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Intended
learning outcomes:
· Describe, in
an overall sense, the major existing, emerging and new energy technologies
and assess the overall impact of the use of non-renewable and
renewable energy sources from the sustainable development point of view;
· Identify the adverse
ecological impact of energy use, and construct suitable mitigation
measures to diffuse the adverse ecological impact by carrying out extensive
reference;
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Comprehend the
social and economical impacts of energy consumption, and identify and
avoid subscribing for energy intensive and hence unsustainable lifestyles
in development planning or otherwise demonstrate a comprehensive
understanding of energy sufficiency
(conservation), energy efficiency, energy security and sustainability issues;
· Select
appropriate energy management tools and reference materials and perform
an energy management task;
· Scrutinize the energy implications of
development options, critically analyse the sustainability dimension
of a specific energy technology or related processes/activities, and propose
energy systems suitable for a sustainable Sri Lanka and the national energy
policies and strategies required to make it a reality.
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Course
description:
Course coordinator: Prof. R Shanthini (accessible at
071-5326835 / rshanthini@pdn.ac.lk / admin@rshanthini.com)
Evaluation panel:
Course credits: 3 GPA credits
Pre-requisites: None
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Contents
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Time allocated (clock hours)
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Lectures
and discussion
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Project
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Assign-ment
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Energy
basics: energy; power; forms of
energy; thermodynamic laws; entropy; exergy; combustion fundamentals
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03
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Energy
technologies: electricity generation
from non-renewable energy sources (coal, petroleum, natural gas, and
nuclear); electricity generation
from renewable energy sources (hydro, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic,
solar biomass, and wind); energy
technologies in transport; energy technologies in other primary and
secondary energy consumption modes (heating, cooling, agriculture, and
electronic devices); new and
emerging energy technologies (fuel cells, energy storage, hydrogen economy,
and other alternatives to energy use)
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15
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Energy impacts:
ecological impacts of energy use in global scale and their mitigation (greenhouse gas emissions, global
warming, and climate change); ecological impact of energy use in local
scale and their mitigation
(acid rain, particulate pollution, thermal pollution and related impact,
fresh-water exploitation, and altering land use); economical and social impacts of energy consumption (economic growth,
human development, and sustainability inclusive of rebound effect of energy
consumption on development, resource depletion, and energy-intensive
unsustainable lifestyles)
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09
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Energy
management: energy
management basics; demand-side management; life-cycle assessment;
energy-audits; carbon and ecological footprints; clean development
mechanism
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06
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Energy
implications of development options in Sri Lanka: energy sources, energy conversion technologies,
energy sufficiency (conservation), energy efficiency, energy security, and
sustainability issues; Workshop on developing sustainable
energy systems in Sri Lanka via
(white paper) drafting of appropriate national energy policy and
strategies
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03
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06
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Literature survey-type
project on energy and environment: project focuses on the
societal, economical and ecological impacts of a specific energy technology
or related processes/activities and mitigation measures (to be) adopted to
diffuse the ecological impacts.
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12
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TOTAL (equivalent hours)
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36
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06
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03
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Course
(lecture & reference) materials:
Module
01: Energy Basics (held on Dec 10, 2011)
Contents: Energy; power; forms of energy; thermodynamic
laws; entropy; exergy; combustion fundamentals
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Lecture
materials
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Energy basics
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ppt
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Reference
Materials
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Shanthini, R. 2009. Thermodynamics
for beginners. ISBN: 955-589-090-0. Published by University of Peradeniya:
Science Education Unit.
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selected chapters
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What is Exergy?
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paper
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Combustion
Fundamentals
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a chapter
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Module 02: Conventional Energy
Technologies (held on Dec 31, 2011)
Contents: Conventional energy technologies in electricity
generation from non-renewable energy sources (coal, petroleum,
natural gas, and nuclear), in vehicular
transport, and in other primary and secondary energy consumption modes
(heating, cooling, agriculture, and electronic devices)
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Lecture
Materials
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Conventional energy technologies
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ppt
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Reference
Materials
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Thermal electricity
– How it works
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weblink
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Gas turbine basics
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weblink
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Nuclear reactor
How
a nuclear reactor works
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weblink
weblink
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Working of a four stroke petrol
engine
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weblink
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Module 03 & 04: Energy
Impacts (held on Jan 07 & 14, 2012)
Contents: Ecological
impacts of energy generation from non-renewable energy sources in global
scale (greenhouse gas emissions, global warming, and climate change) and
local scale (acid rain, particulate pollution, thermal pollution and related
impact, fresh-water exploitation, and altering land use), and probable
mitigation measures
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Lecture
Materials
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Module 03 - Energy impacts
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Part01_ppt
Part02_ppt
(can’t open)
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Module 04 - Energy impacts
continued
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Part01_ppt
Part02_ppt
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Reference
Materials
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Global warming – Natural Resources
Defense Council, USA
Global warming – NASA Earth Observatory,
USA
Global warming – National Geographic
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weblink
weblink
weblink
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Climate change – US EPA
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weblink
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Energy Impacts – Union
of Concerned Scientists
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weblink
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The Energy – Water
Collision: 10 things you should know
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pdf
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Modules 05, 06 & 07:
Renewable Energy Technologies and Impacts (held on Jan 21 & 28 and on
Feb 11, 2012)
Contents: Use of renewable energy sources in electricity generation, in transport, and
in other energy consumption modes, their ecological impacts, and probable
mitigation measures
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Lecture
Materials
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Module 05 - Renewable
energy technologies (hydroelectric, solar photovoltaics, and solar thermal
or concentrated solar power), and their ecological impacts
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Part01_ppt
Part02_ppt
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Module 06 - Renewable energy
technologies (wind and bioethanol), and their ecological impacts
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Part01_ppt
Part02_ppt
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Module 07 - Renewable
energy technologies (biodiesel), and their ecological impacts; Life cycle
assessment.
