Organisation: Chapter - I

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 CHAPTER - I
ORGANISATION
INTRODUCTION
The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) was established by the Government of India in 1960 with Head Quarters in Bangalore . The Institute was re-organised into an autonomous Society in the year 1978 under the aegis of the Ministry of Power, Government of India. The main objective of setting up the Institute was to serve as a National Laboratory for undertaking applied research in electrical power engineering besides functioning as an independent National Testing and Certification Authority for electrical equipment and components to ensure reliability and to innovate and develop new products.
OBJECTIVES OF CPRI
Function as a National Power Research Organisation for undertaking and/or sponsoring R& D projects in the fields of generation, transmission, distribution and operation of electricity supply systems. Provide necessary centralised research and testing facilities for evaluation of materials and performance of power equipment. Serve as a National Testing and Certification Authority for the purpose of certification of rating and performance to ensure availability of quality equipment for use under conditions prevalent in Indian Power Systems. Co-ordinate R&D activities in the various State Electricity Boards and maintain liason with other Institutions engaged in research connected with power systems and/or power equipment. Act as an apex body for initiating and co-ordinating the Research & Development in the field of electric power. Evolve criteria for standards of various equipment for operation under Indian conditions and effectively participate in formulation of national standards. Identify problems in the areas of basic and applied research and arrange such studies in-house and in academic Institutions. Collect information and maintain documentation in the field of power engineering and publish paper, periodical or report in furtherance of the objectives of the Institute. Establish, maintain and manage laboratories, workshops and other facilities for furthering scientific and technological research and conduct experiments for exploiting the invention or discoveries to the cause of power development in the country. Enter into agreement with any enterprise or institution or person or persons and provide funds to them to carry out research and development programme of the Institute. Involve in Diagnostic, Renovation & Modernisation, Life evaluation and life extension studies of Thermal and Hydroelectric Power Plants. Become an international recognised/accredidated laboratory to cater to electrical equipment manufacturers of Asia, Europe, Middle East etc.
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CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 MANAGEMENT

The management of the Institute vests in its Governing Council comprising of members representing different Ministries of the Government of India, Central Electricity Authority, State Electricity Boards, Power Supply utilities, Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturer's Association, Academic and R&D Organizations of national importance in Electrical Power Engineering. The Secretary, Ministry of Power and Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority are the President and Vice-President of the Governing Council respectively. Director General of the Institute is the Member-Secretary of the Governing Council. Composition of the Governing Council is given in Appendix - I . A Standing Committee under the Chairmanship of Member (Power Systems), Central Electricity Authority, with the Joint Secretary (Administration) and Joint Secretary (Financial Advisor), from the Ministry of Power as members and the Director General as Member Convener makes recommendations to the Governing Council from time to time on administrative and financial matters. The composition of this Committee is at Appendix - II. Committee on Research and Committee on Testing & Certification are the two Committees constituted by the Governing council to oversee & guide the respective activities of the Institute. The Member (Planning) & the Member (Power Systems) of the CEA are the Chairmen of these two Committees respectively. The composition of these Committees is given in Appendix - III & IV. The Governing Council meets periodically to deliberate on policy matters. The meetings of other committees are held as and when required.
ORGANISATION
As a premier research organization in the field of power engineering, the Institute has several research laboratories and testing installations engaged in different specialised fields. The Head Office and its largest unit - Central Research & Testing Laboratory (CRTL) are at Bangalore. The other units are Switchgear Testing & Development Station at Bhopal, Regional Testing Laboratory at Muradnagar, UHV Research Laboratory at Hyderabad, Thermal Research Centre at Nagpur and Energy Research Centre at Thiruvananthapuram. Details of organizational set-up of the Institute are indicated in the Organization Chart. The units comprise of various laboratories to cater to different fields of specialised activities.
The Central Research & Testing Laboratory, Bangalore

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Information Technology & Implementation Division Electrical Appliances Technology Division Earthquake Vibration Research Centre High Voltage Division Diagnostic, Cables, Capacitors Division Dielectric Materials Division Instrumentation Division Materials Technology Division 2
ORGANIZATION CHART AS ON 31ST MARCH 2006

GOVERNING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT : R.V. SHAHI
COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH 21 MEMBERS
STANDING COMMITTEE 4 MEMBERS
COMMITTEE ON TESTING & CERTIFICATION 17 MEMBERS
DIRECTOR GENERAL A.K.TRIPATHY

R.K.HEGDE ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR P.K.KOGNOLKAR ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
Dr. SUJATHA SUBHASH ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR POWER SYSTEMS DIVISION
N.S. MOHAN RAO ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR Marketing & Publicity
P. MUNIYAPPA ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR TRC, KORADI
GAUTHAM SENGUPTA ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR STDS, BHOPAL
B.H. NARAYANA ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
V.N.NANDAKUMAR ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR
K.N.SRINIVASAN ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR.
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JOINT DIRECTOR POWER SYSTEMS DIVISION Dr. SHIVAKUMARA ARADHYA JOINT DIRECTOR MECHANICAL ENGG. DIVISION P. KRISHNAMURTHY ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR PLANNING DIVISION S. SRIDHAR JOINT DIRECTOR ONLINE TESTING STATION M.L. UNHALE
JOINT DIRECTOR ENERGY CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION CENTRAL WORKSHOP M. SIDDARTHA BHAT
JOINT DIRECTOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION K. MANOHARA
JOINT DIRECTOR HIGH POWER LAB. A.P. KULKARNI
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR Dr. I.P.S. PAUL
JOINT DIRECTOR UHV RESEARCH LAB. B.GUNASEKARAN
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR INSTRUMENTATION K.B.MANJUNATH
REGIONAL TESTING LABORATORY MURADNAGAR
JOINT DIRECTOR ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Dr. K. R.C. NAIR
JOINT DIRECTOR B.R. RAVISHANKAR SHORT CIRCUIT LAB JOINT DIRECTOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & IMPLEMENTATION DIVISION V. ARUNACHALAM
CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION LIBRARY INFORMATION CENTRE TRAINING
ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR Dr. S. SEETHARAMU
JOINT DIRECTOR ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE M KRISHNAN
JOINT DIRECTOR DIAGNOSTIC CABLES & CAPACITORS DIVISION A. SUDHINDRA
JOINT DIRECTOR R&D CELL M.M. BABUNARAYANAN
MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY DIVISION / PURCHASE & STORES
JOINT DIRECTOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DIVISION M.N. GUNDURAO
JOINT DIRECTOR HIGH VOLTAGE DIVISION P.V.V. NAMBUDIRI
JOINT DIRECTOR DIELECTRIC MATERIALS DIVISION Dr. K. DWARAKANATH
JOINT DIRECTOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & VIBRATION RESEARCH CENTRE Dr. RAMESH BABU
CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER I.VENKATESWARA RAO
CHIEF VIGELANCE OFFICER GAUTHAM SENGUPTA
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER S.SRIDHAR
ASSISTANT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER SUHAS BAGALKOTKAR
LIASON OFFICER SC/ST & OBC P. NAGESWARA RAO
S. VIJAYAKUMARI WOMEN WELFARE OFFICER

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Mechanical Engineering Division Power Systems Division High Power Laboratory (2500 MVA with Synthetic Testing Facility) Short Circuit Laboratory Energy Conservation & Development Division
Switchgear Testing & Development Station, Bhopal

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Direct Short Circuit Testing Laboratory (1500 MVA ) On-line Testing Station (100 MVA ) High Voltage Laboratory Temperature Rise Testing Laboratory Ingress Protection Testing Laboratory Supplementary Test Laboratory
Regional Testing Laboratory, Muradnagar

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Cables and Capacitors Laboratory High Voltage Laboratory Insulation Laboratory Liquid Dielectrics Laboratory
Thermal Research Centre, Nagpur

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Coal analysis Laboratory Metallurgy Laboratory Water Chemistry Laboratory Non-destructive testing Laboratory Condition monitoring Laboratory Environmental Monitoring Laboratory Mobile environmental monitoring station
UHV Research Laboratory, Hyderabad

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Pollution Laboratory Impulse Laboratory Power Frequency Laboratory Vibration Laboratory
Energy Research Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

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Solar Photovoltaic Laboratory Thermal Laboratory Wind Power Laboratory Testing & Evaluation Laboratory 4
UNITS & THEIR ACTIVITIES

CENTRAL RESEARCH & TESTING LABORATORY (CRTL), BANGALORE
Information Technology & Implementation Division The important activities of this division are providing computer services, networking, internet srvices, training on softwares, Automation of testing activities and maintaining CPRI website. Electrical Appliances Technology Division The important activities of this division are performance testing and certification on low voltage equipment. The laboratories operating under this division are:
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Domestic Electrical Appliances Laboratory Ingress Protection Laboratory Battery Testing Laboratory Illumination Laboratory Fan Testing Laboratory Flame - Proof Testing Laboratory Rotating Machine Testing Laboratory Refregerator testing laboratory Flameproof test being conducted on electric motor
Earthquake Vibration Research Centre The Earthquake Vibration Research Centre is equipped with necessary facilities for providing testing, research and consultancy services in the area of seismic and vibration qualification of instruments / equipment for nuclear power plants and other generating stations as per National & International Standards. In addition, this centre offers consultancy in checking the design adequacy of structures/bridge s models for seismic qualification. High Voltage Division This division has facilities for testing and certification of High Voltage electrical equipment & for performance, evaluation and investigation of R&D problems in the area of HV & EHV transmission of electric power. The following laboratories operate under this division:
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High Voltage Laboratory Mobile Field Testing Laboratory Pollution Laboratory
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Diagnostic, Cables, Capacitors Division This division has facilities for carrying out R&D work and also for testing and evaluation of all types of capacitors, cables, cable accessories, motor and transformer insulation, partial discharge measurement of HV equipment as per the relevant National and International standards. Expertise is also available for diagnostic, RLA and LE (life extension) studies on electrical equipment and for detailed investigations of specific research and developmental problems in these areas. The division has the following laboratories:
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Cables and Capacitors Laboratory Diagnostics Laboratory
Dielectric Materials Division
View of New Capacitor Lab
This division has comprehensive testing and evaluation facilities on insulating materials and systems. Insulating materials are evaluated and tested for electrical mechanical, physical, electro chemical and thermal properties. This division undertakes consultancy work and sponsored projects for different power utilities & industries. This division is also involved in R&D of polymeric insulators for electric equipment. Polymer laboratory has well experienced technical personnel to advise polymer industries in setting up plants, process improvement, etc. This division has transfered technology of transformer oil reclamation to Electricity Boards and Manufacturers, enterprenuers. The Liquid Dielectric lab has developed new technologies for Dissolved Gas Analysis. This division has the following laboratories:
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Liquid Dielectrics Laboratory Polymer Laboratory Insulation Laboratory Lubricating Oil laboratory
Instrumentation Division This division has facilities for research and development of electronic instrumentation for power systems. This division has the following laboratories:
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Power Electronics Laboratory Laser and Fibre Optics Laboratory Micro Processor based Instrumentation Laboratory Calibration Laboratory Energy Meter Testing Laboratory Relay Testing Laboratory Uninterrupted Power Supply Laboratory
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Materials Technology Division This division has different laboratories for testing and development of organic and inorganic materials, evaluation of coal, water, etc. The Division undertakes Remaining Life Assesment and Renovation and Modernisations of Thermal Power Plants. The laboratories operating under this division are:
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Materials Characterization and Engineering Corrosion Laboratory. Analytical Facilities. Power Station Technology and Field Engineering Application Wear & Erosion and Mechanical Test Facilities. Fuel Analysis and Combustion Research Laboratory such as Coal, sawdust etc. Industrial Solid Waste Utilization.
Mechanical Engineering Division This division is engaged in the study of Mechanical Engineering problems in the transmission systems so as to achieve economy & reliability and also to offer solutions to the problems experienced by the Electrical Utilities. Design and Consultancy services for evolving optimised tower design are also undertaken by the Design Cell. In addition, this division has got the following laboratories to conduct R&D work and also to provide testing facilities to the manufacturers of transmission towers, line components & accessories, vibration dampers, spacer/spacer dampers, energy meters, etc. The laboratories operating under this division are:
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Prototype Tower Testing Station Model Tower Testing Laboratory Structural Materials Testing Laboratory Tower Foundation Testing Centre Vibration Laboratory Wake Simulation Laboratory
Power Systems Division
800 KV V String under testing at Vibration Lab
This Division is involved in the study of various problems encountered by manufacturers and utilities in the design, installation and operation of electric power systems, using both the mathematical and physical models. The division has the following facilities:
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Power System Simulation centre with High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) simulator and Transient Network Analyser (TNA) Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS)
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High Power Laboratory This laboratory provides facilities for development, testing and certification of EHV circuit breakers, power transformers, current transformers, isolators, line (wave) traps, reactors, insulator strings etc., for performance evaluation under short circuit and other switching conditions. Facilities available under this laboratory are
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Synthetic Testing Facility for Extra High Voltage Circuit Breakers rated upto 400 kV, 63 kA
Short Circuit Laboratory This laboratory has facilities to undertake testing, certification and development of LT switchgear, fuse gear and power system apparatus. Applied research is also undertaken to lend a helping hand in development of indigenous products. ENERGY CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Energy Conservation & Development Division undertakes study & investigate problems pertaining to Energy Audit, Energy Conservation & Field Engineering Services of Power plants. This division is also providing interdisciplinary field study packages to thermal power stations and process industries on remaining life estimation, renovation, modernisation, upgradation and life extension of components, sub-systems and plants. SWITCHGEAR TESTING & DEVELOPMENT STATION, BHOPAL The Switchgear Testing & Development Station, Bhopal was set up in 1960. The laboratory provides facilities for testing and certification of EHV circuit breakers, power transformers, isolators, line (wave) traps, reactors, insulator strings etc., for performance evaluation under short circuit and other abnormal conditions. 100 MVA On-line Testing Station is a special facility in the station which enables testing & certification of LT and HV switchgear, in addition to the 1500 MVA Short Circuit Alternator.
A View of 132 kV Switchyard at the 100MVA On Line Testing Station
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REGIONAL TESTING LABORATORY, MURADNAGAR The Regional Testing Laboratory is located in the NTPCs Central Satellite Earth Station Campus, Muradnagar. The laboratory undertakes testing & certification of solid insulating materials, insulating oils, LT & HT power cables & accessories, LT capacitors and insulators, small and medium transformers used in power equipment.
THERMAL RESEARCH CENTRE, NAGPUR This centre situated near Koradi Thermal Power Station, Koradi is mainly intended for taking up R&D work pertaining to Thermal Power Stations. The centre is also equipped to take up consultancy work in the area of environmental impact assessment, investigations on fuel treatment, ignition studies, coal characteristics, pilot scale studies for coal gassification, slurry fuels, life estimation of thermal power plant components, R&M of Thermal Power Plants etc. Thermal Research Centre mainly undertakes RLA &RM of Thermal Power Stations and has given consultancy to more than twenty thermal power stations. UHV RESEARCH LABORATORY, HYDERABAD The UHV Research Laboratory has the necessary infrastructure to simulate actual operating voltage conditions on an experimental line in the range of 220 kV to 1200 kV to evaluate the suitability and adaptability of UHV systems to Indian power systems taking into account the climatic, environmental, ecological and biological conditions prevailing in our country. The facility can evaluate corona loss, audible noise, radio & television interference, electric field etc., under various voltage and climatic conditions. Besides, the laboratory has the capacity to cater to electrical manufacturers for their investigatory and commercial tests of equipment rated upto 1200 kV class. ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Energy Research Centre located in Thiruvananthapuram is dedicated to research and development, testing and consultancy relating to renewable energy sources. The R&D work mainly concentrates on wind energy, solar energy and biomass energy systems. This centre also undertakes demonstration projects on energy efficient devices and transfer of technology to entrepreneurs in these areas . The centre is engaged in energy audit and performance enhancement studies in Thermal Power Stations. 9
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Assembled SF6 Circuit Breaker at the Impulse Bay
CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 CHAPTER - II
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

