A feasibility analysis for generating Photovoltaic Solar Electricity from agricultural areas as a sustainable solution for the increasing power demand in Sri Lanka. PV solar panels will be installed above the existing ...

Mitigation of voltage violations are always a challenging task in distribution networks. Because the distribution networks are directly connected to the consumer loads, which are continuously varying. Under voltage and ...

Soil resistivity and grounding system resistance play key roles in designing earthing systems, safe operation of electric power systems and lighting protection systems. Also, it is beneficial in evaluating the degree of ...

Lakvijaya power plant is the biggest power plant in Sri Lanka contributing more than 50% of power annually to the national grid. The main objective of this thesis is to study of the electromechanical oscillations of Lakvijaya ...

The purpose of maintenance is to lengthen the equipment lifetime. Too little maintenance may have costly consequences; whereas too frequent maintenance may not be economical. Hence the two costs, i.e. the cost of failures ...

Many energy audits in Sri Lanka have identified the installed presence of oversized transformers and excessive number of transformers. No proper study has been done on the effect of the no load losses added to the system ...

Toroidal transformers play an important role in the transformer industry specially in high end applications due to their superior performance, over the conventional laminated transformers. But toroidal transformers lag in ...

Energy can be termed as the life blood of the telecommunication industry even its technologies had evolved very rapidly. The concern is focused not only on the way of the energy is supplied, but also on the continuity of ...

Electricity Supply has become a fundamental commodity of present society. Hence, the availability and the reliability of the electricity distribution system have gained an utmost concern. Currently, Sri Lankan electricity ...

Sri Lanka as a developing country is in its way for a green environment with energy security. Sri Lanka has already agreed to reduce 20% of the greenhouse gases through the signed agreement COP21 of the United Nations ...