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Message from the Director GeneralIt is a matter of immense pleasure to see the CPRI vision of strengthening our Research, Development and Certification activities to glob-al levels are fructifying. The augmented Tower Testing Laboratory today caters to a wide reach globally. We are glad to have evaluated towers of our clients in China, Ghana, Nepal, Malaysia and Nigeria. Of the host of the seminars, confer-ence and training programs we conducted, we are proud to train a batch of Kuwaiti Engineers.

We are aware, a strong industry interaction is mutually beneficial and we were glad to host IEEMA Surge Arresters Divisional meet and Rotating Machines Divisional meet in CPRI, We have assured the industry of our commitment to provide world class evaluation facility.

In view of our facilities being spruced up with kind support of the Ministry of Power during the 12th plan, we have signed MoUs with BSNL (Civil Wing) and CPWD for executing the ensuing civil works.

I take this opportunity to congratulate Dr. B. S. K. Naidu, former Director General, CPRI & NPTI, for being bestowed with the prestigious, ‘Dr. P. N. Singh Memorial Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership’ and Dr. Amit Jain, Joint Director, CPRI, for being conferred ‘Outstanding Engineer’ Award by IEEE Power & Energy Society.

Wishing you all Happy and Prosperous New Year in advance.

N.Murugesan

Director General

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Reduction and Elimination of PCBs Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha AwardCPRI Hosts IEEMA meeting on Surge arresters and Rotating MachinesMoU signed with BESCOM for TrainingMoU with BSNL ( Civil Wing )MoU with CPWD

In News 8Visit of Director General, BISVisit to Schneider Electric Global Technology Centre

Exploring New Collaboration 9On-site Services 10Measurement of Earth Resistance, Step & Touch Potential for 765kV, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh

Special Tests/First time tests Carried Out 10

Studies / Analysis Conducted 12

CPRI Serves Foreign Clients 13

Transformer Testing Testing Towers for Foreign Clients

Training for Foreign Clients 17

Visit of Overseas Delegation 17

Third Party Inspection 18

Paper Presentation 19

Awards and Appreciations 19

CPRI Participates in Exhibitions 20

Awareness Campaign / Workshop / Special Programme 22

Our Events 23

We Train 25

Forthcoming Programmes 29

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In FocusReduction and Elimination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Prioritizing the Power Sector in India

First National Awareness Programme on the Theme: ‘Elimination of PCBs’

The first National Awareness Programme, ‘Reduction and Elimination of PCBs: Prioritizing the Power Sector in India’, held for the first time in the national capital, New Delhi, attracted delegates from several Government and private organizations, educational institutions and Electrical Utilities. The programme was organized in association with the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) at the Scope Complex Auditorium, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, on 10th October 2014. About 165 delegates from different parts of the country including Kerala, Uttarakhand, Jaipur, Gujarat, Orissa, Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh, Kolkata, etc., attended and actively participated in the One-day programme. Dr. Parvati Ramaswamy, Senior Consultant, PCB Project, CPRI anchored the programme.

The inaugural session with dignitaries on the dais(from left to Right) : Dr. S. Seetharamu, Director, CPRI, Shri Rajpal, IES, Economic Adviser, Ministry of Power (MoP), Ms. Ayumi Fujino, UNIDO Representative & Regional Director for South Asia, Shri N. Murugesan, Director General, CPRI,

Shri R. N. Jindal, Additional Director, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Dr. S. P. Dhua, Regional Coordinator, RENPAP, UNIDO, Shri V.V. Pattanashetti Joint Director, CPRI

Shri Rajpal, IES, Economic Adviser, MoP detailed the role of Ministry of Power in the project. He assured full support structure for the satisfactory completion of the project.

Shri Rajpal, IES, Economic Adviser, MoP, addressing the gathering

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In her inaugural address, Ms Ayumi Fujino, UNIDO Representative and Regional Director for South Asia, described the international projects and initiatives taken up by UNIDO in various countries. She described the Indian initiatives and the importance given to the project. Ms. Fujino also appreciated the role and activities taken up by the Indian government, MoEFCC and CPRI in the overall progress of the project.

Ms. Ayumi Fuzino, UNIDO, delivering the inaugural address

Dr. S. P. Dhua, RENPAP, UNIDO, addressing the gathering

Dr. S. P. Dhua, Regional Coordinator, RENPAP, UNIDO described about the PCB quantum found in India. He explained that the actual inventories would be almost double that of the estimated quantities and put the figure around 60000 tons. He explained that the quantities are too high to be completed in the demonstration project and hence the amount being handled in the project would be limited to approx. 7,700 tons for PCB de-chlorination. He described the toxicity aspects and its impact on the humans and livestock and also described the current status of the project in terms of procurement of static and mobile facilities and spoke about the delays in the project. He opined that India would be likely to complete the targeted activities possibly in another two years.

