Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  3 days training program on performance optimization and condition monitoring of thermal assets 20–22 October 2016 at HPGCL Hissar

• Conference on condition based monitoring of electrical assets 6th december 2016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

• Auto changeover in power plants and induction motor performance

  • Author: K. Rajamani, Bina Mitra

• Condition Monitoring Retrofitting, Renovation & Modernisation of Power transmission assets

  • Author: S.M. Takalkar

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Smart powered IoT based disaster information system for electrical power distribution network

  • Author: G. Velmathi, K. Jamuna

• Long term load forecasting in smart grid era

  • Author: Amit Jain, B. Satish

• Selection and fitting of metals in electrical apparatus

  • Author: Mukesh Mandal, Indrajeet Sahu

• CASE STUDY

  Addressing seepage and stability challenges in canals with sandy soils: a case study of Sardar Sarovar Project

  • Author: Vivek P. Kapadia

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Issues in using geosynthetics in Hydraulic structures under restoration

  • Author: Antony Balan G. Thadicaran, P.S. Abhilasha

• Engineered anti erosion works along the Banks of Brahmaputra River in Sonitpur District, Assam

  • Author: S. Maurya, M. Gupta, R. Chitra

• Sea Wall Embankment at Pentha, odisha - an indian experience on sea shore Protection using geotextile tubes

  • Author: Tiru Kulkarni, Rahul Somasundaram, Jugal Kishor Tripathy

• Use of geosystems for coastal and Marine structures to combat erosion Problems - case reference - geosystems at lng Petronet Terminal, Kochi, Kerala (India)

  • Author: Anilkumar Gopinath, Shruthi A. Solshe, Balraj S. Shevade

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Current status of Drip DAMS (September 2016): CWC (DRIP)

• Growth of Installed Capacity

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Power sector to pull off a good story ahead; watch out SJVN, GIPCL, NHPC, NTPC

• Bhel to reduce dependency on thermal power plant market

• Power ministry to launch Garv-II app to ensure power access to all

• NTPC & NALCO forms 50:50 power joint venture

• Five consortiums appointed for civil work on metro-3 project

• NIH and CWC to oversee demarcation of yamuna floodplain

• Status of check DAMS in the country

• Indus waters treaty issues can be solved with pak bilaterally, says India

• Government eyes one panel for all river disputes

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Fatigue Assessment in the Pole Fixation of Hydro-Generators

• Remote Monitoring System and Analysis of Equipment Performance for Asset Management

• Overview of non-intrusive Condition Assessment of T&d Switchgear

• Implementation Measures: An Overhead Transmission Line Moves to Underground Transmission Line

• HVDC ±800 kV transmission line associated to the belo monte hydroelectric power plant - studies and definitions for the basic design - innovation and challenges for a new level of voltage in Brazil

• Non-conventional instrument transformers for improved substation design

• A philosophical basis for hydrological uncertainty

• Assessing the major drivers of water-level declines: new insights into the future of heavily stressed aquifers

• A stochastic optimization framework for the restoration of an over-exploited aquifer

• OBSERVATIONS (R&D)

  Testing new sources of topographic data for flood propagation modelling under structural, parameter and observation uncertainty

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Application of TDR and low cast wireless monitoring systems for slope stability monitoring in opencast mines - a critical appraisal

• Fire Protection of Tunnel Linings

• Fire Ventilation - From design to Bringing into Service

• Tunnelling in Fault Zones - Problems and Solutions

• Understanding India-Pakistan water politics since the signing of the Indus Water Treaty

• Study of groundwater using visual MODFLOW in the Manas River Basin, China

• A bridge over troubled water - public participation as a possibility for success in water management

• A comparison of model techniques at a stepped masonry spillway

• Boddington reservoir feeder incident, February 2014

• An update on reservoir safety legislation in Wales

• Embeded system application for slope stability monitoring in open PIT highwalls - an appraisal

• EDITORIAL

  From Editor's Disk