- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Fuel Science & Combustion Technology -Undergraduate -2019
Energy Efficiency & Conservation -Undergraduate -2019
Computer Aided Chemical Engineering -Undergraduate -2019
Renewable Energy Engineering -Undergraduate -2019
Energy Management -Postgraduate -2019
Research Activities
Biomass gasification
Biomass pretreatment
Energy efficiency
Combustion
Process simulation
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology ,2016
Masters, KTH Royal Institute of Technology ,2012
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2007
Career
Honours and Awards
Publications*
Gunarathne, D. S., Mellin, P., Yang, W., Pettersson, M., and Ljunggren, R. (2016). Performance of an effectively integrated biomass multi-stage gasification system and a steel industry heat treatment furnace. Applied Energy, 170, 353-361.
Gunarathne, D. S., Mellin, P., Yang, W., Pettersson, M., and Ljunggren, R. System integration of the heat treatment furnace in steel plant with biomass gasification process. Nordic Flame Days 2015. Copenhagen, Denmark. October 6-7, 2015.
Gunarathne, D. S., Cuvilas, C. A., Li, J., Yang, W., and Blasiak, W. Biomass pretreatment for large percentage biomass co-firing. 12th International Conference on Boiler Technology (ICBT 2014). Szczyrk, Poland. October 21-24, 2014.
Gunarathne, D. S., Chmielewski, J. K., Yang, W., and Blasiak, W. Performance of high temperature air/steam gasification of hydrothermal carbonized biomass. 22 nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBC&E 2014). Hamburg, Germany. June 23-26, 2014.
Gunarathne, D. S., Mueller, A., Fleck, S., Kolb, T., Chmielewski, J. K., Yang, W., and Blasiak, W. (2014). Gasification characteristics of steam exploded biomass in an updraft pilot scale gasifier. Energy, 71, 496-506.
Gunarathne, D. S., Mueller, A., Fleck, S., Kolb, T., Chmielewski, J. K., Yang, W., and Blasiak, W. (2014). Gasification characteristics of hydrothermal carbonized biomass in an updraft pilot-scale gasifier. Energy and Fuels, 28(3), 1992-2002.
Zhou, C., Stuermer, T., Gunarathne, R., Yang, W., and Blasiak, W. (2014). Effect of calcium oxide on high-temperature steam gasification of municipal solid waste. Fuel, 122, 36-46.
Gunarathne, D. S., Chmielewski, J. K., and Yang, W. (2014). Pressure drop prediction of a gasifier bed with cylindrical biomass pellets. Applied Energy, 113, 258-266.
Gunarathne, D. S., Chmielewski, J. K., and Yang, W. High temperature air/steam gasification of steam exploded biomass. Finnish-Swedish Flame Days 2013. Jyväskylä, Finland. April 17-18, 2013.
Gunarathne, D., Jatunarachchi, S. S., Senanayake, N. S., Wei, B. The Effect of Throat Diameter on the Performance of a Downdraft Biomass Gasifier, International Journal of Energy Engineering 3 (3), 171-175
Gunarathne R. M. D. S., Punchibanda D. M., Study the effect of co-digestion of kitchen waste with sewage, Annual transactions of IESL 2012
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