Publications
Turbine erosion and mitigation measures
- Felix D., Abgottspon A., Albayrak I., Boes R. (2021). Temporary shutdowns of the high-head run-of-river HPP Fieschertal to prevent excessive turbine erosion during floods. IOP Conf. Series: Earth Environ. Sci. 774 012029.
- Abgottspon A., von Burg M., Staubli T., Felix D. (2021). Analysis of hydro-abrasive erosion and efficiency changes measured on the coated Pelton turbines of HPP Fieschertal. IOP Conf. Series: Earth Environ. Sci. 774 012030.
- Felix D. (2017). Experimental investigation on suspended sediment, hydro-abrasive erosion and efficiency reductions of coated Pelton turbines. VAW-Mitteilung 238 (R. M. Boes, Ed.), and Dissertation 24145, ETH Zürich.
- Workshop „Dealing with hydro-abrasive erosion at high-head HPPs“, 28th IAHR-Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, July 4-8, 2016, Grenoble, France.
Suspended sediment monitoring
- Felix D., Albayrak I., Boes R.M., Gruber P., Abgottspon A. (2019). Using acoustic discharge measurement (ADM) installations for suspended sediment monitoring in channels, tunnels and penstocks. Proc. Hydro Conference, Porto, Portugal: paper no. 32.03.
- Felix D., Albayrak I., Boes R.M. (2018). In-situ investigation on real-time suspended sediment measurement techniques: Turbidimetry, acoustic attenuation, laser diffraction (LISST) and vibrating tube densimetry. Intl. J. of Sediment Research 33: 3–17.
- Felix D., Albayrak I., Boes R.M. (2013). Laboratory investigation on measuring suspended sediment by portable laser diffractometer (LISST) focusing on particle shape. Geo-marine Letters 33(6): 485–498.
Hydropower potential in Switzerland
Further publications