Proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES-2009), 12-16 January 2009 at New Delhi, Vol.-4: Recent submissions

  • Contents 
    National Institute of Hydrology (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • Acknowledgements 
    National Institute of Hydrology (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • Sponsors 
    National Institute of Hydrology (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • Preface 
    Jain, Sharad K.; Singh, Vijay P.; Kumar, Vijay; Kumar, Rakesh; Singh, R. D.; Sharma, K. D. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
  • 201-Earthquake Hazards on Historic Hydraulic Structures - The Qanats of Barn. 
    Salih, Abdin; Salamat, Alireza; Sadeghi, Niloofar (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Earthquakes are natural hazards which not only demolish buildings and old monuments, but also ruin historic and new hydraulic structures which could be important water supplying systems in the devastated regions. Some of ...
  • 202-Optimisation of Hydropower in a Multi-Objective Context. 
    Rosbjerg, Dan; Ngo, Long Le; Madsen, Henrik (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Application of optimisation techniques to reservoir operation has become a major focus of water resources planning and management. Traditionally, reservoir operation has been based on heuristic procedures, embracing rule ...
  • 203-Study on Inter-Plant Economical Operation of Cascade Hydropower. 
    Jiqing, Li; Changming, Ji; Xiaowei, Zhou; Yushang, Zhang (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Regional Operation of Electricity market has begun in China. With the development of China's market economy, hydropower will enter the arena of bidding for connection to the grid in the light of "fair, impartial and open" ...
  • 204-Spatial Multiple Criteria Decision Making for Site Selection of Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants. 
    Ahmadi, Hassan; Shamsae, Abolfazl (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The first stage in development and design of Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants (PSHP) is finding the optimum location. In the current study we investigate the application of methods developed in the decision sciences: Spatial ...
  • 205-Hydropower Development in India for Energy Security. 
    Jain, Sharad K.; Kumar, Vijay (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    India has a large hydropower potential and much of it is still unutilized. Presently, the country is facing a severe shortage of electric energy and this shortage is going to further increase with economic development and ...
  • 206-Hydraulic Design of Headrace and Tailrace Channel for a Low-Head Hydro Power Plant Using Partial Analysis. 
    Karthikeyan, M.; Mudgal, B. V.; Ravikumar, G.; Karunakaran, K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    An undistorted physical model of a low head hydropower plant of scale 1:100 was constructed to achieve the designated head through model studies by designing the tailrace and headrace channels. In order to minimize the ...
  • 207-Sustained Hydro Power Generation Using Wheel and Gravity Effect. 
    Sivakumar, S.; Mohan, S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Because of "wheel effect" a heavy mass can be displaced with very minimal energy compared to the same mass not subjected any wheel arrangement. Also, all the objects are subjected to the downward "gravitational force". ...
  • 208-Thermal Springs - An Alternative Source of Energy. 
    Mala, S. C.; Singh, P.; Das, M.; Acharaya, S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Thermal springs are simple natural phenomena. They are spectacular events on the crust expressing earth's internal energy. This geothermal energy is considered as the non-conventional source that yields heat and power. The ...
  • 209-Hydropedology-Based Approach for Scaling Hydrological Processes. 
    Mohtar, Rabi H.; Najm, Majdi Abu; Mallory, Joe; Salahat, Mohammed; Braudeau, Erik (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    This article presents a new paradigm in characterizing and modeling the multi-scale organized soil medium and the physical properties resulting from this organization which takes into account the hierarchical organization ...
  • 210-Design of Hydroelectric Projects for Sediment Management. 
    Kothyari, U. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The design of the reservoir upstream of the dam and of the canal requires consideration of the sediment load carried by the river in case the river is sediment-laden. The hydraulics of lined canals is described from the ...
  • 211-Grain-Size Evolution of Sediments Transported by Runoff Generated by Moving Storms. 
    Lima, Joao L. M. P. de; Souza, Cristiano S.; Singh, Vijay P.; Lima, M. Isabel P. de; Azevedo, Jose M. M.; Cunha, Pedro P.; Dinis, Pedro A. M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    This study presents the results of laboratory experiments designed to investigate the influence of moving rainfall storms on the dynamics of sediment transport by surface runoff. Experiments were carried out using a soil ...
  • 212-Modeling Suspended Sediment Movement during Floods in Surface Flows. 
    Tsai, Christina W.; Man, Chuanjian (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A stochastic diffusion jump model in response to extreme flows is proposed herein to describe the movement of sediment particles in surface waters. The proposed particle tracking model classifies the movement of particles ...
  • 213-Comparison of Bed Load Formulae in Hydraulic Geometry Using Similarity Principle. 
    Yilmaz, L. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Employing the similarity principle, this paper derives the bed load formulae. The formulae include relations for stream width, meander wave length, and bed slope, which are related to friction factor, bed load discharge, ...
  • 214-Hydrological Behaviour of Mierobiotic Crusts on Sand Dunes of NW China - Experimental Evidences and Numerical Simulations. 
    Coppola, Antonio; Tedeschi, Anna; Basile, Angelo; Menenti, Massimo; Wang, Xinping; Comegna, Vincenzo (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    : Large ecological engineering projects were established to reduce and combat the hazards of sandstorms and desertification in northern China. An experiment to evaluate the effects of dunes stabilization by vegetation was ...
  • 215-Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Groundwater and Soil of Ajmer. 
    Dutta, Subroto; Gupta, Vinita (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water, the universal solvent, takes the first priority of life on our planet Earth which serves as a unavoidable medium for the livelihood of the human beings. A little more than 65% of the Indian population now utilizes ...
  • 216-Sedimentation Analysis for Existing and Proposed Development Conditions. 
    Murillo, Blake; Wardak, Soorgul; Hamilton, Douglas L.; Shrestha, Parmeshwar L.; Cydzik, Kristina; Doroudian, Macan (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A sedimentation analysis was carried out to investigate a fluvial system in Big Tujunga Wash, Los Angeles, California. The study area is located on a braided channel complex, which has been subject to flooding during past ...

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