Saturday, November 27, 2010

A Chemical Engineer's daughter asks

When i browse on internet today I came across a web blog on climate change and found A Chemical Engineer's daughter questions community on "What if global warming is actually an early symptom of the earth returning to a natural planetary Ice Age?". She explain her question further as follows.

My dad is a chemical engineer, and is highly skeptical of global warming. He believes that the earth is actually undergoing a massive climate change, and that global warming is merely the early warning symptoms of a coming Ice Age, which we won't actually see for thousands of years, much like what killed the dinosaurs. I don't really know what to believe, since both arguments seem logical – what do you think?

I thought to  share this question on my blog and get answers and opinions from readers. Feel free to send your comments on dilantha[at]chempro[dot]org

Monday, November 22, 2010

Chemical Engineer Cv

Many newly passed out chemical engineers seeks guideline for set up their CVs and so much worried about their CVs. So following format will be a good selection for them.

Your Name
Address
Home: 111-111-1111
Cell: 222-222-2222
Email : (include Email Address)


Brief introduction to yourself ...........................................................................................................................................

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Objective:


Your Carrier objective


Education:


List your educational qualifications


Achievements and Skills:


List your best achievements and special skills


Work History:


List your training places, internships  and work experience


Contact me for compile your CV and for free sample

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Plants with GTL Technology in Oil & Gas Industry

What is GLT Technology?

"Gas to liquids (GTL) is a refinery process to convert natural gas or other gaseous hydrocarbons into longer-chain hydrocarbons such as gasoline or diesel fuel. Methane-rich gases are converted into liquid synthetic fuels either via direct conversion or via syngas as an intermediate, for example using the Fischer Tropsch or Mobil processes." - Wikipidea

How many GTL plants are there in this world? Is it a live technology used by industry?


Yes we can see many plants which are dedicated on GLT technology.

·        Pearl GTL in Qatar (the biggest in the world-140000 bpd) (http://bit.ly/dwLpUX)

·        Bintulu, in Malaysia

·        Escravos in Nigeria

·        Oryx GTL in Qatar

·        Exxon Mobil GTL project (Still in planning phase and will take over the world biggest titile from Pearl in Qatar)

·        Two plants in planning stage in Australia


Source: linkedin professional social network

AIChE Promo code


"The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) is a professional organization that serves the needs of chemical engineers and related professionals. AICHE offers promo codes and discounts for its members and for events and products.

For example, the code "aiche" can be used to get a 10-20% discount on hotel bookings worldwide. If you are interested in obtaining AICHE promo codes, be sure to visit the AICHE website or contact them directly to inquire about current and upcoming discounts. Additionally, you can check with other organizations and websites that offer promotions for AICHE products or events."

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Community of Engineers - The Engineering Forum with a Social Network for All types of Engineers

Community of Engineers provide a better platform to express your professional life and knowledge with other engineers and truly it is the best social network for Engineers. It provide a better platform to start discussion on its forum, reply to others' discussions, post professional blog posts, upload your work life photos and videos ,make engineering friends from all over the world, make event and invite participants and get RSVPs .... etc. It is featured with all web 2.0 features and it is truly amazing experience to join with it and express your self there. 


Join Community of Engineers

Thursday, September 30, 2010

HMF – Hydroxy methyl furfural

This is an intermediate chemical which shows tremendous potential for a basic chemical which can converted to fuels and some fine chemicals. Becouase of the ability to derive Hydroxy methyl  furfural from renewable cellulosic resources; this chemical is becoming a very important in bio refinery concept.
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), is also called as 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural and its IUPAC name is 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furaldehyde. This colourless solid is highly water-soluble which containing both aldehyde and alcohol functional groups.

