Our collaboration with Polish hydro power industry dates since early sixties. Within the framework of our statutory activity we develop the design methods of hydraulic machinery and devices. A substantial fraction of our research is oriented on advanced test techniques, essential for solving numerous operational problems occurring in hydro power plants.

The scope of our activity includes:

• performance and diagnostic tests of hydraulic turbines and pumps under field and laboratory conditions;
• prevention and mitigation of cavitation and cavitation erosion phenomena in the fluid-flow systems;
• the concepts of small hydro installations and design of small power water turbines;
• design of the energy recovery devices to be applied in order to recover the energy lost in industrial hydraulic systems.

Our partners are offered:

• technical condition assessment of hydraulic machinery and devices;
• determination of performance curves and optimisation of the performance parameters of hydraulic turbines and pumps;
• documentation of turbine runners within the framework of rehabilitation and upgrading projects;
• expert opinions and consultancy.

Our offer to the small hydro investors includes:

• design documentation and author's supervision over manufacture of tubular, open-flume and cross-flow turbines;
• the conceptual designs of micro hydro power plants.

Experimental stand of cavitation erosion

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