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Elena Pummer

Elena Pummer

Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering

elena.pummer@ntnu.no
Vassbygget, 438, Valgrinda, S. P. Andersens veg 5
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About

Background

  • Dr.-Ing., RWTH Aachen University, Germany, 2016
  • Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing., TU Darmstadt, Germany, 2011 

Research 

  • Hydrodynamics
  • Flow and Sediment Interaction/ Sediment transport
  • Geomorphological Processes
  • Hydraulic Structures
  • Ethohydraulics
  • Experimental Modeling
  • CFD Modeling

PhD supervision/co-supervision & projects (selection)

  • HydroCen
  • COST Action: Pen@hydropower 
  • Energydam
  • Jan Hrebrina: GLOF hydraulics
  • Subhojit Kadia: Supercritical flow and sediment transport
  • Joakim Sellevold: Culvert hydraulics
  • Nils Solheim: InSpillyFish
  • Ishwar Joshi: Mesmerize

Commitees

  • IAHR Committee on Hydraulic Structures
  • IAHR Europe Division
  • EERA SP2 & SP4

Distinctions and Honours

  • DTK & WasserWirtschaft (journal) - Studienpreis „Wasser- und Talsperrenbau“ 2019 (3rd)
  • Young European Talent 2018
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Award 2017
  • ICOLD Young Engineers Award 2017
  • Borchers Badge 2017

Research

HydroCen - WP1.3

The main objective of HydroCen is to enable the Norwegian hydropower sector to meet complex challenges and exploit new opportunities through innovative technological solutions. Work pakage 1.3 focuses on hydraulic structures and sediment handling.

Pen@Hydropower

The COST Action aims to specify the hydropower potential in the modern energy system with technological developments, state-of-the-art climate projections, environmental and societal conditions for implementation tools for legislation and governance.

Energydam

The project aims is to develop a new methodology for the analysis and evaluation of modernizing / equipping existing non-powered dams with hydropower production.

Underground pumped storage plants

Hydraulic research on underground pumped storage plants

Structural mitigation measures for GLOFS

Research on the hydrodynamic characteristics of structural mitigation measures for GLOFS.

Culvert hydraulics

Research on culvert hydraulics.

InSpillyFish

Research on hydraulic improvements of spillways, including fish passage.

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category

2023

  • Dunca, Georgiana; Bucur, Diana Maria; Bakken, Tor Haakon; Harby, Atle; Pummer, Elena Marianne; Istrate, Marcel; Boariu, Costel; Roman, Costica. (2023) Mapping Sites for Retrofitting non-Powered Dams in Romania as Renewable Power Sources. 2023 13th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering - ATEE.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kadia, Subhojit; Pummer, Elena Marianne; Kumar, Binit; Rüther, Nils; Ahmad, Zulfequar. (2023) A Reformed Empirical Equation for the Discharge Coefficient of Free-Flowing Type-A Piano Key Weirs. Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering. volum 149 (4).
    Academic article
  • Mulligan, Sean; Felder, Stefan; Pummer, Elena Marianne; Valero, Daniel; Heller, Valentin; Erpicum, Sebastien; Oertel, Mario; Bombardelli, Fabian; Crookston, Brian. (2023) Hydraulic Structures- At the Heart of 21st Century Global Sustainable Development. HydroLink. volum 1.
    Academic article

2022

  • Kadia, Subhojit; Rüther, Nils; Ismail, Albayrak; Pummer, Elena. (2022) Reynolds stress modeling of supercritical narrow channel flows using OpenFOAM: Secondary currents and turbulent flow characteristics. Physics of Fluids. volum 34 (12).
    Academic article

2020

  • Klopries, Elena-Maria; Wilmink, Anna; Pummer, Elena; Böckmann, Imke; Hoffmann, Andreas; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2020) Development and evaluation of an empirical equation for the screening effect of bar racks. Journal of Ecohydraulics. volum 5 (2).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena. (2020) Hybride Modellierung der hydrodynamischen Prozesse in unterirdischen Pumpspeicherreservoirs - Kurzfassung und Folgeentwicklungen. Wasserwirtschaft. volum 110 (5).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena; Richter, Wolfgang. (2020) Surge Mitigation for Pumped Storage Hydropower. HydroLink.
    Academic article

