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Papers by Prabir Paul
The choice of site for small hydro in the inaccessible tracts of Himalayan region is a difficult ... more The choice of site for small hydro in the inaccessible tracts of Himalayan region is a difficult task by the conventional methods. This leads to a considerable loss of time and money in selecting a proper site for small hydel. In this paper an attempt has been made to use GIS and Remote Sensing technology to arrive at various alternative sites available in the study area and finally to select the most technically suitable site. The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Curve Number (CN) method has been utilized to identify the monthly average runoff of the site. The distributed curve number technique has been used in this work.
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a cost-effective support for small-scale farming and to handle seas... more Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a cost-effective support for small-scale farming and to handle seasonal water demand where water resource is in need of sustainable development. Researchers have developed and applied various criteria and methods to find out suitable sites and techniques for rainwater harvesting (RWH). The main objective of the work is to use fuzzy AHP (analytic hierarchy process) for weight assignment of various criteria involved in selecting suitable RWH sites for Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district of India. Remote sensing and field data has been used to prepare thematic layers. Runoff, slope, soil, landuse and landcover, drainage density, lineament density, distance from roads, and distance from rivers have been assessed to select suitable sites for harvesting structures. Fuzzy gamma operator has been performed to integrate all criteria to get suitable sites for rainwater harvesting. Suitable sites for different harvesting structure were also identified. Landuse and landcover, river and canal map, and road map were integrated with the overlaid map to find out sites suitable for ponds and pans, percolation tank, check dam, and nala bunds. A total of 51 sites for harvesting ponds, 42 sites for check dams, 35 sites for nala bunds, and 20 sites for percolation tanks have been selected as suitable for harvesting sites. Overall, the study presented that the multi-criteria analysis using fuzzy logic offers an integrated assessment for rainwater harvesting structure and site selection.
Journal of the Geological Society of India, 2018
Before the implementation of any small scale hydropower scheme, it is essential to determine the ... more Before the implementation of any small scale hydropower scheme, it is essential to determine the availability of sufficient and reliable amount of water to make the scheme economically viable. The sites for small hydels are generally located in the inaccessible tracts of hilly regions. This hinders the proper evaluation of the site. The investments in the small hydels are also comparatively very low as compared to a big hydel power plant; as such not much of fund can be allocated to the initial site suitability decisions. Once a best site in a stream having suitable head has been identified then proper and detailed survey of the site could be undertaken for the construction of the plant. The streams on which small hydel plants are planned are mostly ungauged, which again poses a problem in identifying the amount of flow at certain location. In this work an attempt has been made to create a model for identification of flow at any location of a watershed. The two components of flow that is the base flow and runoff has been taken into consideration for calculating the flow. The base flow has been identified by direct measurement and run off has been delineated using the distributed curve number method. Finally a regression has been done to come to a generalized equation for determination of total flow at any point of a watershed in the Kalimpong subdivision.
Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation, 2016
Presence of arsenic in effluents from mining, mineral processing, metal plating industries pose s... more Presence of arsenic in effluents from mining, mineral processing, metal plating industries pose serious health hazard to human beings. In this research, suitability of cheap sweetmeat waste (SMW), which is sweet industry byproduct, was investigated for the treatment of As(III). The physicochemical properties of the sorbent were characterized. The SEM images revealed highly heterogeneous sorbent surface. XRD analysis showed the presence of different polysaccharides mainly containing hydroxyl functional group. FTIR analysis was also performed to confirm the functional groups present in the sorbent. Batch experiments were conducted for kinetic analysis, effect of initial As(III) concentration, sorbent dose, electrolytes, pH and temperature in order to understand sorption behaviour. Presence of electrolyte, solution pH and temperature were found to effect the performance of the sorbent. The sorption followed pseudo-second order reaction and Langmuir isotherm model best. The studies reve...
Journal of Mines Metals and Fuels, Apr 1, 2000
The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, 2015
Journal of the Institution of Engineers. India. Mining Engineering Division
Journal of the Institution of Engineers. India. Mining Engineering Division
Journal of Spatial Hydrology
Geographic Information System (GIS) was utilized to apply a modified DRASTIC method to assess the... more Geographic Information System (GIS) was utilized to apply a modified DRASTIC method to assess the aquifer vulnerability to pollution of English Bazar Block of Malda District, West Bengal, India. In the western, central and southern parts of the study area the aquifer is prone to contamination. Therefore, in these regions pesticides, which may contain arsenic or arsenic rich groundwater, should not be used in irrigated land or mango orchards. In order to understand the reliability of the aquifer vulnerability, sensitivity analysis was carried out. This analysis indicates that in 62% of the area the vulnerability classes correspond to the present arsenic concentration in groundwater. Introduction English Bazar Block of Malda district, West Bengal, is located on the western part of the alluvium-filled gap between Rajmahal hills on the west and the Garo hills on the east. The block is bounded by latitude 24°50'N to 25°05'N and longitude 88° 00'E to 88° 10'E with a total ...
Journal of the Institution of Engineers. India. Mining Engineering Division
Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels
Journal of the Geological Society of India
The choice of site for small hydro in the inaccessible tracts of Himalayan region is a difficult ... more The choice of site for small hydro in the inaccessible tracts of Himalayan region is a difficult task by the conventional methods. This leads to a considerable loss of time and money in selecting a proper site for small hydel. In this paper an attempt has been made to use GIS and Remote Sensing technology to arrive at various alternative sites available in the study area and finally to select the most technically suitable site. The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Curve Number (CN) method has been utilized to identify the monthly average runoff of the site. The distributed curve number technique has been used in this work.
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a cost-effective support for small-scale farming and to handle seas... more Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a cost-effective support for small-scale farming and to handle seasonal water demand where water resource is in need of sustainable development. Researchers have developed and applied various criteria and methods to find out suitable sites and techniques for rainwater harvesting (RWH). The main objective of the work is to use fuzzy AHP (analytic hierarchy process) for weight assignment of various criteria involved in selecting suitable RWH sites for Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district of India. Remote sensing and field data has been used to prepare thematic layers. Runoff, slope, soil, landuse and landcover, drainage density, lineament density, distance from roads, and distance from rivers have been assessed to select suitable sites for harvesting structures. Fuzzy gamma operator has been performed to integrate all criteria to get suitable sites for rainwater harvesting. Suitable sites for different harvesting structure were also identified. Landuse and landcover, river and canal map, and road map were integrated with the overlaid map to find out sites suitable for ponds and pans, percolation tank, check dam, and nala bunds. A total of 51 sites for harvesting ponds, 42 sites for check dams, 35 sites for nala bunds, and 20 sites for percolation tanks have been selected as suitable for harvesting sites. Overall, the study presented that the multi-criteria analysis using fuzzy logic offers an integrated assessment for rainwater harvesting structure and site selection.
Journal of the Geological Society of India, 2018
Before the implementation of any small scale hydropower scheme, it is essential to determine the ... more Before the implementation of any small scale hydropower scheme, it is essential to determine the availability of sufficient and reliable amount of water to make the scheme economically viable. The sites for small hydels are generally located in the inaccessible tracts of hilly regions. This hinders the proper evaluation of the site. The investments in the small hydels are also comparatively very low as compared to a big hydel power plant; as such not much of fund can be allocated to the initial site suitability decisions. Once a best site in a stream having suitable head has been identified then proper and detailed survey of the site could be undertaken for the construction of the plant. The streams on which small hydel plants are planned are mostly ungauged, which again poses a problem in identifying the amount of flow at certain location. In this work an attempt has been made to create a model for identification of flow at any location of a watershed. The two components of flow that is the base flow and runoff has been taken into consideration for calculating the flow. The base flow has been identified by direct measurement and run off has been delineated using the distributed curve number method. Finally a regression has been done to come to a generalized equation for determination of total flow at any point of a watershed in the Kalimpong subdivision.
Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation, 2016
Presence of arsenic in effluents from mining, mineral processing, metal plating industries pose s... more Presence of arsenic in effluents from mining, mineral processing, metal plating industries pose serious health hazard to human beings. In this research, suitability of cheap sweetmeat waste (SMW), which is sweet industry byproduct, was investigated for the treatment of As(III). The physicochemical properties of the sorbent were characterized. The SEM images revealed highly heterogeneous sorbent surface. XRD analysis showed the presence of different polysaccharides mainly containing hydroxyl functional group. FTIR analysis was also performed to confirm the functional groups present in the sorbent. Batch experiments were conducted for kinetic analysis, effect of initial As(III) concentration, sorbent dose, electrolytes, pH and temperature in order to understand sorption behaviour. Presence of electrolyte, solution pH and temperature were found to effect the performance of the sorbent. The sorption followed pseudo-second order reaction and Langmuir isotherm model best. The studies reve...
Journal of Mines Metals and Fuels, Apr 1, 2000
The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, 2015
Journal of the Institution of Engineers. India. Mining Engineering Division
Journal of the Institution of Engineers. India. Mining Engineering Division
Journal of Spatial Hydrology
Geographic Information System (GIS) was utilized to apply a modified DRASTIC method to assess the... more Geographic Information System (GIS) was utilized to apply a modified DRASTIC method to assess the aquifer vulnerability to pollution of English Bazar Block of Malda District, West Bengal, India. In the western, central and southern parts of the study area the aquifer is prone to contamination. Therefore, in these regions pesticides, which may contain arsenic or arsenic rich groundwater, should not be used in irrigated land or mango orchards. In order to understand the reliability of the aquifer vulnerability, sensitivity analysis was carried out. This analysis indicates that in 62% of the area the vulnerability classes correspond to the present arsenic concentration in groundwater. Introduction English Bazar Block of Malda district, West Bengal, is located on the western part of the alluvium-filled gap between Rajmahal hills on the west and the Garo hills on the east. The block is bounded by latitude 24°50'N to 25°05'N and longitude 88° 00'E to 88° 10'E with a total ...
Journal of the Institution of Engineers. India. Mining Engineering Division
Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels
Journal of the Geological Society of India