Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  From Editor's Desk

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia

• AdvAnced metering infrastructure

• On line AMR Systems–NDPL experience

• Smart grid road map for distribution utility– NDPL journey

  • Author: Sanjay Kumar Banga

• Waste – to energy

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Need of benchmarking for socially and environmentally sustainable development of a major irrigation scheme

  • Author: Shri Sanjay S. Phadnis, Mukul Kulsreshtha

• Application of geophysical seismic refraction technique for delineation of palaeochannel in hydropower project

• Application of feed-forward neural networks in flood forecasting

• RESEARCH NOTE

  State of art mobile test laboratory for on-site accuracy testing and condition assessment of EHV class instrument transformers

  • Author: Shri. A. Sudhindra, Shri. K. Mallikarjunappa

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Solar PV module capacity outpaces demand

• UK waste-to-energy plant gets green light

• Thailand builds 34 solar farms totalling 204 MW

• NRG Introduces an 80-metre XHD TILT-UP tower

• Demand for solar power rises in germany

• China announces nuclear fuel breakthrough

• RESEARCH NOTE

  DPL woes likely to subside by march

• PMO cuts green tape to rescue power projects

• Get ready to pay more for power

• 1,000 MW Project to be set up in pathankot

• Solar power project licences in up for sale

• IOC in pact with nuclear power corporation

• India's 20th nuclear reactor connected to power grid

• Nuclear plant-hit villagers to be made partners: npcil chief

• Hydropower dreams fade on green concerns

• REC Transmission project company ltd. (RECTPCL) hands over third transmission SPV

• Powergrid corporation bags 1,600 CR jharkhand project

• NLC to start more power stations

• Power grid to open offices in west asian countries

• Reliance power signs pact with NTPC

• L&T-mhi dedicates supercritical boilers turlines generator at hazira facilities to nation

• Moser baer power ties up funds for 2,520 MW thermal project in MP

• Big power additions happening during 11th plan in south

• J&K to revive 1,200 MW sawlakote project

• Chhattisgarh small units mull options to buy power

• Ken, Betwa inch closer

• Early warning system must to combat climate change: experts

• Don't allot projects in chenab basin for now: green ministry

• Climate change to trigger more rainfall over tropics

• Project for waste water launched

• Himalayan glaciers advancing, despite global warming

• Gom formed to tackle water sharing dispute

• Andhra dam runs into green hurdle

• One tribunal for all water disputes

• Kalam lends support to river interlinking project

• List of publications recently brought out by cbip

• Training program on “maintenance management system in power stations & industries” 6 – 7 January, 2011

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Integration of a Novel Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator to Utility Grids using Voltage Sourced Converter Technology

• Detailed Performance of a 50 MVA Transformer filled with a natural ester fluid versus mineral oil

• Very fast transient overvoltages during switching of bus-charging currents by 1100 kv disconnector

• HV AC power transmission to the gjøa platform

• Overhead line in a protected floodplain woodland “extended ecology” as basis for ohl planning and maintenance

• The use of a static synchronous series compensator (sssc) for power flow control in the 220 kv spanish transmission network

• Intelligent voltage difference control maintaining the voltage stability limit

• The Brazilian market-based expansion and low carbon energy future -issues and solutions

• Design and implementation of a tool for assessment of secure level of wind on the irish power system

• How can specific information needs of stakeholders regarding potential health risks from chemicals be identified?

• CIGRE/CIRED/UIE joint working group C4.110, voltage dip immunity of equipment in installations – main contributions

• Multiple power exchanges in India – a case study

• Improving network reliability by minimising the impact of renewable energy uncertainties

• Specifications, requirements and experiences using iec 61850 in the ibero-American region

• A new approach to design of oil-filled transformers with high fire and explosion safety

• Investigation of the impact on short-circuit current breaking condition in present high power transmission systems up to 550 kV

• NorNed – world's longest power cable

• 400 kV compact lattice structure tower designed in dubai in the restricted corridors. effects of electric and magnetic fields

• Viklandet and tunnsjødal SVCs – design, project execution and operating experience

• Multi-energy transmission – an option for system development

• Assessing the retention capacity of a flood plain using a 2D numerical model

• Estimating flow characteristics of different weir types and optimum dimensions of downstream receiving pool

• Comparison of the monitored and modelled soil water storage of the upper soil layer: the influence of soil properties and groundwater table level