Friday, July 2, 2010

biomedical engineering in Sri Lanka

"Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field." - Wikipedia


Biomedical engineering degree is still not offered by non of sri lankan state own universities although that subject is included in syllabuses of engineering degree programs of Sri Lanka . But there is a plan to start a  Biomedical engineering MSc course in University of Moratuwa with collaboration with University of Colombo. Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Electronic and Telecommunication of University of Moratuwa will play major role is this course starts.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics


"Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics" by J.M. Smith et al is a highly recommended text in Chemical Engineering


Chemical engineering thermodynamics is the study of the relationships between energy, work, and heat in chemical systems. It is a fundamental branch of chemical engineering that is concerned with the behavior of gases, liquids, and solids under a wide range of conditions.

The scope of chemical engineering thermodynamics includes:

  1. The study of energy and the laws of thermodynamics, including the first and second laws of thermodynamics, the laws of thermochemistry, and the laws of phase equilibrium.

  2. The application of thermodynamics to the design and optimization of chemical processes and equipment, including the analysis of energy balances, the prediction of equilibrium conditions, and the optimization of process parameters.

  3. The use of thermodynamics to understand and predict the behavior of chemical reactions and the properties of substances, including their phase behavior, heat capacity, and enthalpy.

Chemical engineering thermodynamics is important because it provides a framework for understanding and predicting the behavior of chemical systems and for designing and optimizing chemical processes and equipment. It is also a key tool for analyzing and solving problems that arise in the chemical and related industries.

Some of the best text books available for chemical engineering thermodynamics include:

  1. "Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics" by J.M. Smith, H.C. Van Ness, and M.M. Abbott

  2. "Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers" by L.E. Katterjohn

  3. "Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics" by J.M. Smith, H.C. Van Ness, and M.M. Abbott

  4. "Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics" by M.J. Moran and H.N. Shapiro

  5. "Chemical and Process Thermodynamics" by G.J. Van Wylen and R.E. Sonntag





Friday, June 18, 2010

Engineering Courses in Sri Lanka

We have three government university and several private universities in Sri Lanka which provide engineering graduate and post graduate courses.

University of Moratuwa



Which is located in Katubedda is conducting several engineering courses including follows

  1. Chemical and Process Engineering
  2. Civil Engineering
  3. Mechanical Engineering
  4. Electrical Engineering 
  5. Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
  6. Material Engineering
  7. Textile and Clothing Engineering
  8. Earth Resources and mining Engineering

University of Peradeniya

Conducting several engineering courses including follows



  1. Chemical and Process Engineering
  2. Civil Engineering
  3. Computer Engineering
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  5. Engineering Mathematics
  6. Mechanical Engineering
  7. Production Engineering


University of Ruhuna

Conducting several engineering courses including follows


1. Civil and Environmental Engineering
2. Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
3. Electrical and Information Engineering

Faculty of Engineering University of Ruhuna

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Computational Fluid Dynamics by John Anderson


This is a pioneering text provides an excellent introduction to CFD at the senior level in aerospace and mechanical engineering, and to some extent, chemical and civil engineering. It can also serve as a one-semester introductory course at the beginning graduate level, as a useful precursor to a more serious study of CFD in advanced books. It is presented in a very readable, informal, enjoyable style. This book has been written by John D. Anderson, Jr. is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air & Space Museum Smithsonian Institute and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Learn how to eliminate waste in ten areas of your manufacturing operation.

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Ansys 12 tutorial


ANSYS 12 brings you innovative, dramatic simulation technology advances in every major physics discipline, along with improvements in computing speed and enhancements to enabling technologies such as geometry handling, meshing and post-processing.



Free Ansys 12 tutorial from university Alberta
Free Ansys 12 tutorial from Carnegie Mellon University

Saturday, June 12, 2010

We call Solution from chemical engineers for BP Oil Spill


As every one knows it is a major disaster to eco system and BP is also in trouble @ the movement. I created a group to have a online brainstorming to find a solution from experts and even from novice.

Log in to BP Oil Spill and make your discussion

Monday, June 7, 2010

Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne



Find out about the study and career options available in Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne.

