Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Uprating & Reconductoring existing Lines with High-Temperature Low-sag Conductors

  • Author: Dale Douglass

• State Electricity Regulatory Commission

  • Author: S.R. Sethi

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Use of Indicators to Optimise Design of Overhead Transmission Lines

  • Author: R. Stephen

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Developments and Trends in wind Technology

  • Author: Jami Hossain

• Management of Dominant environmental Issues of water Resources Projects Some Case Studies of Projects in Orissa & Maharashtra

  • Author: S.S. Pattanaik, N.K. Mohanty

• Post Construction effects of Naraj barrage on Chilika Lake and Suggested Measures

  • Author: H.K. Mishra

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Operational adversities of transformers

  • Author: Subhash Kumar Joshi, Pramod Agarwal, Hari Om Gupta

• Slope Protection of Subarnarekha Main Canal from RD 7950 m to RD 8720 m – An Alternative Approach

  • Author: Joygopal Jena, G. C. Sahu, G. N. Das

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Statistical Data (Energy Section)

• National conference on Demand Side Management

• REPORT (R&D)

  Brief Report on Seminar on Geotechnical Challenges in Water Resources Projects

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  NTPC Signs PPA For 50 Mw Solar Power With MP

• Central PSEs to Set up Renewable Energy Projects

• Power Cos Want Govt to Reconsider Surplus Coal Plan

• Source Natural Gas From Others

• Projects Fail to Control Polution In Yamuna: CAG

• NTPC and Power Grid Viability Reports Soon

• Power Utilities to Grant Tubewell Connections on Andhra Pattern Tribune News Service

• Tata Power in Talks to Buy Stake in MEC Coal

• BIS Gets New CVO

• 15 Indian Cos Eye Nigeria Power Projects

• Powergrid Restores Faulty Power Line In Kashmir Valey

• Power transmision via Rohtang tunnel on cards

• ATM Facilities At Power Customer Care Centres

• AEC Ex-Chief Bats for Thorium-Based Energy

• Power Units Fear Jump in Generation Cost Due to Coal Price Hike

• Power Min's New Plan to Cut Energy Consumption

• Coal Prices Under New Formula to be Cut by Jan 30

• Power fluctuation common in NCR

• Canal Closure Vexes rajasthan Farmers

• A Clean Yamuna by 2012-end?

• Submit Report on Alternative Alignment for Sethu Project By March 27, Court Asks Centre

• DJB to Lay Sewerage To Check Yamuna Pollution

• NPCC Aims Higher Targets

• Cause For Concern

• Plea To Make Subansiri DAM Multi Purpose

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  New Approach of Testing Power Transformers by Means of Static Frequency Converters

• Security Improvement for Office Systems in Japan Electric Power Companies

• Komati Unit 9 Turbo-Generator Filter Inspections After Filtration Runs

• New Methodology For Remanent Life Assessment of Oil-Immersed Power Transformers

• Technical and Economic Incentives for AC to DC line Conversion

• Essential on Cogeneration Units Protection

• Analysis of Nitrate Concentrations Using Nonlinear Time Series Models

• Uncertainty Analysis of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Flow Simulation in Compound Channels With Overbank Flows

• A Method for Evaluation of Suspension Quality Easy Applicable to Practice: The Effect of Mixing on Flock Properties

• Hydropsychology: The Human Side of Water Research

• Numerical Simulation of Fly- Ash Transport in there Sands of Different Particle-Size Distributions Using Hydrus-Id

• Legal aspects of sharing and management of transboundary waters in South Asia: Preventing conflicts and promoting cooperation

• Australian WaterAllocation Plans and the Sustainability Objective—Conflicts and Conflict-Resolution Measures

• Challenges for Water Sharing in the Nile Basin: Changing Geo-politics and Changing Climate

• Institutional Resilience and Climate Variability in International Water Treaties: the Jordan River Basin as “proof-of-concept”

• Climate-proofing Transboundary Water Aagreements

• Hydropsychology: The Human Side of Water Research

• Improving Long-range Hydrological Forecasts with Extended Kalman Filters

• Hydrometeorological Analysis of the December 2008 Flood in Rome

• Calibrating DRASTIC using Field Measurements, Sensitivity Analysis and Statical Methods to Assess Groundwater Vulnerability

• EDITORIAL

  From Editor's Desk

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Smart grid in transmission - WAMS applications & urtdsm project of powergrid

  • Author: N.S. Sodha

• Smart grid renewable/DER penetration need, constraints & role of ICT in Managing IT

  • Author: Prakash B. Nayak

• Wide area measurement systems PMU placement & analytical applications

  • Author: S. Chakrabarti

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Application of modern flat-belt drives in thermal power stations

  • Author: Mangal Singh

• Grouting techniques

  • Author: V.M. Sharma

• Control of alkali aggregate reaction in hardened concrete

  • Author: Rajeev Kumar

• Significance of boundary roughness for cost effective concrete trough of aqueduct

