User:Dore chakravarthy

Hi! Wikipedians,

While browsing the net, by chance I happen to bump on Wikipedia site, which I found to be exhaustive and informative.

I congratulate the founders and the authors of articles for their all efforts to maintain this by further improving wherever possible.

However I am unable to get any article on problems and their solutions on Thermal Power Stations equipment given by any technocrat with relevant experience, though I could see many articles on Power Stations. May be, I might have missed it.

Therefore, I request for any information on this from any reader at the earliest.

On my part, I thought that I have found a place to part with my knowledge on Power Stations for the use of other technocrats of all ages. Hence is the birth of my article.

During the University course, was an active Quit India Movement worker [[1]] under Indian National Congress [[2]] and was also imprisoned once at Bangalore Central Jail. However not applied for the benefits as Freedom Fighter, from the present Govty.of India.

I am a 1946 graduate [[3]] of Electrical Engineering of the University Of Mysore, located at Bangalore, the only one of its kind in the whole of Mysore Princely State. There were only Three desciplines those days, Civil, Mechnical and Electrical, and The Indian Institute Technology which had come up just then at Bangalore offered only Diplomas.

Further Academic References:

     --Dore chakravarthy 00:31, 22 July 2005 (UTC)Official Name   M.C.Doreswamy
              Institute of Engineers(India).
                 FELLOW No 006848/5
               Institute of Valuers,New Delhi,India,
                 FELLOW No F-4780
               WAS: Govt of India Valuer for Power 
                 Plant and machinery
               Tamil Nadu(India)Govt.Electrical 
                 Supervisors Certificate holder

               Present contact address: (temp. at New Zealand)
                              marc_d@softhome.net

Extra curricular activities As a Sportsman during College days, captained our University Volley Ball team. Voracious reader on Space Exploration by USA as well as Russia, from their inception, almost. I was lucky to hear on Radio at Porbandar, India, (Birth place of Mahatma Gandhi) About the failure of retrieval of dogs, Helka and Belka shot into space by Russia as a first experiment Also saw the jubilation of Americans in USA by me, in USA itself, after their first retrieval trial of their command module with Mr. Carpenter (name?) in it. Also used to read American SPAN magazine (freely supplied) early days about the NASA progress. I am also following the flight of space ships by USA starting from Late Mr.Von Brown, ex. Chief of NASA, and also used to purchase and read Russian books as they were sold very cheap in India. Also read a lot about Mir orbiting station and International Orbiting Station. Was in Para military force, as Home Guards Officer at Gujarat India; piloted Diesel loco, hauling crude oil wagons from Refinery to keep the Powerhouse during all India Railway strike.

Professional working. The author, during his period of professional working had the responsibility to operate and maintain the power generation, connected with units of 1000KW to 200MW units in India, of various manufacturers. The problems mainly were at a period when computerization and specialists in various fields were not available. Hence the reliability and the maintenance of Continuity of Power Generation were mainly in the hands of Operating and maintenance staff connected with the plant and their skill in handling the power generating units.

During my working, in the last 50 years, 1946 onwards, as power station engineer in Madras Electricity Department for a short time, Gujarat Electricity Board [[4]][[5]]for a major time and retiring there on, as Chief Engineer (Operation), and there after worked as consulting Engineer in reputed organizations such as Tatas and Ficthtners, in India.

To day, High Tech Engineers, generally think of any problem as a high tech problem, sometimes forgetting the fundamentals. In the case of Albert Einstein, there is a saying that a big hole for a big rat and a small hole for a small rat. Basic Engineering Principles still remain the same, but in many cases overlooked by experts due to their heavy involvement.

The points brought out in the article are purely based on my memory only, (at 80+), which is subjected to correction by the readers to the extent they are involved in the relevant project areas referred there in.

Wish all the best of success to Administrators and authors involved: