Faculty of Engineering: Recent submissions

  • Multi-Level Converters and Switching Techniques 
    Arunprasanth, S.; Jeyadarsan, T.; Atputharajah, A. (105th Annual conference session of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, 2011-10)
    The power electronic converters play major role in keeping the operations of power system continuous and stable together with fault-ride through, power quality and safety. The high power and higher controllability requirement ...
  • Integrated Solution for Power System Stability Improvement: Case studies on IEEE 12 Bus and Sri Lankan transmission networks 
    Arunprasanth, S.; Vivekanandan, C.; Atputharajah, A.; Fernando, M.A.R.M. (IEEE 6th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, 2011-08)
    Dramatic increase in electric energy demand results the power system network to span in a large scale, consequently increasing the possibility of power disturbances, which may lead towards major blackouts. Therefore the ...
  • Dynamic Reactive Power Compensator (DRPC) for Unbalance Load Reactive Power Compensation 
    Arunprasanth, S.; Arulampalam, A.; Binduhewa, P.J.; Fernando, M.A.R.M.; Abeyratna, S.G. (IEEE 8th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, 2013-12)
    Unbalance in power system caused by the addition of single phase and dynamically varying loads are unavoidable. Due to this reason the load reactive power is no longer balanced, which causes voltage fluctuation, line ...
  • Simulated onshore-Fault Ride Through of Offshore Wind Farms Connected through VSC HVDC 
    Arulampalam, A.; Ramtharan, G.; Caliao, N.; Ekanayake, J.B.; Jenkins, N. (Journal of Wind Engineering, 2008-03)
    Effective Onshore-Fault Ride Through was demonstrated by simulation for a Fixed Speed Induction Generator (FSIG) offshore wind farm connected through a Voltage Source Converter HVDC link. When a terrestrial grid fault ...
  • Power Quality and Stability Improvement of a Wind Farm using STATCOM Supported with Hybrid Battery Energy Storage 
    Arulampalam, A.; Barnes, M.; Jenkins, N.; Ekanayake, J.B. (IEE Proceedings on Generation Transmission and Distribution, 2006-11-06)
    A large penetration of wind generation info the power system will mean that poor power quality and poor stability margins cannot be tolerated from wind farms. This requires that methods to improve power qualify and stability ...
  • Control of Power Electronic Interfaces in Distributed Generation Microgrids 
    Arulampalam, A.; Barnes, M.; Engler, A.; Goodwin, A.; Jenkins, N. (International Journal of Electronics, 2004-09-09)
    Technological advances and environmental pressures are driving the interconnection of renewable energy sources to the distribution network. The interconnection of large amounts of non-traditional generation however causes ...
  • Application Study of a STATCOM with Energy Storage 
    Arulampalam, A.; Ekanayake, J.B.; Jenkins, N. (IEE Proceedings on Generation Transmission and Distribution, 2003-05)
    With recent advances in energy storage technology the application of STATCOMs with energy storage for utility applications, such as active- and reactive-power compensation of loads, network-voltage control and mitigation ...
  • Study of Northern Province Medium Voltage Network Interconnection with the Sri Lankan Power Grid 
    Ananthasingam, A.; Shailajah, R.; Yoganathan, N.; Arunprasanth, S.; Arulampalam, A.; Fernando, M.A.R.M. (106th Annual conference session of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, 2012-10)
    Interconnection of power systems will strengthen the power grid because of the large inertia addition. However, interconnection of long distanced large loads and generating plants causes problems like voltage drops, line ...
  • A Prefeasibility Study on Ocean Wave Power Generation for the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka: Electrical Feasibility 
    Amarasekara, H.W.K.M.; Abeynayake, P.A.G.S.; Fernando, M.A.R.M.; Atputharajah, A.; Udanwaththa, D.M.A.R.; Gunawardane, S.D.G.S.P.; Gerdin, L.; Keijser, M.R.; Fahraeus, M.W.; Fernando, I.M.K.; Cooray, V. (International Journal of Distributed Energy Resources and Smart Grids, 2014)
    This paper presents the details of a prefeasibility study carried out about the ocean wave power generation for the southern coastal area of Sri Lanka. It includes a brief review on wave energy devices appropriate for wave ...
  • Efficient way of using Solar System to the Households’ Normal Applications 
    Amalendran, J.; Atputharajah, A. (International Conference on Solar Energy Materials, Solar Cells and Solar Energy Applications (Solar Asia 2011), Institute of Fundamental Studies, 2011-07-28)
    This paper discusses about how a solar cell can be used efficiently and effectively for normal home usages such as: pumping water to the overhead tank and other home electrical goods. Efficient and effective usage of solar ...
  • Novel Technique to Smooth Power Output of a Wound Rotor Induction Generator based Wind Turbine 
    Abeywardena, H.; Atputharajah, A.; Ekanayake, A.J.P. (IEEE 6th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, 2011-08-19)
    High penetration of wind power is hindered by the variability and uncontrollability of wind power output. Many research publications already proposed solutions using energy storage devices. However due to capital and ...
  • A Magnetic-core based Fault Current Limiter for Utility Applications 
    Abeyagunawardena, S.K.; Sisira Kumara, J.R.S.; Ekanayake, J.B.; Arulampalam, A. (Journal of the National Science Foundation, 2013-09)
    A magnetic core fault current limiter (MFCL) saturated by a dc biasing coil was designed and implemented both experimentally and in PSCAD/EMTDC simulation package. The operation of the device under normal operating conditions ...