Friday, June 4, 2010

High Speed Compressor design using computational fluid dynamics



computational fluid dynamics used to run multiple iterations of volute design on 15000 RPM high output air compressor using computational fluid design. Design comparison was key - showed better designs in a few days without prototypes.

This kind of simulation needs quite powerful computer. As example the person who created this simulation has used a 32bit XP workstation with a dual core 3.2 GHz processor and 3 GB (using unofficial 3 GB windows switch) of RAM.

According to the comments of the youtube video this model has two problems.

1. This radial turbine is backwards dumping the fluid in the counter-clockwise direction and then it want it to travel in a clock-wise direction - the air is being pushed in the wrong direction
2.The fluid is turning that huge corner and you have separation. The fast moving fluid is due to all the back-pressure rather than steady flow.
This  stator veins work because they redirect the air clockwise. Section-off this volute and flip this turbine.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

A biomass gasification case study – must read by energy engineers


A sri lankan energy engineer Shehal has wrote a complete case study about his boiler retrofit with a Fuel Wood (Gliricidia). It is a project in Samson Industries Ltd, a subsidiary of the DSI group, is a leading rubber producer in Sri Lanka which located in Bogahagoda, Galle.



Biomass gasification case study

Monday, May 17, 2010

Industrial Chemicals



Sulfuric Acid -- Probably the most common industrial acid. Used widely in mineral leaching and gas scrubbing (removing dangerous substances). Also used to neutralize alkaline substances.

Nitrogen – Most common inert substance used in industry. Used for everything from tank blanketing (so vapors don’t combine with oxygen to form explosive mixtures) to controlling reaction temperatures in exothermic reactions. Also widely used as a solid conveying gas carrier when air cannot be used due to explosion threats (ex/ fertilizers).

Oxygen – The ultimate oxidizer. Used in any application where the introduction of oxygen to the reaction mixture is necessary.

Ethylene – Probably the most popular industrial precursor to polymer manufacturing (ex/polyethylene).

Ammonia – Very popular scrubbing solvent to remove pollutants from fossil fuel combustion streams before they can be released to the atmosphere. Also a popular refrigerant.

Phosphoric Acid – Main use is in fertilizer production, other uses include soft drinks and other
food products.

Sodium Hydroxide – The most popular alkaline substance in industry. Widely used in dyes and
soap manufacturing. Also a good cleaning agent and can be used to neutralize acids. Also known
as lye.

Propylene – Another industrial polymer precursor (polypropylene).

Chlorine – Used in the manufacture of bleaching agents and titanium dioxide. Many of the bleaching agents based on chlorine are being replaced by hydrogen peroxide due to environmental restrictions placed on chlorine.

Sodium Carbonate – Most commonly known as soda ash, sodium carbonate is used in many cleaning agents and in glass making. Most soda ash is mined from trona ore, but it can be manufactured by reacting salt and sulfuric acid.

Sodium Silicate – Perhaps the most widely used industrial insulation.

Cyclohexane – While cyclohexane is a common organic solvent, its crowning achievement is it’s use as a reactant in the production of a nylon precursor (later).

Adipic Acid – This is the chemical that is made from cyclohexane and in turn is polymerized to nylon.
Nitrobenzene – Primary use is in the manufacture of aniline, which is in turn used as a rubber additive to prevent oxidation (antioxidant).

Butyraldehyde – Used to manufacture 2-ethylhexanol which is then used to manufacture hydraulic oils or synthetic lubricants.

Aluminum Sulfate – Widely used in the paper and wastewater treatment industries as a pH buffer.

Methyl tert-butyl ether – Also known as MTBE, it is most famous for its role as a gasoline additive (oxygenate). Due to its toxic affect on mammals, the EPA has been ordering a decrease in its use and an increase in the use of ethanol as a replacement.

Ethylene Dichloride – Nearly all ethylene dichloride produced is used to produce vinyl chloride
which is then polymerized to polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

Nitric Acid – Most common application is its reaction with ammonia to form the solid fertilizer ammonium nitrate.

