Håkon H Francke
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), PhD
I FDB jobber jeg med programmeringsløsninger, overvåking av cybersikkerhetsaspekter og maskinvare. Alt for å forbedre produkter og tjenester levert av FDB.
I tillegg til teknologiorienterte aktiviteter skreddersyr og vedlikeholder jeg verktøy for prosjektledelse, utvikler og vedlikeholder prosedyrer brukt som en del av FDBs kvalitetssikringsprogram og for vårt HMS arbeid, og gir generell IT-støtte.
Jeg tok MSc og PhD fra Vannkraftlaboratoriet ved NTNU – Trondheim i henholdsvis 2008 og 2010. PhD-temaet handlet om injeksjonssystemet eller DiffCON som nå er en produktlinje hos FDB.
Arbeidserfaring
- Project engineer. CTO from 2012, Flow Design Bureau (2010 ->)
- PhD fellow at NTNU (2008-2010)
Utdannelse
- Various certifications as NI LabVIEW programmer (CLD, CLA)
- PhD thesis “Increasing Hydroturbine operation range and efficiencies using water injection in draft tubes” , NTNU, 2010
- Master of Science in Mech Eng, NTNU, 2008
Kompetanse
Profesjonell kompetanse
- LabVIEW
- Wrike (Project management SW)
- Autodesk Inventor
- Visio
Publications
- Francke, Finstad & Kjeldsen “Fundamental studies of swirling flows using pitot measurements”, 3rd IAHR International Meeting of the Workgroup on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, October 14-16, 2009, Brno, Czech Republic
Portefølje
HydroCord v3
Sira-Kvina & Statkraft, 2021-present
HydroCord is a holistic data acquisition and monitoring solution for hydro power plants. HydroCord ensures cyber security by utilizing a data diode in data transport from an air-gapped secure zone to a less secure zone. In the Sira-Kvina installation, several power plants are monitored using a range of data acquisition techniques, and all data is made available in a time series database that can be viewed in Grafana.
My role in HydroCord:
Lead of programming and responsible for hardware selection and usage.
HydroCord Vintage
(Grunnåi + Kvilldal)
Statkraft & Skagerak Energi, 2019-2020
HydroCord Vintage is an early version of the HydroCord system. The vintage version consists of an industrial cabinet with a real-time computer inside, and a touchscreen display for interfacing.
HydroCord Vintage was discontinued due to each installation requiring individual follow-up.
My role in HydroCord:
Lead of programming and responsible for hardware selection and usage.
HydroCord v2
Statkraft, 2012-2017
Early stage of HydroCord development.
Project partially funded by Statkraft.
My role in HydroCord:
Principal engineer and lead programmer.
DiffCon
FDB, 2012-2017
DiffCon shoots water tangentially into the exit pipe of Francis-turbines to stabilize the flow field, reduce pressure pulsations and loads on the shaft. By installing DiffCon, power plants can increase the operating range of Francis-turbines and especially utilize partial load operation.
My role in DiffCon:
Principal engineer on deliveries and deployment of solutions at Skibotn and Trollheim powerplants.
OOR
Aker Solutions, 2018-2022
Model based control of a hydropower plant as a sub-supplier to Aker Solutions (Hydro).
My role:
Main programmer of SW solutions, and controller HW responsible.
