Reno 98 Proceedings
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Current Meter Method - Session
1
- Effect of the Trash Racks on Discharge Measurement
in a Low Head Power Plant
Gilles Proulx and Nicolas Caron, Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, Canada
- Flow Measurement at Dr. Gabriel Terra Power
Station using Current Meter Method
Paul R. Thackray Merz and McLellan Consulting Engineers, Newcastle
upon Tyne, UK; Fernando Alcarraz and Bernardo Ravezzani, UTE, Montevideo,
Uruguay
Acoustic Method - Session
2
- A Multi-path Acoustic Flowmeter Tested in Penstocks
with Velocity Distribution Disturbances
Gianalberto Grego and Vito Rossi, ENEL, S.p.A., Venezia, Italy
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- Comparison of Turbine Discharge Measured by
Current Meters and Acoustic Scintillation Flowmeters at LaForge-2 Power
Plant
David Lemon and Ward Cartier, ASL Environmental Sciences, Sidney,
BC , Canada, Nicloas Caron and Gilles Proulx Hydro-Quebec, Montreal
,Quebec, Canada
- Acoustic Flowmeters in Circular Pipes: Acoustic
Transducer and Conduit Protrusion Effects in Discharge Measurement
Francis Lowell and Jim Walsh Accusonic Technologies, Falmouth, Massachusetts,
USA; Steven Schaefer, Metropolitan Water District Southern California,
California, USA
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Thermodynamic - Session
3
- Loss Analysis And Measuring Uncertainties of
the Thermodynamic Method for Different Turbine Types
Hermod Brekke, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway;
Ole B. Dahlhaug, SINTEF Energy Research, Norway
- A Discussion on the Influence of Turbulent Kinetic
Energy on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement
Ole B. Dahlhaug, Terje B. Siverstsen, Harald Hulass, SINTEF Energy
Research, Norway; Hermond Brekke, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
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Analysis Uncertainties in the
Thermodynamic Method of Testing Hydraulic Turbines
Robert F. Karlicek, Enkar, Fullerton, California, USA
- Caption of Dynamic Temperature for the Thermodynamic
Method
Jean-Marc Levesque, IdroVision, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Acoustic Method - Session
4
- Efficiency Measurements on Pelton Turbines with
Thermodynamic and Acoustic Methods; Comparison with Model Test Results
Fabio Fausto Muciaccia, Voith Riva Hydro S.p.A., Milan, Italy
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- An Averaging Procedure for Discharge Measurement
in Low Frequency, High Amplitude Fluctuations
Thomas Staubli, Zentralschweizerisches Technikum Luzern Switzerland,
Alexander Voser Institut fur Energietechnik Switzerland
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- Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Acoustic
Velocity Meters
Tracy Vermeyen, US Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Integration Error in Multipath Acoustic Discharge
Measurement in Closed Conduits
Alexander Voser, Institut fur Energietechnik, Switzerland
andThomas Staubli Zentralschweizerisches Technikum Luzern Switzerland
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Miscellaneous - Session
5
- Turbine Dischrge Monitoring Based on Net Head
and Gide Vane Position
Viliam Biela, HARZA Engineering Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA;
Felix Borges Guri, CVG EDELCA, Caracas, Venezuela
- Influence of the Upstream Disturbances on Discharge
Measurements
Gilles Proulx, Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Modern Errors in Winter - Kennedy Piezometers
Lee H. Sheldon, Kleinschmidt Associates, Pittsfield, Maine, USA
Thermodynamic - Session
6
- Thermodynamic Method: Error Calculating Examples
Henri Mesplou, Electricitie De France, Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Thermodynamic Method: Comparison of the Sea-Bird
and PT-100 Temperature Probes
Emmanuel Paquet, Electricitie De France, Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Thermodynamic/Conventional Tests on 2- 4MW Pumps
Maurice Yates, Advanced Energy Monitoring Systems LTD., Devon,
Uk
- Thermodynamic Testing at Toro 1 Power Plant
Leopoldo Millan and Daniel Rodriguez, IMPSA, Argentina; Jean Marc
Levesque, IdroVison, Greenfield Park, Quebec,Canada
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