Deodorization of fats and oils is necessary to remove the undesirable flavor and odor components that are naturally present or created during processing. A mathematical formula was derived to establish the relationship ...

Large quant it ies of Epsom Salt (MgS04.7H20) and Kiesserite (MgS04.H20) are imported to Sri Lanka, ~IS fertilisers, for the cultivation of annual crops, such as cereals, fruits and vegetables and for the cultivation of ...

The Traffic Control System of a country is a main area that has the potential to affect the development of a country in a very extensive scale. The existing traffic control systems in Sri Lanka, UniRoadl and UniRoad2 are ...

With the increase in terrorism worldwide, blast loading has received considerable attention. In January 1996, a 400kg bomb exploded at the entrance of the Central Bank Building in Colombo causing extensive damage. Blasts ...

Versatility of alkyd resins is due to its application in many different areas such as decorative paints, stoving paints (industrial paints), water dispersible alkyd paints and printing inks. Alkyd resins are also used to ...

Given the limitations of human perceptions it would be impossible to classify the images manually. The IRIS (Image Retrieval and Indexing System for Data Mining) system that we have developed is a solution! to this problem. ...

Complex geological features are predominant in some low lying sedimentary terrain, which is the direct result of surface processes such as weathering, transportation, sedimentation transgression, regression etc. This complex ...

In the recent past kernel methods have been successfully applied to face recognition. We present a novel approach in frontal face recognition with informative vector machine, a sparse Gaussian process kernel classifier. ...

Wastewaters from industrial sources, having Chemical Oxygen Demand greater than 1500 mg/l are generally categorized as 'high strength industrial wastewaters'. In anaerobic digestion, the complex organic compounds present ...

Lack of knowledge in heat exchanger design and fabrication is the major hindrance for improving the cinnamon oil extraction process in Sri Lanka. Most of the extraction plants use submerged coils in still water where the ...