Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  O & M and life cycle management of substations

  • Author: S.K. Negi

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  PMU application in power systems

  • Author: Jay Gosalia

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Benchmarking of O & M activities in power transmission system – an experience by powergrid

  • Author: S. Victor P. Selvakumar

• Experience on controlled switching in powergrid

  • Author: R.K. Tyagi

• Testing and maintenance of switchyard equipments at NTPC

  • Author: Munish Mishra

• Conference on O&M and life cycle management of substations - 23–24 May, 2013, New Delhi

• Construction of 220 kV GIS substation at the Tata Power Co Ltd., Mumbai (Best Practices and Learnings)

  • Author: V.K. Keer, S.R. Tripathy

• CASE STUDY

  Significance and response of rock mass during excavation of open slopes in mountains for construction of major civil structures - A case study on the behaviour of excavated slopes viz a viz treatment provided for slope stability

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  On planned utility of engineering geophysics in hydropower project development

  • Author: Ananda Sen

• CASE STUDY

  Redundancy in planning of dam complex: Plugging of diversion tunnels for baglihar hep- A case study

  • Author: Satish Kumar Sharma, Kamal Dhawan

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Growth of Installed Capacity

• Somasila Dam

• Dam India: 2013 - Latest Technology in Planning, Design and Dam Construction - 22–23 May 2013, New Delhi

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Power tariff hiked by 1.5 per cent in Delhi to adjust purchase cost of distribution companies

• Power shortage cripples south India's industrial belts

• CERC seeks details on grid failure from posoco by may 15

• Power advisory panel discuss transmission issues

• Banks advised not to reject loans for renewable energy projects: Government

• Centre plans Rs 43,000-Cr ‘Green corridor’ for renewable energy

• Supreme court gives nod to Kudankulam Nuclear Plant, says it is safe

• Haryana HC rejects petitions against nuclear plant in Gorakhpur

• CEA recommends 126 applications for coal blocks

• Indian energy exchange sees 62% jump in trading volumes

• Hydro power may be declared renewable energy

• HYDEL plants to get more financial incentives and renewable status

• Rivers being polluted ever since british era’

• India, China ink 8 agreements on trade, water resources

• Haryana had opposed new group of ministers on water dispute with Delhi

• Dena bank adopts 52 drought hit villages in Maharashtra

• CIDC Vishwakarma award in category of achievement award for best construction project to khep

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Cyber Security: System Services for the Safeguard of Digital Substation Automation Systems

• Nanotechnology in High Voltage Insulation Systems for Large Electrical Machinery -First results

• Autotransformers Evolution, Reliability, Safety and Modelling in the Italian Transmission Grid

• Prospective Single and Multi-Phase Short-Circuit Current Levels in the Dutch Transmission, Sub-Transmission and Distribution Grids

• The Cork Harbour 220 kV Submarine Cable Project

• Use of High Thermal Limit Conductors in the Replacement of 220 kV overhead lines in the Tirolean Alps

• Service Experience of IEC 61850 Process Bus using Non Conventional Instrument Transformers and implications in the Evolution of High Voltage Switching Plant

• Planning the Next Nelson River HVDC Development Phase Considering LCC vs. VSC Technology

• A New Substation Level Dispatching Approach to Increase the Network Control and Performances in Presence of Dispersed Generation

• Incorporating Elevation in Rainfall Interpolation in Tunisia using Geostatistical Methods

• Application of a Semi-distributed SWAT Model to Estimate Groundwater Recharge in the Lake Kyoga Basin of Uganda

• 3D Numerical Simulation of Local Scouring under Hydrographs

• Urban Water-supply Security – Making the Best Use of Groundwater to Meet the Demands of Expanding Population under Climate Change

• Trends and Abrupt Changes in Daily Extreme Rainfalls of Ivory Coast (West Africa)

• A Study of Local Scour Around Circular Piers

• Long-term Channel Changes in the Mekong River: Towards Sustainable River Channel Management

• Risk Sharing in Practice for Integrated Flood Management

• Reducing Hydrograph Uncertainty through Surface Characterization

• A Multidisciplinary Study of Sediments’ Connectivity and Transport Parameters for Aquifer Analogues

• Removal of Heavy Metals in Stormwater by Hydrous Ferric Oxide

• FROM THE DESK

  From Editor's desk

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia