OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2011 Page - 1 - Published by the Central Power Research Institute, P.O. No. 8066, New BEL Road, Bangalore - 560 080 Contact : [email protected]No. 119 I take this opportunity to extend my heartiest greetings for 2012. Last year has seen fructifying many of the seeds sown in the previous year a result of the hard work put in by all of us here. We are happy to receive an award for recognition of the excellent work in testing and certification of Power Equipment at the 4th India Power Awards 2011 in the Programme organised by Council of Power Utilities, New Delhi. Our facilities which are already world class are being spruced up with kind support of the Ministry of Power during the 12th plan. With this, we intend to expand our activities and improve the quality of our services Director General’s Message Training – everybody would agree is an integral part of growth of any person and with our experience in good stead we were able to cater to the wide power sector to meet their training needs., Notably, BESCOM and West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd., who have a long term association with us for their training needs. We understand training is a continuous process, with this in mind we have conducted many a programs for our employees-notably “Activity Based Costing” and “Train the Trainers” by well-known faculty. Visweshwariya Technological University, Belgaum is in the process of approving CPRI as a Research Centre for MS and PhD Programs. This would only be a small beginning to our big dreams in this area. This Quarter saw CPRI among other things, conducting special tests on SF6 insulated Auto Reclosure for Schneider Electric, Australia. Hubli Electric Supply Company has awarded us the work for third party inspection of their prestigious Niranthara Jothi Scheme. As always I request feedback from our stakeholders. N. Murugesan Director General FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR ILLUMINATION LABORATORY Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Division (ERED) of CPRI, Bangalore has undertaken the establishment of facilities for evaluation of solar powered and grid powered LED lamps and lanterns. The foundation stone laying for the Illumination laboratory for the LED evaluation was conducted on 2nd November 2011. Shri Gireesh Pradhan, IAS, Secretary, MNRE, laid the foundation stone for this laboratory and interacted with the senior officers. Dr. Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Advisor, MNRE and Director Solar Energy Centre was also present on the occasion. Dr. Bandyopadhyay visited many of the laboratories and interacted with CPRI engineers and scientists. On this occasion Shri. Gireesh Pradhan planted a sapling. Speaking on the occasion Director General Shri N Murugesan assured the Secretary that the Laboratory will function by the end of this financial year. I once again wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2012
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Published by the Central Power Research Institute, P.O. No. 8066, New BEL Road, Bangalore - 560 080 Contact : [email protected]
No. 119
I take this opportunity to extend my heartiest greetings for 2012. Last year has seen fructifying
many of the seeds sown in the previous year a result of the hard work put in by all of us here.
We are happy to receive an award for recognition of the excellent work in testing and
certification of Power Equipment at the 4th India Power Awards 2011 in the Programme
organised by Council of Power Utilities, New Delhi.
Our facilities which are already world class are being spruced up with kind support of the
Ministry of Power during the 12th plan. With this, we intend to expand our activities and
improve the quality of our services
Director General’s Message
Training – everybody would agree is an integral part of growth of any person and with our experience in good stead we
were able to cater to the wide power sector to meet their training needs., Notably, BESCOM and West Bengal State
Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd., who have a long term association with us for their training needs. We understand
training is a continuous process, with this in mind we have conducted many a programs for our employees-notably
“Activity Based Costing” and “Train the Trainers” by well-known faculty. Visweshwariya Technological University,
Belgaum is in the process of approving CPRI as a Research Centre for MS and PhD Programs. This would only be a small
beginning to our big dreams in this area.
This Quarter saw CPRI among other things, conducting special tests on SF6 insulated Auto Reclosure for Schneider
Electric, Australia. Hubli Electric Supply Company has awarded us the work for third party inspection of their
prestigious Niranthara Jothi Scheme. As always I request feedback from our stakeholders.
N. Murugesan
Director General
FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR
ILLUMINATION LABORATORY
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Division (ERED) of
CPRI, Bangalore has undertaken the establishment of
facilities for evaluation of solar powered and grid
powered LED lamps and lanterns. The foundation stone
laying for the Illumination laboratory for the LED
evaluation was conducted on 2nd November 2011. Shri
Gireesh Pradhan, IAS, Secretary, MNRE, laid the
foundation stone for this laboratory and interacted with
the senior officers.
