This work attempts to address the issue of managing risk to the safety of the public posed by Major Accident Hazards (MAH) from the Chemical Process Industry (CPI) in Sri Lanka. The research essentially focuses on the ...

Bio-inspired and biomimetic surface modifications are identified as one of the fascinating areas of research. In this study, nature’s way of cooling elephants’ body temperature using mud bathing was mimicked to create ...

The main drawback of traditional open rack type natural tile drying process is that in low humid windy seasons the rate of moisture removal will be high and due to formation of high moisture content gradient in side the ...

Centrifugation is an efficient, economical and environmentally friendly method to remove un-desirable water content from oil and water mixtures and separate out the desired oil content.Moreover, the disc stack centrifuges ...

The purpose of this research was to study the feasibility of lignin as an antioxidant for tire tread compounds. Lignin is naturally abundant and cost competitive wood derivatives possessing antioxidant properties and ...

The main aim of this dissertationwas“Finding the best level of filler master batch to be accommodated in thin gauged primary packaging products”, as currently there is only limited information available in the printed media ...

The need for renewable energy sources in Sri Lanka is assessed and solar photovoltaics (PVs) is identified to be the most technically suitable and economically viable power source for the conversion of solar energy to ...

Chitosan has amine and amino groups which have the ability to generate cationic type surfactants when combine with H+ ions. Thus its action as a cationic emulsifier is suitable for negatively charged siliceous aggregates ...

Quality of skim coat was examined by using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The industrial problems of skim coats are of two major types; mixing related and application related. Analytic Hierarchy Process ...

There is a growing global interest on bio-methane as a vehicular fuel and Europe Union (EU) has stated that this as a best well-to-wheel fuel. Commercialization of bio-methane under atmospheric conditions is limited due ...