Sajan Shrestha - NTNU

About

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PhD researcher at Waterpower Laboratory, NTNU and Turbine Testing Lab, Kathmandu University

Research

Impact of sediment erosion in Pelton Turbine

Publications

Erosion Induced Flow Changes in Pelton Bucket: A Numerical Approach

Sediment erosion, Pelton bucket, Numerical study, OpenFOAM

Comparison of discharge characteristics of Pelton injector estimated by empirical relation, numerical simulation and experiment

This study is aimed to determine discharge characteristics of injector of Pelton rig at Waterpower Laboratory, NTNU.

Numerical study of nozzle erosion and its cascading impact on jet quality

The objective of this study is to identify the changes in flow characteristics of a Pelton nozzle due to erosion.

Erosion Induced Flow Changes in Pelton Bucket: Numerical Approach
Comparison of discharge characteristics of Pelton injector estimated by empirical relation, numerical simulation and experiment
Numerical study of nozzle erosion and its cascading impact on jet quality

Outreach

2025

Academic lecture

Kuhn, Wolf Ludwig; Ghimire, Amul; Shrestha, Sajan; Solemslie, Bjørn Winther; Dahlhaug, Ole Gunnar. (2025) Risk assessment for total dissolved gas supersaturation in the Nepali hydropower sector . Kathmandu University Current Research in Hydropower Technologies , Dhulikhel 2025-04-07 - 2025-04-07