Clean Currents 2023

Engineers

Clean Currents recognizes waterpower professionals have a variety of job functions — not all attendees need or want the same information. With that in mind, Clean Currents offers specific content and experiences for engineers.

  • Access to focused, industry-driven content designed with you in mind
  • Take deep dives into important topics that impact mechanical, electrical, and civil engineers
  • Learn about new innovations to solve ongoing and habitual problems
  • Earn meaningful certification for professional development—Clean Currents will offer 13.5 professional development hours to attendees

Clean Currents is for Hydro Engineers. Dive into the program schedule below, which is thoughtfully designed to align with your industry goals in mind.

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  • Tuesday, Oct 10
  • 8:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

Tour of Meldahl Hydroelectric Plant

  • On-Site Tours
  • Room Number:
  • Bus departs from 5th and Elm
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 12:45 PM

Geomembrane Lining Systems for Upper Reservoirs at Pumped Storage Projects – Lunch and Listening (Invite Only)

  • Affiliate Meetings
  • Room Number:
  • 262
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  • 12:00 PM
  • – 2:00 PM

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Hydropower Technical Committee Meeting

  • Affiliate Meetings
  • Room Number:
  • 236
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  • 1:00 PM
  • – 3:00 PM

Unlocking the Behavior of Generator Stator Foundations

  • Workshops
  • Room Number:
  • 263
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  • 1:00 PM
  • – 5:00 PM

Cybersecurity Course – TORCH: Training, Outreach, and Recruiting for Cybersecurity in Hydropower

  • Workshops
  • Room Number:
  • 251
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  • 1:00 PM
  • – 5:30 PM

Tour of Markland Hydroelectric Facility and Navigation Locks and Dam

  • On-Site Tours
  • Room Number:
  • Bus departs from 5th and Elm
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  • 1:00 PM
  • – 5:30 PM

NHA Chief Dam Safety Engineers (CDSE) Roundtable

  • NHA Meetings (Board, CEO, Committee, Council)
  • Room Number:
  • 230/231
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  • 3:30 PM
  • – 5:30 PM

Writing RFPs for Equipment Refurbishments and Upgrades

  • Workshops
  • Room Number:
  • 263
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  • Wednesday, Oct 11
  • 11:00 AM
  • – 11:30 AM

A1a: A Roadmap to Intelligent Watersheds: Evaluating Knowledge Gaps and Feasibility

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
  • Room Number:
  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

C1: Dam Safety

  • Classroom Presentations
  • Room Number:
  • Room C: Classroom Presentations (Technical Papers)
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

D1: Domestic Manufacturing and Supply Chain

  • Roundtable Dialogues
  • Room Number:
  • Room D: Roundtable Dialogues
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

G1: Silent Innovators — The Power of R&D at OEMs

  • Waterpower Intelligence Theater
  • Room Number:
  • Room G: Waterpower Intelligence Theater
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  • 11:30 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

A1b: Underground Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Using Salt Domes

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
  • Room Number:
  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 11:30 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

B1b: New Tool for Assessing the Profitability of Adding an Optimally Sized Battery to a Hydro Plant

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 1:15 PM
  • – 1:45 PM

A2a: Breakthrough Small Hydropower Technology

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
  • Room Number:
  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 1:15 PM
  • – 2:15 PM

C2: Pumped Storage Development and Construction

  • Classroom Presentations
  • Room Number:
  • Room C: Classroom Presentations (Technical Papers)
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  • 1:15 PM
  • – 2:15 PM

F2: Refurbishment and Modernization – Life Extension of Critical Hydropower Assets

  • Panel Discussions
  • Room Number:
  • Room F: Panel Discussions
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  • 1:45 PM
  • – 2:15 PM

A2b: Demonstrating Small Hydro’s Black Start and Grid Islanding Capability with Energy Storage Support

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 1:45 PM
  • – 2:15 PM

B2b: Specialized Embankment Dam Laboratory for Internal Erosion

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 3:00 PM
  • – 3:30 PM

A3a: Analyzing Opportunities for Powering America’s Non-Powered Dams

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 3:00 PM
  • – 3:30 PM

B3a: Flexipad: A New Coating Solution for Bearings

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
  • Room Number:
  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 3:00 PM
  • – 4:00 PM

D3: Dam Safety: So, You’ve Been Selected for a Comprehensive Assessment — Now What?

  • Roundtable Dialogues
  • Room Number:
  • Room D: Roundtable Dialogues
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  • 3:00 PM
  • – 4:00 PM

F3: Changing the Conversation: Flexibility is the New Generation

  • Panel Discussions
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  • Room F: Panel Discussions
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  • 3:30 PM
  • – 4:00 PM

A3b: Leveraging Non-Powered Dams for Hydropower Generation: A Multi-Criteria Decision Framework for Site-Level Analysis

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 3:30 PM
  • – 4:00 PM

B3b: Applying 3D Sand Printing, an Indirect Additive Manufacturing Technology, to Casting of Monoblock Impellers

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 4:15 PM
  • – 4:45 PM

A4a: Cataloging and Quantifying Additional Value Streams from Non-Powered Dam Conversion