2019

  • Voßkämper, Berit; Kowalski, Julia; Dufresne, Anja; Pummer, Elena. (2019) Physikalische Modellversuche zur Bestimmung von Geschwindigkeitsprofilen granularer Murgänge. 49. IWASA Internationales Wasserbau-Symposium Aachen 2019: Naturnahe Gewässerentwicklung – Beiträge aus Praxis und Forschung.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Voßkämper, Berit; Kowalski, Julia; Dufresne, Anja; Schüttrumpf, Holger; Pummer, Elena. (2019) Dynamics of Debris Flow: Reproducible Initial and Boundary Conditions in Scaled Laboratory Experiments to Determine Velocity Distributions. 38th IAHR World Congress Proceedings: Water Connecting the World.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2018

  • Pedersen, Øyvind; Fleit, Gabor; Pummer, Elena; Tullis, Blake P.; Ruther, Nils. (2018) Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Modeling of Submerged Ogee Weirs. Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering. volum 144 (1).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2018) Reflection Phenomena in Underground Pumped Storage Reservoirs. Water. volum 10 (4).
    Academic article

2017

  • Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2017) Die Wellenbildung in unterirdischen Pumpspeicherreservoirs. Wasser und Abfall. volum 1 (2).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena. (2017) Water and Air Waves in very long Underground Pumped Storage Reservoirs. Hydro 2017 : Shaping the future of hydropower, Seville, Spain, 9-11 October 2017.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2016

  • Kreyenschulte, Moritz; Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2016) Analyse der Strömungsprozesse in unterirdischen Tiefspeichern von Pumpspeicherwerken mit Telemac2D. Wasserwirtschaft. volum 2 (3).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena. (2016) Hybride Modellierung der hydrodynamischen Prozesse in unterirdischen Pumpspeicherreservoirs. 2016.
    Doctoral dissertation

2015

  • Madlener, Reinhard; Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2015) Energy in the underground! Alternative technologies to pumped storage plants. RWTH - Themen.
    Popular scientific article

2014

  • Plenker, Desiree; Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2014) Tiefspeicherdimensionierung unterirdischer Pumpspeicherwerke - Numerische Modellierung. Wasserwirtschaft. volum 7 (8).
    Academic article
  • Schüttrumpf, Holger; Pummer, Elena. (2014) Unterirdische Pumpspeicherwerke - eine Alternative. Wasserwirtschaft. volum 1 (2).
    Academic article
  • Henkel, Sebastian; Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger; Schmitz, Martin; Schulz, S.-U.. (2014) Nutzungsmöglichkeiten und wirtschaftliches Potenzial deutscher Talsperrensedimente. 2014. ISBN 978-3-943566-15-4. DERA Rohstoffinformationen (23).
    Report