Shri R. N. Jindal, Additional Director, MoEFCC, covered the initiatives taken in MoEFCC Legal framework development, national documentation and associated activities. Shri Jindal described the role of SAIL and CPRI as partners in the project. He detailed the funding of the project, cofounding aspects of the project. He also appreciated the efforts of CPRI and associated stake holders.

Shri Jindal also presented a technical presentation during the technical session. Shri R. N. Jindal, Addl. Director, MoEFCC

addressing the gathering during inaugural session

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In conclusion, a panel meeting involving the stakeholders, equipment holders and case evaluations was organised comprising subject experts and participants. Shri V.V. Pattanashetti, Joint Director, CPRI announced the panel of experts; Dr. S. Seetharamu, Director, CPRI, Dr. Y. P. Ramdev, Asst. Coordinator RENPAP, UNIDO, Dr. Bharat Singh, Joint Director, MoEFCC, and Shri Hardayal Singh, SAIL.

Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award

CPRI, Bangalore was awarded the prestigious ‘Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award’ - First (C-region) for the outstanding work done in the field of Official Language for the year 2012-13, by the Honourable President Shri Pranab Mukherjee, during the function organized on 14th September 2014, at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

Shri N. Murugesan, Director General receiving award from the Honourable President Shri Pranab

Mukherjee

CPRI hosts IEEMA Meeting on Surge Arresters and Rotating Machines

IEEMA Surge Arrester Divisional meeting was held at CPRI, Bangalore on 28th July, 2014 to discuss Gaps in the facilities at CPRI for testing Surge Arresters.

IEEMA Surge Arrester Divisional meeting

Further, IEEMA Rotating Machine Division meeting was also arranged at CCAR, CPRI Bangalore, on 7th August, 2014. 19 members from IEEMA attended the meeting, who also interacted with CPRI officials. Shri. N. Murugesan, Director General, CPRI addressed the members and appraised intentions of CPRI in establishing the full-fledged comprehensive testing facility for motors and other rotating machines at CPRI, Bangalore.

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IEEMA Rotating Machines Divisional meeting in progress

MoU signed with BESCOM for Training

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 7th August 2014, envisaging training of about 1200 Engineers from M/s. Bangalore Electric Supply Co. Ltd., (BESCOM), Bangalore, over a period of 24 months time. Following the MoU signing, the Training Programme for the 2 batches of Engineers on ‘Enhancement of Operation & Maintenance Skills’ for M/s. BESCOM were conducted during August from 7th to 9th, 2014 and during September from 18th to 20th, 2014 respectively, wherein a total of 61 Engineers attended.

CPRI & BESCOM exchanging signed MoUs on 7th August 2014

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MoU with BSNL (Civil Wing)

A Memorandum Understanding (MoU) was signed with BSNL (Civil Wing) for executing major civil works in CPRI. Dr. R. Ramesh Babu, Additional Director, representing CPRI and Shri Vijendra Kumar, Chief Engineer, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) signed the MoU on 11th September 2014 in the presence of Shri N. Murugesan, Director General, CPRI and other senior officers from CPRI and BSNL.

MoU with CPWD

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for executing civil works proposed under XII Plan projects. Dr. R. Ramesh Babu, Additional Director representing CPRI & Shri Sreeramakrishnan, Executive Engineer, CPWD signed the MoU, on 9th October, 2014 in the presence of Shri N. Murugesan, Director General, CPRI and other senior officers from CPRI and CPWD.

In NewsVisit of Director General, BIS

Shri Sunil Soni, IAS, Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Shri K. Anbarsu, Deputy Director General (Certification); Shri. E. Devendar, Deputy Director General (Certifica-tion); Shri. A K Bhatnagar, Head (Bangalore Branch) and Shri. D K Agarwal, Head (Bangalore lab) visited CPRI, Bangalore on 19th August, 2014. They held discussions with senior officers of CPRI regarding ‘Agency Empanelment for Mandatory Certification’ as per IS 1180. The del-egation later visited CPRI laboratories and planted saplings in CPRI campus.

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BIS meeting in progress Planting of sapling by Shri Sunil Soni, IAS, DG, BIS

Exploring New CollaborationVisit to Schneider Electric Global Technology Centre

Schneider Management invited Officers of CPRI to visit their newly commissioned operational technology centre on 24th July 2014 to explore collaboration in testing their products like MCCBs, ACBs, etc., to minimize their product development cycle. Schneider Electric has consolidated its strategic business units and started its Global Technology Centre at Bearys Global Research Triangle, Hosakote Road, Whitefield, Bangalore. They emphasised to reinitiate IECEE CB scheme for certain products at CPRI. During the visit, a laboratory tour of Schneider campus was also undertaken. Dr. R. Ramesh Babu, Additional Director, Shri J. Santosh, Shri Swaraj Kumar Das, Shri Prabhakar Hegde, Joint Directors, Shri Mano-har Nagula, and Shri R. Shyam, Engineering Officers, CPRI, Bangalore, attended the meeting with Mr. Jean Damarius, Sr. Vice President and Mr. Premraj Krishna Kutty, Vice President of M/s. Schneider Electric.