Dr. Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Advisor, MNRE and Director
Solar Energy Centre was also present on the occasion.
Dr. Bandyopadhyay visited many of the laboratories and
interacted with CPRI engineers and scientists. On this
occasion Shri. Gireesh Pradhan planted a sapling.
Speaking on the occasion Director General Shri N
Murugesan assured the Secretary that the Laboratory will
function by the end of this financial year.
I once again wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2012
COUNCIL OF POWER UTILITIES
HONOURS CPRI
CPRI received a award for recognition of the excellent
work in testing and certification of Power Equipment
from Guest of Honour Ms. Alison Bartle, Editor, Hydro
Power and Dams, UK at the 4th India Power Awards
2011 Programme organised by Council of Power Utilities
held at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, on 24th
November 2011. Shri B M Mehra, J. D., RTL Noida received the award
CPRI BAGS TURN KEY ORDER FOR RLA
OF STEAM TURBINE
TRC conducted Remnant Life Assessment (RLA) of 210
MW Steam Turbine at NTPC, Dadri (UP). The turbine is
of KWU make and has HP, IP and LP cylinders. This is the
first full-fledged work order on RLA of Steam Turbine
which TRC could bag after rigorous techno-commercial
discussions in the competitive bidding process. The work
has been completed satisfactorily.
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Director General’s Message 1
In Focus 1Foundation Stone Laid for Illumination LaboratoryCouncil of Power Utilities Honours CPRICPRI Bags Turn Key Order for RLA of Steam Turbine
Focus on R & D 3Special Test on SF6 Insulated Auto Recloser
Visiting Dignitaries 3Visit of Hitachi, Japan and CESI, Italy Delegation
In News 4India Electricity 2011 Exhibition26th Indian Engineering Congress (IEC) by IE (India)India International Trade Fair 2011One Day Seminar on “Wireless in Industrial Automation”CPRI-KEMA Consortium Bagged Project Management ConsultancyBook Exhibition Held During National Library Week National Awareness Campaign On Energy Conservation 2011Testing for Foreign ClientsEnergy Conservation Day Celebrated
Laurels and Accolades 7Certificate of ExcellenceCPRI Officers Deputed AbroadVisit to USA Utilities
We Train 8Tutorial on "performance Evaluation of HV Circuit Breakers in Simulated Site Conditions" One Year Course on Testing & Maintenance of Electrical Equipment (II Batch)Tutorial on Loss Evaluation Techniques and Reduction Methods in Power Distribution Systems Conference on HV & LV Grounding PracticesTurotial Programme on “On Load Tap Changer (OLTC) asper IS & IEC Standards” at CPRI STDS, BhopalNational Conference on 'Environment Friendly Insulating Liquids’Awareness Programme for ISO/IEC 17025:2005TRC Conducted Training Programme Certification Course in Safety Procedures, Rules And
Practices Residential Training Programme for BESCOM EngineersResidential Induction Programme for WBSEDC EngineersResidential Training Programme for ASEB Engineers
In House Training 12Inhouse Training Programme for CPRI Officers and StaffTraining in First Aid by St. John's Ambulence for In-house Staff
Forthoming CPRI Technical Programmes 13
Focus on R & D
Auto recloser are made in single-phase and three-phase
versions, and use either oil or vacuum interrupters.
Controls for the reclosers range from the original
electromechanical systems to digital electronics with
metering and SCADA functions. The ratings of reclosers
run from 40 amperes at 2400 volts up to 1200 amperes at
35000 volts.
A reputed overseas manufacturer approached CPRI for
different tests on their 38kV 630Amps and 800Amps 3
Phase metal enclosed SF6 insulated recloser. CPRI
Carried out the following tests successfully.
1) Lightning Impulse Voltage Withstand Test.
2) Power frequency voltage Dry & Wet Withstand
Test
3) Control Element Surge Withstand Test.
