Occupational Health and Safety in Gemstone and Graphite Mining Industry – Sri Lanka

The gemstone mining industry has a long history in Sri Lanka. In the pages of history, many explorers claiming that this country had the best gems on earth. Still, Sri Lanka has very demanded mountaintop for world-famous gemstones such as sapphire, tourmaline, ruby, chrysoberyl, topazes, and blue-sapphire. Gemstone mining places are situated in Ratnapura, Okkampitiya, …

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Boiler Systems Optimization

In Sri Lanka, a variety of industries used steam for their manufacturing process. Those industries are food and beverage industries, paper manufacturing industries, textile industries, and cement manufacturing industries. Approximately 400 biomass boilers are operating in Sri Lanka. In biomass boilers, rubberwood, paddy husk, coconut husk, sawdust, and dendro are used as fuel. Fossil fuel …

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Optimization of an Industrial Boiler Operation – I

A boiler is a steel pressure vessel in which fluid under pressure converted into steam. There are two main types of boilers used in the industry. They are water tubes and fire tubes boilers. In the fire tube boiler (Fig 1.), hot flue gases flow inside the cells and submerge in water within a cell. …

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Fabric Structures Subjected to Wind and Snow Loads

Nowadays fabric structures are widely used for their architectural modern beauty. Moreover, fabric materials are used in many structures including stadiums, external car parking, public tents, shelters, restaurants, swimming pools, and hotels. The main issue with fabric structure is its short lifetime service, majorly due to snow and wind loads. This manuscript proposes ways to …

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Information and Communication Technology in Sri Lankan Higher Education

This review paper focuses on the impact of the information and communication technology in Sri Lankan higher education sector. This highlights the current status of the impacts of the information and communication technology (ICT) on higher education institutes like state universities, private universities, campuses and etc. Computer technology and the internet started to play a …

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