Visit to Schneider Electric Global Technology Centre, Bangalore

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O n - s i t e S e r v i c e sMeasurement of Earth Resistance, Step & Touch Potential for 765kV Substation, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh

M/s Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL), Bilaspur established a 765kV substation at Bharari Village in Bilaspur district, Chattisgarh, about 118 km from Raipur. 2 nos of 765kV Sipat – Seoni line is made as LILO at this pooling centre with an ICT of 4x1500MVA capacity. Besides, nearby IPP is also connected to this substation. CPRI, Bangalore carried out the Mea-surement of Earth Resistance, Step and Touch Potential at their 765kV Substation.

Measurements are to be carried out for three different seasons in a year. First set of measure-ment was carried out during the rainy season. The soil resistivity was measured with respect to which the earth resistance is corroborated. The earth resistance was then measured with the remote electrode kept at several meters away from the substation fence. The Step & Touch Potential was measured within the switchyard as well as for the fencing.

CPRI, Bangalore officers at 765kV Substation, PGCIL, Bharari, Bilaspur

Special Tests / First-time Tests Carried OutShort time current test was conducted on 11 kV, 7200A, Generator Adaptor Box for the first time at 80 kArms for 3.0 seconds, on 22nd August, 2014 for M/s C&S Electric Ltd., Greater NOIDA.

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Internal Arc test at 100 kArms for 0.1 second, was carried out successfully for the first time on vertical cable chamber of LT Control Panel of rating 6300 A, 415 V AC, 3 Phase 4W, 50 Hz on 14th August, 2014 for M/s Formoplast Con-trols (P) Ltd., Chennai.

Short circuit making test was conducted on 145 kV, 3150A, 40 kA SF6 Circuit Breaker for the first time on 20th August, 2014 for M/s ABB Ltd., Vadodara.

50 MVA, 66/27.5 kV, single phase transformer of M/s. ABB Ltd., Vadodara was tested for dy-namic ability to withstand short circuit test.

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100 MVA, 230/110 kV 3 phase Auto Trans-former of M/s. IMP Power Ltd., Silvassa was tested for Dynamic ability to withstand short circuit test .

70 MVA, 220/6.9 – 6.9 kV 3 phase transformer of M/s. BHEL, Jhansi was tested for dynamic ability to withstand short circuit test.

S t u d i e s / A n a l y s i s C o n d u c t e dRLA Studies & Other NDT works

Name of Client Nature of Work

M/s. M. S. P. G. C. L., Paras TPS, Paras Material Composition Testing and Hardness Measurement

M/s. M. S. P. G. C. L., Khaperkheda TPS Khaperkheda

Failure Analysis of Failed LTSH Tube

M/s. M. S. P. G. C. L., Chandrapur STPS Chandrapur

Failure Analysis of Water Wall Tube

M/s. M. S. P. G. C. L., Chandrapur STPS, Chandrapur

Metallurgical Analysis of Condenser Tubes

M/s. Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd., Raipur

RLA of Boiler

M/s. BALCO, Korba Metallurgical Analysis of Bank Tube M/s. G. S. E. C. L., Wanakbori TPS, Wanakbori

RLA Study of Turbine in Unit-5

M/s. Volvo India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru Thermography Survey

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M/s. NTPC Ltd., Vindhyachal Condition Assessment & Residual Life Analy-sis of Unit-5 Boiler

M/s. NTPC Ltd., Rihand RLA Study of 500 MW Boiler, Unit-2M/s. NTPC Ltd., Unchahar RLA Study of Boiler in Unit-2M/s. BALCO, Korba Tube Failure Analysis

RLA of 500 MW Boiler at NTPC, Rihand RLA of Steam Turbine at WTPS, Wanakbori

C PR I Se r v e s Fo r e i g n C l i e n t sTransformer Testing

Test was conducted on the transformers of M/s. T.S. Transformers Ltd., Bangladesh from 6th to 31st July, 2014. Mr. Syed Monzer Mahmud, Mr. M.D. Abu Bakkar Siddik, Mr. AKM Mohibul Alam, Mr.. M.D. Nirob Hossain, Mr. Mohammad Abul Kalam and Mr. M. D. Andwarul from visit-ed STDS for witnessing the test.

2MVA, 33/11 kV three phase transformer of M/s. LTL Transformer (P) Ltd., Colombo, Sri Lanka, was tested for dynamic ability to withstand short circuit test.