  • Author: Hitendra Chandewar, Narendra Kanhe, Shailendra Rathore

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Growth of Installed Capacity

• Indira Sagar DAM on River Narmada

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Report of Workshop on Smart Grid

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Mr. V.K. Kanjlia, Secretary, CBIP and Member Secretary, Indian Geographical Committee of IWRA, Elected as Director of IWRA Executive Board

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  DMRC GETs new director (project & planning)

• Inauguration of a “waste paper recycling plant” of powergrid

• Will ensure proper electricity supply: Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

• Wind power capacity addition slows for the first time in 20 Yrs

• Reliance power's first hydro project Tato II Gets Cea Nod

• AERB begins inspection of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

• National power grid to be operational from 2014

• Rainwater harvesting: Arunachal leads by example

• Race for DAMS may trigger water disputes between India, China

• Ganga is now a deadly source of cancer, study says

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Optimal Control of Microgrid Resources

• Assessing the Market Benefits of Network Augmentations in the Presence of Wind Farms

• Implementation of Security Management System in Period of SCADA/AGC/EMS, Refurbishment in Croatian TSO

• Votice Rail Tunnel – Technical Solution and Experience from Construction

• Groundwater Quality Monitoring in Collaboration with Rural Communities in Benin

• Recharge Processes and Groundwater Evolution of Multiple Aquifers, Beijing, China

• Flow Characteristics of Rectangular Broad-Crested Weirs with Sloped Upstream Face

• The Influence of Roughness on the Discharge Coefficient of a Broad-Crested Weir

• Some Geotechnical Aspects of Raising the Mangla Dam, Pakistan

• FROM THE DESK

  From Editor's desk

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Overview on Circuit Breakers & trends in Mv/Hv/eHv Switchgears Organized

  • Author: B.N. Kishore

• Basics of circuit Breaker testing and Challenges in eHv CB testing

  • Author: Simanand Gandhi Jeyaraj

• Case Studies in CB testing

  • Author: Simanand Gandhi Jeyaraj

• Technology for Safe and Reliable High Voltage Circuit Breaker Operation

  • Author: Roberts Neimanis

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Operation of wind and pumped storage plant under deregulated environment

  • Author: Javed Dhillon, Arun Kumar, S. K. Singal

• Environmental Flow Assessment of Major Rivers of Orissa for Integrated water Resources Management (IWRM)

  • Author: Bitanjaya Das

• Planning, Construction and Maintenance of Guide Banks for Alluvial River

  • Author: R.R. Dash

• Canal Simulation Model for Conjunctive Irrigation Management

  • Author: Anish K. Bansal, Ashok K. Raut, Pradeep K. Srivastava

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Growth of Installed Capacity

• Rajghat DAM and Hydroelectric Project

• Latest Trends in Switchgear Technology and Maintenance

• Use of steel fibres for Underground space

• Landfill design with Geomembrane

• Slope Stabilization Challenges in Infrastructure Projects

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  New Managing Director of Teestavalley Power Transmission Limited

• New Director (Personnel) of THDC India Limited (THDCIL)

• Railways Look to Solar Power New Delhi Station

• Project Soon to Produce Electricity Through Earth Heat

• KKNPP may be Commissioned by December 15

• Private Generators Slam CIL on Offering Favouritism to psus

• Delhi Govt. Tells Private Discoms to Clear Their Dues

• Bihar State Electricity Board Stands Unbundled from Today

• Dr Bhandari awarded Prestigious Varnes Medal for 2012

• Publication of FAO

• Tenessee Valey Authority Eyes Worst-Case Flod Scenario

• China's food security: Sourcing from the Seas – analysis

• Global Irrigated area at Record Levels, but Expansion Slowing

• Shettar to pressure Delhi for more allocation from Cauvery

• Cauvery: Jayalalithaa Hopeful of Securing TN's Share

• “Flow at Biligundlu is over 10000 cusecs”

• HC Fumes at Govt Interference, Water Pollution

• Government to Launch Water Conservation Drive

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Grid Implementation and Operational use of Large phase Shifting Transformers in the Belgian HV Grid to Cope with International Network Challenges

• Environmental and Social Cost Experiences on Large Transmission Line Projects in California

• OBSERVATIONS (R&D)

  Observation Results of Lightning Shielding and Improvement in the Prediction Method for the Lightning Failure Rate with Large-Sized Transmission Lines

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Impact of Wind Generation on the Voltage Control Ancillary Service and the Development of the Italian Transmission System

• Distributed Intelligent Control of DER and LVLoads in Microgrids

• Combination of Different Techniques for Improved Interpretation of PD Measurements

• CASE STUDY

  Impact of a Groundwater Reservoir on Simulated Extreme Hydroclimatic Conditions: Case Study from the United States

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Monitoring Groundwater Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Challenges

• The Global Groundwater Monitoring Network in Africa: An Introduction and Invitation

