Department of Electrical, Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering - Faculty of Engineering, KDU

Eng. TSS Senarathna

BScEngHons (Moratuwa), MSc (Moratuwa), AMIE(SL)
Lecturer (Probationary)
  • Qualifications
  • Qualifications

    • Master of Science, Major Component of Research from the University of Moratuwa, June 2020
    • Honours Degree of Bachelor of the Science of Engineering, Field of Specialization Electrical Engineering, Second class upper division from the University of Moratuwa, April 2017
  • Publications
  • Publications

    • Senarathna, T. S. S., Hemapala, K. T. M. U. (2020). Optimized adaptive overcurrent protection using hybridized nature-inspired algorithm and clustering in microgrids. Energies, 13(13), 3324. 
    • Senarathna, T. S. S., Hemapala, K. U. (2019). Review of adaptive protection methods for microgrids. AIMS Energy, 7(5), 557-578.
    • Senarathna, T. S. S., Boralessa, M. S., Hemapala, K. U. (2019, November). Effect of the different objective function formulations on DOCR setting optimization. In 2019 IEEE R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC)(47129) (pp. 80-85). IEEE.
    • Sewwandi, K. M. G. Y., Senarathna, T. S. S., Lakshika, K. A. H., Wong, V. Y., Hemapala, K. T. M. U., Lucas, J. R., Porawagamage, G. D. (2017, April). Wind turbine emulator for a microgrid. In 2017 Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i-PACT) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
    • Boralessa, M. K. S., Eranga, W. H., Senarathna, T. S. S., Priyadarshana, H. V. V., Hemapala, K. T. M. U. (2019, November). Developing a Three Phase Z Source Inverter Model and Simulating the Bidirectional Functionality. In 2019 IEEE R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC)(47129) (pp. 144-148). IEEE.
    • Padamathilaka, P. P. R., Ekanayake, E. M. A. G. N. C., Senarathna, T. S. S, Dulmini, A. G. N., Prabash, A. P. R., Hemapala, K. T. M. U. Centralized adaptive directional overcurrent protection system for a microgrid with relay coordination. In 2020 IEEE 9th Power India International Conference (PIICON) (pp. 1-6). IEEE
  • Research Areas
  • Research Areas

    Smart Grid/ Microgrid TechnologiesRenewable Energy Technologies
    Microgrid ProtectionNonlinear Multi-Objective Optimization
    Wind Energy GenerationBuilding Services Systems
  • Teaching Areas
  • Teaching Areas

    • Energy Conservation 
    • Smart Grids and Distribution Networks 
    • Lighting Design and Acoustic 
    • Power System Protection

     

  • Awards & Grants
  • Awards & Grants

    Research Grant Recipient: National Research Council (NRC) 17-065

  • Memberships
  • Memberships

    Associate Member: Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) 

    Associate Engineer: Engineering Council Sri Lanka (ECSL)