SPECIAL TEST ON SF6 INSULATED AUTO RECLOSER
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38kV 3 Phase metal
Enclosed SF6
Auto Recloser
Visiting Dignitaries
VISIT OF HITACHI, JAPAN AND CESI, ITALY DELEGATION
Visit of CESI delegation to Testing Lab
Mr. Koji Nakagomi, Engineer & Ms. Wakana Sata, Project
Coordinator of M/s. Hitachi Ltd., Japan and Mr. Banu
Vasudeo, visited CPRI on 21st & 22nd October 2011,
with regard to supply of new Short Circuit System for
High Power Laboratory.
Dr. Matteo Codazzi, Chief Executive Officer,
Mr. Angelo Schiappacasse, Area Manager, CESI, Italy, Mr.
Y.R. Anand, Managing Director and Mr. T.S. Muralidhar
from UNIMARK visited the Institute on 1st November
2011 for discussions regarding possible areas of
collaboration with CPRI. The delegation later visited the
laboratories. Planting of sapling by Dr. Matteo Codazzi,
CEO, CESI at CPRI Campus
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INDIA ELECTRICITY 2011
EXHIBITION
CPRI participated in the ‘India Electricity - 2011’
Exhibition held at NSIC Exhibition Complex, Okhla
Industrial Estate, New Delhi from 12th to 14th October
2011 organised by FICCI and the MoP, Government of
India. The Exhibition cum Conference was inaugurated by
Shri.Sushilkumar Shinde, Honourable Union Minister of
Power and presided by Shri.P.Uma Shankar, Secretary
(Power), Govt of India. Facilities and expertise of CPRI in
the areas of High Power Short Circuit, Ultra High
Voltage, High Voltage, Seismic qualification, Cables and
Capacitors testing, Testing of Solar Photovoltaic lighting
system & LED Lighting systems, XRD Facility and other
state-of-art Research and testing facilities were put on
display in the stall.
26TH INDIAN ENGINEERING
CONGRESS (IEC) BY IEI
The Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State
Centre at Bangalore organized the 26th Indian
Engineering Congress (IEC), an annual event in Bangalore
Visitors at CPRI stall
Participation Certificate to CPRI
Palace from 15th – 18th December 2011. The theme of
the event was “Towards Prosperous India: Challenges for
Engineers” and a large number of Engineers from
Industries, Academia and R&D laboratories attended the
Conference.
CPRI showcased its state-of-art Research, Test facilities,
expertise and credentials in a stall during the event. The
stall attracted large number of Policy makers,
Researchers, Technocrats and Senior Officers from
Utilities / Industry who were impressed with the services
offered by the Institute. Photographs are shown below:
INDIA INTERNATIONAL
TRADE FAIR 2011
CPRI participated in India International Trade Fair (IITF)
2011 held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 14th to 27th
November 2011 under the aegis of MoP Pavilion. The
theme of the Pavilion was “Making India Powerful”.
The Institute put up a stall in the MoP pavilion and
displayed all its unique activities, expertise and credentials
covering Research facilities,
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Testing & Certification, Field Testing & Diagnostics,
Consultancy services and Training Programmes. A large
number of important dignitaries from MoP, Senior
Officers from CPSUs & Utilities visited CPRI stall and
showed interest in the activities of the Institute. CPRI stall
was very impressive and attracted not only the industries,
utilities and academic institutions but also the general
public at large.
Shri. Subodh Garg, Director General, NPTI at CPRI stall
Visitors at CPRI stall
ONE DAY SEMINAR ON
“WIRELESS IN INDUSTRIAL
AUTOMATION”
International Society of Automation (ISA), Bangalore
organized One day Seminar on Wireless in Industrial
Automation on 12th November 2011 at Hotel “The
Capitol” in Bangalore. CPRI participated in the seminar
which addressed the automation trends in the Wireless
Technology and evolving needs of manufacturing
industries for technical knowhow. The Institute displayed
its unique Research, Testing facilities and expertise in a
stall to the highly focused audience during the seminar
which covered delegates from leading industries,
automation suppliers, end users etc. The delegates
evinced keen interest in activities of the Institute.