CPRI has been taking up R&D programs in various areas of electrical power generation, transmission and distribution in its endeavor to assist utilities to supply reliable and quality power to the consumers. The broad objectives with which the research projects are taken up in CPRI are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Offering technical advise and trouble shooting Product development and improvement to meet global standards Bridging gap in testing and develop special testing technologies, and Large collaborative research projects with utilities and industries. Electriccal products and process Improvement While some are undertaken in collaboration with industries & utilities, while others are taken up in-house to develop the expertise and infrastructure to serve the power sector. The project proposals are planned well in advance keeping in mind the needs of the industry / utilities and are cleared by the Committee on Research. The project monitoring committee constituted for the purpose of periodic review of the progress and suggest measures for timely completion of the project as per the project implementation plan. During the year under report 39 projects with total outlay of Rs. 940 lakhs were investigated, of which 3 projects were sponsored at a total cost of Rs. 82.62 lakhs. Among the projects investigated 17 projects have been completed during the year 2005-06. Nine (9) new projects at a total outlay of Rs. 184.37 lakhs have been taken up during the year. Some of the completed projects have resulted in development of products and processes and the end results are directly available for commercialization, thus benefiting the power industry. List of developments are given below: 1. POLLUTION RESEARCH ON METAL OXIDE SURGE ARRESTERS: Surface pollution on the arrester causes scintillations and these scintillations couple to the arrester element and thus causes ageing. This calls for study of internal temperature on arrester element during pollution test. IEC also has revised the pollution test method for arresters. In this background, the project was taken up with the objective of developing Pollution Test Method for metal oxide arrester based on revised IEC Standards. Under this project, a suitable optical fibre based temperature measuring system was established. Also a leakage current measuring system was designed and developed. Development of this pollution test method is helpful in assessing suitability of the arrester elements for pollution and also helps in improving quality of the arrester. The test facility and procedure is ready for commercial testing. 10
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2. DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMERIC INSULATING MATERIAL FOR OUTDOOR APPLICATIONS: The study aims at development of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomar(EPDM) / silicone based insulating material with improved resistance to tracking and erosion, resistant to Ultra Violet radiation. The material developed will withstand long-term tropical environment. The silicone rubber is compounded with Aluminium Tri Hydrate (ATH) TiO 2 , Mg (OH) vulcanized with dicumy peroxide to evaluate mainly electrical, environmental and physico-mechanical properties. Most of the virgin polymers fail under high voltage applications, however, in this research work more importance is given to improve the electrical properties of silicone rubber with the lower addition of ATH filler. Trial moulding of silicone compound for 11 kV insulators has been done and the initial trial has suggested that a proper bonding agent has to be identified. Meanwhile it is proposed to file a provisional patent for the composition developed in the laboratory.
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INVESTIGATION ON PD ACTIVITY IN MODEL TRANSFORMER TO VALIDATE FIELD DATA: Project was taken up with objective of i) ii) iii) simulation of partial discharge sited in model power transformers. Detection and location of simulated PD sources to validate AE technique Extension of study to field measurement
Special experimental setup was developed i) For detection and location of partial discharge sources in power equipment like power transformers. ii) iii) To simulate possible defects in a power transformer. For on-line condition monitoring of power transformers.
CPRI has already been applying the AE technique for testing oil filled transformers at several substations. More than 75 transformers have been tested so far. 4. FREQUENCY RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF HIGH VOLTAGE POWER TRANSFORMERS: Power transformers belong to the most expensive and strategically important components of any power generation and transmission system and their failure is a very costly event. Power utilities are interested to detect mechanical and electrical pre-damages on transformers in 11
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service. There is no traditional method, which is efficient enough to detect the deformation. The electrical changes, corresponding to mechanical deformations can be observed in measured frequency responses, many researchers have been involved in studies on diagnostic and interpretation of Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) data. FRA technique basically compares the measured response with the former fingerprints. The significant deviations are used as a tool to recognize mechanical displacements and deformation in the windings. Under the proposed study two case studies on the FRA field measurements made and analyzed to diagnose the condition of the transformer winding. Numerical computation of different parameters viz., SD, CC and ALSE is found to correlate with analysis based on FRA Plots. It is also concluded that if finger prints are available, the numerical method gives very reliable indication for diagnosing the winding defects. The extent of deformation, based on the critical numerical parameters, can be estimated from the amount of variation of the numerical parameters from fingerprints. The results and analysis presented can form guidelines to carry out FRA measurements at site and help in assessing detecting the type and extent of defect and the faulty winding itself. 5. SYNTHESIS OF NANOMATERIALS AN EXPLORATORY VENTURE INTO AN EXTRAORDINARY FRONTIER IN MATERIALS SCIENCE :
Nano materials constitute an emerging technology with a broad base of current and potential applications and a growing list of materials compositions. CPRI has been actively involved in successful development of many types of ceramic powder composition like plasma sprayable powders (patented an import substitution development), dielectric compositions, thermal shock resistant material compositions etc. This led to the conception of the present project, which was aimed at i. ii. iii. Development of methodology to prepare nano sized powders. Characterization of nanocrystallites different applications Comparison of the nano powders with those prepared by sol-gel, coprecipitation and other conventional methods of preparation of powders Feasibility of investigatory studies in Fuel Cell
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The studies under this project have resulted in the i. Synthesis of nano-sized novel ceramic compositions at lower process temperatures for compound formation. Synthesis of solid state fast ionic conductors based on AgIx.(1-x)(Ag 20. 2B 2O 3) glasses through energy efficient process
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6. Investigation of suitable data collection Protocol for Liberalised Energy Market. This project with an outlay of Rs 32 Lakhs was taken up with the objective of making Comparative analysis of data collection Protocol suitable for the Energy Meter among the predominantly available protocols. Through this project test facility is established for IEC 62056 ( DLMS/ COSEM) & Modbus Protocols. CPRI also became Member in DLMS UA, Geneva who will be assisting with their technical and logistic support. To bring about awareness on the protocol aspects among the Utilities , Industries, two Workshops were organized for the first time in India. Several Energy Meters were tested using Official Conformance Test tool ( CTT) as per International standard. Many Indian manufacturers have already started developing meters as per IEC 62056. With the establishment of this facility it became the only facility available for testing Energy Meter for communication protocol as per IEC 62056 ( DLMS/COSEM) other than Europe. TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS The Institute in its endeavour to help Utilities and Industries, has taken up many sponsored projects of relevance to the Power-sector. Some of the important projects taken up/ continued during the year are: 1. Bench marking programmes for testing on Real Time Digital Simulator: Under the NaMPET (National Mission on Power Electronics Technology) instituted by Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information technology., Govt. of India. Development of Full Spectrum Simulator was conceived as a multi-organization activity by inviting the participation from various research and academic Institutions shown interest in this project because of the application of Real Time Digital Simulator ( which is a unique facility set up in the country). This facility would be highly useful tool for benchmarking the performance of the newly envisaged Full spectrum Simulator. CPRI has taken up this prestigious project in Sept 2005 at a cost of Rs 14.50 lakhs and is expected to be completed by January 2008. 2. Joint R&D activities with BARC, Mumbai Several projects have been taken up under the MoU with BARC. The summary of thes activities are given below: i) Seismic Tests on Piping with internal pressure The objective is to perform Seismic tests on Piping with internal pressure and Seismic restraints. Seismic Tests on One Piping System completed. This will benefit the designers to adopt appropriate failure mechanism and use realistic allowable stresses in safe, economic & reliable design of piping system with internal pressure subjected to dynamic loads and seismic loads in particular.
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ii) Experimental evaluation of seismic capacity of frame structures The objective is to carry out evaluation of seismic capacity of frame structure & comparison of non-linear response between experimentally measured and analytically calculated results. Experimental data will be useful in evaluating performance of reinforced cement concrete structures during severe earthquake iii) Evaluation of response of pressurized pipe elbows & tees subjected to earthquake Motion The objective is to evaluate in the form of acceleration, displacement and strain at identified locations on the pressurized pipe elbows & tees subjected to earthquake The results will help the designers to adopt appropriate failure mechanism and use realistic allowable stresses in safe, economic and reliable design of piping components subjected to seismic loads iv) Evaluation of the capacities of cabinets through Shake Table test Objective is to perform fragility tests on electrical cabinet supporting structures, instruments and relays etc. The test results are helpful to design equipments to develop seismic resistant control panels having different instrumentation of power plants situated in specific seismic zones. v) Seismic Proving tests on APSARA reactor building model with elasto plastic dampers Experimental evaluation of seismic response of APSARA reactor building model and comparision of these values with analytically calculated values. Fabrication of APSARA building model is in progress. Procurement of required materials/instruments etc. is under progress
The results will be helpful in designing reliable and economic reactor buildings in future in earthquake prone zones. TECHNICAL PAPERS Dessemination of information relating to R&D work carried out in the Institute through presentation/ publication of technical papers is another important activity of the Institute. 119 technical papers including 36 International technical papers were presented/published by Engineering/Scientific Officers at various symposia, workshops and seminars and in technical journals (Appendix - IX). For presenting technical papers in International Conferences and for attending training programs, 20 officers of the Institute were deputed abroad during the year (Appendix - VII). All officers who were sent abroad for training/presentation of papers made detailed presentations through internal seminars/lectures to share their experience and knowledge gained abroad. PATENTS ACCEPTED
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CONDENSATE DEPRESSION MONITOR. CARD OPERATED PRE-PAID ENERGY METER USING NOVEL CARD READING TECHNIQUE.
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PATENTS FILED Institute has filed the complete patent specifications in respect of the following innovations: 1) PULVERIZED PARTICLE FLOW SIMULATOR TESTING & METHOD The development deals with the Metering of pulverized coal in thermal power stations. The pulverized coal is made to pass through a duct and the mass flow rate is measured using laser beams. This device can also be used to simulate other materials whose particle size is very small. 2) PVC BASED FRLS MATERIAL USING SULFATE GLASS COMPOSITION FOR CABLE INSULATION & SHEATHING APPLICATIONS. The development deals with the development of a low smoke (FRLS) composition which is cost effective and simple to manufacture and which exhibits nil acid gas during combustion and has high oxygen index values. This is obtained by adding a special sulfate glass composition to the basic PVC resin with stabilizers, plasticizers and fillers and antioxidants. The resultant composition exhibits superior properties. 3) STABILIZED ZIRCONIA PLASMA SPRAYABLE POWDER AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FOR ITS MANUFACTURE The development deals with the development of thermal barrier coatings from naturally occurring Zircon sand. Zircon sand Yttrium oxide along with either Magnesium oxide or Calcium oxide is mixed in suitable proportions. This slurry is then plasma sprayed to a thickness of 250 micrometers to yield superior performance thermal barrier coatings. 4) THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS FROM FLY-ASH DERIVED CENOSPHERES Thermal barrier coatings are the ceramic coatings applied on metal surfaces. These coatings increase the thermal performance radically. Cenospheres are the fine spherical particles that are present in pulverized fly ash. These particles after segregation are plasma sprayed onto metallic surfaces to obtain superior thermal barrier coatings 5) COMPOSITION FOR POLYMERIC HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATOR FOR OUTDOOR APPLICATIONS. Polymeric insulators are in use for high voltage out door applications. However their performance deteriorates due to rain, humidity, heat, oxidative atmosphere etc. To over come these effects suitable additives have been incorporated into the Silicone resin system which enhances properties of the base polymer like hydrophobicity, NEW PRODUCT/PROCESS/SOFTWARE DEVELOPED
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RESEARCH SCHEME ON POWER [RSOP] MoP provides funds under RSOP for Applied Research / Technology development to Academic Institutions / R&D organisations / Institutes / Utilities etc. This Research fund is managed by CPRI since the year 2001. CPRI has advertised the scheme in several fora and also through the website so that Industry / Institutes / Utilities can collaborate in various research activities in the area of power. Till date 53 projects were takenup for investigation by 16 organisations. Thirty three projects with an outlay of around Rs. 650.00 lakhs are under investigation at organizations like ERDA, IISc, RRL, NTPC, IIT,Mumbai, IIT, Kanpur, IIT, Kharagpur, IIT, Roorkee, TNEB, KPTCL, MVIT, RVCE, CET, BHU etc. This includes 5 new projects with an outlay of Rs.92.94 lakhs commenced during 2005-06. Eleven projects, studied by IIT, Kanpur, TNEB, CPRI & IISc were completed during the year. The RSOP scheme as a whole was evaluated by Shri S Prabhakaran former secretary, MOP appointed by Ministry as a Consultant. The report was presented to MoP and the recommendations are being implemented. In this endeavour the The RSOP Expert Committee was reconstituted with members drawn from Power Grid, BHEL, IISc, DST, DSIR, CEA,PSEB, KPTCL, CBI&P etc. NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE PLAN FOR R&D IN INDIAN POWER SECTOR The Ministry of Power had formulated Standing Committee on Research & Development to identify & formulate a perspective research & development plan for 15 years and to establish linkage between:
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CPRI was identified as the member convener under the chairmanship of Chairperson CEA to formulate the task. The final report on the National Perspective Plan for R&D in Indian Power Sector was submitted by CPRI to Ministry for Power in the year 2002. The tenth meeting of the Standing Committee on R&D was held on 21 st Sept 2005 at Bangalore. The Committee considered 14 project proposals short listed by it earlier and recommended 8 projects with a total out lay of Rs.2274 lakhs in the areas of Thermal, Hydro and Distribution for consideration of funding MoP These projects are expected to commence during 2006-07 after formal clearance from the . Ministry for funding.
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CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 CHAPTER - III
TESTING AND CERTIFICATION

The performance of the Institute in the field of testing and certification during the year 2005-2006 has been spectacular. A total of 41396 tests on 15764 samples were conducted for 3124 organisations. The revenue realised from testing, certification and consultancy services rendered during this year increased to Rs. 4147 lakhs as against Rs. 3651 lakhs realised during 2004-2005. The excess of income over the expenditure (surplus) during the year was Rs. 347 lakhs. SPECIAL TESTS CONDUCTED Some of the important testing assignments undertaken by the Institute during the year are listed below:
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NEW TEST FACILITIES CREATED During the year under report, to keep abreast with the latest technological developments in the field, the Institute has added the following testing facilities to cater to the growing demands of the Industry :
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ACCELERATED POWER DEVELOPMENT AND REFORMS PROGRAMME (APDRP) Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) has been functioning as Advisor-Cum-Consultant (AcC) for the purpose of capacity building in the State Electricity Boards (SEBs) / Power Utilities of Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh under the ACCELERATED POWER DEVELOPMENT AND REFORMS PROGRAMME (APDRP) of Government of India since 2001. This prestigious consultancy appointment has been made by the Ministry of Power, Government of India considering CPRIs expertise in the areas of Power Transmission and distribution studies and also similar consultancy services rendered by CPRI to Electricity Regulatory Commissions in India. Initially, activities were confined to three distribution Circles in each of the above states in which the upgradation of Sub-transmission and Distribution System were being carried out under the APDRP . APDRP Programme was proposed to be implemented in 3 stages involving 1. 2. 3. Measures needing immediate option. Short Term and Long Term actions with a view to achieve objectives such as Improvement in revenue realization, Reduction in Losses and Reliability and quality of Power Supply. Since May 2005, the activities of CPRI as AcC have been extended to the entire states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala in addition to the three circles per state assigned earlier since majority of towns in these states were also included in the APDRP Scheme for up gradation. Below are some of the benefits due to implementation of APDRP . Average Revenue Realization has increased, the power supply quality is improved, the rate of Distribution Transformer failure is reduced, Average Technical and Commercial Losses have consistently reduced in all the three states. Kerala: Power tariff is reduced. Andhra Pradesh: Due to implementation of HVDS, power theft is reduced. Voltage regulation is improved. Karnataka: The Automatic Complaint redressal method Prasar Jyothi is implemented which functions round the clock to serve its consumers. CPRI has played an important role as AcC in assisting the utilities by monitoring continuously the implementation of the Distribution reforms, contributing to better practices in Distribution system, Quality assurance etc.
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PROMOTION OF CPRI ACTIVITIES CPRI ON INTERNET