2013

  • Pummer, Elena; Lorke, Stefanie; Evers, Frederic; Nelihsen, Winand; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2013) Hybride Modellierung zur Analyse der Strömungsphänomene in Pumpspeicherwerken mit unterirdischem Tiefspeich. Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft. volum 9.
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Kadia, Subhojit; Pummer, Elena Marianne; Kumar, Binit; Rüther, Nils; Ahmad, Zulfequar. (2023) A Reformed Empirical Equation for the Discharge Coefficient of Free-Flowing Type-A Piano Key Weirs. Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering. volum 149 (4).
    Academic article
  • Mulligan, Sean; Felder, Stefan; Pummer, Elena Marianne; Valero, Daniel; Heller, Valentin; Erpicum, Sebastien; Oertel, Mario; Bombardelli, Fabian; Crookston, Brian. (2023) Hydraulic Structures- At the Heart of 21st Century Global Sustainable Development. HydroLink. volum 1.
    Academic article
  • Kadia, Subhojit; Rüther, Nils; Ismail, Albayrak; Pummer, Elena. (2022) Reynolds stress modeling of supercritical narrow channel flows using OpenFOAM: Secondary currents and turbulent flow characteristics. Physics of Fluids. volum 34 (12).
    Academic article
  • Klopries, Elena-Maria; Wilmink, Anna; Pummer, Elena; Böckmann, Imke; Hoffmann, Andreas; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2020) Development and evaluation of an empirical equation for the screening effect of bar racks. Journal of Ecohydraulics. volum 5 (2).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena. (2020) Hybride Modellierung der hydrodynamischen Prozesse in unterirdischen Pumpspeicherreservoirs - Kurzfassung und Folgeentwicklungen. Wasserwirtschaft. volum 110 (5).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena; Richter, Wolfgang. (2020) Surge Mitigation for Pumped Storage Hydropower. HydroLink.
    Academic article
  • Pedersen, Øyvind; Fleit, Gabor; Pummer, Elena; Tullis, Blake P.; Ruther, Nils. (2018) Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Modeling of Submerged Ogee Weirs. Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering. volum 144 (1).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2018) Reflection Phenomena in Underground Pumped Storage Reservoirs. Water. volum 10 (4).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2017) Die Wellenbildung in unterirdischen Pumpspeicherreservoirs. Wasser und Abfall. volum 1 (2).
    Academic article
  • Kreyenschulte, Moritz; Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2016) Analyse der Strömungsprozesse in unterirdischen Tiefspeichern von Pumpspeicherwerken mit Telemac2D. Wasserwirtschaft. volum 2 (3).
    Academic article
  • Madlener, Reinhard; Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2015) Energy in the underground! Alternative technologies to pumped storage plants. RWTH - Themen.
    Popular scientific article
  • Plenker, Desiree; Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2014) Tiefspeicherdimensionierung unterirdischer Pumpspeicherwerke - Numerische Modellierung. Wasserwirtschaft. volum 7 (8).
    Academic article
  • Schüttrumpf, Holger; Pummer, Elena. (2014) Unterirdische Pumpspeicherwerke - eine Alternative. Wasserwirtschaft. volum 1 (2).
    Academic article
  • Pummer, Elena; Lorke, Stefanie; Evers, Frederic; Nelihsen, Winand; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2013) Hybride Modellierung zur Analyse der Strömungsphänomene in Pumpspeicherwerken mit unterirdischem Tiefspeich. Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft. volum 9.
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Dunca, Georgiana; Bucur, Diana Maria; Bakken, Tor Haakon; Harby, Atle; Pummer, Elena Marianne; Istrate, Marcel; Boariu, Costel; Roman, Costica. (2023) Mapping Sites for Retrofitting non-Powered Dams in Romania as Renewable Power Sources. 2023 13th International Symposium on Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering - ATEE.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Voßkämper, Berit; Kowalski, Julia; Dufresne, Anja; Pummer, Elena. (2019) Physikalische Modellversuche zur Bestimmung von Geschwindigkeitsprofilen granularer Murgänge. 49. IWASA Internationales Wasserbau-Symposium Aachen 2019: Naturnahe Gewässerentwicklung – Beiträge aus Praxis und Forschung.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Voßkämper, Berit; Kowalski, Julia; Dufresne, Anja; Schüttrumpf, Holger; Pummer, Elena. (2019) Dynamics of Debris Flow: Reproducible Initial and Boundary Conditions in Scaled Laboratory Experiments to Determine Velocity Distributions. 38th IAHR World Congress Proceedings: Water Connecting the World.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Pummer, Elena. (2017) Water and Air Waves in very long Underground Pumped Storage Reservoirs. Hydro 2017 : Shaping the future of hydropower, Seville, Spain, 9-11 October 2017.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Pummer, Elena. (2016) Hybride Modellierung der hydrodynamischen Prozesse in unterirdischen Pumpspeicherreservoirs. 2016.
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Henkel, Sebastian; Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger; Schmitz, Martin; Schulz, S.-U.. (2014) Nutzungsmöglichkeiten und wirtschaftliches Potenzial deutscher Talsperrensedimente. 2014. ISBN 978-3-943566-15-4. DERA Rohstoffinformationen (23).
    Report

