Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• EDITORIAL

  From Editor's Notes

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Accelerated development of power and water sectors in Nepal

  • Author: Gyanendra Lal Pradhan

• Climate change and Nepal's water resources: special focus on hydropower

  • Author: Som Nath Poudel

• Proceedings of 7th afro asian international hydro conference

• Present and futuristic assessment of water quality standards in India

  • Author: Prakash Kelkar, Anjana Singh, Shivani Dhage

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Breaching of flood embankments with particular reference to kosi & farakka barrages in India

  • Author: S.K. Mazumder

• Hydro power plant operator training simulator

  • Author: C. Thirugnanam, M. R. Prabhakar, T.V.S Nagaraj Kumar

• Auto-controller for interconnected canal pools of canal system of the sardar sarovar project, Gujarat

  • Author: Vivek P. Kapadia, V.M. Rana

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Japan's darkest hour since world war -II

• Japan crisis hits global n-sector

• Japan struggles to avert meltdown

• Debut of the first practical ‘artificial leaf’

• Tragedy puts future of ge's $1 bn nuclear biz at risk

• China suspends new reactors

• Germany to shut down 7 reactors temporarily

• PGCIL to submit revised offer for nigeria project

• Power ministry rejects conditional nod for Orissa umpp coal fields

• In 12th plan power units near pipelines to get preference

• REPORT (R&D)

  State should tap hydroelectric potential instead, says report

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Massive uranium deposits found in Andhra Pradesh

• Penalties collected from discoms to help promote wind energy

• Earning credit from garbage

• Projects below 200 mW not to get coal supply from govt

• Govt replaces canoro with ONGC at Assam oil block

• ‘Dark’ Celebrations

• MTNL plans to set up wind power plant in Maharashtra

• Utilize geothermal energy to prevent quakes: expert

• Govt earmarks Rs 1,500 Crore for solar projects

• Solaire direct energy in talks to set up 20mW Gujarat solar plant

• Firms warm up to geothermal energy

• Indian nuclear power plants safe: aec, NPCIL

• India can't be complacent: ex-aec chief

• 4 Task forces for safety check of nuclear plants

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Environment ministry clears 43 projects to clean Ganga

• Centre to convene meeting on polavaram

• Dirty yamuna: munak canal only solution claims study by pollution board

• Underwater survey begins at mullaperiyar dam

• State to build remaining part of ravi-tawi canal

• Conserve water, hooda to farmers

• Delhiites pledge to make city water-secure

• Drip and rise

• Govt open to privatization of water

• Communities show how to manage water

• Water bodies authority planned for Delhi

• Jairam to inspect renuka dam site

• No hope for yamuna till 2015: minister

• Jairam ramesh to visit narmada valley to assess situation

• In search of hidden source of water

• Mapping project on to spot groundwater

• 3rd national ground water congress held

• Ramesh wants polavaram dam height reduced

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Two-day interactive workshop on “diagnostic measurements on power transformers”

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Celebration of “world water day” swarnim seminar on “water for inclusive growth

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Reliability study methodology for HVDC grids

• Lifetime management of Relay settings

• Reliability assessment and planning of power generation systems for low emission energy performance

• On-line analysis of the electrical system security: an extensive simulation approach in a dynamic security assessment (dsa) environment

• Camouflage of power lines to reduce visual impacts and enhance public acceptance

• Fault location in active distribution networks by means of the continuous-wavelet analysis of fault-originated high frequency transients

• Approaches and Accomplishments to Enhance multi-Regional market Taking into Account Reliability in Japan

• Computational efficiency of the finite difference heterogeneous multiscale method for unsaturated flow problems in random porous media ii: numerical simulation

• Distributed hydrological model easydhm I: theory

• The effect of soil surfactants on soil hydrological behaviour, the plant growth environment, irrigation efficiency and water gonservation

• Inverse modelling of vadose zone flow processes using squared E-insensitivity loss function

• Sloshing in concrete cylindrical tanks subjected to earthquake

• Object-oriented programming and the extended finite element method

• Optimum operation of wells in coastal aquifers

• ADECO full-face tunnel excavation of two 260 m2 tubes in clays with sub-horizontal jet-grouting under minimal urban cover

• Numerical investigation of underlying tunnel heave during a new tunnel construction

• Structural behaviour of precast tunnel segments in fiber reinforced concrete

• Determination of three dimensional hydraulic conductivities using a combined analytical/neural network model

• Theoretical prediction of ground movements induced by tunnelling in multi-layered soils

• Model test study on the dynamic response of the portal section of two parallel tunnels in a seismically active area