Information on the expertise/ unique facilities available at the Institute for consultancy & quality assurance testing and certification of power system equipment in units at Bangalore, Bhopal, Muradnagar, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram is now accessible for the benefit of power system equipment manufacturers and utilities in India and abroad at the following home page address: Bangalore : http://www.cpri.in Nagpur Bhopal : cprt@bom4.vsnl.net.in : cpribpl@sancharnet.in Hyderabad : uhvrl@hdi.vsnl.net.in Thiruvananthapuram : enrsearch@md2.vsnl.net.in
CUSTOMER MEET Annual Customer Meet was conducted on 10 November 2005. About 80 customers from all over the country representing small, medium and big manufacturers participated in the meeting. Number of suggestions for improving the services offered to the clients along with suggestion for augmentation and modernization of test facilities have been received and action to improve the services is in progress. CPRI ASTA MEET AT KOLKATA CPRI with active support from IEEMA Eastern Regional Office organized CPRI-ASTA Meet at Hotel Kenilworth, Kolkata on 8th November 2005. The Meet was well attended and about 25 IEEMA Members from the Eastern Region attended. Shri. S.K. Dutta, Chairman, Eastern Regional Council, IEEMA addressed the gathering and spoke about IEEMAs expectation of CPRI from the region. Shri. A.K. Tripathy, Director General, CPRI spoke about CPRIs plans for the Eastern/North Eastern region. The highlight of the Meet was presentation of the scope of ASTA Certification Services by Mr. Kevin Sweeney, Director Sales, ASTA BEAB. This was followed by release of Compendium of CPRI facilities pertaining to Facilities for testing of Transmission line Towers and accessories, Liquid dielectrics and Insulating materials. CPRI ASTA MEET AT MUMBAI CPRI organized the CPRI-ASTA Meet at Hotel Tajlands End, Mumbai on 26th July 2005. The event was organized with active co-operation from IEEMA. The event covered detailing of the CPRI-ASTA Accreditation Scheme for testing of LV and HV equipment at the laboratories of CPRI at Bhopal and Bangalore. The gathering was addressed by Shri S. Ramaswamy, President, IEEMA detailing IEEMAs expectations from CPRI. Mr. Kevin Sweeney, Director, Marketing from ASTA-BEAB, UK made a presentation of the ASTA Certification services. Shri. A.K. Tripathy, Director General, CPRI awarded the ASTA certificates to the first Indian Customer M/s. Larsen & Tubro who tested their SFUs under the ASTA Certification Scheme. The Compendium on CPRI Test facilities for Cables and Capacitors testing was released by Director General, CPRI on the occasion. 25
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Senior officers from CPRI made presentations regarding the International Credentials of the Institute and CPRI plans for augmenting the gaps in test facilities vis-a- vis requirement of IEEMA Members. More than 40 senior officers from the Industry and IEEMA attended the Meet. The Meet ended with a press briefing. Shri. A.K. Tripathy, Director General, CPRI, Shri. S. Ramaswamy, President, IEEMA, and Mr. Kevin Sweeney, Director, Sales, ASTA BEAB, UK addressed the press. WORKSHOP/SEMINARS, TRAINING PROGRAMS The Institute organised several training programs and workshops during the year to exchange the knowledge to Power utilities and the power system equipment manufacturers in the area of testing, research and product development etc., Following are the Workshops, Seminars, Training Programs organised by the Institute during the year: Workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation Two day workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation was organized from 18-20 August 2005 at Energy Research Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. Shri Aryadan Mohammed, Honble Minister for Power, Govt. of Kerala Inaugurated the two-day woprkshop. Fifty five delegates from various organisations, academic institutions participated in the workshop
Workshop on Integration issues of Wind Farm and Grid Power Systems Division Organised a one day Workshop on Integration issues of Wind Farm and Grid on 28 September 2005. The workshop was co-sponsored by ABB, Bangalore and Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET). Forty delegates from various manufacturing companies attended the program.
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National Symposium on Energy Conservation Measures in Generating Sector National Symposium on Energy Conservation Measures in Generating Sector was held at Bangalore from 17-18 November 2005. The Symposium was organised jointly with M/s. National Thermal Power Corporation, M/s. Bharat Heavy Electrictricals Ltd. and M/s.Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. The symposium was inaugurated by Shri V.S. Verma, Member Planning, CEA and Director General BEE. 135 delegates representing generating sector, industries, utilities from all over the country participated in the Symposium. International Seminar and Tutorial on Power System Research Interests and Challenges Power Systems Division, organised an International Seminar and Tutorial at CPRI, Bangalore on Power System Research Interests and Challenges from 20-22 December 2005. Shri V.Ramakrishna, Member (Power Systems) CEA inaugurated the Seminar. Workshop on Power Quality Measurement Two-day Workshop on Power Quality Measurement was organised on 22-23 December 2005. Shri S.D. Ukkali, Member, Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission, inaugurated the workshop. 53 delegates participated from various utilities, Major Industries etc. Two-day Workshop on EHV Transmission System - Practice and Challenges A Two-day Workshop on EHV Transmission System - Practice and Challenges was organised on 15-16 December 2005. The workshop was inaugurated by Shri R.N. Nayak, Executive Director,
Seminar on Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers Two-day Seminar on Condition Moitoring of Power Transformers was organised at the Regional Testing Laboratory, Muradnagar on 5th and 6th January 2006.Shri Arun Goel, Chairman & Managing Director, Delhi TRANSCO inaugugurated the above seminar. Fifty delegates participated from all over Northern States.
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TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAM ON TEST FACILITIES Five days training program on Test Facilities at CPRI for the Scientists/Engineers from the Electrical Utilities and Academic/Research Institutions was organised at the Institute from 25-29 July 2005 at the Institute . Ten participants from RITES-Mumbi, DVC-Durgapur, BBMB-Slapper, Vijay ElectricalsHyderabad, BEL-Bangalore and South Western Railways-Bangalore attended the training program held at Bangalore
TRAINING PROGRAM ON TRANSFORMER OIL TESTING An exclusive training on Transformer Oil Testing was organised from 1-5 August 2005. Thirty two participants from various organisations attended the above program. Technical lectures and demonstrations were arranged during the period.
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TRAINING TNBR ENGINEERS, MALAYSIA One week training on Testing of Power Cables and Accessories was organised for TNB Research Snd., Malaysia, during August 2005. The TNB engineers had fruitful interaction during the training programme.
TRAINING PROGRAM ON ENERGY METERS & RELAYS Five day training on Energy meters and Relays was organised from 29 August 2005 to 2 September 2005. Forty delegates from Industries, Utilities and Academic Institutions participated in the above programme.
TRAINING PROGRAM ON THE METHODS USED IN ADVANCED NDT AND MATERIALS TESTING FOR AIR FORCE OFFICERS A lecture - cum demonstration programme on the Methods used in Advanced NDT and Materials Testing was organised for the benefit of trainee officers of Air Force technical college, Bangalore on 14 September 2005. 29
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TRAINING PROGRAM FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS Two day training program for the engineers of Indian Railways on the subject titled Pollution level measurement and High Voltage training technique was organised from 22-23 September 2005. SHORT TERM TRAINING ON RLA OF BOILERS AND ITS COMPONENTS AT NAGPUR A short term training programme on Residual life assessment of boilers and its components was organised by Thermal Research Centre, Koradi in association with Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur from 1-3 December 2005. DRUM (DISTRIBUTION REFORMS UPGRADES MANAGEMENT) TRAINING PROGRAMME CPRI conducted the Training Program under DRUM project along with partner CORE International Inc., under the aegis of Ministry of Power and USAID on the subjects titled: (1) (2) (3) (4) Distribution Efficiency and Demand Side Management from 25-29 July 2005 for Distribution Engineers of Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andra Pradesh Disaster Management, Electrical Safety Procedures and Accident Prevention from 22-26 August 2005 for Distribution engineers of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Best practices in distribution loss reduction from 17-21 October 2005 for Distribution Enginees of Kerala Best practices in distribution loss reduction from 30 January 2006 to 3 February 2006 for Distribution Engineers of BESCOM, CHESCOM, APEDCL and MESCOM
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEMORIAL LECTURE As part of the Institute Day 2006 Celebrations on January 16, 2006 - Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Lecture on the topic "Sources of Energy & Cycles of Civilisation" was delivered by Shri M.N. Venkatachalaiah, Former Chief Justice of India. Shri Girish B. Pradhan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India, presided over the function. Shri A.K. Tripathy, Director General, CPRI welcomed the gathering.
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CPRI's PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITIONS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON POWER, ELECTRICAL & INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (ELASIA-2005) The Institute participated in the ELASIA-2005 International Exhibition on Power, Electrical & Industrial Electronics held from 26-30 August 2005 at Bangalore. The exhibition was inaugurated by Shri Jabbar Khan Honnali, Honble Minister for Minorities and Wakf, Govt. of Karnataka.
INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR (IITF 2005) CPRI participated in the India International Trade Fair (IITF 2005) held at Pragathi Maidan from 14-27 November 2005. CPRI stall was in the Ministry of Power Pavilion. Shri P.M. Sayeed, Union Minister for Power visited the stall along with Shri R.V. Shahi, Secretary (Power), and other dignitaries. Shri Suhas Bagalkotker, K. Ravikumar, Dr.P.V. Reddy and I.N. Gopal and officers from RTL received the dignitaries and explained the salient features of the Models displayed at the CPRI Stall.
TRIPURA SCIENCE FAIR - 2006 The Institute participated in State level Science Fair held at Tripura. The Science Fair was organised under the aegis of Tripura State Council for Science & Technology from 5-10 January 2006 with participation of different national scientific laboratories and central science & technology related departments apart from the Tripura state units/departments.
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CPRI PARTICIPATION IN ELECRAMA - 2006 The Institute participated in the ELECRAMA-2006 Exhibition held at Bombay Exhibition Centre from 1822 January 2006. The stall was manned by Shri Suhas Bagalkotkar and Shri Maruthi Prasad. There was overwhelming response from Generation, Transmission and Distribution utilities from within the country and abroad apart from R&D organisations.
CPRI PARTICIPATION IN MIDDLE EAST ELECTRICITY EXHIBITION The Institute participated in the Middle East Electricity International Exhibition held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 5-8 February 2006. The exhibition attracted more than 850 participants from Europe, United States, Canada and Asian Countries.
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MoU's & CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS

Institute has entered with memorandum of understanding for sponsored projects & joint working with the following organizations:
Research & Development

1. 2. 3. 4. M/s. FARCOM Cables Systems Pvt. Ltd. for jointly working in the development of Fire Resistant Low Smoke (FRLS) cable and sheathing material. M/s. BHEL in the areas of power systems studies on 765 kV systems, testing of EHV CBs as per IEC etc. M/s. BARC for Seismic tests on piping with internal pressure M/s. Indian oil corporation for development and evaluation of transformer oils
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7. 8. 9. i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. M/s. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. with respect to vibration and transmission line conductors and other aspects of high voltage transmission system M/s. Design Group Bangalore for undertaking joint consultancy activities in the areas of Power system studies etc. The Following areas are covered under MoU signed between CPRI and M/s. CRK Associates. Feasibility studies for power plant transmission/distribution system and substations (Conventional and GIS) up to 800 kV Consultancy/Engineering for power plant transmission/distribution system and sub-stations (Conventional and GIS) upto 800 kV and industry. Energy conservation in Power sector Demand side management activities Power system studies R& D studies in the field of Operations Maintenance and management of Power generation and transmission systems.
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CAPITAL PROJECTS
During 2005-06 the following Capital projects were under implementation in the Institute: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Up gradation of Research and Testing Facilities of Power Capacitors Establishment of Digital Library and Knowledge Management System Centre for Collaborative and Advanced Research Centre for Industrial Solids Waste Utilization Augmentation of Regional Testing Laboratory at Ghaziabad Augmentation of engineering services for Plant performance Monitoring & Improvement(PMI), Renovation & Modernisation(R&M) and Life Extension (LE) facilities Establishment of 100MVA online short circuit facilities at CPRI Bangalore for low voltage switchgear and control gear Establishing capacitor current switching facility at STDS Bhopal Establishing Comprehensive energy efficiency testing facility for Refrigerators and Air conditioners at Bangalore National and International accreditation for CPRI laboratories. Establishment of test facility at Eastern & North Eastern Regions
The project outlays and expenditure during the year 2005-06 is given below: (all figures Rs. in lakhs) Title of the project 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Centre for Industrial Solid Waste Utilisation Centre for Collaborative and Advanced Research Digital Library and Knowledge Management System of CPRI Upgradation of Research & Testing Facilities of Power Capacitor at Bangalore Augmentation of Regional Testing Laboratory at Ghaziabad Augmentation of engineering services for plant Performance Monitoring & Improvement (PMI) Renovation & Modernisation (R&M) and life extension (LE) facilities. 34
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7. Establishment of 100 MVA on-line short circuit facilities at CPRI Bangalore for low voltage switchgear & Controlgear 8. Establishing capacitor current switching facility at STDS Bhopal 9. Establishing Comprehensive energy efficiency testing facility for Refrigerators and Air conditioners at Bangalore 10. National and International accreditation for CPRI laboratories. 11. Establishment of test facility at Eastern & North Eastern Regions 12. 13. 14. R&D RSOP Others Schemes Total Rs. 320.00 4515.00 160.00 123.00 1213.00 11.29 197.53 127.06 67.50 1943.76 160.00 60.00 25.22 495.00 50.00 9.60 435.00 100.00 158.60 1150.00 nil 1.07
During the year 2005-2006 against the total budget allocation of Rs. 1213.00 lakhs, an expenditure of Rs. 1943.76 lakhs (including R&D and RSoP Projects) was incurred. Physical Progress of the Capital Projects: 1. Upgradation of Research and Testing of Power Capacitors The project at an estimated cost of Rs. 495.00 lakhs was sanctioned in March 2003. Under this project facilities for testing and for improvement of the reliability of power capacitiors manufactured in the country is being created. All the equipment proposed under the project are installed and being commissioned. The project is likely to be operational by middle of 2006. 2. Establishment of Digital Library and knowledge management system
The modern information technology concepts are being used to establish the Digital Library & Knowledge Management System at the Institute campus in Bangalore at a cost of Rs. 150 lakhs. The project was successfully completed in December 2005.
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3. Centre for Collaborative and Advanced Research The project sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs. 475.00 lakhs was sanctioned in March 2003. Under this project Infrastructure facilities for visiting researchers, visiting professors to pursue collaborative research work is being created. All the facilities foreseen in the proposal are being created and project will be completed in 2006.
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Centre for Industrial Solids Waste Utilization The project sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs. 430.00 lakhs was sanctioned in March 2003. Under this project the technologies for utilization of Industrial Solid wastes to useful value added products are being showcased for the benefit of the Industry. All the facilities foreseen in the proposal have been created. The project was successfully completed in March 2006.
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Augmentation of Regional Testing laboratory at Ghaziabad The Augmentation of facilities of Liquid Dielectrics, Cable laboratory and High Voltage laboratory of Regional Testing Laboratory was completed at a cost of Rs. 150 lakhs.
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6. Establishment of engineering services for Plant performance Monitoring & Improvement(PMI), Renovation & Modernisation(R&M) and Life Extension (LE) facilities Under this project some of the facilities used for carrying out studies on Renovation & Modernization, Plant performance monitoring, remaining life assessment & extention studies of power plants are being augmented at a cost of Rs. 255 lakhs. 7. Establishment of 100MVA online short circuit facilities at CPRI Bangalore for low voltage switchgear and control gear The project sanctioned at a cost of Rs.1150 lakhs to establish 100MVA online short circuit testing facility at CPRI Bangalore for testing low voltage switchgear & controlgear. The procurement process has been initiated for procurement of equipment required for the project. 8. Establishing capacitor current switching facility at STDS Bhopal The project sanctioned at a cost of Rs.435 lakhs to study behavior of MV switchgear with interrupting capacitive currents upto 400 Amps and to assist the product development for the Indian industry. All the civil works have commenced and the equipment required are in various stages of procurement. 9. Establishing Comprehensive energy efficiency testing facility for Refrigerators and Air conditioners at Bangalore. The project sanctioned at a cost of Rs.495 lakhs to help the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in their energy labeling programme. Facilities are being established for testing Air Conditioners & Refrigerators under this scheme. During the year the Refrigeration test facility become fully operational and the specifications for Air conditioner facility has been finalized and procurement has been initiated. 10. National and International accreditation for CPRI laboratories. Under this project efforts are being made to obtain National & International accreditation for testing, research & consultancy activities of the Institute. These accreditation will help the Indian power industry in universal acceptance of their products & services. Some of the accreditations received for the test & consultancy activities include ASTA-BEAB, UK certification and ISO9001-2000 certification for certain Research & Consultancy activities. The project is under implementation at a cost of Rs. 160 lakhs. 11. Establishment of test facility at Eastern & North Eastern Regions The mobile field test facilities for Transformer dielectrics is being created at Kolkata & Guwahati to help power utilities in the eastern & north eastern part of the country. The facilities are being established at a cost of Rs.320 lakhs.
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ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Shri Rakesh Nath, Chairperson, CEA vice Shri R.K.Jain, vice Shri H.L. Bajaj, Chairman, CEA, New Delhi became the Vice President of the CPRI Governing Council and Society. The following Officers became the Members of the CPRI Governing Council and the Society during the year under report: Shri K. Ravikumar, Director (Power), BHEL, New Delhi vice Shri A.K. Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, B.H.E.L; Shri Chandan Roy, Director (Operation), NTPC New Delhi vice Shri S.L. Kapur, Shri S. Majumdar, Director (Projects), PGCIL vice Shri R.P Singh, Shri A.K. Dhagat, President - IEEMA . vice Shri S. Ramaswamy; Lt.Gen. (Retd.) O.S. Lohchab, Chairman, HVPNL, Haryana vice Maj. Gen. (Retd.) B.S. Rathee. During the year, the Governing Council met thrice on 4th June 2005, 6th October 2005 and 10th February 2006. The Society held its Annual General Body meeting on 6th October 2006. The Standing Committee met once on 13th August 2005. VIGILANCE The vigilance activities of the Institute are looked after by a part time Chief Vigilance Officer Shri G. Sen Gupta, Additional Director, who is appointed upon the approval by the Chief Vigilance Commission. The Chief Vigilance Officer reports to the Director General and is assisted by the Administration Section. Regarding the purchases or contracts for supply of goods or services, respective Internal Committees are constituted for detailed examination of the proposals of the needy Division/ Section/Laboratory for appropriate recommendation for further approval by the competent authority. The respective Committees are reconstituted once in two years in order to ensure acquiring any vested interest if any by any member. Purchase procedure of the Institute provides transparency in the system both in inviting press tenders and in local enquiries depending upon the material to be procured and cost aspects and with an in built procedure of technical evaluation of the material and price evaluation by independent committees and also a pre-audit before issue of purchase orders. Head of the purchase division is changed at regular intervals. Preventive vigilance relates to every area of the Institutes activity, viz., R&D function, Testing & Certification, Consultancy, Contracts for supply of goods or services and Memorandum of Understandings entered into with others etc. As per the directions of the Central Vigilance Commission, Boards have been displayed prominently at all the Units/Divisions of the Institute for wide publicity among Public, Contractors and Clients about the availability of Chief Vigilance Officer / Head of the Organisation. It is facilitated such that instances and information on corruption in the Institute by affected parties can be brought to the notice of Head of the Organisation or to the Chief Vigilance Officer at the addresses mentioned in the Boards. Timely Returns of vigilance activities containing the requisite informations are filed with the appropriate authorities bringing out the latest position in this regard. Welfare Activities The Women Employees Welfare Cell is operative since 1997, for the welfare of female employees and to meet their grievances. Creche for the employees children is operational successfully over the last six years for the benefit of working couples in the Institute. Employment situation of Women Employees in various post(s) in CPRI as on 31.03.2006 is as follows. 38
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STAFF POSITION OF CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE SI No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Post(s) No. of Employees 01 0 13 30 193 32 18 122 03 68 169 24 60 21 754 No of Women Employees 01 01 28 02 04 42 03 04 04 89 %age of women Emps to total No 7.69 3.33 14.50 6.25 22.22 34.42 100 2.36 19.04 11.80
Director General Director Additional Director Joint Director Scientific/ Engineering Officers Scientific/ Engineering Assistants Non- Technical Officers Office Staff/ Stenographers Library Staff Technicians Technical Attendants/ Attendants Drivers/Cook-cum-Caretaker Watchmen Safaiwala Total
No. of Physically Challenged employees in the Institute as on 31-03-06 Sl. No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Post (s) Director General Director Additional Director Joint Director Scientific/ Engineering Officers Scientific/Engineering Assistants Technicians Technical Attendants/ Attendants Non-Technical Officers Office Staff / Stenographers Library Staff Drivers/ Cook-cum-Caretaker Security Staff Safaiwala Total No. of employees 01 0 13 30 193 32 68 169 18 122 03 24 60 21 754 No. of physically challenged employees 02 05 06 03 16
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Staff Strength The staff strength at the end of the financial year 2005 - 06 was as under: Director General Director Additional Director Joint Director Chief Administrative Officer Chief Accounts Officer Scientific/Engineering Staff Technical Staff Administrative & other Supporting Staff Technical Supporting Staff : : : : : : : : : : Total Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Details of employees belonging to scheduled caste/tribe & others on the rolls of CPRI as on 31.3.2006 are summarised below: Category Group A Group B Group C Group D Safaiwalas Total % Library & Information Services The Institute has well established Libraries at Bangalore and Bhopal to provide adequate library and information services for the research work and for updating employees' knowledge in Scientific advancement. Several books and periodicals are added to the library at Bangalore and Bhopal During the year 2005-2006 The expenditure incurred on books and periodicals during the year at both Bangalore and Bhopal was Rs.6.69 lakhs. Computerisation of Library facility at Bangalore unit was taken up. All the books and publications were coded for creating a data base which would be accessible to all users over the Intranet. 40
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CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 CHAPTER - IX
FINANCE & ACCOUNTS

