, Technology and Operation, pp. 1-11. Article.pdf [203 Kb]
BISSEL, C., VULLIOUD, G., WEISS, E., HEIMANN, A., CHENE, O., DAYER, J.-D., NICOLET, C., Recommissioning of the Bieudron powerplant , The International Journal on Hydropower & Dams, Vol. 18, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 82-85. Article.pdf [3'977 Kb]
2010
NICOLET, C., BERTHOD, R., RUCHONNET, N., AVELLAN, F., Evaluation of Possible Penstock Fatigue Resulting from Secondary Control for the Grid , Proceedings of HYDRO 2010, September 27-29, 2010, in Lisbon, Portugal, Paper 10.3. Article.pdf [746 Kb]
NICOLET, C., RUCHONNET, N., ALLIGNÉ, S., KOUTNIK, J., AVELLAN, F., Hydroacoustic Simulation of Rotor-Stator Interaction in Resonance Conditions in Francis Pump-Turbine Proceedings of the 25th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Timisoara, Romania, September 20-24, 2010, paper 2A.1. Article.pdf [785 Kb]
NICOLET, C., ZOBEIRI, A., MARUZEWSKI, P., AVELLAN, F., On the Upper Part Load Vortex Rope in Francis Turbine: Experimental Investigation Proceedings of the 25th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Timisoara, Romania, September 20-24, 2010, paper 6A.3. Article.pdf [1'738 Kb]
PANNATIER, Y., KAWKABANI, B., NICOLET, C., SCHWERY, A., P., SIMOND, J.-J., Start-up and Synchronization of a Variable Speed Pump-Turbine Unit in Pumping Mode , Proceedings of ICEM 2010 - XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines, Rome, Italy, September 6-8. 2010. Copyright © 2010 by ICEM
SILVA, P. C. O., KAWKABANI, B., ALLIGNE, S., NICOLET, C., SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Stability Study of a Complete Hydroelectric Production Site by Eigenvalues Analysis Method Based on Phase Variables , Proceedings of ICEM 2010 - XIX International Conference on Electrical Machines, Rome, Italy, September 6-8. 2010. Copyright © 2010 by ICEM
PANNATIER, Y., KAWKABANI, B., NICOLET, C., SIMOND, J.-J., SCHWERY, A., ALLENBACH, P., Investigation of control strategies for variable speed pump-turbine units by using a simplified model of the converters IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Volume: 57, Issue: 9, 2010, pp: 3039-3049. Copyright © 2010 by IEEE-TIE
PADOAN JR., A.C., KAWKABANI, B., SCHWERY, A., RAMIREZ, C., NICOLET, C., SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Dynamical behaviour comparison between variable speed and synchronous machines with PSS IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Volume: 25 , Issue: 3, 2010 , pp.: 1555 – 1565. Copyright © 2010 by IEEE-PES
KOUTNIK, J., FOUST, J., NICOLET, C., SAIJU, R., KAWKABANI, B., Pump-Storage Integration with Renewables – Meeting the Needs Using Various Concepts Proceedings of HydroVision International, 27-30 July 2010, Charlotte, NC, USA, Session: Pumped-Storage Market Trends and Strategies, paper 5, pp. 1-12. Article.pdf [416 Kb]
2009
NICOLET, C., E. F. R. BOLLAERT, ALLENBACH, P., GAL, A., Optimizing hydro production with a detailed simulation model Hydropower & Dams, Issue Five, 2009, pp. 77-81. Article.pdf [3'594 Kb]
ARPE, J., NICOLET, C., AVELLAN, F., Experimental Evidence of Hydroacoustic Pressure Waves in a Francis Turbine Elbow Draft Tube for Low Discharge Conditions , ASME, J. Fluids Eng., Volume 131, Issue 8, August 2009. Copyright © 2008 by ASME-JFE
NICOLET, C., PANNATIER, Y., KAWKABANI, B., SCHWERY, A., AVELLAN, F., SIMOND, J.-J., Benefits of Variable Speed Pumped Storage Units in Mixed Islanded Power Network during Transient Operation , Proceedings of HYDRO 2009, October 26-28, 2009, in Lyon, France, Paper 23.3 Article.pdf [1'108 Kb]
