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Hydro 2016
- 10-12 October 2016
- Montreux - Switzerland
Technical Sessions
Exhibition
The HYDRO 2016 Technical Exhibition ran concurrently with the conference in two halls at the 2m2c Convention Centre and featured more than 250 stands.
EPFL Tour
Participants had the opportunity to tour the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions at EPFL. Laboratory assistants and students were available at each installation in the laboratory to give a briefing and demonstration to participants. Test rigs and associated equipment used to research cavitation, rotor-stator interaction, flow in turbines and pumps and the stability of Francis units were examples of what could be seen.
Social Events
Following a welcome and briefing from Prof François Avellan, Henri-Pascal Mombelli begins showing participants around the Laboratory for Hydraulic Machines at EPFL. Laboratory assistants and students were available at each installation in the laboratory to give a briefing and demonstration to participants. Test rigs and associated equipment used to research cavitation, rotor-stator interaction, flow in turbines and pumps and the stability of Francis units were examples of what could be seen.
Prof Schleiss shows a group of participants around the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions at EPFL, on the evening of 11 October. During the tour, they had a chance to see a 1:65 scale model of Kariba dam, a 1:12 scale model of the Gondo hydro plant, and a 1:35 scale model of EDF’s Rhinau run-of-river scheme, used to study fish migration.
In accordance with usual tradition, a social event was arranged one evening for young engineers and students. H&D Deputy Editor, Steven Usher (centre, in the foreground), had organized an evening of bowling in a village close to Montreux.
As delegates enjoyed dinner in the Stravinsky Hall, home to the annual world famous Montreux Jazz Festival, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the evening of the Farewell Dinner ended with jazz.
