From Design to Dispatch: Managing Equipment Risk and Operational Performance
CLEAN CURRENTS 2026
Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Day: 9/22/2026
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Drawing from real-world experience with generators, governors, turbines, and transformers, several subject matter experts in this 2-hour seminar will offer insights and tools for enhancing performance of equipment and managing risk, along the entire spectrum of equipment -- from factory acceptance to mechanical design to contingency planning and finally to startup optimization.
Participants will learn:
• Ways to reduce commissioning risk, improve planning accuracy, and ultimately save time and money
• Various choices for operating a Kaplan runner without oil
• A new methodology to optimize the start-up sequence of a Francis runner during the design phase and to predict the associate expected transient dynamic stresses
Featured Presentations in this Seminar:
• Litostroj Experience with Oilless Kaplan Hubs, presented by Wagner Vanci and Simon Krotec, Litostroj
• Francis runner start-up sequence optimization for minimized dynamic fatigue, presented by Christine Monette, Andritz
• Hydro Governor Hardware in Loop - Enhancing Factory Acceptance and Simulations for Generator Owners, presented by Eric See-Toh, Powertech Labs