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Testing Towers for foreign Clients

Testing of 161 kV S/C Type “B0” Tower with +8M Leg Extension on 24th July 2014, referred by M/s. Unitech Power Transmission Ltd, Gurgaon, for their end user M/s. GRIDCO, Ghana

Testing of 161 kV S/C Type “C0” Tower with +8M Leg Extension on 26th July 2014, referred by M/s. Unitech Power Transmission Ltd, Gurgaon, for their end user M/s. GRIDCO, Ghana

Testing of 161 kV S/C Type “D0” Tower with +8M Leg Extension on 30th July 2014, referred by M/s. Unitech Power Transmission Ltd, Gurgaon,for their end user M/s. GRIDCO, Ghana

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Testing of 132 kV D/C Type “23SPS” Monopole with +3 m Extension on 6th & 7th August 2014, referred by M/s. HG Power Transmission Sdn Bhd, Malaysia, for their end user M/s. Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)

Malaysia

Testing of 132 kV D/C Type “DB” Tower with +9m Leg Extension on 12th & 13th August 2014, referred by M/s. Supreme and Co. Pvt Ltd, Kolkata, for their end user M/s. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)

Testing of 132 kV D/C Type “DD2” Tower on 2nd & 3rd September 2014, referred by M/s. Aster Private Ltd, Hyderabad, for their end user M/s. Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)

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Testing of 33 kV D/C Type “AC” tower with 6m Body extension on 15th September 2014, referred by M/s. Arvensis Energy Private Ltd, Hyderabad, for their end user M/s. Electricity Company of Ghana

Testing of 132 kV S/C Type “S” tower with 6m Body and +4x6m Leg extension on 8th & 9th September 2014, referred by M/s. Shyama Power India Ltd, Gurgaon, for their end user M/s. Kenya Electricity Transmission

Co. Ltd. Kenya

Testing of 33 kV D/C Type “DE” tower on 16th September 2014, referred by M/s. Arvensis Energy Private Ltd, Hyderabad, for their end user M/s. Electricity Company of Ghana

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Prototype Testing of 132 kV D/C “DB” type tower referred by M/s. Supreme & Co Pvt Ltd Kolkata, for their end customer M/s. Nepal Electricity Authority ( NEA), Kathmandu

Tr a i n i n g f o r Fo r e i g n C l i e n t sTraining for Kuwaiti Engineers

Diagnostics, Cables, & Capacitors Division of CPRI, Bangalore organized a training pro-gramme for Engineers of M/s. Al Aleilia Switchgear Pvt. Ltd., Kuwait, during 21st to 26th July, 2014 with a specific focus on Heat Run Tests at HRT lab, DCCD, CPRI, Bangalore.

Training of Engineers of M/s. Al Aleilia Switchgear Pvt. Ltd., Kuwait

V i s i t o f O v e r s e a s D e l e g a t i o nPreliminary meeting on the visit of IREQ Canada, to CPRIShri N. Murugesan, Director General, Dr. R. S. Shivakumara Aradhya, Director, Dr. Amit Jain, Joint Di-rector, Shri V. Shivakumar and Shri M. Pradish, Engineering Officers, CPRI, Bangalore, participated

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in a meeting with Mr. Alain Olivier, Consul of Quebec, Canada, held on 24th July, 2014 regarding the forthcoming visit of Engineers from IREQ, Canada, to CPRI, Bangalore, during September 2014.

Meeting with Consul of Quebec, Canada

Th i r d Pa r t y In s pe c t i o nShri Yugal Agrawal, Engg. Officer Gr.4 was deputed to M/s PTCG Power Systems, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 15th to 29th August, 2014 for the third-party STL Inspection of 20/30 MVA, 132/11 kV Mobile Transformer for TNB Mobile Substation Project, Malaysia.

Shri Yugal Agrawal, Engg. Officer Gr.4 was deputed to Indonesia from 10th to 30th September, 2014 for third-party STL Inspection of 90 MVA & 100 kVA Transformers at M/s PTCG Power Systems & PT Trafondo Prima Perkasa, Indonesia

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Pa pe r P r e s e n t a t i o nMr. Manohar Singh, Engg. Officer, Gr.3, Power Systems Division was deputed for presenting a technical paper titled ‘Minimisation of operating time gap between primary relays at near and far end in over current relay coordination’, in North American Power Symposium held in Washington State University, USA, from 7th to 9th September, 2014. The paper discussed a novel technique which helps to eliminate the chance of redistribution of fault current in an interconnected power network when fault is cleared from one end of the transmission line only.

A w a r d s & A p p r e c i a t i o n Outstanding Academic Leadership Award

Dr. B. S. K. Naidu, former Director General, CPRI & NPTI, was bestowed with the most prestigious honour, ‘Dr. P. N. Singh Memorial Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership’ in the august presence of illustrious guests of honour that included Prof. Sharu Rangnekar, Management Legend, Dr. N. M. Kondap, former Vice Chancellor, NMIMS, Dr. Vinod Tibrewala, Chancellor, J J T University, Dr. M. G. Shrihatti, Director General of Oriental Institute of Management among others.

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Higher Education Forum (HEF) organisers of the function chose Teachers’ Day-2014 at the Oriental Institute of Management, New Mumbai on 13th September 2014 to felicitate the outstanding Teachers and Academicians. CPRI family conveys its best wishes to Dr. Naidu on this occassion.

Outstanding Engineer Award

Dr. Amit Jain, Joint Director, CPRI, Bangalore, received ‘Outstanding Engineer’ Award from IEEE Power & Energy Society, Hyderabad Chapter, at Hyderabad, on 5th July 2014. CPRI wish-es him a bright career in CPRI.

Dr. Amit Jain, Joint Director, CPRI, Bangalore, receiving the Outstanding Engineer Award from Prof. Balasubramanian

CPRI Participates in ExhibitionsCPRI in CIGRE Conference and Exhibition

Dr. Pradeep Nirgude, Joint Director from CPRI, Hyderabad and Shri R. Shyam, Engg. Offi-cer Gr.2, CPRI, Bangalore were deputed to participate in CIGRE-2014. They made special presentations to visitors, especially Russian delegations and experts from various Technical Committees, apart from participating in Technical discussions of UCA-IUG (IEC 61850 User

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Group). Several visitors showed keen interest to utilise the services of CPRI and to participate in the conferences being organized by CPRI in the forthcoming months.

CPRI stall in CIGRE-2014

Indian Technology Congress & Exhibition (ITC-2014)

Indian Technology Congress & Exhibition was organised by Indian Technology Congress 2014 Secretariat at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore, on 21st & 22nd August 2014. ITC-2014 was a leading forum for the convergence of thought leaders in engineering and technology, eminent Scientists and business Professionals engaged in developing and harnessing technol-ogy intensive solutions for societal challenges. ITC- 2014 with the theme ‘Advanced Technol-ogy as Change Agent to Make India an Economic Superpower’ followed the highly successful ITC-2013 with the theme ‘Towards Making India a Hub of Knowledge and Innovation’.

The participation included Industry, Academic Institutions, Organisations like ISRO, DRDO, Institution of Engineers, Indian Institution of Production Engineers (IIPE), Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), with the initiative from Govt. of India.

CPRI Sponsored and participated in the event by displaying its state-of-art Research facili-ties, Testing & Certification, Consultancy / Field Testing and Training Programmes. The stall attracted large number of Researchers, Academicians and Senior Officers from Utilities / In-dustry who were impressed with the services offered by the Institute.

CPRI stall at the Indian Technology Congress-2014

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A w a r e n e s s C a m p a i g n / W o r k s h o p / S pe c i a l P r o g r a m m eWorkshop on ‘Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers using Transformer Oil Analysis’Liquid Dielectrics Laboratory, CPRI, NOIDA organized a one day workshop on ‘Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers using Transformer Oil Analysis’ on 27th September 2014. The workshop was inaugurated by Shri A. K. Haldar, Director (Operations), Delhi Trans-co Ltd., New Delhi. The participants were from M/s. New Delhi Municipal Council, New Delhi, M/s. Uflex Ltd., NOIDA, M/s. PME Power Solutions (India) Ltd., Greater NOIDA, M/s. CBS Tech Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, M/s. UPRVUNL, Lucknow, M/s. Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd., Delhi, M/s. Tata Chemicals Ltd., NOIDA, M/s. BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd., New Delhi, M/s. Bajaj Energy Pvt. Ltd., NOIDA, M/s. Jupiter Electronics, Mumbai etc. The faculty mem-bers delivered lectures on various aspects on transformer oil, its properties, suitability for its use, various test parameters and limits as per national standard, test importance and inter-pretations of test results, condition monitoring of transformer oil by Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) and various diagnostic tests, suitability of other dielectric liquids such as synthetic es-ters in transformers, maintenance and discussion on practical problems being faced by main-tenance engineers. This was followed by a laboratory visit.

The workshop was concluded with expert panel discussion headed by Shri C. P. Jairam, Additional Director / Unit Head and Shri Ramjeet Singh, Joint Director, CPRI, Bhopal. The panel addressed the queries of the delegates covering the workshop topics.

Certificates were issued to all the participants by Shri C. P. Jairam, Additional Director/Unit Head. Vote of thanks was delivered by the the workshop coordinator, Shri P. Sadasiva Murthy.

Participants of the Workshop with dignitaries

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Workshop on ‘Testing and Evaluation of FRLS Cables & Insulation Mat’

Cables Laboratory, RTL, NOIDA of CPRI organized a one day workshop on ‘Testing and Eval-uation of FRLS Cables & Insulation Mat’ on the 19th September 2014. Chief guest of the work-shop was Shri. A.V. Rao, Asst.General Manager, M/s. BHEL. Shri. Sadashiva Murthy, Engi-neering Officer (Gr. 4), welcomed the gathering. 38 Delegates from MPKVVCL, DMRC Ltd. and various Cable Industries participated in the workshop. Smt. S. Ganga, Joint Director, Insula-tion Lab, CPRI Bangalore, Shri B. Nageshwar Rao, Joint Director, DCCD, CPRI, Bangalore, Shri Sadasiva Murthy, Engineering Officer (Gr. 4), Shri Vipul Sharma, Engineering Officer (Gr. 2), delivered lectures on Tests on Insulation Mat, Tests for assessing fire performance of FRLS Cables, Carbon Black Content & Halogen Acid Test for Power Cables, Presentation on Oxygen Index, Smoke Density and Temperature Index test on FRLS Cables.

