FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Emerging and Innovative Materials for Hydropower Engineering Applications: Turbines, Bearings, Sealing, Dams and Waterways, and Ocean Power
BT 
AF Quaranta, Emanuele
   Davies, Peter
AS 1:1;2:2;
FF 1:;2:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;
C1 European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra 21027, Italy
   IFREMER Centre Bretagne, Marine Structures Laboratory, Plouzané 29280, France
C2 JRC, ITALY
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM
IN WOS Ifremer UPR
   copubli-europe
IF 12.8
TC 29
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00723/83456/88445.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Bearing;Composite;Dam;Hydropower;Material;Ocean;Seal;Turbine
AB The hydropower sector is currently experiencing several technological developments. New technologies and sustainable practices are emerging to make hydropower more flexible and eco-friendly. Novel materials have also been recently developed to increase performance, durability, and reliability; however, no systematic discussions can be found in the literature. Therefore, in this paper, novel materials for hydropower applications are presented, and their performance, advantages, and limitations are discussed. For example, composites can reduce the weight of steel equipment by 50% to 80%, polymers and superhydrophobic materials can reduce head losses by 4% to 20%, and novel bearing materials can reduce bearing wear by 6%. These improvements determine higher efficiencies, longer life span, waste reduction, and maintenance needs, although the initial cost of some materials is not yet competitive with respect to the costs of traditional materials. The novel materials are described here based on the following categories: novel materials for turbines, dams and waterways, bearings, seals, and ocean hydropower. 
PY 2022
PD JAN
SO Engineering
SN 2095-8099
PU Elsevier BV
VL 8
UT 000788434800020
BP 148
EP 158
DI 10.1016/j.eng.2021.06.025
ID 83456
ER

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