Abstract: . . .  Advanced Turbine Design Project [Slide 1]. Glenn has been involved in hydropower related problems of one sort or another for about 20 years and has considerable knowledge in this area. Today he's going to tell us about DOE’s program, which is similar to the Corps program but with a different focus. MR. CADA: Thanks, Tom. I appreciate the opportunity to say a few words about the Department of Energy's Hydropower Program, and specifically one major component of that program, the Advanced Hydropower Turbine System Program. The DOE Hydropower Program has been going on since 1978. We've done a lot of work trying to resolve a wide variety of environmental issues in upstream passage, downstream passage, water quality issues, and min imum flow releases. Since . . .
. . .  technical support to these activities. I'm going to give you a quick summary of what we've accomplished to date [Slide 4], tell you what we're doing right now, and then talk a bit about what we plan for the immediate future. This is what we've done in the past; that is, since 1994 when this whole advanced turbine program got started. We let out contracts for conceptual designs of advanced turbines to two companies, a team headed by Voith Hydro, and also one headed by Alden Research Laboratory in Massachusetts. The Voith Hydro team looked at modifications to existing Kaplan and Francis turbines that might be successful in improving fish passage survival, increasing oxygen concentrations, and other quality 1.15.2 Turbine Passage Survival Workshop 2000 . . .
. . .  prioritized what we don't know about the effects of these injury mechanisms on fish resulting in a 1997 publication. Since that time we've begun addressing those unknowns by supporting laboratory studies to come to some understanding of the fish injuries and levels that cause damage to fish. I'll talk about that later. The reports that are cited here are available on the DOE hydropower program website. There are many other things on that website as well. You’ve seen variations of this diagram throughout the day [Slide 5]. This drawing shows seven different mechanisms for injuring a fish that goes through the turbine. Although some of these injuries occur throughout the turbine passage, they tend to predominate in certain areas. As a prelude to . . .
. . .  attention. MR. CARLSON: Any questions for Glenn? MR. GRENIER: Just a confirmation that I heard right. This turbine’s expected efficiency you said is around 80%? MR. CADA: That's their best estimate – 80% efficiency for a Columbia River application. It might be much higher at a more optimal, smaller configuration. MR. CARLSON: Any other questions? Thanks a lot, Glenn. 1.15.9 Turbine Passage Survival Workshop 2000 1.15.10  . . .
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