The workshop was followed by the Valedictory Function chaired by Dr. R. S. Shivakumara Aradhya, Director, CPRI, Bangalore. Shri Satish Rao, Director, ETDC, Bangalore was the guest of honour in the valedictory function.

Workshop on ‘Recent Developments in Power Transmission & Protection’Power Systems Wing of CPRI organised a two day workshop on ‘Recent Developments in Power Transmission & Protection’ from 18th to 19th September, 2014 at CPRI. Delegates from M/s. HVPNL, NITS, NIE, Mysore participated in the workshop. Various topics such as Application of FACTS device for bulk power transfer, Numerical relays and relaying algo-rithms, Role of HVDC technologies for bulk power transfer, Controlled protection of Power Transformer were covered by experts from IIT Roorkee and CPRI during the lectures.

O u r E v e n t sSafety Awareness Programme

Safety Awareness Programme was organized on 28th July, 2014. Assistant Commandant from CISF, BHEL, Bhopal, briefed on the awareness of safety precautions to be taken in case of fire through presentation and demonstration of fire fighting equipment.

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Independence Day Celebrated

Shri N. Murugesan, Director General, CPRI hoisted the Nation-al flag on the Independence Day, at CPRI, Bangalore, on 15th August 2014. Senior officers and other staff members were present on the occasion.

Hindi Month Celebration

Hindi Month was organized in the institute from 1st September 2014, and during this period, ten competitions were conducted separately for employees with proficiency and working knowledge of Hindi. The competitions organized were: Extempore Speech, Essay Writing, Crossword Puzzle, Hindi Recitation, Memory Test, Hindi Songs, Conversation, Quiz, Anthakshari and Technical Articles.

Hindi Divas

Hindi Divas was celebrated on Friday, the 26th September 2014. Shri N. Murugesan, Director General, CPRI chaired the function. Dr. Deepal H. Shah, Medical Director, SATTVAM Speciality Homeopathy Centre was the Chief Guest of the occasion. Prizes for various competitions, incentives were distributed on the occasion. Prizes for the technical articles competition, sponsored by CPRI under TOLIC for the year 2013-14 were also distributed.

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W e Tr a i nTraining Programme for BESCOM

Training Division, CPRI, Bangalore organized a Training Programme on ‘Enhancement of Operation & Maintenance Skills’ for BESCOM Engineers from 7th to 9th August, 2014 in ac-cordance with the MoU between CPRI and BESCOM.

Inauguration of Training Programme on ‘Enhancement of Operation & Maintenance Skills’ for BESCOM Engineers

Tutorial on ‘Condition Assessment & Failure Analysis’

A Tutorial programme on ‘Condition Assessment & Failure Analysis of Power Plant & Process In-dustries Components’ was organised by Thermal Research Centre, Nagpur on 8th August, 2014.

Tutorial on ‘Testing and Evaluation of DLMS Energy Meters’

The Utility Automation Research Centre (UARC) organized a one day Tutorial on ‘Testing and Evaluation of DLMS Energy Meters’ on 3rd September 2014 at CORI, Bangalore. 31 delegates participated in the program from Power Utilities, Energy Meter Manufacturers, BIS and mem-bers of IEEMA.

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Participants of Tutorial on ‘Testing and Evaluation of DLMS Energy Meters’ on 3rd September 2014 at CPRI, Bangalore

Tutorial Programme on ‘Preventive Maintenance of Transformers by Transformer Oil Anal-ysis & DGA’

Regional Testing Laboratory, Guwahati organized One day Tutorial Programme on -‘Preventive Maintenance of Transformers by Transformer Oil Analysis & DGA’ on 5th September 2014. Tutorial was inaugurated by Shri K. K. Chakraborty, CGM, APDCL and presided by Dr. S. Seetharamu, Director, CPRI. 29 participants from various organizations of North Eastern Region viz., IOCL, OTPC, Oil India, AEGCL, APDCL, APGCL, Meghalaya Power Ltd., NEEPCO, Cement Manufacturing, etc., attended the tutorial. Faculty members delivered lec-tures on various aspects of transformer oil testing, Transformer Diagnostic tests and Mainte-nance of Transformers. Various tests of in-service transformer oil were demonstrated to the participants at the laboratory. Participation certificates were distributed during the Valedic-tory function.

