Welcome to CDIF, an R&D centre at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) dedicated to advancing the reliability and efficiency of global power generation. Founded by Prof. Eduard Egusquiza and backed by over 30 years of expertise, our team of PhD engineers specialises in the vibration analysis, diagnosis, and preventive maintenance of turbomachinery, with a primary focus on the hydropower sector.
We bridge the gap between academic research and industrial application by providing high-level technology transfer services. Our work encompasses everything from remote online monitoring and structural analysis to fluid dynamics simulations and specialised on-site training. As an active contributor to the international scientific community, CDIF combines top-tier research in cavitation and damage detection with practical, innovative solutions designed to support the worldwide energy industry.
Our commitment to excellence is reflected across all our activities. Discover more about our technical impact by exploring our core research initiatives, our history of collaborative international projects, and the specialised services we provide to the hydropower and energy industries.
News
CDIF’s collaboration with Indian institutions under the SPARC scheme
The joint project with IIT Roorkee and NIT Warangal fosters international cooperation for research and innovation
2 open vacancies: PhD Candidate and/or Junior Engineer for EU and Industrial Research Projects in the field of Hydropower
We are looking for two enthusiastic PhD candidates and/or junior engineers that would like to join our team.
New paper by Navam Shrivastava (IIT Roorke) published in collaboration with CDIF
The work, part of the SPARC programme, has been published in the Engineering Failure Analysis journal
MD-Francis kicks off
Its project partners met last month in Quebec City for the kick-off meeting
CDIF at Harnessing Hydropower’s Energy Storage and Flexibility for the Energy Transition seminar and STOR-HY’s 3rd Consortium meeting in Sion
Both events took place at the Campus Energypolis (HESSO Valais-Wallis)
New paper on resonance in pump-turbine runners
The paper has been published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (MSSP)
Karim Khalfaoui (IHS - University of Stuttgart) publishes paper in collaboration with CDIF
The paper has been published in Journal of Sound and Vibration
Modal analysis of pump turbines in STOR-HY
CDIF-UPC visited the Vouglans Saut-Mortier hydropower plant as part of the STOR-HY project
CDIF at PEN@Hydropower Event in Malta
CDIF Director Alexandre Presas spoke at PEN@Hydropower’s Day 3 Round Table
Visit to Sallente demonstrator (FLEXHYBAT project)
The visit was part of the project's Work Package 2