Ammonium Nitrate – Probably the most widely used solid fertilizer

Benzene – The two largest uses for benzene are as reactants to produce ethylbenzene (used to produce styrene) and cumene (used to produce phenols). Also a very common organic solvent as well as a precursor to cyclohexane.

Urea – The majority of urea is used in fertilizer production. Some is also used in the manufacture of livestock feed.

Vinyl Chloride – As previously mentioned, this is the monomer form of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which finds uses as a building material and other durable plastics.

Ethylbenzene – Used almost exclusivley as a reactant for the production of styrene

Styrene – Monomer form of polystyrene. Polystyrene is used in pure form and expanded. Styrene can also be used in mixed forms or copolymers such as ABS (acrylonitrile-butadienestyrene).

Methanol – Used as a reactant to make methyl tertbutyl ether (MTBE), formaldeyde, and acetic acid. Typically produced from synthesis gases, namely carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

Xylene – o-xylene (ortho) is used primarily to manufacture phthalic anhydride which is in turn
used to make a variety of plasticizers and polymers. p-xylene is used to manufacture terephthalic
acid, a polyester feedstock.

Formaldehyde – Commonly used as part of a copolymer series (Urea-formaldehyde resins) or
as another polymer additive used to bring out desired characteristics.

Terephthalic Acid – Almost exclusively used in the manufacture of polyethylene terephthalate
(PET) or polyester.

Ethylene Oxide – Majority of ethylene oxide is used to manufacture ethylene glycol which is
described later.

Hydrochloric Acid – Two main uses include production of other chemicals (by acting as a reactant or a catalyst) and the pickling of steel. Also widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Toluene – Used primarily to manufacture benzoic acid. Benzoic acid is a precursor to phenol (later), various dyes, and rubber products.

Cumene – Nearly all cumene produced is oxidized to cumene hydroperoxide, then cleaved (splitting a molecule) to form phenol and acetone.

Ethylene Gylcol – Most common use is as a reactant to form polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Also used a primary ingredient in antifreeze.

Acetic Acid – Used primarily to manufacture vinyl acetate monomer (later) and acetic anhydride
which is used to manufacture cellulose acetate.

Phenol – Used to manufacture Bispenol-A (later) as well as phenolic resins and caprolacturm.
Propylene Oxide – Two primary uses include urethane polyether polyols (both flexible and rigid
foams) an propylene glycol which is used as a polymer additive as well as a common refrigerate.

Butadiene – Uses include styrene-butadiene rubber, polybutadiene, and other copolymers.

Carbon Black – Most common use is a rubber additive

Isobutylene – Most production is used to make butyl rubbers.

Potash – Used in agriculture as a crop fertilizer.

Acrylonitrile – Used as a reactant to form various copolymers along with acrylic fibers.

Vinyl Acetate – Monomer form a polyvinyl acetate, a common emulsion polymer and resin. PVA is the "sticky" agent in ordinary white glue.

Titanium Dioxide – Used as a white pigment for many products ranging from paints and
polymers to pharmaceuticals and food items. In short, if it’s white, it probably has titanium
dioxide in it.
Acetone – Used primarily to manufacture methyl methacrylate and Bisphenol-A

Bisphenol-A – Used as the main feedstock for polycarbonate resins and epoxy resins.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Renewable Energy Leaders from Across the Globe Pack theRETECH Conference & Exhibition; 2011 Dates Announced

More than 3,000 government, business and technology leaders from 51 countries attended RETECH 2010, the world's premier event for the renewable energy technology industry.  Based on the much bigger than expected international turnout and the burgeoning renewables marketplace, TradeFair Group, the event's producer, is planning for an even bigger conference and trade show next year.  TradeFair Group is pleased to continue its partnership with the event's founder, The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE).  The partners also announced the 3rd Annual RETECH Conference & Exhibition will be held September 20 - 22, 2011, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, once again where Government, Finance, Utility and Technology Leaders Connect for Renewable Energy.