• Briefing: dunwich coastal protection demonstration project

• Final closure of the saemangeum tidal dike, South Korea

• Manifa field causeway, Saudi Arabia

• Revisiting a flood simulation model based on PIC techniques

• Lattice boltzmann method for open-channel flows

• Finite-size lyapunov exponents: a new tool for lake dynamics

• An experimental study of the effect of local contact loss on the earth pressure distribution on existing tunnel linings

• Analysis of the behaviour of a yield-control support system in squeezing rock

• Ground movement induced by parallel EPB tunnels in silty soils

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Overview of Best Maintenance Practices

  • Author: M.L. Sachdeva

• Probable causes of Failure of the Transmission Line Components

• Practices and Experience of GETCO

  • Author: S.K. Negi

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Proceedings of Interactive Workshop on ‘Best Practices for Maintenance of Transmission Lines’ 17–18 October 2011, New Delhi

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Two methods of obtaining constant frequency (50Hz) sinusoidal Voltage waveform for joining a variable speed wind turbine generator to grid with proper synchronization

  • Author: Dipankar Chatterjee, Biswadip Basu Mallik

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Organised Dam Safety in Maharashtra

  • Author: M.S. Mundhe, R.W. Nikum, V.R. Sonwane

• Grouting for Dams Under Difficult Site Conditions

  • Author: S. Basarkar, Manish Kumar, Smarjit Chatterjee

• Condition Monitoring of Transmission Lines

  • Author: L.N. Agrawal

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Relationship Between Bed Forms and Friction in Alluvial Channel Flow

  • Author: M. Bardhan

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Basin-wise Live Storage Capacities Under Major & Medium Irrigation Project in India

• BHEL Bags Rs 3,783 Crore Mega Contract

• IREDA Paid Dividend

• NTPC Signed A MOU with BIMTECH

• Power Grid Plans to go Global

• Telangana Strike Hits Power Supply in Andhra Pradesh

• City to get 250 MW from Aravali Plant

• Powermin Seeks Special Treatment

• NJHPS Achieves Record Generation

• Coal Supply May Unplug Power Sector

• Switches Coal Shortage Hits NTPC's Output

• Kudankulam N-plant Stir Resumes in Tamil Nadu

• N-Deal: US Puts Onus on India

• Solar-Powered Rickshaws Launched on Kolkata's Lanes

• Power Firms Likely to Default on 56k CR Loan

• Power Grid Commissions Mundra UMP Transmission System

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Relief for India as China Says no Brahmaputra Diversion

• India Confident of Winning Kishanganga Dispute

• Mamata Steers Clear as Hasina Upbeat on Teesta

• Heavy Pollution of Wells in Ernakulam District

• Ponds not Responsible for Arsenic Poisoning

• Centre Firm on Subansiri DAM

• Pondi Water for Cleaning Cooum

• Rise in Water Level in Idukki Reservoir

• Jal Board to Conserve Flood Plains, Develop Them as Water Source for Delhi

• Kakinada Locals Worried Over Polution From Edible Oil Refineries

• Silent Killer Arsenic Poisons Lives in Balia

• Tremor Takes 2 Lives in North Sikim

• Cauvery Basin Water Non-Potable at Select Spots

• Water Security Under Threat if Mining Increases

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Proceedings of Short Course on Scour of Rock (Downstream of overtopping Dams and plunge pools) 19th october 2011, New Delhi

• Proceedings of Seminar on Slope Stabilization in Challenges Infrastructure Projects 20–21 October 2011, New Delhi

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Issues Embedding Series Compensation in Chilean Central Interconnected System (SIC)

• Active and Hybrid Filters in Medium Voltage Distribution Power Systems

• Research on Large-scale Wind Power Exploitation and Long-distance Transmission Planning Method

• Development of Standards for the Secure and Reliable Operation of Electric Power Systems

• Brazilian Power System: Criteria, Operating Standard Metrics and Performance Indicators

• Socioenvironmental Transmission Costs in Brazil

• Lightning Shielding Failure Analysis of 1000-kV Ultrahigh Voltage AC Transmission Line

• Role of Storage Systems and Market Based Ancillary Services in Active Distribution Networks Management

• Flashover Tests Under Wet Conditions on Full and Sectioned UHV Insulators

• Turbine Generator 760 MVA Supervisory System

• Vibro-acoustic Diagnostic: Contributing to an Optimized On-load Tap Changer (OLTC) Maintenance Strategy

• Improving System and Equipment Performance by Controlled Switching

• Study of Direct Burial of High Voltage Underground Cables

• Upgrade Transmission Line Corridor Portile de Fier – Resita – Timisoara – Arad by Transforming Existing Double Circuit Lines

