Report from the 32nd IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems 2024
The IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery Systems is organised -every two years - since 1960 by the IAHR Technical Committee on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems
The 32nd edition of the IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), India, from September 11–14, 2024, in hybrid mode. The event was chaired by Prof. Arun Kumar (Chair) and Prof. Bhupendra Kumar Gandhi (Co-Chair). The symposium brought together academic researchers and industrial experts from all over the world to share recent advances in theoretical, experimental, and computational research as well as the challenges faced by the hydropower industry.
The themes of the symposium for presentations covered a wide range of studies aimed at intake systems, hydraulic turbines, pump turbines, hydropower, multiphase flow, vortex breakdown, recent measurement techniques, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), fluid-structure interaction and fatigue loading, ocean hydro machinery, energy storage and flexibility and general topics on recent manufacturing techniques for hydraulic turbines, refurbishment, life assessment, turbine testing, calibration method, prototyping, scaling, turbine blade material and metallurgy, data acquisition and data processing.
Papers published in the Proceedings of the 32nd IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems were peer-reviewed for technical content through a formal and rigorous process. The proceedings will be published at the IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science with DOI and can be freely downloaded.
The day-wise program of the symposium was as follows:
Day 0 (Sept 10, 2024) – Ice Breaking & Registration followed by dinner
Day 1 (Sept 11, 2024) – (i) Inauguration session with Prof. KK Pant, Director, IIT Roorkee and Prof. Stefan Riedelbauch, University of Stuttgart, Germany; (ii) Opening of the exhibition; (iii) Plenary session including Keynote addresses by Prof. Stefan Riedelbauch & Prof. Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and marketing presentations by Andritz Hydro Pvt Ltd., and Voith Hydro Pvt. Ltd.; (iv) 7 technical sessions with paper presentations by prominent researchers.; (v) Executive committee meeting at Hydraulic Turbine Research & Development Laboratory; and (vi) A vibrant cultural evening featuring traditional Indian dance performances and outstanding vocal talents.
Day 2 (Sept 12, 2024) – (i) Plenary session including Keynote addresses by Prof. Chisachi Kato and marketing presentation by Jyoti Ltd.; (ii) 9 technical sessions with paper presentations by prominent researchers; (iii) Gala Dinner and Networking.
Day 3 (Sept 13, 2024) – (i) Plenary session including Keynote addresses by Prof. Pavel Rudolf & Prof. Zhengwei Wang and marketing presentations by Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. & Flovel Energy Pvt Ltd.; (ii) 5 technical sessions with paper presentations by prominent researchers; (iii) Visit of delegates to State-of-the-art Hydraulic Turbine Research & Development Laboratory and Sediment Monitoring & Abrasion Testing Laboratory of the Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee, and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory and High Performance Computational Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; (iv) Valedictory session includes a summary of executive committee meeting led by Prof. Stefan Riedelbauch, an overall statistics of the symposium by Prof. Arun Kumar; formal invitation for upcoming 10th IAHR meeting of the Working group on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems by Prof. Pavel Rudolf; formal invitation for upcoming 33rd Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems by Prof. Ramiro Ramirez; the vote of thanks was given by Prof. Bhupendra Kumar Gandhi; the closing of the symposium was led by Prof. Stefan Riedelbauch.
Day 4 (Sept 14, 2024) – (i) Technical Tour to Pathri Small Hydropower Station (3 x 6.8 MW), Chilla Hydropower Station (4 x 36 MW) and Diversion Barrages (Bheemgoda and Pashulok) on Ganga River. (ii) Glimpse of Religious Ganga Aarti Visit at Har Ki Pauri, Haridwar.
Organizing Committee
Chair: Prof. Arun Kumar
Co-Chair: Prof. Bhupendra Kumar Gandhi
Sunil Kumar Singal
Nikhil Kumar Singh
Hemant Jibhau Sagar
Himanshu Jain
Naman Arora
Firoz Khan
Bhushan Ravindra Rode
Udit Batra
The 33rd Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems will be 2026 will be held in Foz de Iguazu, Brasil in September 2026