Since heavy metal pollution is a significant aspect to aquatic ecosystems, the objective of this research work was to investigate adsorption characteristics of chitosan as an alternative adsorbent material. In this study, ...

Appliance specific load monitoring is very useful in energy management solutions that are becoming a challenging task with growing energy demand. It facilitates appliance recognition and load monitoring such that optimum ...

Power transmission between interconnected systems is a major concern in the present electrical engineering context and is of utmost importance to Electrical Engineering undergraduates. A voltage scaled power system simulator ...

There is 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 to ...

The Piano Key (PK) spillway constructed at Giritale in 2013, is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka. A capacity enhancement of the Giritale reservoir was required to overcome the frequent water shortages during cropping ...

In this paper, two stabilizing nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) designs, namely, final-state equality constraint stabilizing design and final-state inequality constraint stabilizing design have been applied to ...

Significant improvements in Information and Communication (ICT) infrastructure over the last decade put Sri Lanka among the top developing nations for ICT-led economic and social growth. While ICT has also contributed to ...

Electrical power supply to serve critical facilities are of high importance in today’s world. Instead of building a large electric power system, an intelligent Micro Grid (MG) can be considered as a promising power supply ...

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) based multi axis accelerometers are embedded in many modern technological applications. These sensors are widely used in smart electronics, bio-medical uses, automobiles and aeronautics. ...

Sri Lanka is vulnerable to cyclones generated mostly in the southern part of Bay of Bengal, and to a lesser extent, to those in the southeast of Arabian Sea. The cyclones which form over the southernmost part of Bay of ...