"The industry support we received for RETECH 2010 far surpassed our expectations," said Hunter Jones, RETECH Show Director. "It is clear from the strong worldwide attendance of movers and shakers in the renewables space, and extremely positive feedback from all industry stakeholders that RETECH has established itself as the meeting place for the renewable energy business.  Working together with ACORE's visionary leadership, we will continue to distinguish RETECH as an unmatched platform for connecting with the global renewables industry."

"ACORE is delighted to be continuing its successful partnership with TradeFair Group," said Michael T. Eckhart, ACORE President. "We look forward to continuing to build the RETECH Conference & Exhibition as the leading all-renewables trade show in the U.S., bringing renewable energy into the mainstream of our country and being the major event of the year for the renewable energy professional services community."

In addition to a cutting-edge conference featuring more than 250 speakers at standing room only sessions covering wind, solar, hydro, ocean, geothermal, biomass, biofuels and waste, RETECH 2010 featured the nation's leading all-renewables exhibition. The show floor featured over 200 exhibitors across all renewable energy sectors, including equipment manufacturers and suppliers, finance and investment firms, research & development companies, project developers and operators, law firms, construction companies, NGOs, trade associations, government agencies, and renewable energy development, equipment and technology companies. A variety of RETECH Side Events produced by sponsors, NGOs and international governments also helped to drive the buzz and excitement about emerging developments around the world in renewable energy.

Exhibitor feedback and post show surveys indicated activity on the show floor was robust as exhibitors showcased thousands of products and services that are driving the growth of the multibillion dollar renewables marketplace. Walker Rutherfurd, Managing Partner, KRK Capital Partners, LLP commented, "RETECH 2010 was a great example of the technologies, people, and solutions that will redefine our world and secure a bright future for generations to come."

For more information on RETECH 2011, including opportunities to speak, exhibit, or attend, contact Hunter Jones, Show Director at hunterj@tradefairgroup.com or (713) 343-1875.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

EXMO - 2010 – Exhibition of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Moratuwa

EXMO-2010 will be held at the University of Moratuwa, during the period 10-13 June 2010. The main highlights of this exhibition are as follows. All the departments of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Moratuwa, which consists of, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Earth Resources Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Textile and Clothing Technology, will exhibit the latest developments in each field of engineering, with special emphasis on nationally relevant R & D Activities. 4. A large number of public and private institutions involved in engineering, utilities and other services will actively participate in EXMO-2010, with exhibition stalls. University of Moratuwa expecting large crowd on the four days!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Wood Energy

Wood Energy, like the oldest profession, has been around since time immemorial, like prostitution, it is ignored or regarded as an embarrassment by many decision makers at the national and international level. However for about half of the world's population is a reality and will remain so for many decades to come. – Openshaw 2000

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Sri Lanka Nuclear Energy Project for power generation and peaceful use

Sri Lanka's Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) is in the process of exploring the possibility of using nuclear energy for future power generation. Cabinet approval would be sought shortly to initiate a program for Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Use!!!

Nuclear fission energy (generating energy by splitting atoms) is usually generated with Uranium or Plutonium, but Thorium could be enriched to a fissile Uranium isotope by bombarding with neutrons. Thorium is also believed to be more abundant than Uranium. Australia and India are believed to have the largest Thorium deposits in the World. In Sri Lanka it is believed that there are enough Thorium deposits.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Join the AIChE Professional Online Career Fair – April 27-28, 2010 9a.m. – 8p.m. EST

Whether you're an active jobseeker or looking for your next and better opportunity, AIChE is the best source for targeted jobs that fit your career goals and qualifications. Connect with Leading Chemical Process Industry Employers with opportunities ranging from entry-level positions requiring a BS degree to experienced PhD openings. Expose your credentials to these industry leaders: you'll definitely get viewed, and if employers find a match you may be contacted for an interview. Either way it's a win/win when you sign up for the Career Fair, upload your resume and find your next job with AIChE's CareerEnginerer job board at http://Careerengineer.aiche.org