• Management of Current and Voltage Limits in RTE's Substations

• Analysis of Long-term Rainfall Trends in India

• Estimating Groundwater Recharge using the Chloride Mass-balance Method in the West Bank, Palestine

• Reliability of Sediment Rating Curves for a Deciduous Forest Watershed in Iran

• Extrapolation of Rating Curves by Hydraulic Modelling, with Application to Flood Frequency Analysis

• Comparison of Data-driven Modelling Techniques for RiverFlow Forecasting

• Cost-efficient Management of Coastal Aquifers Via Recharge with Treated Wastewater and Desalination of Brackish Groundwater: General Framework

• Methodology of Ground Water Assessment

• A GIS Based Approach for Erosion Hazard Mapping of Umkhen Sub Watershed of Kopili River Basin in Northeastern Region of India

• CASE STUDY

  Design of a Drainage Barrel under Canal Bed for Sub surface Flow using Fem- A Case Study

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Stability Analyses for Levees on Deep-mixed Shear Walls

• QA/AC for Deep-mixed Ground: Current Practice and Future Research Needs

• Scale of Water Resources Development and Sustainability: Small is Beautiful, Large is Great

• Water-related Conflicts in Urban Areas in Poland

• The Singapore-Malaysia Water Relationship: An Analysis of the Media Perspectives

• Australian Water Allocation Plans and the Sustainability Objective - Conflicts and Conflict - Resolution Measures

• The Baardhere Dam and Water Infrastructure Project in Somalia—Ethiopia's Objection and the World Bank Response

• Legal Aspects of Sharing and Management of Transboundary Waters in South Asia: Preventing Conflicts and Promoting Cooperation

• CASE STUDY

  Cooperation or Conflict in Transboundary Water Management: Case Study of South Asia

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Climate-proofing Transboundary Water Agreements

• Meeting the Challenge of Wastewater Irrigation: Economics, Finance, Business Opportunities and Methodological Constraints

• Evolving Policies and the Roles of Public and Private Stakeholders in Wastewater and Faecal-sludge Management in India, China and Ghana

• EDITORIAL

  From Editor's Desk

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Trends in Power Transformer Technology

  • Author: M. Vijaykumaran

• Case Studies on Power Transformers - Power Grid Experience

  • Author: S. Victor P. Selvakumar, S.K. Mishra

• (B) DGA of Bushings - Power Grid Experience

  • Author: S. Victor P. Selvakumar, S.K. Mishra

• CASE STUDY

  (C) FRA Case Study -Power Grid Experience

  • Author: S. Victor P. Selvakumar, S.K. Mishra

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Partial Discharge Monitoring and Location in Power Transformers using UHF Technology

  • Author: Sudhanshu Gupta

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Multifunctionality of Irrigation Water: External Benefits Beyond Food Production

  • Author: Deepak Kumar Das

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Dam Safety in India: An Overview

  • Author: B. Ravi Kumar Pillai

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  “Algal” Biodiesel: Future Prospects and Problems

  • Author: A. Roy Choudhary, R. Karmakar, K. Kundu, V.R. Dahake

• CASE STUDY

  Instrumentation in Earthen Dams - Case Study of Urmodi Dam

  • Author: M.S. Mundhe, M.S. Bendre, A.N. Mhaske, B.A. Dhage

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Statistical Data: State-wise Ultimate Irrigation Potential

• DHBVN new power supply schedule

• Indicus Analytics: India's Gridlock

• Minister of state for power visits NHPC projects in WB

• NTPC Synchronizes 2nd unit of IGSTPP, Jhajjar

• Power Tariff to rise 20% each year: CERC

• Powergrid Demonstrates Robotic Technology

• Industry divided over new nuclear liability Rules

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Minister of water resources & parliamentary affairs pawan bansal inaugurates IITF pavilion with theme save water! secure future

• Rare isotope helps track an ancient water source

• Time to change mindset of regional leadership

• Time for action to revolutionize water agenda

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Proceedings of Two-day Interactive Workshop on “Technology Trends in Power Transformers” 11 & 12 November, 2011

• RESEARCH NOTE

  New solutions for future Dams

• The future of hydropower for energy generation and storage

• New labyrinth weirs triple the spillways discharge

  • Author: F. Lempérière

• Concrete fuse Plugs

  • Author: F. Lempérière

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Aysén-SIC HVDC Transmission System: Planning Studies

• Hydrogenerator as a Black-starter for a Power Plant. Protection Requirements

• A Novel Transmission System Planning Method Combining Market Simulations and Load Flow Calculations for Identifying Bottlenecks in Systems with Large RES Penetration