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Training Programme on Power Systems

Power Systems wing arranged a five day training programme titled ‘Power System Protection and Digital relays’ at BBMB Chandigarh from 17th to 19th September 2014, for engineers from BBMB. The programme was inaugurated by Shri Ashok Thapar, Member (Power). Various topics covered were - Advancement in generator, transformer and line protection, Numerical relays and relaying algorithms, IEC interfacing protocol for relays and PMU application for power system operation and control, Soft switching application for safe operation of power equipment. The lectures were delivered by expert faculty from IIT, ABB and CPRI. The feed-back obtained was excellent and encouraging.

The programme was coordinated by Shri Manohar Singh, E.O. Gr.-3 of P.S. Wing.

Tutorial on ‘Transformer Oil, Lubricating Oil & Polymeric Composite Materials’

Dielectric Materials Division conducted the Tutorial Programme covering the following top-ics, during 22nd to 27th September, 2014 at CCAR Lecture Hall, CPRI, Bangalore.

1. Testing of New Transformer oil as per IS 335 and IEC 60296

2. Testing of in-service transformer oil as per IS 1866 and IEC 60422

3. Diagnostics of Transformer through Dissolved gas analysis and Furan analysis

4. Testing of Lubricating oils

5. Testing of Polymeric composite materials and

6. Reclamation and Reconditioning of used Transformer oil and lubricating oil

The above programmes were conducted under comprehensive tutorial programme on Trans-former oil, Lubricating oil and Polymeric composite materials as independent modules.

Delegates from various utilities including POWERGRID, HVPNL, OPTCL, TSTRANSCO, IN-DIAN OIL, NLC, MAPS, DCW, KPCL etc., participated.

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Lectures on various topics covering Manufacturing of insulating liquid, testing of new & in-service transformer oil, lubricating oil and polymeric composite materials, diagnos-tic studies of transformers through DGA & Furan analysis, Sampling techniques etc. were delivered by the in-house faculty , viz., Shri V. V. Pattanashetti, Shri V. N. Nagaraja Rao, Shri G. R. Viswanath, Shri H. C. Keshavamurthy, Ms. Ann Pamla Cruze, Shri G. Kishore Kumar and Dr. Gnanasekaran. There was good interaction between the participants and the faculty during case studies presentation.

Laboratory visit was also organized to the delegates and the various tests on transformer oil, lubricating oil and Polymeric materials were demonstrated during the laboratory visit.

Participants of Comprehensive tutorial programme on Transformer oil, Lubricating oil and Polymeric composite materials, with CPRI officers

Residential Training for WBSEDCL Engineers

The Residential Induction level Training Programme for Assistant Engineers of West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, (WBSEDCL) Kolkata was organized during August 25th to September 17th, 2014 in which 60 Engineers have attended.

Group photo of the participants of the training program for M/s: WBSEDCL Aug. 25th to Sept. 17th, 2014

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Short Term Course on “EHV Power Transformer Technology”

A Short Term Course on ‘EHV Power Transformer Technology’ was conducted from 15th to 19th September 2014. 31 Engineers from power utilities from across the country attend-ed the programme. As many as 33 officers were deputed outside for attending training/ seminars/workshops during the period. The deputed officials for this programme included Additional Directors, Joint Directors, Engineering & Scientific officers and other officials, apart from Medical Professionals.

Participants of ‘EHV Power Transformer Technology’

F o r t h c o m i n g P r o g r a m m e sForthcoming Technical Events

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1. Short Term Course on Smart Grid – Technology and Applications

Dr. Amit Jain, JD [email protected] Mob: +91-9848821967 Smart Power & Energy System, P.S. Division

January 05-09, 2015

2. Recent Innovation in Polymers and their Trend in Power Industry

S. Ganga, JD, [email protected] 9449020286Dr. Moumita Naskar, E.O. Gr.2, [email protected] 9035011487

January 6-7, 2015

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3. Four days Short term course on ‘Smart Grid and Renewable Energy’

P. Kaliappan, EO-4, PSD Mob : 9449149924 [email protected]. Amit Jain, JD [email protected] Mob: 9848821967 Smart Power & Energy System, P S Div.

January 6-9, 2015

4. ‘Workshop on Latest advancement in Testing and Performance Evaluation of Transmission line Components and Accessories’

Praful R. Dongre Mob: 8792583430 [email protected]. Varadaraju Mob: 9008866188 [email protected]

January 09, 2015

5. One Day Workshop on DC System for Substations and Generating Stations

A. R. Ravikumar, JD, PSDMob: [email protected] A. Lurdhunadhan Mob: [email protected]

January 12, 2015

6. Short Term Course on Transformer Technology (Distribution)

Dr. P. V. Reddy, JD, Training [email protected] Mob: 9632392420B. K. VenkateshG. Venkataraman

January 19-23, 2015

7. Tutorial Programme on Design veri-fication and testing requirements of insulators and string insulators

J. Santhosh, JD, HPC [email protected] Mob: 9448968368 T. Gurudev R. Manohara Maroti Rajaramamohanarao Chennu M. Chandrasekhar

January 19-20, 2015

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8. National Workshop on ‘Energy Effi-ciency in Water Pumps and Pumping System’

