• Mapping Sites for Retrofitting non-Powered Dams in Romania as Renewable Power Sources 

      Dunca, Georgiana; Bucur, Diana Maria; Bakken, Tor Haakon; Harby, Atle; Pummer, Elena Marianne; Istrate, Marcel; Boariu, Costel; Roman, Costica (Chapter, 2023)
      In the context of growing need for energy and the shift to low-carbon energy sources, innovating solutions in the renewable energy sector are encouraged. Currently, hydropower is the largest source of renewable energy in ...
    • Maximum pressure evaluation during expulsion of entrapped air from pressurized pipelines 

      Bucur, Diana Maria; Dunca, Georgiana; Cervantes, Michel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Pressurized pipeline systems may have a wide operating regime. This paper presents the experimental analysis of the transient flow in a horizontal pipe containing an air pocket, which allows the ventilation of the air after ...
    • Peculiarities of the run-off-river hydropower potential in Romania 

      Boariu, Costel; Roman, Costica; Istrate, Marcel; Bakken, Tor Haakon; Harby, Atle; Pummer, Elena Marianne; Dunca, Georgiana; Bucur, Diana Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      This research discusses the hydropower potential of hydraulic structures that were originally built for other uses, including hydrological and energy data. The historically known average specific water discharge of rivers ...