

Joel Sundström
Senior Lecturer
Luleå University of Technology
Luleå University of Technology
Fluid and Experimental Mechanics
Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics
Scientific profile
I am mainly working experimentally and theoretically with applications to hydropower and hydrogen transport.
Primary research interests:
- Near-wall unsteady flows: transient, pulsating
- Hydraulic turbine draft tube flows
- Hydrogen transport
Measurement methods:
- Particle image velocimetry
- Laser Doppler velocimetry
- Constant temperature velocimetry
- Pressure measurements
Undergraduate involvement
- Aerodynamics - F0037T - Examiner
- Hydromechanics - F0031T - Teacher
- Electromagnetic field theory - F0007T - Teacher
- Linear algebra and differential calculus - M0049M - Teacher
- Water turbines - F7017T - Laboratory instructor
Publications
Conference paper
An experimental investigation on the effects of cylindrical rods in a draft tube at part load operation in down-scale turbine (2022)
Part of: 31st IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems 26/06/2022 - 01/07/2022 Trondheim, Norway, Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2022, 012007
Conference paper
PIV Measurements in the Draft Tube of a Down-Scale Propeller Turbine: Phase-Averaged Analysis (2022)
Part of: Svenska Mekanikdagar 2022, Luleå tekniska universitet, 2022
Conference paper
PIV measurements in the draft tube of a down-scale propeller turbine: uncertainty analysis (2022)
Part of: 31st IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems 26/06/2022 - 01/07/2022 Trondheim, Norway, Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2022, 012065
Conference paper
Vortex rope interaction with radially protruded solid bodies in an axial turbine (2022)
a numerical study
Part of: 31st IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems 26/06/2022 - 01/07/2022 Trondheim, Norway, Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), 2022, 012055
Conference paper
Mitigation of Draft Tube Pressure Pulsations by Radial Protrusion of Solid Bodies into the Flow Field: An Experimental Investigation (2021)
Part of: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science,, 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (IAHR 2020), Institute of Physics (IOP), 2021, 012004