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The Less you Burn, The More you Earn

The Power and Energy Laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the research and education of power and energy systems. The laboratory is equipped with a wide range of equipment, including power converters, generators, motors, protection systems, and other power electronics devices. This lab allows students and researchers to conduct experiments on a variety of power and energy topics, such as power system control, power quality, and renewable energy.

Lab also equipped with commercial software such as PSCAD/EMTDC, PSS/E, and IPSA.

Power Lab
 
 

EQUIPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL SETUPS  

 

Below, you will find pictures of laboratory setups, equipment, etc., belonging to the Electrical Power and Energy or Power System laboratory.

POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION

The Department has well-equipped protection facilities that can be used to demonstrate over-current, distance and differential protection systems. Numerous static and electromagnetic relays are available and they are currently used for both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as well as for research works. Current and voltage injectors for relay testing are also available.
Demo 1 Demo 2 Demo 3  
Protection Test1 Protection Test2 Protection Test3  
       
 
TRANSMISSION LINE MODEL
Transmission line model

Our TERCO transmission line model includes power supply (both dc, single phase ac and three phase ac), variable transformer, 2 kVA transformer, HV transmission line (simulating a line of 77 kV,136 km, including earth wire), and load banks. This is one of the major items in our lab which is used extensively for teaching and research work related to (a) generator, transmission line modelling, (b) transmission line model parameter estimation, and (c) fault analysis.
   
 
RANGE OF GENERATORS
Generators  
   
 
POWER SYSTEM MODELLING
Modelling Software

 

We have three licensed software such as EMTDC/PSCAD, PSS-E and IPSA which are well known software for power system simulations. These software are used to model Sri Lankan power system and more simplified networks as part of the undergraduate teaching. Students are carrying out load flows, fault analysis, protection coordination and transient and dynamic analysis of different networks.