S. Jothi basu, E.O. 4ERED [email protected] Mob:9448461973

January 22–23, 2015

9. Real Time Power system control using Synchrophasers

K.S. Meera, JDPSD [email protected] Mob:9972854950

January 22-23, 2015

10. Tutorial program on testing of instru-ment transformers

K.A. Aravind, E.O.Gr.4 [email protected] Mob:9440354295Subhash B. Ghole E.O.Gr.2UHVRL, Hyderabad

January 23, 2015

11. One Day Workshop on Testing and Evaluation of DLMS compliant Ener-gy Meters

V. Suresh, EO-3, UARC [email protected] Mob:9449060227

January 28, 2015

12. International Conference on Trans-mission & Distribution System Insula-tion

Dr. N. Vasudev, JDHV Dvn. [email protected] Mob. 9845379043 Dr. R.S.S. Aradhya, Director

January 29-30, 2015

13. ‘HRC Fuses and its significance in protection of power systems’

Anupam Awasthi, JDSTDS BhopalMob:09425300033 [email protected] Munshi Mob:0942502149 [email protected]

January 31, 2015

14. Residential Induction training for AEs of M/s WBSEDCL, Kolkata

Dr. P. V. Reddy, JD, Training [email protected] Mob: 9632392420

February 02-24, 2015

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15. Project Management S. Anand - EO-3R. Shyam - EO-2 Manohar Nagula - EO-2Kamala Shankari - EO-2I & P Division [email protected] Mob: 9663960186

February 4, 2015

16. Workshop on Economic planning of Generation, Transmission and Sub – Transmission

Shyam Sundar, EO-4 [email protected] Mob:9449057569

February 5 - 6, 2015

17. Heat Rate Improvements in Power Plant Components

T. M. Rao, JD [email protected] Mob:9423103379 S P Kalambe, EO-2, TRC - Nagpur

February 6, 2015

18. Capacitors for Reactive Power Com-pensation

T. Bhavani Shankar [email protected] Mob: 09448141980

February 9-10, 2015

19. Two day workshop on ‘Phasor Mea-surement Units (PMUs) and its Appli-cations’

Dr. Amit Jain, JD [email protected] Mob: 9848821967 Smart Power & Energy SystemP S Division P. Kaliappan, EO-4, PSD Mob : 9449149924 [email protected]


20. National Conference on ‘WATER CHALLENGE – in power generation’

N. Raj kumar, EO, ERED [email protected] Mob:9886497677


21. International Conference on Smart Communications for Smart Grid

V. Shivakumar, E.O.Gr.4, [email protected], Mob: 9945430826


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22. One Day Workshop on Application of Synchrophasor Technology

Dr. Amit Jain, JD [email protected] Mob: 9848821967 Smart Power & Energy SystemPS Division

February16, 2015

23. Workshop on Up-rating/Up-gradation of Overhead Transmission lines

M. SelvarajE.O.Gr-4, MED Mob.: 09449851236 [email protected]


24. International Conference on Power Cables- CABLETECH 2015

B. Nageshwar Rao, JD,DCCD Mob: 09448352198 [email protected]


25. Tutorial on Vibration and Shock Test-ing

Paneer Selvam, E.O. [email protected] Mob:9740359633

February 26, 2015

26. Workshop on Grounding Practices C. Prabhakar, E.O. [email protected] Mob:98451521544 R. A. Despande, JD & HOD [email protected] 09449056349


27. Tutorial on Seismic Design and Test-ing

Dr. R. Ramesh Babu, AD, EVRC Mob: 98861 86595, [email protected]

February 27, 2015

28. National Conference on ‘Power Sys-tem Protection and Protection Audit’

Amruthakala, JD, PSD Mob: 09886049424 [email protected] A.R.Ravikumar, JD, PSD Mob:[email protected] K.Kaliappan, EO-4, PSD Mob: 9449149924 [email protected]

February 27 -28, 2014

29. Residential Induction training for AEs of M/s WBSEDCL, Kolkata

Dr.P.V.Reddy, JD, Training [email protected] Mob: 9632392420

March 02-24, 2015

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30. Two Days Workshop on Smart Trans-mission Grid

Dr. Amit Jain, JD [email protected] Mob: +91-9848821967 Smart Power & Energy System, P S Div.

March 09-10, 2015

31. One day workshop on Dynamic test-ing of Protective relays on Real Time Digital simulator

Amruthakala, JD, PSD Mob: 09886049424 [email protected] A.R.Ravikumar, JD, PSD Mob:09480490073 [email protected]

March 12, 2015

32. Tutorial Programme On Advanced Distribution Automation System and Common Information Model (CIM) In Control Center Application

Ramesh Patil, E.O.Gr.2, [email protected] Mob: 9916092485

March 12-13, 2015

33. Workshop on Metering Technology S. Sudha, E.O.Gr.3, ID Mobile: 9611843364 [email protected]

March 12-13, 2015

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