The Institute has done well in its financial performance during the year 2005-2006 and earned an all time high revenue of Rs.4147.00 lakhs. Revenue earnings during the past five years: Year Revenue (Rs. lakhs) 4147 3651 3600 3075 2806 Percentage increase (Base year 2001-2002) 47.75 30.11 28.30 9.59 -
2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003 2001-2002
Increased services rendered to the utilities and Industries are well reflected in the financial performance raising the revenue earnings from Rs.2806 lakhs in 2001-02 to Rs.4147 lakhs during the current year. During the year under report, as against the revenue realisation of Rs.4147 lakhs, the expenditure on non-plan activities stood at Rs.3799 lakhs only and thereby it has been possible to generate a surplus of Rs.348 lakhs. For the 18th year in succession, the Institute has not drawn any non-plan grant-in-aid from the Government. During the year, the expenditure under various heads has been as follows: Non-plan Expenditure Plan R&D Expenditure Plan Capital Expenditure RSOP : : : : Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. 3798.89 197.53 1619.17 127.06 lakhs lakhs lakhs lakhs
The Institute received grants-in-aid (Plan) of Rs.1213.00 lakhs from the Government of India during the year. The details along with the Auditors Report are furnished in Appendix - X With many new laboratories commissioned and opened for commercial testing, it is hoped that the trend of increased earnings of revenue will continue. As at the end of March 2006, the capital investment by the Government of India at the Institute has been Rs. 39576.24 lakhs.
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CHAPTER - X
USE OF HINDI AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Requirements under section 3/3 of the Official Language Act were fully complied with. All office orders, circulars, reports etc., were issued bilingually. RAJBHASHA AWARD REGIONAL RAJBHASHA AWARD FIRST PRIZE CPRI was awarded the Regional Rajbhasha award -First prize for its outstanding performance in the field of Official Language for the year 2004-05,. The award was presented by Shri R.L.Bhatiya, Hon ble Governor of Kerala in a function held during the Regional Conference on 2.12.2005 which was received by Dr.K.R.C.Nair, Joint Director. A Commendation Certificate was awarded to Dr.Vijaya Mallik, Senior Hindi Officer.
HINDI PUBLICATIONS Hindi version of the technical articles published in CPRI News and CPRI Journal during 2005 was published as Vigyan Deepti The fourteenth edition of Kaveri, the journal of Town Official Language Implementation Committee was published. TALKS IN HINDI 3 talks in Hindi on management and psychology were organized during the year apart from 3 discussion sessions. TECHNICAL ARTICLES COMPETITION Annual technical articles competition under the auspices of TOLIC sponsored by the Institute was organized and the best three articles were awarded prizes on Hindi Divas celebrated at CPRI. 45
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TENDERS IN HINDI ON WEB SITE Tenders are put in Hindi on the website along with English ones. The website of the Institute is available in Hindi. HINDI MONTH Hindi Month was organized and 10 competitions conducted separately for those proficient and those with working knowledge of Hindi.. HINDI DIVAS Hindi Divas was celebrated on 14th September 2005. The Chief Guest Shri Ramesh Kumar Matto, Bureau Chief, New Indian Express gave away the prizes to the winners of competitions held during Hindi Month, technical articles competition under TOLIC and incentive schemes in vogue in the Institute. ACTIVITIES OF TOWN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE The Director General, CPRI continued to be the Chairman of TOLIC and the Senior Hindi Officer the Member Secretary. 12 inter organizational competitions were organized under TOLIC sponsored by various organizations from 10 to 29 November 2005 and 6 prizes were awarded for each competition. JOINT HINDI DIVAS Joint Hindi Divas was celebrated on 9th December 2005 sponsored by ISRO and IIMB presided over by Shri A.K.Tripathy, Director General. The Chief Guest was Shri Subash Agarwal, Edtor, Rajasthan Patrika.. Dr.G.R.Nadadur, Joint Secretary, Department of Space, Shri N.Raj, Secretary, Coffee Board were also present.
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THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AS ON 31 MARCH 2006

PRESIDENT Shri R. V. Shahi Secretary Ministry of Power, Govt. of India New Delhi VICE-PRESIDENT Shri Rakesh Nath Chairman Central Electricity Authority New Delhi M E M B E R S Shri Ajit K. Gupta Advisor & Head (Power Group) Ministry of Non-Convention Energy Sources NewDelhi. Shri K. Ravikumar Director (Power) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. New Delhi. Shri V. Ramakrishna Member (Power Systems) Central Electy. Authority New Delhi Shri Chandan Roy Director (Operation) NTPC Ltd. New Delhi. Shri V. S. Verma Member (Planning) Central Electy. Authority New Delhi S. Majumdar Director (Projects) Power Grid Corpn. of India Ltd. New Delhi Shri Girish B. Pradhan Joint Secretary Ministry of Power New Delhi. Shri A.K. Dhagat President - IEEMA Mumbai Shri M. Sahoo Joint Secretary & FA Ministry of Power New Delhi. Shri G.N. Mathur Secretary Central Board of Irrigation & Power New Delhi Dr. A. Lahiri Scientist-G, Advisor - DSIR Ministry of Science & Technology New Delhi. Maj. Gen.(Retd.) O.H. Lohchab Chairman Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Government of Haryana Chandigarh. 47
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Dr. D.R. Chawla Industrial Advisor (Engg.) Deptt. Indl. Policy & Promotion Ministry of Industry New Delhi. Shri S.K. Rakesh Secretary (Power) Electricity Department Government of Tripura Agartala. Shri Govindarajan Director (Electronics & Instrumentation Group/Automation & Manufacturing Group) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai. Shri V.S. Verma Director General Bureau of Energy Efficiency New Delhi. Shri S. S. Prabhu Visiting Professor Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management - Kerala Thiruvananthapuram. Prof. P. S. Satsangi Prof. in Electrical Engineering (Retd.) Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi.
Shri A.K. Tripathy-Member Secretary Director General Central Power Research Institute Bangalore.
APPENDIX - II
THE STANDING COMMITTEE AS ON 31 MARCH 2006

CHAIRMAN Shri V. Ramakrishna Member (Power Systems) Central Electricity Authority New Delhi MEMBERS Shri Gireesh B. Pradhan Joint Secretary Ministry of Power New Delhi Shri M. Sahoo Joint Secretary & FA Ministry of Power New Delhi Shri A.K. Tripathy- Member Convenor Director General Central Power Research Institute Bangalore
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THE COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AS ON 31 MARCH 2006

CHAIRMAN Shri V. S. Verma Member (Planning) Central Electy. Authority New Delhi MEMBERS Shri V.N. Vivekanandamurthy Chief Engineer (R&D) Tamil Nadu Electy. Board Chennai Shri Dileep Mangsuli Director (Technology) G.E. Power Controls (I) Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore Chief Engineer (Trg. & R&D) Maharastra State Electy. Board Eklahare Shri V.K. Agarwal Asstt. General Manager Power Grid Corpn. of India Ltd. New Delhi Dr. A.A.Natarajan Principal Sastha Institute of Engineering & Technology Chennai Shri S. Nagaratna Suptd. Engineer (Elec./R&D Centre) KPTCL Bangalore Dr. A. Lahiri Adviser - DSIR Min. of Science & Technology New Delhi Shri G. N. Mathur Secretary Central Board of Irrigation & Power New Delhi Dr. U.C. Bhakta N.T.P.C. Ltd - R&D Centre Noida Shri Jashwant Patel Head (R&D) Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. Baroda Shri Ajay Dhagat Managing Director Areva T&D India Ltd. Dr. B.P. Singh General Manager (HGI) Corporate R&D, BHEL Hyderabad Shri D.K. Roy Chief Engineer West Bengal State Electy. Board Kolkata Shri K. Sudheendra Supertending Engineer(Elec.) R&D centre Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. Bangalore Shri A.K. Tripathy - Member Convenor Director General Central Power Research Institute Bangalore
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THE COMMITTEE ON TESTING & CERTIFICATION AS ON 31 MARCH 2006

CHAIRMAN Shri V. Ramakrishna Member (Power Systems) Central Electy. Authority New Delhi MEMBERS Prof. G.R. Nagabhushana Deptt. of High Voltage Engg. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Shri S.M. Zafrulla Director Karnataka Power Corpn. Ltd Bangalore Shri V.K. Kulkarni Head (Product Development) Siemens India Ltd. Thane Shri L.V. Rao Executive Director (SR) NTPC Ltd. Secunderabad Shri A.R. Rao General Manager (E.P. Dvn.) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Bangalore Shri P. Narasimha Murthy Retd. Chairman - KEB Bangalore
Executive Director (SRTS II) Power Grid Corpn. of India Ltd. Bangalore Shri Anil Pandit Business Technology Leader GE PCTDC, John F. Welch Technology Centre Pvt LTD Whitefield, Bangalore Shri P. Sengupta Director Bureau of Indian Standard Bangalore Shri Samba Murthy General Manager Vijay Electricals Ltd. Hyderabad 50
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CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 APPENDIX - V
RSOP EXPERT COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN Shri A.K. Tripathy Director General Central Power Research Institute Bangalore MEMBERS Shri S.N. Sharma Head R&D Planning Division Dept. of Electrical Engineering Council of Industrial Research New Delhi Shri Gajendra Behari Director (R&D) Central Electricity Authority R.K. Puram, New Delhi Dr. Thukaram. D Professor Deptt. of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Dr. V. Rao Aiyagiri, FNAE Head SERC Division & Scientist G Deptt. of Science & Technology Technology Bhavan, New Delhi Shri M.C. Bhatnagar AGM, (R&D) PGCIL, Corporate R&D New Delhi Dr. Y.V.L. Narasimha Murthy General Manager Corporate R&D BHEL, Corporate R&D Division Hyderabad Shri R.S. Chadha Director (IT) Central Board of Irrigation & Power New Delhi Shri Virender Singh Chief Engineer/HRD Punjab State Elecricity Board Patiala, Punjab Dr. K. Dwarakanath Joint Director, DMD Central Power Research Institute Bangalore Dr. R.S. Shivakumara Aradhya Joint Director, Power Systems Dvn. Central Power Research Institute Bangalore Shri M.M.Babu Narayanan-Member Convenor Joint Director, R&D Co-ordination Division Central Power Research Institute Bangalore
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RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN DURING THE YEAR 2005-2006

Proj. Idn. No. Title of the Project Start mm/yy Close mm/yy Outlay (Rs.in lakhs) Remarks
CENTRAL RESEARCH & TESTING LABORATORY, BANGALORE

