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M.M. Babu Narayanan

Director

Former Addl. Director, CPRI (Govt. of India, Ministry of Power)


Grounding System Design

  • Earthing system at SAIL Plant in West Bengal

  •   Power house and Switchyard of 2x30MW Hydro Electric Project, Mizoram

  • Underground Power house & switchyard of 1200 MW, Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Generating station, Gujarat.

  •   Underground power house & 400 kV GIS switchyard of 1000 MW, hydropower project of THDC in Uttarakhand

  •   Power frequency and Impulse earthing system for UHV Research laboratory of Central Power Research Institute, Hyderabad

  •   Power frequency and Impulse earthing system for HV laboratory, Pune

  •   Power houses & switchyards of 200 MW HE scheme of Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL)

  •   Power houses & switchyards for two Units of Thermal Power station of KPCL

  •   Special grounding systems for 110 kV substations of Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)

  •   132 kV substation, Bhutan

  •   120 MW Diesel Generating Station of KPCL

  • 400  kV AC & 500 kV DC Yards of Converter stations at Talcher and Kolar for 2000MW, ± 500 kV, Talcher-Kolar HVDC Project

 Grounding System Field Measurements

  • Earth Resistance & audit of special lightning protection system for Qatar Petroleum, Qatar

  • Soil investigations at Ground Electrode stations and Terminal stations at Talcher and Kolar for the 2000MW, ± 500 kV Talcher-Kolar HVDC Project using High current injection method.

  • Soil resistivity & earth impedance of UHV Research laboratory of Central Power Research Institute, Hyderabad

  • Ground resistance of 400 MW power station in Kaiga, Karnataka

  • Soil resistivity & Earth Resistance of HV Laboratory, Pune

  • Soil resistivity & Earth Resistance of Power houses & switchyards of HE schemes of Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL)

  • Earth electrode resistance at Areva T&D

  • Ground mat resistance of 1000 MW THDC HE station

  • Grounding Grid Resistance measurement of oil tanks and structures in refinery at Mangalore        

  • Ground grid resistance for Power houses & switchyards of Diesel Power Plant of KPTCL