Browsing by Subject "ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

A Mechanism to reduce waste due to voltage dips in narrow fabric looms

Gamini, HKL [Thesis-Full-text]

Like any other industry, apparel industry too tries to minimize their product cost by reducing production waste. Voltage fluctuations and power failures are two of the most concerning factors affecting the production. Even ...

Analysis of human gait cycle using motion capture

Kumara, HKPM [Thesis-Abstract]

Bio mechanics is the study of body movements in order to design and produce ideal prosthesis. Biomechanical gait analysis is used widely as an objective tool to evaluate the walking capability of patient before and after ...

Automated control approach for industrial welding transformer to minimize the idling power loss

Jeeth, ADM [Thesis-Abstract]

Main objective is to design and implement automated control circuit to switch ON & OFF main power feeding contactor of industrial welding transformer, depend on the work pattern. Voltage sensing at the out put terminals ...

Design of green tire painting machine

Bandara, SA [Thesis-Full-text]

The tire manufacturing process IS a long process that includes lots of hazard operations. Manual green tire painting method is also considered in to this category. Green tire is the tire which builds according to the tire ...

Designing an earth electrode for distribution substations

Samarasekara, PPB [Thesis-Full-text]

In electrical engineering, the term ground or earth has several meanings depending on the specific application areas. Ground is the reference point in an electrical circuit from which other voltages are measured, a common ...

Detection of partial discharges on the online hydro-generator stator winding

Dharmapriya, PAP [Thesis-Abstract]

Demand for hydro power is ever increasing with the escalating cost of fossil fuel and generation capacity limitations at peak loads. Therefore availability of hydro units is critical in order to cater the demand. The ...

Development of a neuro-fuzzy system for condition monitoring of power transformers

Sellahannadi, JR [Thesis-Abstract]

Well-being of Power Transformers is crucial to the reliable operation of a Power System. They represent a high capital investment in a Transmission Substation while being a key element determining the loading capability ...

Development of energy centre cooling plant

Gallage, M [Thesis-Full-text]

This work study reviews the conceptual development of optimization strategies of an Energy Centre based on operational task of daily thermal load contours and interaction of weather profiles of the environment in the ...

Development of hybrid islanding detection technique for distributed power generation

Tilakeratne, RP [Thesis-Full-text]

The utilization of distributed generation (DG) units is rapidly increasing in power system and questions are raised regarding their effect on the system, energy management and protection policies. DG can provide in some ...

Development platform for motor controls

Dayananda, PRD [Thesis-Full-text]

Speed control of induction motor has become a famous topic in the industrial automation field during the past decade. Due to the rapid growth in power electronics, this field has been grown for a great extent. There are ...

Error correction for TEBA application in a building management system

Gunatilaka, J [Thesis-Abstract]

Every increase in the unit cost of Energy just magnifies the importance of conserving energy and can’t accomplish that without tracking its use. More than ever, sub-metering is being applied in industrial as well as the ...

An Expert system for a competitive bid estimation of an electrical installation project

Weerakkody, TM [Thesis-Abstract]

Construction Industry in Sri Lanka has started to boom from few years back and is going to reach its peak now, therefore, companies require to have more attention on bid estimation in terms of the accuracy and the ...

Genetic algorithmic approach to optimising land reclamation process by shoreline filling

Premadasa, NP [Thesis-Abstract]

Land reclamation by sea filling is the process of acquiring the area of ground available by increasing the existing sea bed level. The land reclamation plays a vital role in the modern world as the rapid increase of ...

Identification of causes of distribution transformer failures and introduction of measures to minimize failures

Udayakanthi, MVPG [Thesis-Abstract]

Distribution Transformers are costly and critical equipments in electricity distribution network. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has nearly 24,500 number of distribution transformers installed island wide which are ...

Intelligent mobile robot for pushing objects

Fernando, LHJDK [Thesis-Full-text]

In this research, a new approach to develop an object pushing system with a simple mobile robot with two DC servo motor driven wheels and two castor wheels are introduced. This is an attempt to design and develop a system ...

Lightning performance of Sri Lankan transmission lines : a case study

Kumara, KSS [Thesis-Abstract]

The case study is carried out on three important transmission lines of the Ceylon Electricity Board, which transmits hydro generation of Mahaweli complex and Laxapana complex to the load centre. Hence any interruption of ...

On interactive control for intelligent collision evasive emergency intervention in smart vehicles

Ranatunga, SR [Thesis-Full-text]

This research study focuses on finding a solution for collision avoidance of smart vehicular systems. The main paradigm that is used to establish the solution is the interactive control of vehicular systems for negotiating ...

Optimizing the use of breaker switched capacitors in CEB systems

Dompege, DDU [Thesis-Full-text]

Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) as many other utilities uses breaker switched capacitor banks for voltage support and reactive power compensation in grid substations. At present it has a 320Mvar installed capacity and 70Mvar ...

Parameter optimization of CNT production using Sri Lankan graphite by arc discharge methods

Gunasekara, RMSJ [Thesis-Abstract]

Since their discovery in 1991 by Iijima, carbon nanotubes have been of great interest. The key advantages of these structures are their electronic, mechanical, optical and chemical characteristics, which open a way to a ...

Position based friction estimation for precise motion control

Chinthaka, MKCD [Thesis-Abstract]

Friction is often neglected in DC servomotor applications. It valid if the servo motor is small and the frictional torque elements are small when compared to the motor torque. Fixed friction and viscous friction are the ...

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