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Deepak Parmar has been an active member of the ICC for many years, contributing
most extensively to Subcommittee C and working groups related to soil thermal
characteristics.
He holds a B.Sc. in Civil
Engineering from Woolwich Polytechnic (1966, London, U.K.) and a Diploma in
Management Studies from Slough Polytechnic (1972, U.K.).
During undergraduate studies,
he worked at Soil Mechanics Ltd., London, U.K. in the geotechnical laboratory
conducting specialized geotechnical and rock mechanics testing. After graduating
he joined the firm in the capacity of laboratory manager, in charge of soil and
rock mechanical laboratories and specialized field (in-situ) testing. From 1973
to 1978, he worked with two civil engineering consulting firms in Canada
specializing in geotechnical and material testing, and instrumentation of
tunnels and shafts in soft ground and in rock.
Since 1980, Geotherm have
undertaken numerous research contracts for Canadian government agencies as well
as for electric utilities and cable manufacturers in Canada, other areas in North America, and
overseas. These include:
• Building a database of
Canadian soils through field and laboratory testing to correlate geotechnical
and thermal parameters
• Evaluation of thermal parameters of soil, backfill
and various types of concrete for earth energy storage/utilization (ground and
ground water coupled heat pumps)
• Study of buffer materials for the storage
and containment of low-level nuclear waste.
Deepak
Parmar received the 2015 Technical Committee Distinguished Service Award
with the following citation:
For his leadership in the area of thermal resistivity of soils and
backfill materials, and testing the properties of those materials.
·
Member of the IEEE Power
Engineering Society
·
Member, Insulated Conductors
Committee
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Member, Canadian Society for
Civil Engineers
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Member, Canadian Geotechnical
Society
·
Member, Tunneling Association
of Canada
·
Member, Canadian Electrical
Association
·
Member, CIGRÉ
He has authored and coauthored
numerous papers on the application of thermal parameters of soils and backfills,
and was the principal author for the IEEE Guide for Soil Thermal Resistivity
Testing. He has conducted numerous seminars and courses on underground T&D cable
ampacity and soil parameters. Many of these were presented to utilities in the
United States, Australia, New Zealand,
India, the Middle-East and the Far East.
·
Thermal Environment Design
Considerations for Ampacity of Buried Power Cables at the April 2014 IEEE
Transmission & Distribution Conference in Chicago
·
Native Soils and Thermal
Backfills – Underground Cable Projects, Middle-East
at the Spring 2014
Subcommittee C Cable Systems meeting in Kansas City
·
Submarine Cable Route Surveys
Means & Methods - Soil Sampling and In-situ Testing at the Spring 2014 Working
Group C11 Submarine Cable Systems meeting in Kansas City
·
Thermal Grouts for HDD
Installations at the Fall 2010 Subcommittee C Cable Systems meeting in Fountain Hills
·
Importance of Soil Thermal
Characteristic for Cable Rating at the Spring 2010 Subcommittee C Cable Systems meeting
in Nashville
·
A Submarine Cable TR Survey
on the West Coast (California)
at the Fall 2007 Transnational Luncheon in Scottsdale
·
Land and Submarine Thermal
Survey of the Saudi-Bahrain Link at the Spring
2007 Transnational Luncheon in Orlando
·
Thermal Testing and
Soil Sampling for the 180 km, 141 kV DC Transmission Line in South Australia at the Spring 2000
Transnational Luncheon in Albuquerque
·
NZ Geothermal Data
at the Fall 1999
Transnational Luncheon in St. Petersburg
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