HIGH VOLTAGE DIVISION 1.1.22 Pollution research on Metal Oxide surge arresters INSTRUMENTATION DIVISION 2.1.45 Performance evaluation of communication technologies for automatic remote meter reading 9/03 03/06 45.00 Completed 07/02 06/05 38.60 Completed
POWER SYSTEM DIVISION 4.1.27 4.1.28 4.1.29 Investigation of Grid Wind turbine & D G interaction. Investigation on application of FACTS devices in Indian Power systems Study of dynamic performance of relays using Real Time Power 09/04 09/04 11/05 08/06 05/06 10/06 12.00 22.00 22.00 Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION 3.1.18 Investigation of use of hallow structural mild steel sections for 220kV transmissions line towers of conducting capacitor current switching tests on 245 kV Circuit breaker from Voltage factor of 1.2 to 1.4 1/03 09/05 5.00 Completed
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DIAGNOSTICS,CABLE & CAPACITORS DIVISION 16.1.1 Power quality monitoring and Analysis in distribution system 6.1.26 Investigations on PD activity in model transformers to validate field data Insulation diagnosis by high voltage spectroscopy Evaluation of flame retardant insulating materials for application in power Industry Dielectric Diagnosis of power equipments by Thermo Analytical & Spectroscopic Techniques
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DIELECTRIC MATERIALS DIVISION 5.4.44 Studies on thermoplastic elastomers for halogen free, fire retardant low smoke cable compounds Development of Polymeric insulating material for outdoor insulator applications Remaining life assessment of transformers by large scale survey of furanic compounds and correlation with dissolved gas analysis [DGA] & Degree of polymerization [DP] To study the effect of corrosive sulphur on transformer components Polymer Ceramic composites with high dielectric constant for Electrical applications 07/02 07/06 32.60 Ongoing
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Development of polymer nano composite for electrical applications Nano composites for flame retardant applications Exploratory Study
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HIGH POWER LABORATORY 13.2.09 Evaluation of shunt reactor current switching capability of MV vacuum circuit breaker Study on enhancement of capability of conducting capacitor current switching test on 240kV circuit breaker from voltage factor of 1.2 to 1.4 01/04 09/06 28.00 Ongoing
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & IMPLIMENTION DIVISION 16.1.3 Investigation of suitable data collection protocol for the liberalized energy market Establishment of research facility for Communication protocol Applicable to sub station automation 9/03 08/05 32.00 Completed
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THERMAL RESEARCH CENTRE, NAGPUR 10.1.10 10.1.13 Flaw characterization by Ultrasonic time of flight Diffraction (TOFD) Performance evaluation and life improvement of boiler tube components through plasma surface coating Condition Assessment of complex geometry Power Plant components by Ultrasonic TOFD technique. 54
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ULTRA HIGH VOLTAGE RESEARCH LABORATORY, HYDERABAD 11.1.20 End-of-life Estimation of RTV coated insulators under pollution conditions 11.1.15 Corona performance of bundle conductors measured in corona cage 11.1.19 Frequency response analysis of high voltage power transformers SWITCHGEAR TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT STATION, BHOPAL 9.1.12 9.1.13 Design, fabrication and development of drop out type expulsion fuse phase II Estimation and analysis of radiated electromagnetic of switchgears, power equipment with augmented test facility for EMI measurement REGEONAL TESTING LABORATORY, MURADNAGAR 14.1.8 Assessment of Transformer oils for Additives, Degradation products for oil Status & remaining life 14.1.9 Characterization of new imported low viscosity transformer oil base stocks presently being used in power transformers ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM RSOP 12.1.24 Performance assessment of electromechanical coupled systems by non-contact heat loss measurement. 09/03 08/05 30.00 Completed 01/04 12/05 2.70 Completed 10/02 12/05 26.50 Completed 01/04 09/06 35.00 Ongoing 01/04 12/05 2.00 Completed 07/02 09/05 25.60 Completed 04/00 03/06 30.90 Completed 09/04 08/06 6.50 Ongoing
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PERSONNEL DEPUTED ABROAD FOR TRAINING/PRESENTING TECHNICAL PAPERS, ETC. DURING THE YEAR 2005-2006
Sl.No. 1. 2. Name Dr. H.N. Nagamani Dr. Sujatha Subhash Country visited Russia Canada Period & Sponsoring Authority 6th International Conference on Power System Transients (IPST 2005) 6th International Conference on Power System Transients (IPST 2005) at Montreal, Canada Pre-dispatch inspection at the works of M/s. High Volt, Dresden, Germany45. Pre-despatch Inspection, Testing of climatic chamber at the works of M/s. Climats, France Pre-despatch Inspection, Training of the climatmeter at the works of M/s. Fire Testing Technology Ltd. Eastgrinstead, U.K. ISH 2005 Beijing, China Pre-despatch Inspection,on High Voltage Transformer at the works of M/s. Wuhan Asia Pacific Regional Conference & Exhibition on Medium Voltage Cable Technologies Organised by Malaysia National Con -CIRED in association with TNB, Malaysia 53rd Short Circuit Liason (STL) Technical Co-ordination, Meeting and meeting with ASTA, BEAB Attending Middle East Electricity Exhibition at Dubai, UAE Preliminary discussion on Power System Network in Sohar Indl. Area at Sultanate of Oman with officials of Ms. Sharq Sohar Steel Rolling Mills, Oman Attending the Interview towards appointment of CPRI personnel as ASTA observer
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Germany France
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U.K
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Dr. K.N. Ravi Pradeep M. Nirgude Manojkumar Jaiswal P.K. Poovamma
China China Malaysia
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P.K. Kognolkar
Rugby, Warwickshire England Dubai, UAE Sultanate of Oman
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N.S.Mohan Rao Suhas Bagalkotkar A.K. Tripathy Dr. Sujatha Subhash
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MEMBERSHIP OF CPRI OFFICERS IN INTERNATIONAL/ NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Sl.No. 1 NAME A.K. Tripathy Director General Fellow Fellow Member Chairman NAME OF THE COMMITTEE - BIS ET16 Transformers and Electrotechnical Division Council - Institution of Engineer India - Indian National Academy of Engineering - Technical Committee of International Association on Electricity Generation, Transmission & Distribution (Afro-Asian Region), New Delhi - Power System Sectional Committee of Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi - Governing Council of Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy, Jalandhar - IEEE & Chairman Bangalore Sector - UCAIUG (Utility Communication Architecture International Users Group) - BIS ET13- Equipment for Electrical Energy measurement & load control - BIS Wind EnergySub-committee ME04- Project review committee of DSIR - ET-8 High Voltage Switchgear & Controlgear Sectional Committee - ET-16, Transformers - ET-39, Fuses - Institution of Engineers - CIGRE technical committee on High Voltage Switchgear & Controlgear - Expert Committee constituted by BHEL for vetting of the Design/Development of 500 MVA, 765kV Single Phase Auto transformer in the specific field of High Voltge Engineering/Short Circuit stress.
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R.K.Hegde Additional Director
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P.K.Kognolkar Additional Director
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Sl.No. 4. NAME B.H. Narayana Additional Director Invited Member NAME OF THE COMMITTEE - To take part in the meeting of "CREEP PANEL" an devisat committee to Central Boiler Board - Task force on Thermal Generation including Gas & Nuclear Standing Committee on R&D MOP. - Indian Society of non destructive testing - Statelevel committee for Standardisation &Quality systems. - Indian Society of Light Engineers - CIGRE National Study Committee Working group 22-overhead lines - CIGRE-CPRI group II,Section II, study committee on "Condition Monitoring" 6. K.N.Srinivasan Additional Director Principal Member Principal Member Alternate Member - BIS Sectional Committee ET06 on Electrical insulators and accessories - State Level Committee for Standardistion of Quality System. - BIS Sectional Committee ET30 on Surge Arresters - CIGRE National Study Committee - D2 on Information Systems & Telecommunication System - BIS ET 01 Basic Electro Technical Standards - ET 40 - HVDC power system BIS sectional committee. - ET 40/P3- Dynamic performance of HVDC Systems. - ET 40/P2 - DC measuring devices - Engineering committee of National FACTS Project - Executive Committee of ECON Electricity consumers organisation formed by KERC 58
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V.N. Nandakumar Additional Director
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Dr. Sujatha Subash Additional Director
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Sl.No. NAME Member Member Member NAME OF THE COMMITTEE - Technical advisory group of ECON - Task Force on R&D in Grid Management formed by POWER GRID - Task force on Transmission set up by the Standing Committee on R&D, Ministry of Power. - Expert Committee of KPCL for procurement of proprietary items under the KTPP Act 1999 - Indian Society of non Destructive testing - Tribological Society of India - Expert member capital projects, technology for engineering assessment, CSIR - ICSBC, 2005-06 - Working committee on R&D, Siddaganga Institute of technology Tumkur & SJCIT, Chikkaballapur - BIS, light metals & their alloys, Sectional Committee ETD7 - Technical committee16, relating to Standing Committee of Experts to investigate the failure of transmission towers - Sub-committee CED 7:1of BIS New Delhi Use of Structural steel in overhead tansmission line towers and switchyard structures and Masts for Telecommunication and Flood Lighting - Conductor & accessories for overhead lines, Section Committee ETD - 37 of BIS New Delhi - BIS ET 39- Fuses - National Sub-committee of CIGRE No.13 on switching equipment. - CIGRE, India National Study Committee on Transformers - ETD07, Low Voltage Switchgear Sectional Committee - ETD08, High Voltage Switchgear & Controlgear Sectional Committee
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Gautham Sengupta Additional Director
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Sl.No. 12. NAME S.Sridhar Additional Director Chairman Principal Member Member Lead Assessor Technical Assessor Assessor 13. 14. K.B.Manjunath Additional Director M.M.Babunarayanan Joint Director Alternate Member Member Member NAME OF THE COMMITTEE - ET-03, Committee on Electrotechnical fluids - ET 02, Bureau of Indian Standards - Indian Society for Analytical Scientists - NABL, New Delhi - NABL, New Delhi - NVT Quality Certification (KEMA) - BIS ET13 Equipment for Electrical Measurement and Load Control - ETD 40/P2 - AC/DC Harmonics & Interactions. - CBIP National sub-committee of CIGRE study committee NSC-38 on Power System Analysis and Techniques. - Technical Advisory Panel(TAP) on Computers, Govt.of Karnataka - FACTS devices committee of PGCIL, New Delhi - Committee for finalize software for distribution system studies under APDRP constituted by MOP - CIGRE - India working group for surge arresters - CIGRE National Sub Committee NSC 36 on "Power System Compatibility" - BIS Sectional Committee on HVDC System ETD-40 - BIS ET06 Electrical Insulators and Accessories - BIS ET22 Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmosphere - BIS ET23 Electrical Lamps and There Auxillaries - BIS ET32 Electrical Applicances
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Sl.No. 17. NAME S.Vijaya Kumari Joint Director A.Sudhindra Joint Director Alternate Member Member 18. Alternate Member Lead Assessor Assessor NAME OF THE COMMITTEE - BIS ETD 03, Committee on Electrotechnical fluids - Indian Society for Analytical Scientists - State level Committee for Standarddisation & Quality systems. - National Accreditation Board for Testing & calibration of laboratories Govt.of India, DST. - NVTquality certification Pvt. Ltd. (KEMA registered quality India) - ET 35 committee on powersystem relays - BIS LTD 25 committee on power system control and associated communications - UCAIUG (Utility Communication Architecture International Users Group) - BIS High Voltage Engineering Sectional Committee, ET 19 - Basic Electro technical standards BIS - ET-01 - BIS High Voltage Sectional Committee, ET 19 - Surge Arrester Sectional Committee, BIS ET - 30 - CIGRE National Study Committee Working group B2.4 overhead lines - Expert Panel forAccreditation Committe for Testing Laboratgories, NABL New Delhi - BIS ET 34, Instrument Transformers - NABL, New Delhi - Power System Transmission Planning Committee of PGCIL, New Delhi - BIS ET 09, Sectional Committee on Power Cables 61
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Dr. K.N.Ravi Joint Director
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B. Gunasekaran Joint Director P .V.V. Nambudiri Joint Director Dr. Ramesh Babu Joint Director C.P Jairam . Joint Director
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Sl.No. 27. NAME M. Siddhartha Bhatt Joint Director Member NAME OF THE COMMITTEE - Project review committee on Technopeneur promotion programme of DSTR, Min. of Scientific & Indl. Research. Govt. of India - International Renewable Energy Congress Solar Energy Society of India - Solar Energy Society of India - Energy Conservation Society - CBIP Experts Committee
Convenor Life Member Life Member 28 B.S. Ramesh Joint Director B.R. Ravishankar Joint Director P. Krishnamurthy Joint Director Dr. H.N. Nagamani Engg.Officer Gr.4 K.S.Meera Engg. Officer Gr.4 Member
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Sl.No. 36. 37. 38. NAME A. Amruthakala Engg. Officer Gr.4 S. Ganga Scientific Officer Gr. 4 B.A. Sawale Engg. Officer Gr.4 K.P Meena . Engg. Officer Gr.4 G. Balaraju Engg. Officer Gr.4 Alternate Member Member Member Alternate Member Alternate Member Principal Member NAME OF THE COMMITTEE - ET 35 Committee on Power System Relay - Technical Adviser Panel (TAP) on Computers Govt. of Karnataka - Expert committee of CBIP on Energy - BISET13 Equipment for Electrical Energy Measurement and Load Control - BIS ET-09 Power Cables - BIS ET-22 Electrical Appratus for Explosive Atmosphere
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Dr. Parvathi Ramaswamy Life Member Engg. Officer Gr.4 Life Member Member
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Sl.No. 48. NAME T. Bhavani Shankar Engg. Officer Gr.3 49. Rajshekar P Mandi . Engg. Officer Gr.3 Associate Member 50. N. Murugesan Engg. Officer Gr.3 Member Member Member Member Member Member Chairman Principal Member Life Member - Indian Science Congress, Calcutta - Institution of Engineers (I) Kolkata - BIS LTD 25 committee on power system control and associated communications - CIGRE Study Committee B5-Protection and Automation - UCAIUG (Utility Communication Architecture International Users Group) - DLMS US, Geneva - MODBUS ORG, USA - DNP Canada , - OPC foundation, USA - Standards Committee, ISA (USA) Bangalore Chapter 51. M.G. Anandkumar Engg. Officer Gr.3 52. M. Naganna Scientific Officer Gr.3 53. S. Jothi Basu Engg. Officer Gr.2 Member 54. N. Rajkumar Engg. Officer Gr.2 55. K. Suryanarayana Engg. Officer Gr.2 56. 57. M.Pradish Engg. Officer Gr.2 B.M. Mehra Engg. Officer Gr.2 64
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CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 APPENDIX -IX

