New paper published about vibrational hill charts to improve condition monitoring in hydraulic turbines

More flexibility in hydropower requires new monitoring strategies and advances data analytics. New paper published by Weiqiang Zhao and Alexandre Presas about this topic in Structural Health Monitoring: On the use of vibrational hill charts for improved condition monitoring and diagnosis of hydraulic turbines. With the knowledge acquired in this paper, more flexible and safe operation of hydraulic turbines can be achieved, assessing the new challenges in this topic and ensuring a safe transition to more renewable energy.