HERI – Research Actions Database

Welcome to the HERI Research Actions Database. The database provides details of past and present research actions related to all aspects of hydropower. The database has been structured following the categorisation developed for the HYDROPOWER EUROPE research and innovation agenda, and Strategic Industry Roadmap.

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intelligent Asset Management Platform for HYDROpower operation & maintenance

Description

iAMP-Hydro is a collaborative research effort of 10 parties coming from a wide field of academia and industry. Its target is to build digital solutions that will improve the efficiency, flexibility and sustainability of the existing EU hydropower fleet. The project has the potential to make a huge impact on energy sustainability in the EU, where 50% of the current hydro generation assets may require upgrading by 2030. This research aims to develop iAMP - a novel intelligent Asset Management Platform encompassing secure open and transparent data sharing protocols and three novel digital solutions: Condition monitoring and predictive maintenance modelling based on IoT sensors for electromechanical equipment using vibration, temperature, acoustic and electrical data. Ecological status monitoring and water management, improving biodiversity and environmental and socio-economic sustainability of existing plants. Improved weather and flow forecasting applying operational data from power plants and open source data in differing climates, with differing power capacities and flow regimes achieving significant improvement in reservoir inflow, outflow and water balance prediction accuracy. The full package of digital solutions will be validated at five real-world existing hydropower plants producing evidence for policy making to support the green and digital transition of hydro.

Organisations

  • Trinity College Dublin

Funding

  • European funding

Specific Funding Sources:
European Commission

Level of Action:

European

Applications

Small-hydro, Large-hydro, Run-of-the-River, Storage Hydropower, Pumped Storage

Keywords

Digitalization, Ecology, Flexibility, Maintenance, Modeling / Simulation, Sustainability

Areas of Research

Research and Innovation Agenda

  • Integration of weather and flow forecast with production plans, flood reduction risks, environmental flows and other water uses
  • Developing monitoring techniques that isolate the effect of materials on lifetime needs and modelling the cost of service (wear and tear) in relation to expected gains
  • Measures and approaches to protect biodiversity
  • Development and testing of solutions for improved biodiversity and fish protection

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iAMP-Hydro

Call Number

HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03

Project Number

101122167

Start Date
2023
End Date
2026

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Funded by
the European Union