PAPERS PRESENTED/PUBLISHED IN SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA/JOURNALS BY THE ENGINEERING/SCIENTIFIC OFFICERS OF CPRI DURING THE YEAR 2005-2006
Sl.No 1 Title of the Paper Energy auditing and conservation- Case studies Authors M. Siddhartha Bhatt B. H.Narayana Presented/Published in Journal National Seminar on Energy Management and Electrical Safety , The New Marrion, Bhuvaneswar, April 26-27 2005 Programme on Energy audit and conservation in Industries at PSTI Bangalore, 29-31 Aug. 2005 Workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation, Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum 18-20 August 2005. Workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation, Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum 18-20 August 2005. Workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation, Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum 18-20 August 2005. Seminar on energy audit at Dayananda Sagar College of Engg., 21-22 Sep. 2005 Seminar on Energy Conservation at BVB College of Engg., Hubli 14 Dec. 2005 Seminar on Energy Conservation and management at Sri. Sasta Engg. & Technology, Chennai 15 February 2006 Training Programme for Millde level Engineers at ISRO, Bangalore, 24-25 Jan. 2006.
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Energy audit in Industries and its engineering analysis Best practices in energy conservation in Buildings
M. Siddhartha Bhatt
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Best practices in energy conservation in co-generation systems- turbines and waste heat recovery systems Best practices in energy conservation in pumps and fans Energy conservation in thermal power plants Energy conservation case studies Energy conservation techniques and technologiesdevelopments and trends
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Building energy audit and energy conservation
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Sl.No 10. Title of the Paper Effect of water side deposits on the energy performance of coal fired thermal power plants Authors M.Siddhartha Bhatt Presented/Published in Journal Energy Conversion & Management, Elsevier, USA, Vol. 47 (9-10), June 2005, pp. 1247-1263 Energy Sources, Taylor & Francis, USA, Vol. 28, 2006, pp. 43-58
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Effect of ash on the performance M.Siddhartha Bhatt of coal fired thermal power stations Part II (Capacity & secondary energy effects) Efficiency boosting of steam turbines of coal fired plants through retrofitting M.Siddhartha Bhatt
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National Symposium on Energy conservation measures in the generating sector, at Hotel The Grand Ashok, Bangalore Nov. 17-18 2005, National Symposium on Energy conservation measures in the generating sector, at Hotel The Grand Ashok, Bangalore Nov. 17-18 2005, Journal of CPRI, Vol. 2 (1), pp. 9-18.
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Technologies for distributed generation packages for rural areas
M.Siddhartha Bhatt
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Towards bench marking of M. Siddhartha Bhatt gross heat rate in coal fired B. H.Narayana thermal power stations-a rational approach Energy Conservation in Electrical equipment Rajashekar P. Mandi
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Seminar on energy conservation, Institution of Engineers Hall, Mysore, organized by KREDL, Bangalore on 18th April 2005. International conference on Power & Energy PowerTech 2005, IEEE Power Engg. Society, St. Petersburg, Russia, 27 30th June 2005 Demand Side Management , DRUM Training programme, CPRI, Bangalore, 25 29th July 2005 Seminar on energy audit in industries, NMPT Auditorium, Mangalore, organized by KREDL, Bangalore on 29th July 2005
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Enhancement of performance of cooling tower in thermal power plants through energy conservation Demand Side Management tools and techniques case studies Energy conservation and demand side management in industries
Rajashekar P. Mandi, R.K. Hegde, S.N. Sinha
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Sl.No 19. Title of the Paper Authors Presented/Published in Journal Training programme on Energy audit and conservation in Industries, PSTI, Bangalore on 29 30th, August 2005 Training programme at M/s. GMR Energy, Mangalore, 5th Sept. 2005 Seminar on energy audit at Dayananda Sagar College of Engg., 21-22 Sep. 2005 National Workshop on Investigation of grid and Wind issues, CPRI, Bangalore 28th Sept. 2005 Workshop on Energy Conservation for Power Engineers, Power Management Institute, NTPC, Noida, 20-21st Oct. 2005 National Symposium on Energy conservation measures in the generating sector,at Hotel The Grand Ashok, Bangalore Nov. 17-18 2005 National Symposium on Energy conservation measures in the generating sector, at Hotel The Grand Ashok, Bangalore Nov. 17-18 2005 National Workshop on Energy Audit, NITK , Suratkal, 20th Dec. 2005 National Workshop on Power Quality Measurement, CPRI, Bangalore 22nd 23rd Dec.. 2005. Seminar on energy audit at Dayananda Sagar College of Engg., 2nd Jan 2006
Energy Conservation in Rajashekar P. Mandi Electrical Equipment and Instrumentation for Energy Audit Energy Audit in Thermal Power Plants Energy Audit in Process Industries Integration of Renewable Energy System for stand-alone applications Rajashekar P. Mandi
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Rajashekar P. Mandi and V. Sathyanaga Kumar
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Enhancing energy efficiency Rajashekar P. Mandi of out-lying auxiliary equipment through energy conservation in TPS Improvement in energy efficiency of auxiliary equipment in TPS Rajashekar P. Mandi
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Auxiliary power consumption optimization in Thermal Power Stations
Rajashekar P. Mandi, P.K. Dave, S.K. Sharma
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Energy Conservation in Electrical equipment in industries Power quality issues in Industrial systems Distribution system strengthening through energy audit
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Sl.No 29. Title of the Paper Emerging Technologies for distribution losses reductionHVDC applications Best practices in DG sets for fuel oil conservation Authors Rajashekar P. Mandi Presented/Published in Journal Best Practices in Distribution loss reduction, DRUM Training ` programme, CPRI, Bangalore, 30th Jan. 3rd Feb. 2006 Workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation, Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum 18-20th August 2005, pp 78-85. Workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation, Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum 18-20th August 2005, pp 132-144 Workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation, Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum 18-20 August 2005. Workshop on Best Practices in Energy Conservation, Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum 18-20 August 2005. National Symposium on Energy conservation measures in Generating sector, at Hotel The Grand Ashok, Bangalore Nov. 17-18, 2005. National Symposium on Energy Conservation measures in Generating Sectors, 17-18th Nov. 2005, Bangalore. TRAFOTECH 2006 Conference held in Mumbai, 20-21 January 2006 Journal of CPRI, Vol. 2, March 2005
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Best practices in heating, S. Jothibasu ventilation and refrigeration and air conditioning systems Energy conservation best practices for compressed air system Best practices for energy conservation in cooling towers N. Rajkumar
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Energy conservation opportunities in hydro power stations
S. Jothibasu
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Energy Conservation opportunities in Coal Pulverisers Short circuit performance requirements of power transformers Feasibility studies on upgradation of existing transmission lines Mechanical aspects EHV transmission line components tower types and specifications
N.Rajkumar Dr.K.R.C. Nair
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Sl.No 39. 40. 41. Title of the Paper Tower design, testing & quality checks Conductor fatigue, vibration, testing of CPRI experiences on testing of UHV Transmission line towers Authors M. Selvaraj M. Selvaraj D. Revanna M. Selvaraj P. Krishnamurthy P. Muniyappa D. Revanna M.D. Ananthababu B.N. Dinesh Kumar P. Krishnamurthy M. Selvaraj S.K. Das Presented/Published in Journal PSTI, Bangalore, 29 Sept. 2005 ESCI Hyderabad, 15 Dec. 2005 Workshop on EHV Transmission Systems - Practices & Challenges organised at UHVRL, Hyderabad 15-16 December 2005 Workshop on EHV Transmission Systems - Practices & Challenges organised at UHVRL, Hyderabad 15-16 December 2005 APTRANSCO, Hyderabad 8 February 2006 Training program on energy meters and relays, Bangalore 1 Sept. 2006
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Vibration studies on EHV/UHV Transmission line components
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Design & development of 220 kV compact steel pole Influence of Short time over current tests and tests of resistance to heat and fire on Energy Meters Pollution performance of Insulators and Remedial Measures Diagnostics of Transformer Winding Movement and Deformation by Frequency Response Analysis
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Shaik Abdul Saleem J. Amarnath K. A. Aravind D. Devendranath Pradeep M. Nirgude D. Ashokraju G.V. Rao K. Rajeswar Rao B. Krishna
Workshop on EHV Transmission Systems - Practices & Challenges organised at UHVRL, Hyderabad 15-16 December 2005 Workshop on EHV Transmission Systems - Practices & Challenges organised at UHVRL, Hyderabad 15-16 December 2005 Workshop on EHV Transmission Systems - Practices & Challenges organised at UHVRL, Hyderabad 15-16 December 2005 Workshop on EHV Transmission Systems - Practices & Challenges organised at UHVRL, Hyderabad 15-16 December 2005
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Measurement of radio noise from A. Yellaiah high voltage lines & their K.A. Aravind interpretation Subhash B. Gole B. Krishna Gunasekaran Biological effects of power frequency magnetic fields : A Holistic Approach P. Rajendra R.B. Shashidhar C. Subramanyam D. Devendranath B. Gunasekaran R.S.S. Aradhya A.K. Tripathy
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Sl.No 49. Title of the Paper Overview of UHV Research Laboratory of CPRI, Hyderabad Authors Pradeep M. Nirgude A. Yellaiah D. Devendranath B. Gunasekaran P. Rajendra R.B. Shashidhar C.S. Subramanyam D. Devendranath B. Gunasekaran R.S.S. Aradhya A. Bhaskaran P. Rajendra R.B. Shashidhar C.S. Subramanyam D. Devendranath B. Gunasekaran R.S.S. Aradhya A.K. Tripathy Rachel Jacob R.S.S. Aradhya R. Arunjothi D. Devendranath B. Gunasekaran R.B. Shashidhar C.S. Subramanyam Presented/Published in Journal Workshop on EHV Transmission Systems - Practices & Challenges organised at UHVRL, Hyderabad 15-16 December 2005 14th ISH, at Beijing, China 25-29 August 2005
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Sub Chronic Biochemical studies on rodent models exposed to power frequency magnetic fields
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Biological effects of power frequency magnetic fields a holistic approach
14th ISH, at Beijing, China 25-29 August 2005
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Biochemical effects of power Frequency effect fields
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Measurements of Magnetic fields R.S.S. Aradhya of Electric Power lines and R. Arunjothi Sub-stations B. Krishna D. Devendranath B. Gunasekaran ANN with RPROP learning algorithm applied to modelling of flashover voltage charactics of air gaps obtained by various gap geometries Effect of UV light in the salt-fog ageing cycle on RTV coated porcelain insulator Frequency response measurements to study shorted turns behaviours of transformer winding D. Devendranath Haritha Bai
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Sl.No 57. Title of the Paper Investigation on axial displacement of Transformer winding by frequency response technique Investigations of detection of winding movements in transformers by frequency response analysis Accelerated-ageing test for RTVcoated insulators : Analysis of electrical and material properties Application of frequency response analysis technique for detection of transformer winding defects Authors Pradeep N. Nirgude B. Gunasekaran A.D. Rajkumar B.P. Singh Pradeep N. Nirgude B. Gunasekaran A.D. Rajkumar B.P. Singh M. Suma D. Devendranath K.A. Aravind A. Ramulu A.K. Tripathy Pradeep M. Nirgude Presented/Published in Journal 14th ISH, at Beijing, China 25-29 August 2005
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Published in IEE Proceedings Generation, Transmission and Distribution - September 2005 Vol. 152, issue 5, P-635-644 Seminar on Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers, orgnised at RTL, Ghaziabad, 5-6 January 2006 TRAFOTECH - 2006 Mumbai, 20-21 January 2006 All India Seminar on Power Distribution : Issues & Challenges organised by Insitution of Engineers(I) Bhopal, 23-24 November 2005 Seminar on Power System Quality organised by Dayananda College of Engineering Bangalore. 10th November 2005. National Workshop on Recent Trends in Metering and Calibration organised by National Institute of Technology, Calicut, 6-7 January 2006. Seminar on Replacement of Conventional Electro Mechanical Meters, with Electronic Meters at the consumer premises in New Delhi. organised by Power Distribution Companies on 28 October 2005 at New Delhi.
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Diagnostic and Interpretation of Pradeep M. Nirgude Parametric changes of detection of transformer winding deformation Power quality and its effect on Electrical energy measurement B.A. Sawale
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Testing of relays using PC based test bench
Vanishree Samuel
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Recent trends in Energy Metering
K.B. Manjunath
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Third party field testing of energy meters
K. Madhusudhan K.B. Manjunath V.N. Nandakumar A.K. Tripathy
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Sl.No 66. Title of the Paper Dissolved GAs Analysis of transformer oil using novel multiple gas extraction system DGA - A Diagnostic Technique for transformer maintenance Influence of Moisture Absorption on Electrical Characteristics of Glass-epoxy Polymer Composite System Biodegradable dielectric liquids for transformer application Authors R. Paneer Selvam D. Ravindra H.C. Keshavamurthy G.R. Viswanath H.C. Keshavamurthy D. Ravindra P. Thomas Dr.K. DWarakanath P. Sampathkumaran Dr.S. Seetharamu Kishore Kumar P. Thomas B. Gunasekaran Dr. Channakeshava Presented/Published in Journal Journal of CPRI Vol. 2 March 2005
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Seminar on Condition Monitoring of Power Transformers, orgnised at RTL, Ghaziabad, 5-6 January 2006 IEEE , International Symposium on Electrical Insulating Materials 5-6 June 2005, at Japan
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IEEE , International Symposium on Electrical Insulating Materials 8 June 2005, at Japan National Conference on Functional Meta Materials at the Nanoscale, 23 July 2005, organised by the Materials Research Centre, IISc. Bangalore Electrical Insulation News in Asia (ENIA), 12 November 2005 Journal of CPRI, Vol-2, page 171-175 September 2005
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Dielectric Characteristics of glass P. Thomas fiber reinforced epoxy polymer composites subjected to moisture absorption Biodegradable dielectric P. Thomas liquids for transformer application Influence of Moisture Absorption on Electrical Characteristics of Glass-epoxy Polymer Composite System P. Thomas K. DWarakanath P. Sampathkumaran Dr. S. Seetharamu Kishore Kumar The slide wear behariour of glass P. Thomas epoxy composites P. Sampathkumaran R.K. Kumar Dr. S. Seetharamu Seismic testing of Bamboo House Dr. R. Ramesh Babu Seismic aspects of Generators & Transformers Design of Structures for earthquake loading Design of Structures for earthquake loading Dr. R. Ramesh Babu Dr. R. Ramesh Babu Dr. R. Ramesh Babu
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Sl.No 78. Title of the Paper Seismic performance evaluation of structures supported on soil base isolation media International standard test method specifications for testing of transformer oils Condition monitoring of power Equipments Authors Dr. R. Ramesh Babu Presented/Published in Journal BARC, Mumbai, 9 March 2006
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Gassing tendency in transformer Dr. P.K. Maiti oils for transformer maintenance Pramod Kumar V.V. Pattanshetti Condition monitoring of power transformers V.V. Pattanshetti Dr. P.K. Maiti Gautam Sen Gupta P.K. Kognolkar L.N. Giri M.K. Jaiswal V.V. Pattanshetti Dr. P.K. Maiti V.V. Pattanshetti Dr. P.K. Maiti V.V. Pattanshetti
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Dielectric Condition Assessment of transformers and Bushings Dissolved gas analysis powerful tool to diagnose incipient faults in power transformers Ageing of insulating paper in power transformers
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Condition monitoring of power Pramod Kumar transformers by partial discharge Dr. P.K. Maiti measurement V.V. Pattanshetti Quality Conscious in Manufacture L.N. Giri of power transformers Dr. P.K. Maiti V.V. Pattanshetti Testing of transformer at manufacturers works CPRI Role in Quality Surveilliance consultancy services B. Nageswar Rao M.K. Jaiswal Aravind Pandey P.V. Satheesh Kumar
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Sl.No 89. Title of the Paper Authors Presented/Published in Journal DESCON 2004 MSRIT, Bangalore 19-20 November 2004 3rd International Conference on process for properties and performance MP3, Institute of materals (East Asia) Singapore November 2004. National Seminar on Robust Performance through NDE - 2004. INST, Pune Chapter, 9-11 December 2004
Effect of load and sliding distance P. Thomos on the slide wear behaviour of P. Sampathkumaran glass epoxy composite system R.K. Kumar Dr. S. Seetharamu Influence of Carbon and Boron in P. Sampathkumaran High-Cr hard facing alloy system Girish D.R K. Srinivasan
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SSR Study for the Thyristor Dr. Sujatha Subhash Controlled Series Compensation application on the Kanpur-Ballabgarh 400 kV line in India Real Time Digital Simulator at CPRI & Case Stueies J. Sreedevi
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ODF Based Algorithm for calculation of available transfer capability
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Effect of ATH Content on M.A. Pradeep Electrical and ageing properties Dr. N. Vasudev of EVA and silicon rubber blends Dr. P.V. Reddy for highvoltage insulator compound D. Khastagir Effect of blend composition on Electrical, Mechanical and Ageing properties of EVA and silicon rubber blends for highvoltage insulator compound Performance evaluation of different RTV coated Insulators under Polluted conditions M.A. Pradeep Dr. N. Vasudev Dr. P.V. Reddy D. Khastagir
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Sl.No 107. Title of the Paper Development of New Test Facilities for Discharge Current Test on Series Capacitors as per IEC 60143-1:2005 A Study on Benchmarking the Quality of MPP Film Capacitors A Novel Approach Adopted for Failure Analysis of 33 kV Capacitors Bank at 220 kV Receiving Station Evaluation of Medium Voltage Power Cables in Service by various Diagnostic Techniques Acoustic Emission Techniques for Detection and Location of Simulated Defects in Power Transformers Authors Dr.H.N.Nagamani S.Neelakantan T.Bhavani Shanker V.Vaidhyanathan A.Sudhindra S.Neelakantan Dr.H.N.Nagamani T.Bhavani Shanker A.Sudhindra Dr.H.N.Nagamani T.Bhavani Shanker S.Neelakantan P.K.Poovamma A.Sudhindra K.Mallikarjunappa Dr.H.N.Nagamani Presented/Published in Journal CAPACIT 2005 Seminar organized by IEEEMA, New Delhi November 2005
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CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 APPENDIX - X
K. P RAO & CO .
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
K. P. RAO, VINAY G. RAO K. SURYA PRAKASH CONSULTANT SADASHIV RAO
K. VISWANATH M.G. VINAYA SIMHA RAVINDRANATH. P
'POORNIMA', No. 25, State Bank Road, Bangalore - 560 001 Karnataka, India Phone : 080-25587385, 25586814 Telefax : 080-25594661 Grams : 'SUREAUDIT' E-mail : kprao@vsnl.com
AUDITOR'S REPORT
We have audited the enclosed Balance Sheet of CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BANGALORE as at 31st March 2006, the Income and Expenditure Account and Receipt & Payments Account of the said Society registered under the Karnataka Societies Act, 1960 for the year ended on that date 1. These financial statements are the responsibility of the societies management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. 2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in India. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosure in financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting policies used and significant estimates made by management as well as estimating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion and we further report that:a) We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit. b) The Balance Sheet, Income & Expenditure Account and Receipt & Payments Account dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account maintained by the Society. c) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation given to us, the said accounts read together with the notes thereon give a true and fair view. Subject to non-provision of Depreciation on Fixed as stated in point No 1 of Schedule 16 - Notes to Accounts and point no 2.3 of Schedule 17-Accounting Policies of the said accounts. Had depreciation been provided, the excess of income over expenditure for the year would have been lower by Rs. 10,32,57,217/-.
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Subject to non provision of Fringe Benefit Tax as stated in point no 5 of Scheduling 16 - Notes to Accounts. As the amount has not been qualified by the management, we are un able to comment on the impact on the income and expenditure account. i) ii) In case of Balance Sheet of the state of affairs of the Society as at 31st March 2006. In the case of Income and Expenditure Account, of the excess of Income over Expenditure for the year ended on that date. And iii) In the case of Receipts and Payments Account, of the surplus being excess of receipt over payments for the year ended on that date.
For K. P RAO AND COMPANY . CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Place : Bangalore Date : 22.06.2006 Sd/ (VINAY G. RAO) PARTNER MM No: 202835
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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH 2006 Schedule
1 2 3 4 5 6
(Amount in Rupees) Previous Year

4,131,704,281 213,996,770 539,006,862 107,176,816 30,000,000 110,229,465 5,132,114,194 4,157,756,521 539,006,862 435,350,811 5,132,114,194
Capital Fund and Liabilities Capital Reserve representing Assets acquired from Grant-in-Aid from Government of India and Others Reserves and Surplus Earmarked and Endowment Funds Grants from Government of India Unsecured Loans & Borrowings Current Liabilities and Provisions Total Assets Fixed Assets Investments from Earmarked & Endowment Funds Current Assets, Loans and Advances Total Notes on Accounts & Contingent Liability Significant Accounting Policies Schedules 1 to 9 and 16 & 17 form part of Balance Sheet
Current Year
4,329,664,407 249,353,821 598,123,956 34,100,694 37,600,000 127,489,317 5,376,332,195
7 8 9 16 17
4,352,601,939 558,323,956 465,406,300 5,376,332,195
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2006
INCOME Income from Test Fee & Consultancy Fees Interest Earned Other Income Total (A) Expenditure Establishment Expenses Other Administrative Expenses Total (B) Balance being excess of Income over Expenditure (A-B) Balance being surplus carried to General Reserve Notes on Accounts & Contingent Liability Significant Accounting Policies 16 17 14 15 196,943,380 182,945,717 379,889,097 34,760,556 34,760,556 164,956,935 168,172,569 333,129,504 32,000,950 32,000,950

