Dr Sameera Samarasinghe
Research Officer
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
Journal Articles
Samarasinghe, Sameera, Ekanayake, Chandima, Ma, Hui, Saha, Tapan K., Baniya, Jayaram, Allan, David and Russel, Gary (2021). A risk assessment for utilities to prevent transformer OLTC failures caused by silver sulphide corrosion. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 37 (3), 1-1. doi: 10.1109/tpwrd.2021.3128623
Samarasinghe, Sameera, Ma, Hui, Ekanayake, Chandima, Martin, Daniel and Saha, Tapan (2020). Investigating passivator effectiveness for preventing silver sulfide corrosion in power transformer on-load tap changers. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 27 (5) 9215132, 1761-1768. doi: 10.1109/tdei.2020.008996
Samarasinghe, Sameera, Ma, Hui, Martin, Daniel and Saha, Tapan (2019). Investigations of silver sulfide formation on transformer OLTC tap selectors and its influence on oil properties. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 26 (6) 8924125, 1926-1934. doi: 10.1109/tdei.2019.008232
Samarasinghe, W. M. S. C., Kumara, J. R. S. S., Fernando, M. A. R. M. and Gunawardena, Aruna U. A. W. (2017). Aging assesment of transformer pressboard insulation by micro-strip ring resonator at GHz frequencies. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 24 (3), 1923-1930. doi: 10.1109/tdei.2017.006322
Samarasinghe, W. M. S. C., Kumara, J. R. S. S., Fernando, M. A. R. M., Ahamed, A. C. M. and Gunawardena, A. U. A. W. (2016). Moisture estimation of transformer pressboard by micro-strip ring resonator at GHz frequencies. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 23 (3), 1409-1417. doi: 10.1109/tdei.2015.005539
Conference Papers
Samarasinghe, S., Naranpanawe, L., Martin, D., Ma, H. and Saha, T. K. (2019). Finite element analysis on On-Load Tap Changer (OLTC) tap selector electrical breakdown mechanism caused by silver sulphide corrosion. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States, 4-8 Aug. 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973593
Dixit, Anupam and Samarasinghe, Sameera (2019). Comparative Study of Partial Discharge (PD) Signal Characteristics in Insulation Systems filled with Mineral and Ester Oil. 2019 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Chengdu, China, 21-24 May 2019. Piscataway, NJ United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/isgt-asia.2019.8880928
Samarasinghe, Sameera, Martin, Daniel and Ma, Hui (2019). Transformer Over Passivation to Prevent On-Load Tap Changer Silver Sulphide Corrosion. 2019 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Chengdu, China, 21-24 May 2019. Piscataway, NJ United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/isgt-asia.2019.8881450
Samarasinghe, W. M. S. C., Martin, D., Ma, H. and Saha, T. K. (2017). A review on influencing factors of sulphur corrosion and metal passivation in power transformers. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Melbourne, Australia, 19-22 November 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/AUPEC.2017.8282416
Gunawardena, A. U.A.W., Ahamed, A. C.M., Samarasinghe, W. M.S.C. and Fernando, M. A.R.M. (2016). The effects of radiation losses on the measurement of loss tangent using microstrip ring resonators. 10th IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, ICIIS 2015, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka., 17- 20 December, 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/iciinfs.2015.7399068
Samarasinghe, W.M.S.C., Manojithan, S., Subhankan, S., Suges, V., Fernando, M.A.R.M. and Kumara, J.R.S.S. (2015). Condition assessment of field aged transformer oils up to 40 years. 2015 IEEE 10th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 18-20 December, 2015. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/iciinfs.2015.7398997
Thesis
Samarasinghe, Weerasinghe Minagodage Sameera Chanaka (2021). Preventing Transformer Failures Caused by Silver Sulphide Corrosion. PhD Thesis, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/39aeffd