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Conventional HydroCyanophage treatment development for mitigating freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms caused by cyanobacteria
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Christopher Waechter
This study will identify a new treatment for harmful algal blooms that could potentially lead to Reclamation administered HAB treatments, as well as help develop mitigation techniques that could be commercialized with potential future private industry partners. Recent large scale harmful algal bloom (HAB) events in lakes and large river systems emphasize the need for more research on freshwater HAB to improve water quality and protect public health.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Water Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2022
Physical & Cyber SecurityCybersecurity Guidance for Marine Renewable Energy Systems
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Fleur dePeralta
This project provides an approach to assessing the cyber security threats to the information systems and the consequences on the assets. The approach will then be used as input to a guidance document that will inform developers of future digital assets and ways to secure their operational and information systems.
Technology Application
Physical & Cyber Security
Research Category
Research Sub-Category
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
Dam Anchoring Principles
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0238
to develop current practice design principles to guide designers and dam owners in selecting the most appropriate anchor type and detailing for the situation at hand, based on the experiences and lessons learned from past case histories of dam anchoring designs.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Dam or Weir
Research Sub-Category
Dam Safety
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
Expected 2020
- Conventional Hydro
Dam Safety Essentials for Engineers
Lead Companies
CEATI
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0237
A training program for dam safety engineers, including customizable powerpoint files, e-learning modules and materials for a failure modes workshop.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Dam or Weir
Research Sub-Category
Dam Safety
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Dam Safety Inspection Procedures, Guidance and Training for Plant Operators
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0227
This Guide is intended to help hydroelectric plant operators recognize, understand, and respond to potential dam safety hazards. It includes a guidance document, customizable powerpoint files and e-learning modules.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Dam or Weir
Research Sub-Category
Dam Safety
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Dam Safety Maturity Matrices Version 2
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0234
The Dam Safety Maturity Matrices Version 2 have been developed for dam owners to assess the effectiveness of their dam safety programs against industry practice. This is an update of the original DSMM created in 2015.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Dam or Weir
Research Sub-Category
Dam Safety
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Dam Safety Risk Management Training
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0235
The purpose of this project is to develop and present a curriculum of courses for dam and hydropower owners on risk-informed management that meets the broad needs of owners (management and engineering staff) to implement these methods as part of their dam safety programs.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Dam or Weir
Research Sub-Category
Dam Safety
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Dam Safety Technology Roadmap
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0236
This report updates the technical vision of the Dam Safety Interest Group (DSIG) and attempts to set priorities for future research programs and projects.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Dam or Weir
Research Sub-Category
Dam Safety
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Data-driven benchmarking models
Lead Companies
Hydropower Research Institute
Lead Researcher (s)
- HRI Technical Steering Committee
The goal of this work is to leverage HRI's aggregated data set to benchmark units or a fleet to normal operational behavior defined by the entire operational data set.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Regulatory Management Process
Research Sub-Category
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2022
- Conventional Hydro
Deployment of a floating evaporation pan on Lake Powell, UT-AZ, and Cochiti Lake, NM, to improve evaporation rate measurement accuracy and precision
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Dagmar Llewellyn
Can deployment of the Collison Floating Evaporation Pan (CFEP) to monitor evaporation loss rates from Reclamation reservoirs improve our understanding of the available water supplies in Reclamation projects? Lake Powell evaporates around 500,000 acre-feet of water annually, based on research conducted in the early 1980's using a mass-transfer analyses and comparisons to Class A evaporation plans. The results of these older studies were used to establish coefficients that are still in use today and are in need of validation and/or refinement. This study aims to provide Reclamation a tool that can be used to refine pan coefficients and/or an alternative method for estimating reservoir evaporation rates.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Water Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2020
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