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2007 IndiaDoble Power Forum

Advance notice and call for presentations:

2007 IndiaDoble Power Forum  

• Optimising the Management of Assets Within the Power Sector

• 16-18 January, 2007

• The Taj Residency, Vadodara, India

You can be a part of this vitally important, all-India event!

Doble Engineering has hosted a technical colloquium for our Indian clients for the past four years. At each, the format has been to have high quality presentations from experts in the field, followed by open peer discussion.

 To discuss your participation, please write to Sameer Gaikwad, Regional Sales Manager (South Asia & Middle East) at sgaikwad@doble.com ; fax at +91 265 2356285 or telephone +91 265 6557715.
 
Refer to the sessions and themes as mentioned below. Share your knowledge with colleagues by submitting a presentation for this event: http://www.dobleexpo.com/07IndiaPowerForum/content/home/newabstract.asp.

Who should attend

Electric Engineers in all fields of Power & Industrial sector, Asset Managers, Risk Managers, Power Plant Engineers, Utility Regulators, Consultants, Testing Technicians, Manufacturers and Insurance Companies.

Registration:

• Clients with a Doble Service Contract may send four representatives, free of charge.
• Presenters may attend free of charge.
• Non-clients, additional client attendees: INR 3000 before 16 Dec.; INR 4000 after 16 Dec. Note: Registration fees shall be payable at Vadodara by Demand Draft / Pay order / at par cheque to Doble Engineering Private Ltd.

Preliminary Agenda

16 and 17 January:  Session 1 -- Power Forum Open to all attendees

Keynote address -- "Managing System Growth and Performance"

Theme 1 -  Equipment manufacture
The government targets to meet India’s power needs involve a massive capital investment programme. Presentations are invited particularly from the equipment manufacturers describing how they are planning to meet this increasing challenge.

Theme 2 -  Power circuits
The lines and cable circuits are the backbone of the transmission and distribution network. Presentations should cover design, operation and repair, ratings and diagnostics.

Theme 3 -  Substation Automation and Protection
The key of the network lies in its substations, and protecting them under adverse conditions is therefore extremely crucial. As the pressures on availability of power increases, so does the demand on efficient and correct fault discrimination. Presentations are invited on relay hardware and testing and implementing a common communications protocol,.

Theme 4 -  Power transformers
The most expensive asset remains the power transformer, together with its tap changer and bushings. Presentations should cover capital purchase, rebuilds, life assessment and diagnostics.

Theme 5 -  Substation equipment
As the asset base has aged, we are learning more about the factors affecting asset life of key equipment types, quantifying the risk exposure through condition assessment health reviews and business impact analysis, and mitigation through focusing operating and capital expenditure. Contributions are invited on these aspects as they relate to the wide range of substation equipment: circuit breakers, disconnectors, instrument transformers, capacitor banks, arresters, insulators and substation earthing.

Theme 6 -  Power station equipment
One of the biggest international issues, and certainly one attracting the largest number of insurance claims, is reliability of the generators. Presentations should cover diagnostics, materials, manufacture and rebuilds, life expectancy of windings, core, rotor body and accessories.

18 January: Session 2- Interactive IndiaDoble session for Utilities only

• Delegates at similar Doble sessions have said there is "No other event like it in the world!!"
• Delegates place a high value on the "utility only session" because the private meeting results in open and highly beneficial discussions between the utilities.

• Monitoring to ensure reliable performance- Data gathering and application to assess performance, availability, reliability, failure rates, service continuity/ compliance
• Best practice: Share a good practice
• Failures and malfunctions review: Recent experiences to be shared.

To discuss any technical issue, e-mail Aradhana at: aray@doble.com or telephone +91 265 6557715.

Guidelines for the 2007 IndiaDoble Forum

To submit an abstract go to: http://www.dobleexpo.com/07IndiaPowerForum/content/home/newabstract.asp

•    Working language: Presentations will be in English and presented on PowerPoint.
•    Technical content: The meeting is for technical presentations only. Sales presentations will not be allowed.
•    Presentation time: t is intended that the presentation is made for 15 minutes and 5 minutes for discussions on the presentation. The presenter should try to limit the number of slides to 30 per presentation.
 
Deadlines:
Contributors are asked to make their presentation submissions by the following dates:
•    An abstract (150-250 words) by 31 October 2006.
•    Full copies of their paper should be submitted in electronic form by 30 November 2006 to aray@doble.com  
•    Final copies of Power Points should be submitted in electronic form by 15 December 2006 to aray@doble.com
•    Doble will post on a secure Web site the copies of PowerPoint slides and papers for pre-registered delegates to review prior to the meeting.