 

Visit http://chenected.aiche.org/careers/

Sunday, April 18, 2010

ChEnected - AIChE uses web 2.0 features for share information

Blogs, twitter micro blog, facebook fan pages, feeds, .... most popular web 2.0 features which are used my many youth. American Institute of Chemical Engineers recently started their online community which is on http://chenected.aiche.org url , facebook fan page on http://www.facebook.com/ChEnected?v=wall url and twitter micro blog on http://twitter.com/ChEnected url

Join with their facebook page and twitter page as it will bring you updates from ChEnected community.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Tesoro Anacortes refinery fire

An explosion and fire at a Washington state oil refinery shook homes and shot flames into the night sky early Friday, killing three people and critically injuring four others.

The fire struck the Tesoro Corp. refinery in Anacortes, about 70 miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound, at about 12:30 a.m., the company said. The blaze occurred while maintenance work was being performed and was extinguished in about 90 minutes.

Four employees are hospitalized with major burns over the majority of their bodies. Susan Gregg-Hanson, a spokeswoman for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, said they are two women, 29 and 36, and two men 34 and 41.

The Tesoro Anacortes refinery fire is the deadliest accident involving production at a U.S. refinery since the BP (BP.L) Texas City explosion on March 23, 2005 in which 15 workers were killed and 180 others injured.

4shared sharing network search – better than rapidshare and megaupload

We have to read many books and tutorial when we study subjects. I have seen many people try to find ebooks on internet but many of them not find what they are looking for. But personally when I need an ebook I just go to 4shared.com and conduct a file search. Many time result is positive and I can get good result. 4shared search engine is not very optimized one so people must be tactful when perform search. Do not use full title of the ebook at once. Most of the time try to use author name or part of book name. Use correct spellings because 4shared search engine is not like Google. It does not correct spellings

Polypto Lanka - Black Gold from Waste

For first time in world Sri Lanka is producing petrol from waste plastic in mass scale.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

University of Moratuwa gets IChemE accreditation

THE University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka has become the country's first academic institution to earn IChemE accreditation. Moratuwa's BSc (Hons) in chemical engineering has been accredited at bachelor level, from the current academic year up to and including entry year 2011.

This is a big achievement of Chemical and Process Engineering department of University of Moratuwa. The students will benefited in building their professional life in international scale.

Congratulations CPE!


 

Monday, March 29, 2010

Eduticles.com - An Open Information Source for Scientific, Technical, and Medical Research

I created a website which can be used to gather and share knowledge of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Researchers across the world. This is an open information source for science, technical and medical research. Researchers, Students and Professional across the world will be benefited with this free knowledge base. This is a huge target which will need many supports to bring forward and you can contribute towards success of this site by submitting your knowledge.


 

Visit – http://www.eduticles.com


 

Comments from my friends about this site –

Wish you all the best machan..... Keep going on.. Great begining of excellent piece of work.. – anonymous

Anyway good work sube. – Mahanama; - a batch mate of mine now doing masters in Australia

Go ahead Sube........ – Thamali – a batch mate of mine

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Express my research interest on incineration technologies as a better solution for waste management

Day by day our solid waste is accumulated in uncontrolled dumping lands and create very unpleasant and potentially dangerous environment. These dumps are frequently allowed to burn - either deliberately, as a means of volume reduction, or accidentally. However it create more hazardous environment for workers and neighbors. Although there are many solutions to solid waste management due to lack of land in our small island I firmly believe that we need a rapid volume reductive solution as one of major option to our problem.