• Powergrid's Experience in Evolving Architecture Needs in System Control & Operation; Present & Future Prospects

• Analysis of Socio-environmental Costs in the Operational Phase of Hydropower Projects in Brazil

• Research on the Wave-front Correction Coefficient used in the Flashover Experiment of Switching Impulse in 1000 kV and 750 kV Transmission Line

• Experience of Reliability-based Demand Response Implementation in Korea

• Optimal Demand Side Response for Electricity Balance Control in Microgrid

• Comparison of Implicit and Explicit Connection of Fast-and Slow-flowing Components of a Water System

• Resolution of Freshwater and Saline Water Aquifers by Composite Geophysical Data Analysis Methods

• Fluid Flow Interactions in Ogun River, Nigeria

• Critical Shifting of Bhagirathi- Hugli and Erosion Problems of Nabadwip of Nadia in West Bengal

• Intermittent ReservoirInflow Prediction using Stochastic and Genetic Programming Models

• A GIS Based Approach for Erosion Hazard Mapping of Umkhen Sub Watershed of Kopili River Basin in Northeastern Region of India

• Assessment of Erosion Potential Area in Diyung Watershed of Kopili River Basin in Assam using Terrain Based Indicators

• Biodiesel from Waste cooking Oil for Power Generation

• Assessment of Stabilised Soil Strength with Geophysical Methods

• Water Scarcity and Climatic Change in India: The need for Water Demand and Supply Management

• EDITORIAL

  From Editor's Disks

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Key Aspects on Underground Extra High Voltage Power Cable System

  • Author: Deepal Shah

• Long-Term experience with eHV/UHV XLPe cable systems Up to 400 kV

  • Author: Carlos Carreon, Deepal Shah

• Design and Tests on Extruded Cables

  • Author: Pierre Argaut

• Experience of Delhi Transco Ltd. (DTL) for Turnkey Project of Naraina Ridge Valley 220 kV Underground Cable Transmission Link

  • Author: Harjiwan Vyas, Kavita Sharma

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Report and Recommendations Interactive Workshop on Latest Trends in EHV Underground Cables and Accessories

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Wind Energy in India Potential and Challenges

  • Author: Narasimhan Santhanam

• Hydrologic safety of Dams in India

  • Author: Bhopal Singh

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Water Scarcity - Desperate Solutions - Balancing the Needs

  • Author: Henning Bjornlund, Sarah Wheeler

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Modern Concepts of Earthing

  • Author: Sonjib Banerjee

• Instrumentation for Safety and Structural Monitoring of earth, Rockfill and Concrete Dams

  • Author: V. K. Rastogi

• All India Regionwise Generating Installed Capacity (MW) of Power Utilities Including Allocated Shares in Joint and Central Sector Utilities

• Major Dams under construction in India in 2010

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Smart Grid is The ‘Energy Internet’ of The Future

• NTPC'S Sipat Power Unit Synchronized

• NDPL Renamed as “Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited”

• Nuclear Power, The Future Energy Source

• A Success Story in Parched India

• Bridge Over Troubled Waters

• India cannot Afford to Fight Civil War Over Water: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

• Interlink Rivers to Create Smart Water Way, Says Kalam

• 90% of ‘Freshwater’ in India Carries Waste!

• Two up Irrigation Schemes Declared National Projects Tribune News Service

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Assessment and Technical Trends in High Reliability XLPE Cable Accessories for Transmission Lines in Japan

• New selection and separation system for a very fast Recovery into service of a 380 kv Italian Aerial-cable line

• HVDC VSC (HVDC Light) Transmission – Operating Experiences

• HVDC Voltage Source Converter (HVDC VSC)

• Overcoming arriers: Milk River Irrigation Project, Montana, USA

• A Non - Linear Rainfall-Runoff Model with a Sigmoid Gain Factor to Simulate Flow Frequency Distribution Curves for Amazon Catchments

• Influence of Velocity Gradient on Optimisation of the Aggreation Process and Properties of Formed Aggregates

• Decadal Frequency and Trends of Extreme Excess/Deficit Rainfall during the Monsoon Season over Different Meterological Sub-divisions of India

• Probabilistic Calibration of a Distributed hydrological Model for Flood Forecasting

• Water for Agriculture: Challenged and Opportunities in a War zone

• Unsaturated Loessial Soils: A Sustainable Solution for Earthworks

• EDITORIAL

  From Editor's Disks