Practices in Power System Management in India

by Jayabal Raja

1.0 Overview of Power Sector Scenario in India
1.1 Historical background & Stages of Growth
1.2 The Growth Story of Indian Power Sector
1.2.1 The Growth in Power Infrastructure
1.2.2 The Growth in Rural Electrification
1.2.3 Growth in Electricity Consumption
1.2.4 The growth in generating capacity addition
1.3 Distribution Business is a Service Industry
1.4 Present Status at National Level
1.5 Development in last decade in respect of Distribution Utilities in India
1.6 Distribution Reforms in India
1.6.1 Private Participation in Distribution
1.6.2 Distribution privatization in Delhi
1.6.3 Distribution Franchisee
1.7 Statutory Bodies in Power Industries
1.7.1 Central Electricity Authority (CEA)
1.7.2 Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
1.7.3 Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)
1.7.4 State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC)
1.7.5 Central Transmission Utility
1.7.6 State Transmission Utility
1.7.7 National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC)
1.7.8 Regional Load Dispatch Centers (RLDC)
1.7.9 State Load Dispatch Centers (SLDC)
1.7.10 Grievances Redressal Forum and Ombudsman

2.0 Distribution Planning and Optimization
2.1 System Planning Studies
2.1.1 Power Requirement Study
2.1.2 Long Range System Planning
2.1.3 Short range system planning
2.1.4 Coordination Study
2.1.5 Economic Conductor Analysis (T&D loss reduction)
2.1.6 Power factor correction (Capacitor installation)
2.2 CEA guidelines on Distribution network Planning
2.3 Operation Overview
2.3.1 Operation Management
2.4 System Disturbances or Outage
2.4.1 Disturbance categorizations
2.5 Power Quality
2.6 Maintenance Planning & Implementation
2.6.1 Evolving World Class Maintenance
2.6.2 Main Causes of Electrical Failure
2.6.3 Preventive Maintenance
2.6.4 Predictive Maintenance
2.6.5 Condition Based Maintenance
2.6.6 Reliability - Cantered Maintenance (RCM)
2.6.7 Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
2.6.8 Pre-Monsoon Maintenance
2.7 History Cards
2.8 New Technology Maintenance
2.8.1 Ultrasonic Noise Analysis
2.8.2 Partial Discharge Detection
2.8.3 Transformer Dissolved Gas Analysis
2.8.4 Infrared Thermography
2.8.5 Hot-Line Maintenance
2.9 Integrated Approach
2.9.1 A Case Study & International Practice for Maintenance of Equipment's
2.9.2 Understanding AS-IS Scenario of Distribution Network Assets
2.9.3 Formulation of the CAPEX Plan
2.9.4 Typical Causes of Poor Reliability
2.9.5 Basic Ways to Improve Reliability
2.10 Reliability Data
2.10.1 Utility Trend in Reliability
2.10.2 Reliability Roadmap

3.0 Best practices in Operation Maintenance Distribution Lines
3.1 Description of Distribution Network
3.2 Poles & Tower Structures
3.2.1 Selection Criteria of PCC Poles as per REC
3.3 Line Span
3.3.1 Permissible Line Span as per REC Standards
3.4 Over-Head Distribution Lines
3.4.1 Preventive Maintenance of Overhead Lines
3.5 Cables
3.6 Insulators

4.0 Best Practices in Operation and Maintenance of Distribution Substation Equipment's and Auxiliaries
4.1 Description of Distribution Substation
4.2 Typical Layout of a 33/11 kV Substation
4.3 Surge/Lightening Arrestors
4.3.1 Predictive maintenance of Lightening Arresters
4.4 Instrumentation Transformer (CT & PT)
4.4.1 Current Transformer Type
4.4.2 Causes and Nature Failure
4.4.3 Primitive maintenance of Instrumentation Transformers
4.4.4 Preventive maintenance of Instrumentation Transforms
4.4.5 CT Testing
4.4.6 PT Testing
4.5 Circuit Breaker
4.5.1 Description
4.5.2 Causes & Nature of Failure
4.5.3 Primitive Maintenance of CB
4.5.4 Preventive Maintenance of CB
4.5.5 Predictive Maintenance of CB
4.6 Insulators and Earth switching
4.6.1 Description
4.6.2 Various types of Insulators4.6.3 Causes and Nature of Failur

218 pages, Paperback

Published April 28, 2018