NICOLET, C., ALLIGNÉ, S., KAWKABANI, B., KOUTNIK, J., SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Stability Study of Francis Pump-Turbine at Runaway Proceedings of the 3rd IAHR International Meeting of the WorkGroup on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Brno, Czech Republic, October 14-16, 2009, paper G2, pp. 371-384. Article.pdf [714 Kb]
ALLIGNÉ, S., NICOLET, C., RUCHONNET, N., HASMATUCHI, V., MARUZEWSKI, P., AVELLAN, F., Numerical Simulation of Non-linear Self-oscillations of a Full Load Vortex Rope Proceedings of the 3rd IAHR International Meeting of the WorkGroup on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Brno, Czech Republic, October 14-16, 2009, paper F4, pp. 325-338. Article.pdf [1'025 Kb]
RUCHONNET, N., NICOLET, C., ALLIGNÉ, S., AVELLAN, F., Experimental investigation of Cavitation Influence on Hydroacoustic Resonance in Pipe Proceedings of the 3rd IAHR International Meeting of the WorkGroup on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Brno, Czech Republic, October 14-16, 2009, paper P1, pp. 501-514. Article.pdf [905 Kb]
2008
NICOLET, C., ALLIGNÉ, S., KAWKABANI, B. , SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Unstable Operation of Francis Pump-Turbine at Runaway: Rigid and Elastic Water Column Oscillation Modes , Proceedings of the 24th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, October 27 -31, 2008, paper 150. Article.pdf [608 Kb]
PANNATIER, Y., NICOLET, C., KAWKABANI, B., DENIAU, J.-L., SCHWERY, A., AVELLAN, F., SIMOND, J.-J., Transient Behavior of Variable Speed Pump-Turbine Units , Proceedings of the 24th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, October 27 -31, 2008, paper 147. Article.pdf [634 Kb]
ALLIGNÉ, S., NICOLET, C., ALLENBACH, P. , KAWKABANI, B. , SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Influence of the Vortex Rope Location of a Francis Turbine on the Hydraulic System Stability , Proceedings of the 24th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, October 27 -31, 2008, paper 82. Article.pdf [1'010 Kb]
CHEN, C., NICOLET, C., YONEZAWA, K., FARHAT, M., AVELLAN, F., TSUJIMOTO, Y., One-Dimensional Analysis of Full Load Draft Tube Surge Considering the Finite Sound Velocity in the Penstock , Proceedings of the 24th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, October 27 -31, 2008, paper 106. Article.pdf [1'056 Kb]
NICOLET, C., VAILLANT, Y., KAWKABANI, B., ALLENBACH, P., SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Pumped Storage Units to Stabilize Mixed Islanded Power Network: a Transient Analysis , Proceedings of HYDRO 2008, October 6-9, 2008, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Paper 16.1. Article.pdf [543 Kb]
PANNATIER, Y., NICOLET, C., KAWKABANI, B., SIMOND, J.-J., ALLENBACH, P., Dynamic Behavior of a 2 Variable Speed Pump-Turbine Power Plant , Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2008, September 6-9, 2008, Vilamoura, Portugal, Paper ID 754. Article.pdf [555 Kb]
CHEN, C, NICOLET, C., YONEZAWA, K., FARHAT, M., AVELLAN, F., TSUJIMOTO, Y., One-Dimensional Analysis Of Full Load Draft Tube Surge , J. Fluids Eng., Volume 130, Issue 4 , April 2008. Copyright © 2008 by ASME-JFE
2007
NICOLET, C., GREIVELDINGER, B., HÉROU, J.-J., KAWKABANI, B., ALLENBACH, P., SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., High Order Modeling of Hydraulic Power Plant in Islanded Power Network , IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 22, Number 4, November 2007, pp.: 1870-1881. Copyright © 2007 by IEEE-PES
