Interests
Community energy storage systems, Renewable energy systems, optimization
Research
My PhD project focuses on optimizing the planning of community energy storage systems in low-voltage distribution networks to benefit multiple stakeholders.
Activities & Awards
- ANU University Research Scholarship.
- ANU HDR Fee Remission Merit Scholarship.
- 2nd-best research paper award in the Robotics and Automation Session, IET, Annual Technical Conference.
- Best research paper award in the Power systems session, MERCon.
- 2nd-Runners up – Best undergraduate final year project.
- Best undergraduate trainee report nominee.
- Dean’s List nominee for excellent academic record.
Publications
Some of the key publications.
- K. B. J. Anuradha, J. Iria, and C. P. Mediwaththe, “Multi-objective planning of Community Energy Storage Systems under uncertainty,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 230, p. 110286, May 2024.
- K. B. J. Anuradha, J. Iria, and C. P. Mediwaththe, “Evaluation of the economic benefits of Community Energy Storage Systems for prosumers,” 2023 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), Sep. 2023.
- K. B. J. Anuradha, C. P. Mediwaththe, and M. Mahmoodi, “A multi-objective planning and scheduling framework for community energy storage systems in low voltage distribution networks,” 2023 13th International Conference on Power, Energy and Electrical Engineering (CPEEE), Feb. 2023.
- K. B. J. Anuradha, U. Jayatunga, and H. Y. R. Perera, “Loss-voltage sensitivity analysis based battery energy storage systems allocation and distributed generation capacity upgrade,” Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 36, p. 102357, Apr. 2021.
- K. B. J. Anuradha, U. Jayatunga, and H. Y. R. Perera, “Voltage-loss sensitivity based approach for optimal DG placement in Distribution Networks,” 2019 14th Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), Dec. 2019.