Water and Energy International

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Earthing and power system elements

  • Author: Mata Prasad

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Earthing system for a small area substation having very high soil resistivity in the hilly region by multi-layer soil modeling and deep driven vertical earth electrodes - A Practical experience

  • Author: K.K. Sarkar, Pankaj Kr. Das

• Return current management-operational and safety aspects of AC & DC traction systems

  • Author: Sujeet Mishra

• Comparison of earhting practices for sub-station- sharing of experieces of Afro-Asian region

  • Author: Pravinchandra Mehta

• RESEARCH NOTE

  6th national conference on earthing system

• Integrated management of river resources in India

  • Author: M. Gopalakrishnan

• Geological and geotechnical investigations for water resources projects

  • Author: P.C. Nawani

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Core strength variation of in-situ concrete

  • Author: Rajeev Kumar, Rajeev Gupta, N.K. Khoth

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Hydro India’ 2013 – issues and challenges in hydropower sector in India

• Application of Geosynthetics in Railway track structures

• Tunnel design and construction - issues and challenges

• Growth of installed capacity

• Statewise and yearwise numbers of MI schemes included till 31.03.2013 since inception under AIBP

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  PM dedicates 2980 MW plant

• Grid sub-station commissioned

• TPDDL commissions new grid sub-station

• RS 50 crore BRPL grid

• New Appointments

• Slow growth in transmission due to lengthy execution process - FICCI

• Power grid asks CERC to cancel 2 reliance infrastructure projects

• Gridco favours staggered implementation of Odisha UMPP

• CCEA approves auction norms for coal blocks

• Centre plans to allocate coal blocks to state owned discoms only

• No proposal to subsidise power companies for coal imports: Scindia

• 4000 MW ultra mega solar project to be set up in Rajasthan

• Indian nuclear plants register 379 reactor years of operation at 80% capacity

• Manmohan may carry nuclear liability dilution as gift for U.S. Companies

• Power developers to get two extra years to ink PPAS

• ‘Living battery’ generates electricity from sewage and wastewater

• Government approves rs 351-crore scheme on water conservation awareness

• Groundwater panel set up by national green tribunal

• Huge aquifers are discovered in North Kenya

• High-powered panel meets on waterlogging

• Coming up: A 5th reservoir for Chennai

• Mechanism on flood information exchange to be formed

• Good monsoon promises twin bonanza: Bumper rabi crop harvest, spurt in hydel power supply

• Odisha to rope in private partners to develop NW-5: Chief secretary to convene a meeting with interested parties

• Telangana: Joint panel to decide water share after split

• Chitale panel asked to allow depositions in irrigation

• Study: Dams help northwest cope with climate change

• Cracks in Nagarjunasagar canal bund, Ryots Jittery

• World leader in irrigation technology wins 2013 Stockholm industry water award

• Tanzania to adopt irrigation law to improve food security

• Haji Shah dam to be completed by end of year

• Headway on Chenab dams

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Distributed Power Generation: Particularities of and Specific Requirements to Gas Turbine and Gas-Piston Engine Generation Units

• The Use of Ester Transformer Fluids for Increased Fire Safety and Reduced Costs

• Design and Application of Composite Insulators in AC and DC Systems with Special Attention to Severe Environment

• Condition and Remaining Life of Taped Transmission Cables through Non-Invasive and Invasive Testing Based on In-service Cables and Cable Samples Removed from Service

• The Classification Principle of Galloping Probability Distribution Map in North China Power System

• Design Experience of 230/115/69 kV Substation Refurbishment/Extension Project in Philippine Grid Network

• Grid Code Compliance Support for Connecting Renewable Energy into Transmission Line using D-STATCOM System

• Applications and Developments for the Remote Access to Protection Relays

• Modelling of Decision Making Support Tools for the Asset Management Optimization in the Italian Transmission System

• Voltage Control Schemes to improve Short-term and Long-term Voltage Stability in KEPCO System

• Assessing the Rising Needs for Ongoing Submarine Cable Electromagnetic Field Studies

• On Lightning Study for Wind Generation System

• Market Solutions for the Integration of Active Demand-based Services in the ADDRESS Project

• Energy Management in the Greek Islands

• CASE STUDY

  Safety Perspective for Dam Construction – Case Study of Gararda Dam Failure

• ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONS OR ARTICLES

  Flash Flood Control Works Around the Maracanã Stadium District in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Hydrodynamic Evaluation of a Flood Embankment in the Amazon Estuary Region, Brazil

• Optimal Alignment of a Canal Route

• Discharge Coefficient of a Rectangular Labyrinth Weir

• Prediction of Backwater Level of Bridge Constriction Using an Artificial Neural Network

• A Cellular Automata Approach for the Hydro-Power Operation of Multi-Reservoir Systems

• 3D Models for Complex Calculation Shaft-Bored Tunnel Connection to the Applied Liefkenshoek Railway Tunnel Project

• Design Flood Flows with Climate Change: Method and Limitations

• Climate Change Impact Assessment on Hydrology of Karkheh Basin, Iran

• High-Resolution Precipitation Estimates for Hydrological Uses

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

• Design for Access Shafts on New Semmering Base Tunnel

• Integrated Flood Management for Beiyun River, China

• Reducing and Managing Risks of Disasters in a Changing Climate

• FROM THE DESK

  From Editor's desk

  • Author: V.K. Kanjlia