Schedule
10 11 12 13
Current Year
388,307,658 3,425,175 18,625,198 4,291,622 414,649,653
Previous Year
339,371,987 2,267,752 19,338,978 4,151,737 365,130,454
Schedules 10 to 15 and 16 & 17 form part of Income & Expenditure Account As per Our Report of Even Date for K. P RAO & CO . Chartered Accountants Sd/ (VINAY G. RAO) Partner
Bangalore Date: June 22, 2006
Sd/ (I. VENKATESWARA RAO) Chief Accounts Officer
Sd/ (A. K. TRIPATHY) Director General
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SCHEDULES FORMING PART OF BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 2006 (Amount in Rupees)
SCHEDULE -1
Current Year
Previous Year
Capital Reserve representing Assets acquired from Grant-in-Aid from Government of India and Others a) Under Plan Capital 3,795,707,493 Addition during the year 161,916,814 b) Under R&D Plan 147,770,549 Addition during the year 13,339,404 c) Under Non-Plan 72,405,217 Addition during the year 161,212 d) Assets acquired out of General Reserve 45,668,291 Addition during the year 8,667,868 e) Assets acquired out of Sponsored Schemes 69,006,157 Addition during the year 3,974,828 f) Assets acquired out of RSoP Management Fund 1,146,574 Addition during the year g) Capitalisation of Assets acquired out of Loan Addition during the year 9,900,000 Total SCHEDULE -2 Reserves and Surplus A) General Reserve As per last Account Addition during the year Less:- Transfer to Superannuation Fund Less:- Transfer to MRO Fund Less:- Assets directly acquired out of General Reserve Less:- Assets acquired transferred to Capital Reserve Less:- ICICI Loan Repayment Net Balance - I B) Maintenance, Renewal & Obsolescence Reserve Opening Balance Add:- Transfer from General Reserves Add:- Provision during the year Less:- Amount spent from MRO Fund Net Balance - II Total Bangalore Date: June 22, 2006 -
3,957,624,307 161,109,953 72,566,429 54,336,159 72,980,985 1,146,574 9,900,000 4,329,664,407
3,774,576,016 21,131,477 126,056,876 21,713,673 72,357,238 47,979 44,961,161 707,130 67,131,993 1,874,164 790,263 356,311 -
3,795,707,493 147,770,549 72,405,217 45,668,291 69,006,157 1,146,574 4,131,704,281
Current Year
Previous Year
163,996,770 34,760,556 8,667,868 161,212 9,900,000 -
180,028,246
308,250,929 32,000,950 145,500,000 30,000,000 707,130 47,979 -
163,996,770
50,000,000 35,000,000 15,674,425 -
69,325,575 249,353,821
30,000,000 20,000,000 -
50,000,000 213,996,770
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SCHEDULE - 3
Current Year
Previous Year
Earmarked & Endowment Funds A) Superannuation Fund Opening Balance Add:- Receipts from other organisations 68,537 Add:- Transfers from General Reserves Add:- Provision during the year 39,800,000 Add:- Interest received and accrued 29,655,720 Add:- Retention Money received 25,000 Less:- Utilisation for pension payments 26,397,924 Net Balance - I B) Provident Fund Opening Balance Add:- Subscriptions & Repayments 29,484,297 Add:- Interest credited to PF members 9,998,558 Less:- Withdrawals 22,830,198 Total Opening Balance (Additional Interest) 3,786,175 Less:- Utilisation towards shortfall in Interest earned over Interest credited to PF Accounts (Rs.91,44,878 - 99,98,558) (853,680) Add:- Additional Interest earned (excess of interest earned over interest credited to PF Accounts. Rs.94,46,564 - 88,31,100) Total C)
413,493,220 456,644,553 121,727,467 138,380,124 -
107,934 145,500,000 19,500,000 27,715,336 6,000 16,989,821 -
237,653,771 413,493,220 109,959,135 121,727,467 -
28,173,546 8,831,100 25,236,314 3,170,711
2,932,495
141,312,619
615,464 3,786,175 -
125,513,642
Net Balance - II New Pension Scheme Fund Opening Balance Add:- Subscriptions / Employees Contribution 81,672 Add:- Employers Contribution 81,672 Add:- Interest on Employees Contribution 1,720 Add:- Interest on Employers Contribution 1,720 Net Balance - III Total (I+II+III) -
166,784 598,123,956
539,006,862
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SCHEDULE -4 Grants from Government of India a) Under Plan Capital Opening Balance Add:- Grant received during the year Less:- Grant utilised during the year Grant Balance b) Under R&D Plan Opening Balance Add:- Grant received during the year Less:- Grant utilised during the year Grant Balance c) Under RSoP Scheme Opening Balance Add:- Grant received during the year Less:- Grant utilised during the year Grant Balance Total SCHEDULE - 5 Unsecured Loans & Borrowings Unsecured Loan:Loan from ICICI Bank Ltd. Opening Balance Add:- Additional Loan drawn during the year Less:- Repayment of Loan during the year Loan Balance Total 5,710,502 12,300,000 12,705,897 5,304,605 34,100,694 2,879,028 5,279,000 2,447,526 5,710,502 107,176,816 7,658,363 16,000,000 19,753,411 3,904,952 13,908,089 26,100,000 32,349,726 7,658,363 93,807,951 93,000,000 161,916,814 24,891,137 56,939,428 58,000,000 21,131,477 93,807,951
Current Year
Previous Year
Current Year
Previous Year
30,000,000 17,500,000 9,900,000
37,600,000 37,600,000
30,000,000 -
30,000,000 30,000,000
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SCHEDULE -6 Current Liabilities and Provisions A. Current Liabilities 1) Sundry Creditors a) For Supplies & Services b) For Expenses c) For Salaries d) For Others 2) Deposits Received (Test Fee & Consultancy) 3) Statutory Liabilities 4) EMD, Security Deposits & Others 5) Sponsored Scheme Deposits Total
Current Year
Previous Year
4,335,895 15,328,208 12,008,669 1,599,340 -
33,272,112 70,509,767 5,665,506 14,386,442 3,655,490 127,489,317
5,811,616 15,955,502 11,387,909 17,091,095 -
50,246,122 43,439,591 5,244,411 7,583,940 3,715,401 110,229,465
SCHEDULE - 7
Gross Block Cost/valuation As at beginning of the year

17,689,090 456,368,343 3,537,353,905 3,090,603 5,768,650 12,061,179 71,313,779 2,239,883 23,812,357 4,129,697,789 28,058,732 4,157,756,521
A. Fixed Assets 1) Land Freehold 2) Buildings On Freehold Land 3) Plant, Machinery & Equipment 4) Vehicles 5) Furniture & Fixtures 6) Library Books & Film 7) Machinery & Equipments (Sponsored Projects) 8) Buildings on Freehold Land (ICICI) 9) Plant, Machinery & Equipment (ICICI) Total B. Capital Work-in-Progress C. Capital Work-in-Progress (ICICI) Grand Total
Additions during the year

20,167,274 1,840,266 242 160,702 3,974,828 26,143,312 161,916,814 6,785,292 194,845,418
Transfer from WIP
As at the As at the Current year Previous year end end

17,689,090 474,506,582 3,630,921,438 4,930,869 5,768,892 12,221,881 75,288,607 2,244,336 30,593,196 4,254,164,891 98,437,048 4,352,601,939 17,689,090 456,368,343 3,537,353,905 3,090,603 5,768,650 12,061,179 71,313,779 2,239,883 23,812,357 4,129,697,789 28,058,732 4,157,756,521
18,138,239 73,400,259 4,453 6,780,839 98,323,790 (91,538,498) (6,785,292) -
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SCHEDULE -8 Investments from Earmarked/Endowment Funds A. Superannuation Fund Investment Account 500,000 116,845,000 150,159,749 126,552,000 16,566,738 1,386,720 5,334,346 416,844,553 107,775,000 142,558,749 126,552,000 19,422,741 16,571,489 113,241 413,493,220
Current Year
Previous Year
1) In Government Securities 2) Bonds 3) Term Deposits with Banks & Financial Institutions 4) Post office Time Deposits 5) Interest Accrued on Superannuation Fund Investments 6) Receivables 7) Cash at Bank (S.B Account No.10356553751) Total - 1 B. Provident Fund Investment Account
1) In Government Securities 2) Bonds 3) Term Deposits with Banks & Financial Institutions 4) Post office Time Deposits 5) Interest Accrued on PF Investments 6) Receivables 7) Cash at Bank (S.B Account No.10356553740) Total - 2 C. New Pension Scheme Fund Investment Account 166,784 166,784 558,323,956 640,000 65,435,189 68,571,000 2,138,827 477,352 4,050,251 141,312,619
2,500,000 1,120,000 41,003,402 68,571,000 10,014,513 546,947 1,757,780 125,513,642
1) Cash at Bank (S.B Account No.30019323462) Total - 3 Total Investments (1+2+3)
0 539,006,862
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SCHEDULES FORMING PART OF BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR 31ST MARCH 2006 (Amount in Rupees)
SCHEDULE - 9 Current Assets, Loans & Advances A Current Assets 1 Inventories 2 a) Stores and Spares Sundry Debtors a) Debts Outstanding for a period exceeding six months b) Debts Outstanding for a period not exceeding six months Cash balances in hand (including cheques/drafts and imprest) Deposits & Bank Balances a) Deposits with Scheduled Banks (includes margin money) b) Deposits of Maintenance, Renewal & Obsolescence Reserve c) Savings Accounts d) Savings Bank Account of Maintenance, Renewal & Obsolescence Reserve 94,562 94,562 95,207 95,207
Current Year
Previous Year
32,941,643 30,526,180 144,699
63,467,823 144,699
38,400,029 37,134,360 3,364,957
75,534,389 3,364,957
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215,131,623 35,989,579 96,393,513 105,435
251,121,202 96,498,948
162,606,896 30,000,000 94,530,347 10,000,000
192,606,896 104,530,347
B Loans, Advances & Other Assets a) Deposits with Government Departments & Others b) Advances to Employees c) Prepaid Expenses d) Accrued interest e) Claims Receivable f) Other Advances Total 18,222,080 25,227,785 916,345 6,814,317 1,161,822 1,736,717 54,079,066 465,406,300 14,159,306 28,142,545 210,184 14,359,711 1,321,322 1,025,947 59,219,015 435,350,811
SCHEDULES FORMING PART OF INCOME & EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2006 SCHEDULE -10 Income from Test Fee & Consultancy a) b) Test Fee Consultancy Service Charges Total 312,254,608 76,053,050 388,307,658 279,082,569 60,289,418 339,371,987
Current Year
Previous Year
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(Amount in Rupees)
SCHEDULE -11 Fees 1) Training Fee 2) Seminar Fee Total 911,100 2,514,075 3,425,175 296,866 1,970,886 2,267,752
Current Year
Previous Year
SCHEDULE -12 Interest Earned 1) 2) Interest on Term Deposits with Banks & Financial Institutions # Interest on Loans & Advances to Employees Total
Current Year
Previous Year
17,370,601 1,254,597 18,625,198
18,622,623 716,355 19,338,978
# Tax Recovered on Interest from Bank Deposits and Investments is Rs.1,78,564/- for the year 2005-06 SCHEDULE - 13 Other Income 1) Fees for Miscellaneous Services a) b) 2) a) b) c) d) e) f) Sale of Publications Library Receipts Application fee on recruitment Private use of vehicles Sale of Tender forms Rent Receipts Sale of Scrap Others 14,300 2,166 73,025 22,690 235,099 1,393,791 264,669 2,285,882 4,291,622 19,380 10 38,175 165,193 1,311,592 710,812 1,906,575 4,151,737
Current Year
Previous Year
Miscellaneous Income
Total SCHEDULE - 14 Establishment Expenses a) c) Salaries and Wages including Bonus Expenses on Employees Retirement and Terminal Benefits Total Bangalore Date: June 22, 2006
Current Year
142,254,585 5,285,565 39,957,233 9,445,997 196,943,380
Previous Year
132,076,253 4,478,985 19,557,358 8,844,339 164,956,935
b) Staff Welfare Expenses d) Expenses on Medical Facilities
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(Amount in Rupees)
SCHEDULE - 15 Other Administrative Expenses a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) n) o) p) q) r) s) Electricity and Power Water Charges Office Expenses Repairs and Maintenance Rent, Rates and Taxes Vehicles Running and Maintenance Expenses Postage, Telephone and Communication Charges Printing and Stationery Travelling and Conveyance Expenses Expenses on Seminar & Workshops Subscription Expenses Expenses on Fees Auditors Remuneration Professional Charges Library Expenses Training Expenses Publication Expenses Advertisement and Publicity Provision for MRO Fund 41,971,765 859,020 9,895,012 69,823,646 308,197 2,358,207 5,111,979 1,503,905 10,371,722 2,643,623 78,070 44,420 75,000 455,273 613,768 724,950 154,778 952,382 35,000,000 182,945,717 42,090,159 1,771,234 10,797,597 72,609,115 320,282 1,986,286 3,770,781 989,144 7,798,633 2,183,631 91,104 2,915 75,000 1,097,381 1,334,691 353,482 447,809 453,325 20,000,000 168,172,569
Current Year
Previous Year
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Schedule 16
Notes on Accounts & Contingent Liability attached to and forming part of Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2006, AND Income & Expenditure Account AND Receipts & Payments Account for the year ended on that date Background:- The Institute, an autonomous body under Govt. of India, Ministry of Power incorporated through a resolution vide No.33(14)/74-Policy, dated 21/10/1974 is totally focused on Power Research. The Institute has been recognized by Ministry of Science & Technology as an S&T Institution. The Institute has been further recognized as Scientific and Industrial Research organization by Government of India, Ministry of Science and Technology vide their letter No.11/68/88-TU-V, dated 5/4/2005 and valid upto 31.03.2008. The Institute as a legal entity is registered with the Registrar of Societies. The basic objectives of the Institute is to serve as a National Testing & Certification Authority and act as an apex body for initiating and coordinating Research and Development in the field of electric power. The Government of India is supporting the activities thro grants. Additionally, the Institute is generating funds through other sources and thro test fees and professional services rendered to Government organizations/Electricity Boards/Commercial organizations etc. Institute is notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue vide notification No.34/2004 (F .No.203/107/2003/ITA-II), dated 30.01.2004 as a Research and Development organisation for the purpose of Clause (ii) of subsection (1) of section 35 of the Income Tax Act 1961 and this clearance is effective upto 31.03.2005. An application in the prescribed format has been made to IT Department on 26.4.2005 for renewal of the same and notification awaited. Accordingly, the income of the Institute will be exempt from Income Tax as provided under Section 10(21) of Income Tax Act, 1961. 1. Fixed Assets and Depreciation:- Hitherto, the Institute capitalized all costs relating to the acquisition and installation of all fixed assets. From the year 2002-03 onwards, the Institute has changed its policy for accounting capital assets as under All assets acquired under Capital Projects, R&D Plan, Sponsored Schemes, RSoP Schemes are capitalized with all costs relating to their acquisition. All assets acquired out of Non-Plan (Revenue) expenditure of the Institute are charged off to the Income & Expenditure account during the year. The value of such assets is Rs.149.31 lakhs for 2005-06 (Rs.99.04 lakhs for the year 2004-05). Total value of assets charged off from 2002-03 till now, is Rs. 403.41 lakhs. Since the infrastructure is created by drawal of grants from Government of India, depreciation is not provided in the books of accounts. Depreciation not provided as per the rates prescribed under the Income Tax act under the Written Down value method till the period ended 31.3.2006 is Rs. 358,11,13,790/ - (Depreciation upto 31.03.2005 was Rs. 347,78,56,573/-) and Depreciation for the year is Rs.10,32,57,217/ - (Depreciation for 2004-05 was Rs. 16,81,80,078/-). The fixed assets are stated only at cost.
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2. Government Grant:- Grants received from the Government of India and other organisations towards specific projects are shown as capital/sponsored grants. The Institute conforms compliance of all the conditions of the grant. The Institute consistently has followed the procedure of showing the assets procured from such grants under the Fixed Assets. 3. Retirement Benefits:- The liability on account of Pension, Gratuity & Leave Encashment for the period ending 31.3.2006 evaluated through M/s.India Life Hewitt on the basis of actuarial valuation amounts to Rs.4566.00 lakhs. As the Superannuation Fund as on 31.03.2006 is only Rs.4168.00 lakhs, the shortfall of Rs.398.00 lakhs is charged to Income & Expenditure Account and credited to Superannuation Fund Account during the year 2005-06. 4. The Institute has created and operating Maintenance, Renewal & Obsolescence (MRO) Fund from 2004-05. During the year, Rs.156.74 lakhs has been utilized from MRO Fund towards major repairs in High Power Laboratory, Sub Station, High Voltage & Power Systems Division. Apart from this, Rs.698.23 lakhs is charged to Income and Expenditure Account for the regular maintenance of equipments, machinery and others. Rs.350 lakhs is added in the current year to the MRO Fund by charging Income and Expenditure Account. 5. Finance Act 2005 has introduced Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) w.e.f 1.4.2005 on certain fringe benefits. The Institute is recognized as S & T Institution by Department of Science & Technology, and is also recognized as Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research. The rules and regulations regarding service matters of employees of the Institute are in accordance with the CCS Rules as an extended arm of Government Department. The Institute is receiving complete support for Capital and Research & Development Projects. The Institute is notified as an Institution under Section 35(1) (ii) of Income Tax Act 1961, and accordingly the Income of the Institute is exempted from Income Tax under Section 10 (21) of Income Tax Act 1961. A letter was also addressed to Ministry of Power for seeking exemption from Ministry of Finance, from payment of FBT. In view of the above, FBT is not paid nor provided in the Books of Accounts. 6. The total Land in the possession of the Institute is as under : a) b) Freehold Land Leasehold Land Total 7. Contingent Liabilities:(a) On account of Letter of Credit opened and remaining to be honoured NIL (excepting Letter of credits with 100% margin) (NIL for 2004-05). 281.12 acres 33.00 acres 314.12 acres
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(b) Estimated amount of liability on account of capital contracts Rs. 540.67 lakhs (Rs.536.41 lakhs for 2004-05). (c) (d) Claims not acknowledged as debts by the Institute Nil. Bank Guarantees furnished to various clients by the Institute is of the value of Rs.127.06 lakhs (Rs.97.65 lakhs for 2004-05) (e) With the inclusion of Scientific & Technical consultancy as one of the taxable services under Service Tax Rules with effect from 16th July 2001, the Institute has registered with Service Tax authorities and collecting & remitting service tax to Central Excise Department with effect from 16th July 2001. However, the Service Tax Department treating CPRI as a Consulting Engineer has served notice demanding payment of Service Tax amounting to Rs. 512.00 lakhs on the value of taxable services for the period 7.7.1997 to 15.7.2001. The matter has been disputed as CPRI cannot be construed as Consulting Engineer. The appeal was filed before the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (South zonal bench), Bangalore, and the Honble Division Bench during the final hearing on 18 th May 2006, admitted the appeal. (f) There is a dispute between the Institute and M/s. A.S.Iyer & Co., Nagpur regarding construction of quarters at CPRI, Nagpur. As per the arbitration award made by the Arbitrator, CPRI is liable to pay Rs.17.80 lakhs to M/s.A.S.Iyer & Co., Nagpur alongwith 18% Interest P.A to the point of judgement which works out to Rs.40.25 lakhs. The Institute filed an appeal before High Court of Karnataka who have granted Interim Order staying the execution of the decree passed against CPRI subject to CPRI depositing Rs.20.00 lakhs in the Court. Accordingly, Rs.20.00 lakhs was deposited in High Court of Karnataka during 2004-05. 8. 9. The Institute has a system of Internal Audit conducted by a firm of Chartered Accountants. The grant balances shown at Schedule-4 are exclusive of margin money utilized for L.C establishment towards the committed Liability for import of equipments. The margin money deposits at the end of 31.3.2006 is Rs.145.10 lakhs (Rs.210.03 lakhs at the end of 2004-05). 10. Figures for the previous year have been regrouped wherever necessary to conform with the presentation of this year.
As per Our Report of Even Date for K. P RAO & CO . Chartered Accountants Sd/ (VINAY G. RAO) Partner
Bangalore Date : June 22, 2006
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Significant Accounting Policies attached to and forming part of Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2006 AND Income & Expenditure Account AND Receipts & Payments Account for the year ended on that date. 1. Method of Accounting: 1.1 The Accounts have been prepared on the historical cost concept, based on the accrual method of Accounting, in accordance with the generally accepted Accounting Principles, unless otherwise stated. 2. Fixed Assets: 2.1. Fixed Assets acquired under Capital Projects, R & D Plan, Sponsored Schemes and loans are stated at their original cost of acquisition. The funds provided for acquisition of these Fixed Assets under Grant-in-Aid from Government of India/other Agencies are reflected as contra under Capital Reserve. 2.2. Fixed Assets acquired other than referred to 2.1. are charged off as revenue expenditure during the year w.e.f. 2002-03. 2.3. The Institute is a non-profit organization and therefore depreciation is not provided in the accounts. 2.4. Capital work-in-progress includes expenditure on Civil Works of projects which have not been completed as at the end of the year. 3. Investments: 3.1. 4. Investments are valued at cost.
Inventories: 4.1. Inventories of stores and spares are valued at cost, cost includes expenses incurred for procuring the same.
5.
Research and Development: 5.1. Revenue expenditure on Research and Development are adjusted against the receipt of research grants. Capital expenditure on Research & Development are treated in the same manner as expenditure on other fixed assets.
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6. Foreign Currency Transaction: 6.1. Transactions in Foreign Currency are recorded at the rate of Exchange prevailing at the beginning of financial year. 6.2. Realised gains and loses on Foreign Currency transactions other than those relating to fixed assets are recognized in the Income and Expenditure Account. Gain or Loss on transactions in respect of liabilities incurred to acquire fixed assets are adjusted to the carrying cost of such fixed assets. 7. Revenue Recognition: 7.1. The Revenue in respect of Test Fees and Consultancy charges are accounted on completion of the work. 8. Retirement Benefits: 8.1. Retirement liabilities to staff/employees in respect of Gratuity, Leave Encashment, Superannuation benefits are provided in the accounts based on actuarial valuation.
Bangalore Date : June 22, 2006
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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE PERIOD
RECEIPTS I Opening Balances a. b. Cash in Hand Bank Balances i) Savings accounts ii) In Short-term deposits iii) In Long-term deposits iv) PF Investments v) SAF Investments vi) MRO Fund Investments II Grants Received a. b. c. d. e. III a. b. c. d. e. IV V Capital Grants from GOI R&D Grants from GOI RSoP Grants from GOI Deposits from Sponsored Projects ICICI Funds Receipts on SA Funds Interest received in PF Fund Interest received in SA Fund GPF Subscription & Repayments NPS Subscription
Current Year
Previous Year
3,364,957 106,401,368 89,934,596 72,672,300 113,194,402 377,385,749 30,000,000 93,000,000 16,000,000 12,300,000 5,307,000 17,500,000 15,798,867 17,020,564 31,966,161 29,484,297 166,784 23,497,852 224,163 462,549,384 14,300 3,425,175 751,531 84 235,099 1,687,497 1,523,882,130
155,413 95,515,779 160,167,376 144,172,300 98,184,402 179,610,749 58,000,000 26,100,000 5,279,000 2,000,000 165,107,934 7,128,425 18,901,695 28,173,546 50,000,000 18,622,623 716,355 358,793,099 19,380 2,267,752 1,311,592 38,175 165,193 2,617,397 1,423,048,185
Receipts on Endowment Funds
Receipts on Maintenance, Renewal, Obsolescence Reserve Interest Received a. b. On Bank deposits On Loans & Advances to employees Receipts from Clients Publication Sales Seminars & Conferences Fees Rent Receipts Transport Charges Sale of Tender Forms Miscellaneous Receipts
VI
Revenue Receipts a. b. c. d. g. h. i.
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1ST APRIL 2005 TO 31ST MARCH 2006
(Amount in Rupees)
Current Year Previous Year
PAYMENTS I Expenses a. b. II Establishment Expenses (Schedule-14) Administrative Expenses (Schedule-15) Plan Capital Expenditure i) Machinery & Equipments under Erection ii) Civil works iii) Miscellaneous Expenses b. R&D Expenditure i) Fixed Assets ii) Research Activity Expenses c. Sponsored Project Expenditure i) d. Fixed Assets
133,835,505 158,431,818
164,956,935 168,172,569
Payments made against funds for various Projects a. 96,071,952 45,398,184 13,264,847 12,993,570 6,375,288 1,171,610 1,392,083 184,791 12,461,733 6,774,527 4,472 5,510 22,830,198 25,471,393 54,979 6,962,760 15,666,415 559,351,635 8,694,807 12,436,670 21,713,673 10,636,053 1,874,164 1,469,708 356,311 143,215 1,948,000 18,819,633 573,358 145,500,000 30,000,000 25,236,314 16,989,821 47,979 707,130 630,276,340
ii) Research Activity Expenses RSoP Schemes i) Fixed Assets ii) Management Expenditure iii) Disbursements e. ICICI i) Fixed Assets ii) Civil Works iii) Other Expenses f. Payment out of General Reserve i) Transfer to Superannuation Fund ii) Transfer to Maintenance, Renewal, Obsolescence Reserve III Payments on Endowment Funds a. b. IV a. b. c. V GPF Advances/ Withdrawals Retirement Settlements Library Books, etc. Vehicles Assets acquired
Assets Acquired out of General Reserve
Payments on MRO Fund Page total
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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE PERIOD RECEIPTS Current Year Previous Year
Page total - c/f VII Advances Refund & Deposits a. b. c. d. e. f. Advances to Suppliers Loans & Advances to employees (Recovery) EMD & Security Deposits Withdrawal of Deposits from Telephones, etc. Stores Outstanding Expenses
1,523,882,130
1,423,048,185
414,011 4,673,261 4,437,289 248,336 645 -
808,154 20,331,146 8,137,093 797,238 26,681 12,244,361
VIII Recoveries for Remittances a. b. c. d. Statutory Recoveries for Remittances Recoveries from salaries for Remittances Group Savings Linked Insurance Scheme Accident Insurance Scheme 13,736,632 6,879,085 817,945 607,907 54,193,224 21,054,250 1,256,863 -
Total
1,555,697,241
1,541,897,195
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1ST APRIL 2005 TO 31ST MARCH 2006 PAYMENTS Current Year
(Amount in Rupees)
Previous Year
Page total - c/f VI Other Payments a. b. c. d. e. Advances to Suppliers Advances to Employees Refund of EMD & Security Deposits Sundry Debtors for Tests, Consultancy & Others Deposits for Telephones & Electricity, etc.
559,351,635
630,276,340
10,843,248 13,613,659 5,194,877 3,650,942 4,239,440
334,742 21,353,803 8,339,940 8,670,736 3,078,907
VII Remittances of Recoveries a. b. c. d. Remittances of Statutory Recoveries Remittances of Salary Recoveries Group Savings Linked Insurance Scheme Accident Insurance claims & payments 51,688,493 21,186,251 1,049,275 599,831 54,706,393 20,921,536 1,261,426 -
VIII Closing balances a. b. Cash in Hand Bank Balances i) Savings accounts ii) In Short-term deposits iii) In Long-term deposits iv) PF Investments v) SA Investments vi) MRO Fund Investment Total 106,050,330 53,806,323 161,325,300 134,646,189 393,556,749 34,750,000 1,555,697,241 106,401,368 89,934,596 72,672,300 113,194,402 377,385,749 30,000,000 1,541,897,195 144,699 3,364,957
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Schedule of Fixed Assets and Depreciation on Fixed Assets as at 31.3.2006
(Amount in Rupees)
Gross Block Year
Opening Balance as on 1.4.2005 Additions during the year 2005-06
Closing Balance as on 31.3.2006 (2+3) %
Depreciation Progressive upto 1.4.2005 6