BOOK EXHIBITION HELD
DURING NATIONAL
LIBRARY WEEK
The Library and Information Centre conducted Book
Exhibition on 3rd - 4th and 15th -16th of November
2011 held during National Library Week in the CPRI
campus. Director General inaugurated the exhibition by
cutting tape on 3rd November 2011. Director General
and other staff selected the books for the Library and
Information Centre. 180 books were selected in the
exhibition.
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CPRI, Bangalore organized 'Painting Competition under National Awareness Campaign on Energy Conservation 2011',
for School Students of Karnataka State, under the Aeges of Ministry of Power and BEE, at CPRI Bangalore, on 14th
November 2011.
UNIQUE TESTING:
ªM/s. Powergear Ltd., Chennai, Switchgear Panel
with Circuit Breaker (50 kA for 2 sec) short time
withstand current & peak withstand current tests
was conducted on 15 kV, 2000A, 50 kA, Switchgear
Panel with Circuit Breaker.
ªIP54 tests on the samples of pole mounted
Transformers were carried out for a manufacturer
from Saudi Arabia.
TESTING FOR
FOREIGN CLIENTS
ENERGY CONSERVATION DAY
CELEBRATED
Energy Conservation day was celebrated on 14th Dec.
2011 at Silver Jubilee Auditorium of CPRI Bangalore. On
this occasion Lecture on Energy Conservation for
Technicians, Technical Attendents and Attendents was
organized. The Energy Quiz was conducted by
Shri. Rajashekar P Mandi for all the participants and all had
participated with great enthusiasm.
IP54 Tests on ohe samples of pole mounted transformers
NATIONAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON ENERGY CONSERVATION 2011
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Liquid Dielectrics Laboratory (LDL) participated in the
Proficiency testing program organized by M/s Institute
for Interlaboratory Studies (IIS), The Netherlands for
tests on transformer oil during the November 2011.
In this program, CPRI has been awarded the Certificate of
Excellence for the laboratory's performance in the
"Furanics in Transformer oil" category.
Laurels and Accolades
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
CPRI OFFICERS
DEPUTED ABROAD
Shri B V Raghavaiah, Additional Director, STDS-CPRI,
Bhopal and Shri J. Santhosh, Joint Director, CPRI,
Bangalore were deputed to participate in the 9th Asian
Meet of High Power Laboratories, in Gyeongju, South
Bangalore visited several electric utilities of USA and also
participated in the training program conducted for
BESCOM by KEMA, USA during 5-15 December 2011.
The visit was part of CPRI – KEMA consortium Project
Management on consultancy for the BESCOM Bangalore
City Distribution Automation project which is under
execution since July 2008.
During this period, he visited Envision Centre of Duke
Energy, KEMA Interoperabi l i ty Lab (a l l at
Cincinnati),Progress Energy, M/s ABB Smart Grid
Centre, (all at Raleigh), Efacec ACS, Norcross,
Department of Public Utilities (DPU), Orangeburg and
Cobb EMC, Georgia.
DIRECTOR GENERAL, CPRIWAS HONOURED
The Director General of CPRI was honoured with a
citation during their Annual Meeting of KEB Engineers
Association, held at Bangalore, on 31st December 2011
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TOLIC, Bangalore was awarded Regional Rajbhasha Award for the good work done in the field of Official Language for ththe year 2010-11 by Sri.A.N.P.Sinha, Secretary, Department of Official Language on 8 December 2011 during the
Official Language Conference at Mysore.
Shri N. Murugesan, Director General & Dr.Vijaya Mallik receiving the Award & the Certificate
Sri N Murugesan, Director General was conferred with
the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Institution of thEngineers(India) during the 26 Indian Engineering
th thCongress held at Bangalore during 15 to 18 December,
2011.
ALUMNUS AWARD TOSHRI. N. MURUGESHAN, D.G.
Shri. N. Murugesa, D.G. receiving the award from
Dr. H.C. Visvesaraiya Past President, IE (I)
Shri.Pradish M, Engineering Officer, UARC, CPRI,
Bangalore participated in the UCAIug Summit - a joint
CIM/IEC 61850/OpenSG/Testing conference held at
Austin, Texas, USA during 15-18 Nov. 2011. About 200
participants and stake holders of IEC 61850, CIM, Open
Smart Grid and Testing from various countries
participated in the summit. The summit gave a platform
to discuss regarding the facilities available at CPRI
specially the IEC 61850 test facility, protocol laboratory
and Smart Grid activities.
