As the depreciation of the fossil fuels in the world, it is obligatory to discover new fuels to the highly industrialized society. With increasing requirements of the energy, it is globally focused on the use of renewable ...

Anaerobic digestion is commonly used for waste water treatment. Technologies have been introduced and new technologies are being developed to generate biogas by anaerobic digestion oforganic waste,as an integrated solution ...

The biomass gasification has been carried out using an updraft gasifier. This work focuses on the production of producer gas from biomass (Rubber Wood). Mathematical model for thermo-chemical process of biomass gasification ...

Packed bed biomass combustion is widely used thermal conversion process which contributes major portion of energy fulfillment around the globe. This process is usually involving higher operation cost due to low efficiency ...

About 75% of Municipal solid waste (MSW) collected around the country is organic biomass which mainly includes food waste, wood, paper, saw dust and paddy husk. Urban councils in Colombo city and nearby suburbs collect ...

In this research project the tea withering process, which accounts for the bulk of electricity consumption in tea manufacturing was investigated. The main objective of the project was to develop a proper flow control ...

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 ...

Copra is one of the major traditional products processed from coconuts and is used primarily as a source of coconut oil. It is the kernel of coconut after reducing the moisture content from 50% (wet basis) to 6% (wet basis) ...

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 ...

When an object with high rigidity is subjected to free forces, moments and constrained forces, moments, stresses and strain will be formed in it. A support may be identified as a constrained which supplies forces/moment ...