NICOLET, C., KAWKABANI, B., GREIVELDINGER, B., HÉROU, J.-J., ALLENBACH, P., SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Turbine Speed Governor Parameters Validation in Islanded Production , Proceedings of the 2nd IAHR International Meeting of the WorkGroup on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, October 24-26, 2007. Article.pdf [3'253 Kb]
CHEN, C, NICOLET, C., YONEZAWA, K., FARHAT, M., AVELLAN, F., TSUJIMOTO, Y., One-Dimensional Analysis Of Full Load Draft Tube Surge , Proceedings of FEDSM2007, 5th Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, July 30-August 2, 2007 San Diego, California USA, paper: FEDSM2007-37304, 2007. Copyright © 2007 by ASME
NICOLET, C., ALLENBACH, PH., SIMOND, J.-J., AVELLAN, F., Modelling And Numerical Simulation Of A Complete Hydroelectric Production Site , Proceedings PowerTech 2007, 1-5 July 2007, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007. Copyright © 2007 by IEEE-PES
NICOLET, C., Hydroacoustic Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Operation of Hydroelectric Systems , PhD Thesis, EPFL n°3751, Lausanne, 2007. Thesis.pdf [23'545 Kb]
2006
KOUTNIK, J., NICOLET, C., SCHOHL, G. A. and AVELLAN, F., Overload Surge Event in a Pumped-Storage Power Plant , Proceedings of the 23rd IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Yokohama, Japan, October 18-21, 2006. Article.pdf [644 Kb]
NICOLET, C., RUCHONNET, N. and AVELLAN, F., One-Dimensional Modeling of Rotor Stator Interaction in Francis Pump-Turbine , Proceedings of the 23rd IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Yokohama, Japan, October 18-21, 2006. Article.pdf [665 Kb]
SIMOND, J.-J.,ALLENBACH, P., NICOLET, C. and AVELLAN, F., Simulation tool linking hydroelectric production sites and electrical networks , Proceedings of the 27th Int. Conf. on Electrical Machines, ICEM, Chania, Greece, September 2-5, 2006. Article.pdf [301 Kb]
NICOLET, C., HEROU, J.-J., GREIVELDINGER, B., ALLENBACH, P., SIMOND, J.-J and AVELLAN, F., Methodology for Risk Assessment of Part Load Resonance in Francis Turbine Power Plant , Proceedings IAHR Int. Meeting of WG on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Barcelona, June 28-30, 2006. Article.pdf [603 Kb]
RUCHONNET, N., NICOLET, C. and AVELLAN, F., Hydroacoustic Modeling of Rotor Stator Interaction in Francis Pump-Turbine , Proceedings IAHR Int. Meeting of WG on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Barcelona, June 28-30 2006. Article.pdf [1'695 Kb]
NICOLET, C., GREIVELDINGER, B., HEROU, J.-J., ALLENBACH, P., SIMOND, J.-J. and AVELLAN, F., On the Hydroelectric Stability of an Islanded Power Network Proceedings IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Montréal, Canada, paper 623, June 18-22 2006,. Copyright © 2006 by IEEE-PES
NICOLET, C., RUCHONNET, N., and AVELLAN, F., One-Dimensional Modeling of Rotor Stator Interaction in Francis Pump-Turbine , Proceedings of ISROMAC-11, ASME: International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, February 26-March 2, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by ASME
BOLLAERT, E.F.R., Physics Based Scour Model Applied To Tucurui Dam (Brazil) , Proceedings of nt. Symp. on Hydraulic Structures, Venezuela, 2006.
BOLLAERT, E.F.R., MASON, P.J., A Physically Based Model for Scour Prediction at Srisailam Dam , Int. Journal of Hydropower & Dams, Issue 4, pp. 96-103, 2006.
2005
BOLLAERT, E.F.R., SCHLEISS, A., A Physically Based Scour Evaluation Model for Fractured Rock , Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, March 2005.
BOLLAERT, E.F.R., The Influence of Geomechanic and Hydrologic Uncertainties on Scour at Large Dams: Case Study of Kariba Dam (Zambia-Zimbabwe) , ICOLD Annual Meeting, Teheran 2005.