Teaching

Courses

  • VM8208 - Topics in Environmental Hydraulics and Hydrology
  • TVM5160 - Headworks and Sedimentation Engineering
  • TVM5125 - Hydraulic Design
  • TBM4970 - Master's Thesis in Hydropower Development

Media

2022

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Kadia, Subhojit; Rüther, Nils; Pummer, Elena Marianne. (2022) Reynolds Stress Modelling of Supercritical Flow in a Narrow Channel. 9th International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures . IIT Roorkee; Roorkee, India. 2022-10-24 - 2022-10-27.

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Doujak, Eduard; Hocevar, Marko; Pummer, Elena; Di Federico, Vittorio; Finger, David Christian. (2021) A concept for sustainable and digitalized hydropower going beyond the sustainable hydropower sustainability tool. General Assembly 2021 . European Geosciences Union; online. 2021-04-19 - 2021-04-30.
  • Academic lecture
    Kadia, Subhojit; Kumar, Binit; Pummer, Elena; Ruther, Nils; Ahmad, Zulfequar. (2021) Experimental and CFD Simulation Studies on the Flow Approaching a Type-A Piano Key Weir. General Assembly 2021 . European Geosciences Union; online. 2021-04-19 - 2021-04-30.
  • Academic lecture
    Kadia, Subhojit; Pummer, Elena; Rüther, Nils. (2021) CFD Simulation of Supercritical Flow in Narrow Channels Including Sediment Bypass Tunnels. 8th International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREWHS 2021) . National University of Ireland; IAHR; Online, Galway. 2021-07-05 - 2021-07-08.

2020

  • Academic lecture
    Pummer, Elena; Ruther, Nils. (2020) Sediment-handling in hydropower reservoirs. HydroCen Fagutvalgsmøte/forskersamling ; 2020-11-04 - 2020-11-05.
  • Lecture
    Richter, Wolfgang; Vereide, Kaspar; Pikl, Franz Georg; Pummer, Elena; Zenz, Gerald; Lia, Leif. (2020) Economic and Sustainable Energy Transition Enabled by Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plants. HYDRO2020 . Aqua Media; Online. 2020-10-26 - 2020-10-28.

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Pummer, Elena. (2019) Hydrodynamic processes in complex channel and circular designs of underground pumped storage reservoirs. 3rd International Seminar on Hydraulic Engineering and High Head Hydropower Research . TU Graz; Graz. 2019-04-23.
  • Poster
    Pummer, Elena. (2019) Sustainable Hydropower. EERA JP Hydropower Kick-Off Event - The way forward to hydropower research . EERA JP Hydropower; Brussels. 2019-09-09 - 2020-09-10.
  • Poster
    Pummer, Elena; Voßkämper, Berit; Dufresne, Anja; Kowalski, Julia. (2019) Debris flows modeling using reproducible initial and boundary conditions. EGU General Assembly 2019 ; Vienna. 2019-04-08 - 2019-04-13.
  • Poster
    Pummer, Elena; Voßkämper, Berit; Dufresne, Anja; Kowalski, Julia. (2019) Hybrid modeling of debris flows – Focusing on initial and boundary conditions. International Symposium on Mitigation Measures against Snow Avalanches and other Rapid Gravity Mass Flows . The Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland (VFI); Siglufjörður. 2019-04-02 - 2019-04-06.

2017

  • Academic lecture
    Pummer, Elena; Schüttrumpf, Holger. (2017) Waves in underground pumped storage plants. 85th Annual Meeting of International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) ; 2017-07-03 - 2017-07-07.

2016

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Pummer, Elena. (2016) Underground Pumped Storage Plants: Hydrodynamic Processes in a new Technology. Hydropower Infrastructure Opportunities - Mexico & Central America ; 2016-09-07 - 2016-09-08.
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