0 265,372,998 3,125,166,820 4,361,753 2,472,257 193,488 11,484,079 62,628,101 223,988 5,953,089 3,477,856,573
For the year 2005-06 (9+3)x5 Clsoing Balance as on 31.3.2006 (6+7)
Net Block
as on 31.3.2005 as on 31.3.2006
1 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Land Buildings on Freehold Land Plant & Machinery Furniture Vehicles Films (Documentary) Library Books Machinery & Equipments (Sponsored) Buildings on Freehold Land (ICICI)
2
17,689,090 456,368,343 3,537,353,905 5,768,650 3,090,603 225,153 11,836,026 71,313,779 2,239,883 23,812,357 4,129,697,789
3
0 18,138,239 93,567,533 242 1,840,266 0 160,702 3,974,828 4,453 6,780,839 124,467,102
4
17,689,090 474,506,582 3,630,921,438 5,768,892 4,930,869 225,153 11,996,728 75,288,607 2,244,336 30,593,196 4,254,164,891
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0% 10% * 15% 10% * 15% 10% 33% * 15% 10% * 15%
7
0 20,913,358 75,863,193 140,714 368,792 3,167 170,866 1,899,076 202,035 3,696,016 103,257,217
8
0 286,286,356 3,201,030,013 4,502,467 2,841,049 196,655 11,654,945 64,527,177 426,023 9,649,105 3,581,113,790
9
17,689,090 190,995,345 412,187,085 1,406,897 618,346 31,665 351,947 8,685,678 2,015,895 17,859,268 651,841,216
10
17,689,090 188,220,226 429,891,425 1,266,425 2,089,820 28,498 341,783 10,761,430 1,818,313 20,944,091 673,051,101
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Total
* The Rate of Depreciation on Plant and Machinery is revised from 25% to 15% and on Vehicles from 20% to 15% w.e.f. 2005-06. Bangalore Date : June 22,2006
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FOREWORD
The year 2005-2006 has been a period of noteworthy achievements for Central Power Research Institute with several advancements in the areas of applied research, testing & certification and consultancy. The financial performance surpassed all previous records by reaching Rs. 41.47 crores during the year 2005-2006 vis-a-vis Rs.36.51 crores during 20042005. The Non-Plan expenditure during 2005-2006 was contained within Rs.38 crores to generate Rs.3.48 crores revenue income over expenditure. For the eighteenth year in succession, the Institute has not drawn any non-plan grant from the Government of India. A.K. TRIPATHY DIRECTOR GENERAL CPRI is backed up by over four decades of experience in applied research in products & processes, development, consultancy, etc. With a strong intellectual capital, CPRI has made a mark in testing and certification and is already on the transnational frontiers looking forward to a strong global presence in research, development and testing in the International scene. In the year 2005-2006, testing and certification activities registered a high growth in terms of the number of samples tested and the number of customers serviced. A total of 41396 tests on 15764 samples were conducted during the year. On the research front, 17 projects were successfully completed during the year. Notable achievements include theDevelopment of Full Spectrum Simulator conceived as a multi-organization activity by inviting the participation from various research and academic Institutions. CPRI has shown interest in this project because of the application of Real Time Digital Simulator (which is a unique facility set up in the country). This facility would be a highly useful tool for benchmarking the performance of the newly envisaged Full spectrum Simulator. CPRI has undertaken collaborative R&D programmes with Baba Atomic Research Centre in the area of sesmic effects on Pipes, Reactors model, Frame structures, Polymeric dampers etc. CPRI continued to participate in Distribution Reforms as Advisor-cum-Consultant (AcC) for the purpose of capacity building in the state electricity boards/power utilities of Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh under the Accelerated Power Development & Reforms Programme (APDRP) of the Ministry of Power, Government of India. Remaining Life Assessment(RLA), Renovation & Modernisation(R&M), Life Extension Studies (LES) and Consultancy have been the important activities during the financial year. The work involved conducting of remaining life assessment analysis of both mechanical and electrical components and also associated studies such as energy audit, forced outage analysis, capacity adequacy study and economic analysis of the run/repair/ replace measures recommended. During the year 2005-06, eleven X Plan projects at an out lay of Rs.4515 lakhs were under implementation, out of which three schemes, ie., Establishment of Digital Library & Knowledge Management System and the other on Augmentation of Regional Testing Laboratory at Ghaziabad and Centre for Industrial Solid Waste Utilisation have been completed .
Most of the CPRI laboratories have been acredited as per NABL 17025 standards and during the year and to help clientile in e xport of their equipment overseas, CPRI added to its credentials with ASTA, IECEEB and ISO 9001-2000 accreditations. Some officers of the Institute have also become ASTA observers. As regards to STL CPRI is trying to get full membership of STL. At CPRI, we value client satisfaction and delight by sharing our knowledge and caring for their needs. CPRI has established over the years a very good reputation with large clientele in power sector and electrical equipment manufacturing industry. A wide range of technical problems have been solved. The Institute is diversifying its activities by taking up collaborative works for maintenance and modernisation of power substations both within the country & abroad. The Institute is striving hard to serve power sector on par with KEMA, Netherlands/EPRI, USA. The Institute is expanding its horizons in service of the nation by establishing mobile test facilities for Eastern utilities at Kolkata and for North Eastern utilities at Guwahati with co-operation of WBSEB & ASEB.
A.K. TRIPATHY
Bangalore DIRECTOR GENERAL
CONTENTS
Chapter
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Organisation Research & Development Testing & Certification Consultancy Services Promotion of CPRI Activities MOUs Signed By the Institute Capital Projects Administrative Matters Finance & Accounts Use of Hindi as Official Language
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Appendices
Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Appendix V Appendix VI Appendix VII Appendix VIII Appendix IX Appendix X The Governing Council The Standing Committee The Working Committee on Research The Working Committee on Testing & Certification RSOP Expert Committee Research Projects Undertaken Personnel Deputed Abroad for Training / Presenting Technical Papers, etc, during the year 2005-2006 Membership of CPRI Officers in International/ National Committees Technical Papers Presented / Published by Scientific / Engineering Officers Auditors Report 65 78 74 56 55 57 47 48 49 50 51 52
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CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 CHAPTER - I

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 MANAGEMENT

The Central Research & Testing Laboratory, Bangalore

ORGANIZATION CHART AS ON 31ST MARCH 2006

PRESIDENT : R.V. SHAHI

COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH 21 MEMBERS

STANDING COMMITTEE 4 MEMBERS

COMMITTEE ON TESTING & CERTIFICATION 17 MEMBERS

DIRECTOR GENERAL A.K.TRIPATHY

Dr. SUJATHA SUBHASH ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR POWER SYSTEMS DIVISION

N.S. MOHAN RAO ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR Marketing & Publicity

P. MUNIYAPPA ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR TRC, KORADI

GAUTHAM SENGUPTA ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR STDS, BHOPAL

B.H. NARAYANA ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR

V.N.NANDAKUMAR ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR

K.N.SRINIVASAN ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR.

JOINT DIRECTOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION K. MANOHARA

JOINT DIRECTOR HIGH POWER LAB. A.P. KULKARNI

ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR Dr. I.P.S. PAUL

JOINT DIRECTOR UHV RESEARCH LAB. B.GUNASEKARAN

ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR INSTRUMENTATION K.B.MANJUNATH

REGIONAL TESTING LABORATORY MURADNAGAR

JOINT DIRECTOR ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Dr. K. R.C. NAIR

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION LIBRARY INFORMATION CENTRE TRAINING

ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR Dr. S. SEETHARAMU

JOINT DIRECTOR ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE M KRISHNAN

JOINT DIRECTOR DIAGNOSTIC CABLES & CAPACITORS DIVISION A. SUDHINDRA

JOINT DIRECTOR R&D CELL M.M. BABUNARAYANAN

MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY DIVISION / PURCHASE & STORES

JOINT DIRECTOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DIVISION M.N. GUNDURAO

JOINT DIRECTOR HIGH VOLTAGE DIVISION P.V.V. NAMBUDIRI

JOINT DIRECTOR DIELECTRIC MATERIALS DIVISION Dr. K. DWARAKANATH

CHIEF ACCOUNTS OFFICER I.VENKATESWARA RAO

CHIEF VIGELANCE OFFICER GAUTHAM SENGUPTA

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER S.SRIDHAR

ASSISTANT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER SUHAS BAGALKOTKAR

LIASON OFFICER SC/ST & OBC P. NAGESWARA RAO

S. VIJAYAKUMARI WOMEN WELFARE OFFICER

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

Switchgear Testing & Development Station, Bhopal

Regional Testing Laboratory, Muradnagar

Thermal Research Centre, Nagpur

UHV Research Laboratory, Hyderabad

Pollution Laboratory Impulse Laboratory Power Frequency Laboratory Vibration Laboratory

Energy Research Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

UNITS & THEIR ACTIVITIES

High Voltage Laboratory Mobile Field Testing Laboratory Pollution Laboratory

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

Cables and Capacitors Laboratory Diagnostics Laboratory

Dielectric Materials Division

View of New Capacitor Lab

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

Power Systems Division

800 KV V String under testing at Vibration Lab

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

Assembled SF6 Circuit Breaker at the Impulse Bay

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006 CHAPTER - II

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

CPRI ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006