Welcome Shubham Sharma to our laboratory a Postdoctoral Fellow! Shubham will join our large team of store2hydro research project, financed by European Commission. Shubham will contribute to design and development of thruster for the reversible pump-turbine. Shubham has research experience in fluid mechanics and turbomachinery, centrifugal slurry Pump and Francis turbine, specializing Field measurement, experimental testing and CFD modelling.
Welcome Kristina Trovik Flaatten to our laboratory as a PhD candidate! Kristina will carry out research under our flagship project FME RenewHydro. She will focus on utilization of pump-turbines for flood control. She will design a reversible pump-turbines based on theoretical principles and empirical equations and resulted in a procedure for determining the main dimension of a Francis-type RPT with known net head and flow rate.
Welcome Pawan Bijukchhe our laboratory as a PhD candidate! Pawan will carry out research under our flagship project FME RenewHydro. Pawan will be contributing under title “Design and optimization of retrofitting Reversible pump turbines and thrusters”- a critical area for enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of power plants in Norway. His work plays a key role in supporting the retrofitting of hydroelectric power plants, which is essential for meeting future energy goals. With a strong background in hydro turbine research, particularly in the design of Francis turbine and Reversible pump turbines, he brings valuable expertise to the team and the ongoing energy transition efforts.
We would like to welcome the new students in the laboratory. The students will write project work and master thesis during the academic year 2025-26. There are many exciting projects, including strain gauge measurements, design of the Pelton turbine, PIV measurements, unsteady simulations, FEA of the turbine blades. They will work in our on-going research projects such as RenewHydro (Research Centre for Renewal of Hydropower Technology) and Store2Hydro.
NEW MEMBER
We would like to welcome Francesco Albicini at the laboratory as PhD candidate today. Francesco will work under FME RenewHydro; Research Programme 1.2 led by Jonas Bergmann-Paulsen. He will conduct research on the model Francis turbine - 'Design for intermittent operation and high ramping rates.'
PHD DEFENSE
Atmaram Kayastha is defending his PhD thesis on 26 February 2025 at NTNU.
Thesis title: Study of vortex generators on Francis turbine runner for variable speed operation
The Assessment Committee to assess the thesis:
Professor Giovanna Gavazzini, University of Padova, Italy (1. Opponent)
Dr Jørgen Ramdal, Statkraft, Norway (2. Opponent)
Associate Professor Elena Pummer, NTNU
Topic of the trial lecture: "Design Challenges and Solutions for Hydropower Turbines: A Norwegian and Nepalese Perspective"
Official announcement: https://innsida.ntnu.no/start/feed/2ae09b70-9d5e-3645-b4c1-4055754f1e3f/9b8188fe-2188-3daf-aade-4b024dc35c00
Historical outlook
04.04.2022
Fra Stortingsrepresentant Kari-Anne Jønnes (H)
15.06.2020
18.12.2017
25.02.2014
14.05.2007
Turbinen - hjertet i småkraftverket
07.05.1956
Utenlandske krafteksperter deltar i seminar på NTH
1935
Portrett av professor Gudmund Sundby
Sundby, Gudmund,
Professor i vannkraftmaskiner ved NTH,
1878-01-18 - 1973-02-16.
Født i Ullensaker. Bygde opp Vannkraftlaboratoriet ved NTH. Var professor og leder der. Var bl. a. medlem av DKNVS. Ble utnevnt til ridder av 1. klasse av St. Olavs Orden i 1949.
1924
Professor Sundby sitter ved sitt skrivebord, NTH
1920
Vannmassene strømmer fra seksten meters høyde inn i turbinen. Rørledninger og ventiler er avgrenet i alle retninger i det store murhuset. Professor Gudmund Sundby, stivt antrukket i dress og briller, leser sirlig av måleinstrumentene. Vi er i det som er blitt kalt Norges viktigste bygning på den tiden, selve arnestedet for et norsk industrieventyr: Vannkraftlaboratoriet på Gløshaugen. Turbinen som testes er til Norges første storskala vannkraftutbygging, Mørkfoss-Solbergfoss, som er et gigantisk prosjekt som kommer til å velsigne hele Oslo-regionen med elektrisitet.
– Forskningen og utprøvingen av turbiner ved NTH bidro til å sende norsk turbinindustri opp i verdensklasse, forteller historiker Ola Nordal.
Professor emeritus Arne Kjølle har vært ved laboratoriet i nær sagt et halvt århundre. Han mener at utbygningen av vannkraften var minst like viktig for Norge som oljen kom til å bli senere.
– Det var vannkraftutbygging som startet norsk velstandsutvikling. Den betydde utrolig mye for utviklingen av valutainnbringende norsk industri, sier han.
Og i dette spiller NTH en avgjørende rolle. Forsøkene ved vannkraftlaben bidrar i betydelig grad til at Kværner kan konkurrere med verdens fremste turbinprodusenter.