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Industry, institute should interact: discom chief

Special Correspondent

Meet on power system analysis begins

Experts asked to guide EPDCL
EPDCL first in India to distribute CFL bulbs

VISAKHAPATNAM: With a good industry-institution interaction the talent on the either side could be put to good use, Chairman and Managing Director of A.P. Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited Lav Agarwal said on Thursday.

“We together can apply for many patents by making use of the talent and need not look to the US for help. Andhra University can apply for at least 10 patents”, Mr. Lav Agarwal said while participating in the inaugural function of a three-day international conference on “power system analysis, control and optimisation” (PSACO-2008) being organised by the Department of Electrical Engineering of Andhra University College of Engineering in association with the Hyderabad section of IEEE.

Power demand

The CMD of APEPDCL explained about the discom which meets 15 per cent of the power demand in the State and has 36.78 lakh consumers and a revenue of Rs. 201 crores. “EPDCL is the best in managing the line losses. Last year the line losses averaged 12.22 per cent and we are planning to reduce it to 9 per cent by March this year.

We have already achieved 9.9 per cent by January end”, he said.

Feeder franchising

This discom was also the first in India to take up distribution of CFL bulbs, 7.5 lakhs in number, to reduce power consumption and there by save 30 MW or 40 million units of power; first to introduce feeder franchising; take up construction of mini-hydal power plants in association with the tribal youth, introduce Any Time Payment machines, etc. Mr. Agarwal said.

He requested the experts to guide the EPDCL to achieve more results.

Principal of AUCE Allam Appa Rao wanted EPDCL and other organisations to look to the college to solve their challenging problems.

He also wanted the scientists to find ways for computers, now used widely, to consume less power.

Conference co-chair S. Rama Mohana Rao presided. Technical programme chair K.S. Linga Murthy and co-ordinator of the conference K. Vaisakh explained about the conference.

President of Hyderabad section of IEEE M.B. Srinivas wanted the AUCE to make the conference an annual event.

Most of the IEEE conferences were being held in China and hosting the same in India was also being promoted by the Indian organisation.

Conference Chair and a senior professor of Indian Institute of Sciences (Bangalore) D. Thukaram, HoD of Electrical Engineering K.A. Gopala Rao, Convener of the conference G.V. Siva Krishna Rao, Associate Professor Jyotsna, and others participated.

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