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 4:15 PM
  • – 4:45 PM

B4a: New Method for Managing Moisture in Power Transformers

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 4:15 PM
  • – 5:15 PM

C4: Water Management

  • Classroom Presentations
  • Room Number:
  • Room C: Classroom Presentations (Technical Papers)
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  • 4:15 PM
  • – 5:15 PM

F4: Just Add Water: Hydropower’s Role in a Decarbonized Grid

  • Panel Discussions
  • Room Number:
  • Room F: Panel Discussions
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  • 4:15 PM
  • – 5:15 PM

G4: Showcase of the 2023 Outstanding Stewards of America’s Waters

  • Waterpower Intelligence Theater
  • Room Number:
  • Room G: Waterpower Intelligence Theater
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  • 4:45 PM
  • – 5:15 PM

A4b: Lessons Learned and Emerging Tools to Support Development at Existing Infrastructure

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 4:45 PM
  • – 5:15 PM

B4b: Artificial Intelligence: How to Leverage for Online Equipment Monitoring for Optimal Results

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • Thursday, Oct 12
  • 11:00 AM
  • – 11:30 AM

A5a: A Tool for Addressing Hydro Generation Modeling Gaps in Transmission System Operation and Planning

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 11:30 AM

B5a: Robots for Plant Inspection and Maintenance – Showcasing a New ROV

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

C5: Operations and Equipment

  • Classroom Presentations
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  • Room C: Classroom Presentations (Technical Papers)
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

D5: Closed-Loop Pumped Storage

  • Roundtable Dialogues
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  • Room D: Roundtable Dialogues
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

F5: Tipping the Economic Scale toward Small Hydro

  • Panel Discussions
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  • Room F: Panel Discussions
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  • 11:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

G5: Roadmap to 2050: The Hydropower Vision

  • Waterpower Intelligence Theater
  • Room Number:
  • Room G: Waterpower Intelligence Theater
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  • 11:30 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

A5b: Integration of a Wind Farm in a Hydro-Dominated Power System: Challenges and Solutions

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 11:30 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

B5b: Innovative Laser Scanner Mounted on an ROV to Inspect Trashrakes, Turbines, Penstocks, and More

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 12:00 PM
  • – 1:00 PM

Awards Ceremony for Hydropower Operations Optimization Competition

  • Waterpower Intelligence Theater
  • Room Number:
  • Room G: Waterpower Intelligence Theater
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  • 1:30 PM
  • – 2:00 PM

A6a: Hydro Generator Vibration Case Study

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
  • Room Number:
  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 1:30 PM
  • – 2:00 PM

B6a: Inexpensive Non-Toxic Coating to Prevent Biofouling

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
  • Room Number:
  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 1:30 PM
  • – 2:30 PM

C6: Asset Management

  • Classroom Presentations
  • Room Number:
  • Room C: Classroom Presentations (Technical Papers)
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  • 1:30 PM
  • – 2:30 PM

F6: Dam Safety: Instrumentation and Monitoring

  • Panel Discussions
  • Room Number:
  • Room F: Panel Discussions
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  • 2:00 PM
  • – 2:30 PM

A6b: New Real-Time Position Measuring System for Hydraulic Piston Accumulators on HPUs

  • Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • Room A: Waterpower Learning Center (Poster Sessions)
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  • 2:00 PM
  • – 2:30 PM

B6b: Unmanned Aerial Systems: Performing Geologic Mapping and Inspections of a Concrete Arch Dam

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 3:00 PM
  • – 3:30 PM

B7a: Modular Precast Concrete Methods and Means: Modernizing the Civil Construction Hydropower Industry

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 3:00 PM
  • – 4:00 PM

C7: Pumped Storage — Contributions to the Energy Transition

  • Classroom Presentations
  • Room Number:
  • Room C: Classroom Presentations (Technical Papers)
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  • 3:00 PM
  • – 4:00 PM

D7: Maintenance Strategies: Real-World Applications to Increase Reliability of Hydro Assets

  • Roundtable Dialogues
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  • Room D: Roundtable Dialogues
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  • 3:00 PM
  • – 4:00 PM

F7: Sustainable Rivers: How the Corps and The Nature Conservancy Are Partnering, Making Progress

  • Panel Discussions
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  • Room F: Panel Discussions
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  • 3:30 PM
  • – 4:00 PM

B7b: Sediment Removal: New Approach to a Persistent Problem

  • Technology Demos in the Innovation Power House
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  • Room B: Innovation Power House
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  • 6:00 PM
  • – 8:30 PM

Networking Reception/Dinner for Operations and Technical Professionals, organized by NHA Hydropower Technical Community (HTC)

  • Networking Activities
  • Room Number:
  • Moerlein Lager House
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  • Friday, Oct 13
  • 8:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

Dam Safety Forum

  • Workshops
  • Room Number:
  • 232
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  • 8:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

NHA Asset Owner O&M Roundtable

  • NHA Meetings (Board, CEO, Committee, Council)
  • Room Number:
  • 230/231
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  • 10:00 AM
  • – 12:00 PM

Planning for Change: Where to Get Hydro-Climate Projection Datasets and How to Use Them

  • Workshops
  • Room Number:
  • 233
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