• Design and Construction of the Tower Headland Wave Walls, Blackpool, UK

• Lessons Learned from Suds Implementation at Peterborough, UK

• An innovative Approach for Improving Infrastructure Resilience

• Water Management Institutions for More Resilient Societies

• Climate Change Adaptation in a Small Pacific Island Nation

• Segmental Ring Design – New Challenges with High Tunnel Diameters

• Total Renovation of the Lucerne City Ring

• Kaiser Wilhelm Tunnel: Undertunnelling Uptown Cochem in EPB Mode

• Retaining Wall Behaviour in Dublin's Estuarine Deposits, Ireland

• CASE STUDY

  Modelling Drainage Across London Underground: a Case Study

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Coupled Modelling of Flood due to Natural Landslide Dam Breach

• Integrated Modelling for Urban Surface Water Exceedance Flows

• Design Flood Flows with Climate Change: Method and Limitations

• FROM THE DESK

  From Editor's desk

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Design challenges in the 765 kV air insulated substation

  • Author: I.S. Jha, Oommen Chandy, R.K. Sarkar, A.B. Singh

• Institutional capacity building of the load despatch centres in India

  • Author: S.K. Soonee, S.R. Narasimhan, V. Pandey, Lokesh Chandra

• Critical technical aspects during design, manufacturing and testing of India's first 1200 kV UHVAC transformer

  • Author: R.K. Tiwari, S.K. Gupta, R.K. Singh, G. Lalwani, J.S. Kuntia

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Barriers in small Hydro Power Development in India

  • Author: K.S. Popli

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Hydrological Feasibility of a Mini Hydropower plant on Tiljuga River, Bihar, India

  • Author: Subhasish Das, Debasri Roy, Asis Mazumdar, Siuli Chowdhury, Mrinmoy Majumder

• RESEARCH NOTE

  An approach to alleviate the drainage congestion in Mumbai

  • Author: M.S. Bisaria

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  False alarm resulted from mixed data collected on Pdm

  • Author: David Eom

• Economic and innovative design of a canal drop

  • Author: S.K. Mazumder

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Growth of Installed Capacity

• Pong Dam

• National Conference on Innovations and Technological Development in the Power Sector at International Level (Post CIGRE (Paris) Session) 13–14 December 2012, New Delhi

• Seminar on “Canal automation” 6–7 February 2014, New Delhi

• Seminar on Geotechnical Challenges in Infrastructure Projects 25–26 April 2013, New Delhi

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  International Symposium “Rock Mechanics India’ 2013 – Present Technology and Future Challenges” and Pre-Symposium Workshop on “Open Pit Mining” 21–23 August 2013, New Delhi, India

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  World's Highest Voltage Level 1200 kV AC sub- station Dedicated to the Nation

• D.K. Sood takes over as GM (Incharge) at NTPC, Dadri

• Govt may miss rural electrification target

• NTPC to ExIT Proposed National Power Exchange

• CEA Preparing Sensitive Imports List for Power Sector

• Jharkhand opposes centre's new water policy

• K'taka demands permanent water dispute tribunal

• Manmohan Singh Calls for Judicious Management of India's Limited Water Resources

• Four non-congress states oppose centre's water policy

• Maharashtra demands planning of basins

• Himachal seeks liberal central assistance

• Arunachal disappointed over ADB refusal

• Water resources is unconstitutional: Bihar

• Council should resolve inter-state water-related issues

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  New Electric Machine Compensators of Reactive Power with Double-Axis Excitation

• New Technologies for Monitoring Transformer Tap-changers and Bushings and their Integration into a Modern IT infrastructure

• CASE STUDY

  3AV1FG – 72.5 kV Prototype Vacuum Circuit Breaker (Case Study with Pilot Customers)

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  The Realization and commissioning of the ±500 kV 1000 MW HVDC Link Sardinia Island, Italian Peninsula (SAPEI)

• Design of the ±500 kV HVDC Bipole III Line in Manitoba, Canada

• UC Co-operative Extension Explores a Farm-to-WIC Program

• Groundwater Recharge Mechanisms and Water Management in the Coastal Sedimentary Basin of Benin

• Going under the Devil's Punch Bowl: The Story of the A3 Hindhead Tunnel, UK

• Digital Image Correlation for Structural Measurements

• Engineering Resilient Infrastructure

• Adaptation of flood Risk Infrastructure to Climate Resilience

• How Eurocode 7 has Affected Geotechnical Design: A Review

• Precipitation Patterns and Associated Hydrological Extremes in the Yangtze River Basin, China, using TRMM/PR Data and EOF Analysis

• Quantification of Trends in Groundwater Levels of Gujarat in Western India

• Has Urbanization Changed Ecological Streamflow Characteristics in Maine (USA)?

• Integrated Framework for Monitoring Groundwater Pollution using a Geographical information System and Multivariate Analysis

• A New Measure for Assessing the Efficiency of Hydrological Data-Driven Forecasting Models

• Raft of Hydro Opportunities in North America

• FROM THE DESK

  From Editor's desk

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Obituary