FOREIGN VISIT OF CPRI OFFICER
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TUTORIAL ON "PERFORMANCE
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CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN
SIMULATED SITE CONDITIONS"
Power Capacitors Laboratory, DCCD, CPRI, Bangalore
organised a one day Tutorial on "Performance evaluation
of HV Circuit Breakers in simulated site conditions" on
14th October 2011.
The programme covered, Fundamentals of the Arc,
Circuit breaker -principle & operation, Influence of
Environmental factors, Condition Monitoring &
Diagnosis of Circuit breakers in field, Case studies and
demonstration of some of the tests at Laboratory.
About eight delegates from Utilities, manufacturers and
private power companies attended the tutorial.
ONE YEAR COURSE ON
TESTING & MAINTENANCE
OF ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT (II BATCH)
Final phase of the 1 year course on “Testing &
Maintenance of Electrical Equipment” was held from
14th November, 2011 to 30th Nov.2011. Programme
consists of practicals at various Divisions of CPRI,
technical visit, group discussions, submission of project
work, assignment and examination. Expert lecture by
Prof. Udayakumar, faculty from National Institute of
Technology, Surathkal (NIT-K) was arranged. 14
Engineers from different utilities viz., West Bengal State
Electricity Distribution Co.Ltd., Orissa Power
Transmission Co. Ltd., Maharashtra State Electricity
Distribution Co.Ltd., were attended the programme.
Group Photograph of the Trainees are appended below.
TUTORIAL ON LOSS
EVALUATION TECHNIQUES
AND REDUCTION METHODS IN
POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
A Tutorial programme on “Loss Evaluation Techniques
and Reduction Methods in Power Distribution Systems”
was conducted at CPRI Bangalore on 8th & 9th
December 2011.
CPRI has bagged the
prestigious Consultancy from
HESCOM for “Evaluation of
Nirantara Jyothi Works” at
HESCOM.
We Train
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CONFERENCE ON HV & LV
GROUNDING PRACTICES
We Train
Power Systems Division of CPRI, Bangalore organized a
two day Conference on HV & LV Grounding Practices on
11th and 12th November 2011. This focused conference
addressed the various topics in the form of papers,
such as:
ª Design Considerations in Earthing System.
ªComputer aided design of HV/EHV grounding grids.
ªComparisons of Computational Techniques used in
the Design and Analysis of electrical Grounding
systems.
ªControl of Potential Gradients in EHV Substation.
ªDispelling myths & ensuring a reliable LV Grounding
System.
ªDesign of grounding grids using CPRI grid design
software-A case study
ªField measurements-soil resistivity and earth
resistance.
The conference was attended by delegates from all over
the country and also from Bhutan. Practical
demonstration was given to the participants on use of
CPRI's GMAT software for earth mat design and on
measurement of Soil resistivity and Grounding resistance.
TUROTIAL PROGRAMME ON “ON
LOAD TAP CHANGER (OLTC) AS
PER IS & IEC STANDARDS” AT
CPRI STDS, BHOPAL
One day Tutorial programme on “ON LOAD TAP
CHANGER (OLTC) as per IS & IEC standards” was
organized by 100 MVA on line testing station (Station-2)
in the CPRI Auditorium on 12th November, 2011. The
programme was inaugurated by Mr. Manish Yadav, DGM,
Crompton Greaves Ltd., Mandideep. A total of 90
delegates including CPRI officers attended the
programme. Four technical papers were presented by
CPRI and one each from BHEL, Bhopal and CTR
Manufacturing Industries LTd., Pune. The event was
sponsored by M/s. Easun MR Tap Changer, Chennai &
M/s. On Load Gears, Chennai.
The Programme dealt in detail about the concepts and
design of OLTC, testing of OLTC and the recent trends in
OLTC technology.
The concluding session was chaired by Shri. Lokesh
