Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  300 MW turbo-generator, dongfang, China make at Sagardighi thermal power project unit -2 rotor winding repair & overhaul

  • Author: S.K. Bhargava, A.C. Aron

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Operational strategies to increase generation of large hydroelectric power plants

  • Author: Shambhu Awasthi, Vishnu Prasad, Saroj Rangnekar

• Estimation of crane capacity and crane Span for Small Hydro Powerhouse

  • Author: Nitin Kumar Swarnkar, Arun Kumar

• Performance evaluation of solar photovoltaic (SPV) pumping system under field conditions

  • Author: Sunil Garg, Anil Bhardwaj, D.S. Taneja, S.K. Sondhi

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Major issues and way forward for expeditious hydro power development

  • Author: Hari R. Sharma

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Hydropower development in India

  • Author: R.N. Misra, Deepak Nakhasi

• RESEARCH NOTE

  CIGRE International tutorials & colloquium

• Training programme for engineering assistants

• Growth of installed capacity

• Ranjit Sagar dam

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Kerala state electricity regulatory commission (KSERC) wins award

• Cabinet clears mega power projects

• CCI to take up 1.72 lakh cr power projects on 26th august

• Pryas urges CERC to conduct public hearing before finalising Mundra tariff

• Kerala govt withdraw subsidy -power tariff will be increased

• TNERc PEGs solar tariff at rs 5.78 a unit, industry wants more

• Power subsidy to discoms will touch Rs 60,000 crore this year: ICRA

• Power subsidy for domestic users in Assam

• Asia's largest single location solar plant (55 mW) commissioned in Rajasthan

• GERC rejects GUVNL plea to reduce solar power tariff

• SSNNL to set up 10-MW canal-top solar power project

• Uttarakhand tragedy fallout: SC orders review of 24 hydel projects

• Centre plans to make hydro purchase obligations mandatory: Scindia

• Centre plans 88,537 MW new power generation capacity in 2012–17

• Plan panel concerned about poor quality Chinese power equipments

• Delhi govt appoints committee to review reforms in power sector

• Rs. 30-crore water supply scheme for attappady

• Odisha okays water conservation fund

• Nashik irrigation department demands Rs 9 crore for surplus release

• Water wars in India's south

• Union Ministry of environment and forest reconstitutes GCZMA, environment secy to head IT

• Tn leads in falling ground water levels

• Naveen urges PM to stop Polavaram project work

• Water bodies meet in sep to discuss how to reduce NRW

• Down a slippery slope in Uttarakhand

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Tidal Power Plant Bulb Unit Management Through Air Gap Monitoring

• Ester Insulating Liquids for Power Transformers

• Suitability Evaluation of Improved High Voltage Circuit Breaker Design with Drastically Reduced Environmental Impact

• Dynamic Thermal Modeling of Insulated Cables

• Problems of Determining Ice-Wind Loads in the Seaside Zones to Prevent Accidents on OHLs

• Short Circuit Uprating, Methodology Throughout the Diversity of Required Skills on behalf of B3-23

• An Integrated AC-DC Multiterminal Grid in the Western Mediterranean Basin – Development, Planning and Design Challenges

• Digital Fault Recordings: Practices and Perspectives for Automated Data Retrieval, Information Management and Analysis in A Large Brazilian Utility

• Application of Systems Dynamics in Long-Term Financial Planning in Power Transmission Utilities

• GCC Interconnection Grid: Operational Studies for the GCC Interconnection with United Arab Emirates (UAE)

• Limiting SF6 Gas Emissions by Optimization of Design and Testing of Gaskets in High Voltage Gas-Insulated Substations

• Lightning Transient Analysis of a 69kV Transmission Line with Externally Gapped Line Surge Arrester under Normal Open Circuit Breaker System

• Auction Analysis for Energy Trade in Brazilian Market

• Operation of Large Scale Autonomous Hybrid Power Supply System with Renewables

• Ageing Management of Cables in Nuclear Power Plants

• From the Sensor to the Smartphone: A Multilayer IT Architecture to Publish Wind Data

• Design and Realisation of Rehabilitation of Domašov and Jívová Tunnels Lining

• Design for Access Shafts on New Semmering Base Tunnel

• Integrated Flood Management for Beiyun River, China

• Addressing the Potential Climate Effects of China's Three Gorges Project

• The Fehmarnbelt Immersed Tube Tunnel

• Mined Drainage Gallery of Šance Water Works

• Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentrations with ADCP in Danube River

• Reducing and Managing Risks of Disasters in a Changing Climate

• The Application of Climate science to Benefit Society

• FROM THE DESK

  From Editor's desk

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia