th 12 International Congress on Mathematical Education Topic Study Group 8 8 July – 15 July, 2012, COEX, Seoul, Korea MEASUREMENT UNITS AND MODES: THE INDIAN CONTEXT K. Subramaniam Arindam Bose subra@hbcse.tifr.res.in arindam@hbcse.tifr.res.in Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, India Measurement is a topic area that makes strong connections between school mathematics and real life. Although the international system of units is followed in most countries and in most school science and mathematics curricula, multiple systems of units including the old British system and informal units of convenience still prevail in the ...
Challenges and Learnings during Integration of Phasor Measurement Unit Data with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System – An Indian Experience Pramod Singh, S.K. Jain, Devender Kumar, PK Agarwal Power System Operation Corporation, New Delhi, India skjain@posoco.in Abstract. With gradual expansion of the grid, the conventional SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) required additional visualisation tools to operate the grid in more efficient manner. Due to low situational awareness, it became difficult for the operator to control the grid in safe and secure manner. This also resulted in isolated blackouts in the grid. In order to enhance the ...
Standard of UNIT 1 STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT Measurements Structure 1.1 Introduction Objectives 1.2 Standards of Measurements and their Classification 1.2.1 Primary Standard 1.2.2 Secondary Standard 1.3 Standard Unit of Length 1.4 Standard Unit of Weight 1.5 Standard Unit of Time 1.6 Standard Unit of Temperature 1.7 Standard Units of Luminous Intensity of a Source of Light 1.8 Standard Unit of Amount of Substance 1.9 Standard Unit of Electrical Quantities 1.10 Summary 1.11 Key Words 1.12 Answers to SAQs 1.1 INTRODUCTION In order that ...