Incineration is one of ideal volume reductive solution on solid waste and we can see many developed countries including Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany and France use this technology for handling their waste. In Sri Lanka the only place where we can see a thermal treatment on solid waste is Holcim cement kiln which can be consider as a rotary incinerator. When I was an undergraduate student I had chance to visit Holcim cement manufacturing plant. In several days of spend at that manufacturing facility I observed that the kiln of Holcim is used as clinker production unit as well as a waste burning unit. Due to limited capacity of kiln large queues of medical waste, pharmaceutical waste and security printing waste are held at Holcim kiln every day. This implies the existing potential for properly controlled incineration facility for waste management in Sri Lanka. When we consider the number of open garbage dumps there are more potentials to explore for incineration facilities in Sri Lanka.

Incineration is very effective as it brings fast solution to waste management and it also can be used as Waste-To-Energy (WTE) or Energy-From-Waste (EFW) technology. A 250-tonne per day incinerator can generate about 6.5 megawatts of electricity daily. This amount is enough to power up approximately 2000 average houses.

In order to implement incineration as a solution we need in-depth analysis of fuel types, various designs such as moving grate, fixed grate, rotary-kiln, fluidised bed or specialized incinerators. Gaseous emissions such as dioxin, furan and green house gases and material separation is also very critical factors to consider as health concerns are the major drawbacks in implementing this technology. Above mentioned areas are critical to study for the efficiency and safety of the plant in order to manage the plant to meet triple bottom line sustainability.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Modern Process Control for Sustainable Process Development

Dept of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Moratuwa has organized a workshop under the theme of Modern process control for sustainable process development, in collaboration with Telemark University Norway. Objectives of this two day workshop are to educate Sri lankan engineers about automation of new processes and to make them aware on latest developments in control systems. 

Workshop is conducted by experts from Telemark University, Norway. This workshop will also provide an excellent opportunity to discuss your industrial related problems with Norwagean experts and with our staff members as well.



More information 
rathnasiri@cheng.mrt.ac.lk

Monday, March 1, 2010

Why Not ChemEng Success story




Whynotchemeng website which was implemented to inspire student and professionals on chemical engineering studies has achieved remarkable success. According to ICHEME analysis the website has been played a major role on conversion student on chemical engineering studies. I found that fact on TCETDAY magazine (2010 January). It launched promotional campaigns using social networks, google ads, youtube and many innovative ways to market their inspirational campaign.

Today young people spend considerable amount of their active time on internet and interactive web solutions such as blogs, social networks, social bookmarking … etc are wonderful way to give them a message.

IChemE had identified the potential and grab it. Congratulations ………

I am looking for more innovative campaigns in future.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Analyzing CO2 in produce biogas sample





Nuditha Dilnayana; One of Postgraduate student in Department of Chemical Engineering University of Moratuwa is preparing his apparatus for analyzing CO2 percentage of biogas sample. He is undertaking a project on "Using biogas as a vehicle fuel".

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Biodiesel from Used vegetable oil - via transesterification

Used vegetable oil can be turned into bio diesel via chemical reaction. This chemical conversion is called transesterification. [definition from wikipedia - In organic chemistry, transesterification is the process of exchanging the organic group R" of an ester with the organic group R' of an alcohol. These reactions are often catalyzed by the addition of an acid or base.]

We can produce biodiesel from used vegetable oil by a process involves reacting vegetable oils or animal fats catalytically with a short-chain aliphatic alcohols (typically methanol or ethanol).

This process can simplified then it will boost in small and medium scale business and even as home made biodiesel projects.

Following readings will helpful for more understanding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel_production

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transesterification

http://www.contentcaboodle.com/news-and-society/environmental/an-introduction-to-biodiesel-the-cheaper-and-environmentally-friendly-alternative-fuel-for-your-car-00-4789.html

http://moneysavingarticles.com/homemade-biodiesel-is-indeed-the-way-of-the-future.html

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

chemical production engineer - vacancy

I found a good opportunity on Monster for an engineer who has follow chemical or mechanical engineering. He/She should have BS degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering,Strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills, Familiarity with Macola (or other mid-range financial/​mfg system), Word, Excel, Visio, AutoCAD and Access, Ability to research various mediums for current available equipment and systems for use in the plant, Boiler and/​or waste water certifications a plus.

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