2004
NICOLET, C., ARPE, J. and AVELLAN, F., Identification and Modeling of Pressure Fluctuations of a Francis Turbine Scale Model at Part Load Operation , Proceedings of the 22nd IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Stockholm, Sweden, June 29-July 2, 2004. Article.pdf [928 Kb]
BOLLAERT, E.F.R., A New Procedure to Evaluate Dynamic Uplift of Concrete Linings or Rock Blocks in Plunge Pools , Proc. Int. Symp. on Hydraulics of Dams and River Structures, Teheran, Iran, pp. 125-132, 2004.
BOLLAERT, E.F.R., A Comprehensive Model to Evaluate scour Formation in Plunge Pools , Int. Journal of Hydropower & Dams, pp. 94-101, 2004.
2003
NICOLET, C., AVELLAN, F. and ROSSELL, J., New Technology for high Disinfection Level of Flexible Endoscopes , Fifth International Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2003) Osaka, Japan, November 1-4, 2003. Article.pdf [594 Kb]
NICOLET, C., AVELLAN, F., ALLENBACH, P., SAPIN, A., SIMOND, J.-J. and HEROU, J.-J., Transient Phenomena in Francis Turbine Power Plants: Interaction with the Power Network , 11th International Meeting of the Work Group on the Behaviour of Hydraulic Machinery Under Steady Oscillatory Conditions, Stuttgart, Germany, October 8-10, 2003. Article.pdf [571 Kb]
NICOLET, C., AVELLAN, F., ALLENBACH, P., SAPIN, A., SIMOND, J.-J., KVICINSKY, S. and CRAHAN, M., Simulation of Transient Phenomena in Francis Turbine Power Plants: Hydroelectric Interaction , Proceedings of Waterpower XIII, Advancing Technology for Sustainable Energy, Buffalo, New York, USA, July 29-31, 2003. Article.pdf [495 Kb]
BOLLAERT, E.F.R., The Influence of Joint Aeration on Dynamic Uplift of Concrete Slabs of Plunge Pool Linings , Proc. of the XXXth IAHR Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003.
BOLLAERT, E.F.R., SCHLEISS, A., Scour of Rock Due to High Velocity Plunging Jets: Part II: Experimental Results of Dynamic Pressures at Pool Bottoms and in One-and Two-dimensional Closed-end rock Joints , Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Delft, The Netherlands, 2003.
2002
NICOLET, C., AVELLAN, F., ALLENBACH, P., SAPIN, A. and SIMOND, J.-J., New Tools for the Simulation of Transient Phenomena in Francis Turbine Power Plants , Proceedings of the 21st IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 519-528, September 9-12, 2002, . Article.pdf [277 Kb]
BOLLAERT, E. F. R., TOMASSON, G.G., GISIGER, J.-P., SCHLEISS, A., The Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Project: a Transient analysis of the Waterways System , Proceedings of the XXI IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machines and Systems, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002.
2001
NICOLET, C., SAPIN, A., SIMOND, J.-J., PRENAT, J.-E. and AVELLAN, F., A new tool for the simulation of dynamic behaviour of hydroelectric power plants , Proceedings of the 10th International Meeting of the work group on the behaviour of hydraulic machinery under steady oscillatory conditions, IAHR, Trondheim, Norway, June 26-28, 2001. Article.pdf [355 Kb]
BOLLAERT, E. F. R., SCHLEISS, A., A New Approach for Better Assessment of Rock Scouring Due to High Velocity Jets at Dam Spillways , Proceedings of the 5th ICOLD European Symposium, Geiranger, Norway, 2001.
2000
BOLLAERT, E. F. R., IRNIGER, P., SCHLEISS, A., Management of Sedimentation in a Multiple Purpose Reservoir in a Run-of-river Powerplant Project on an Alpine River , Proceedings of HYDRO 2000 - Making Hydro more Competitive, Session III: Sediment Management, Berne, Switzerland, pp. 183-192, 2000.
1998
BOLLAERT, E. F. R., BOILLAT, J.-L., GOLLIARD, D., Sedimentation of the Artificial Lake of Rossinière , Proceedings of the International Conference on Modeling, Testing & Monitoring for Hydro Powerplants – III, Aix-en-Provence, Hydropower & Dams, Aqua-Media International Ltd., pp. 59-70, 1998.
 
 
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