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Part01_ppt
Part02_ppt (must
upload)
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Reference
Materials
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MacKay David JC.
2009. Sustainable energy without the hot air. Cambridge:
UIT Cambridge Ltd.
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website
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Jacobson Mark Z.
Review of solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security.
Energy & Environmental Science 2009: 2: 148-173
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pdf
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Leung DYC and Yang Y. Wind energy
development and its environmental impact: A review. Renewable and
Sustainable Energy Reviews 2012: 16: 1031–1039
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pdf
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Dominguez-Faus
R, Powers SE, Burken JG, Alwarez PJ. The Water Footprint of Biofuels: A
Drink or Drive Issue? Environmental
Science & Technology 2009: 43: 3005–3010
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pdf
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Sander
K and Murthy GS. Life cycle analysis of algae biodiesel.
Int J Life Cycle Assess 2010: 15: 704–714. DOI
10.1007/s11367-010-0194-1
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pdf
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Life Cycle Associates, LLC.
Feb 2009. Assessment of Direct and Indirect GHG Emissions Associated with Petroleum
Fuels: For New Fuels Alliance.
LCA.6004.3P.2009
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pdf
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Module 08: New and Emerging Energy Technologies (held on Mar 03, 2012)
Contents: Fuel cells; energy storage; hydrogen economy;
other alternatives to energy use
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Lecture
Materials
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Module 08 – Fuel
Cells and Hydrogen Economy
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ppt
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Reference
Materials
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Energy system aspects
of hydrogen as an alternative fuel in transport
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pdf
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The Hydrogen
Economy: Opportunities, Costs,
Barriers, and R&D Needs
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weblink
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Module 09: Economical and
Societal Energy Impacts (held on Feb 25, 2012)
Contents: Economic
growth; human development; sustainability inclusive of rebound effect of
energy consumption on development; resource depletion; energy-intensive unsustainable
lifestyles
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Lecture
Materials
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Module 09 –
Economical and Societal Energy Impacts.
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Part01_ppt
Part02_ppt
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Reference
Materials
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The Rebound Effect:
an assessment of the evidence for economy-wide energy savings from improves
energy efficiency, October 2007, UK Energy Research Centre
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pdf
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Energy critical
elements
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pdf
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China’s rare earths
industry and its role in the international market
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pdf
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Modules 10 & 11: Energy
Management (held on Mar 10 & 17, 2012)
Contents: Energy management basics; energy audit;
demand-side management; life-cycle assessment; carbon and ecological
footprints; clean development mechanism
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Lecture
materials
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Module 10 –
Energy management basics, Energy audit, Demand-side management
Life-cycle assessment
(already covered), and Exergy analysis
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ppt
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Module 11 –
Exergy analysis continued, Carbon and ecological footprints (already
covered), and Clean development mechanism
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ppt
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Reference
materials
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Demand-side
Management – a case study
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pdf
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A uniform
environmental metric based on exergy
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pdf
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Training Plant Staff
About Energy Efficiency
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pdf
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Quantifying Global
Exergy Resources
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pdf
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Module 12: Energy Implications
of Development Options in Sri
Lanka (held on Mar 24, 2012)
Contents: Energy sources, energy conversion technologies,
energy sufficiency (conservation), energy efficiency, energy security, and
sustainability issues
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Lecture
materials
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Module 12 - Energy
Implications of Development Options in Sri Lanka
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Part01_ppt
Part02_ppt
(can’t open)
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Reference
materials
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Greenhouse
gas emission mitigation in the Sri Lanka power sector supply
side and demand side options
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pdf
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Sri Lanka Energy
Balance 2007: An Analysis of Energy Sector Performance
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pdf
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Sri Lanka:
Environmental Issues in the Power Sector
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pdf
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Asian energy and
environmental policy: Promoting growth while preserving the environment
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pdf
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A participatory
systems approach to modeling social, economic, and ecological components of
bioenergy
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pdf
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NATIONAL ENERGY
POLICY AND STRATEGIES OF SRI
LANKA
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pdf
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Policy options to
promote energy efficient and environmentally sound technologies in
small- and medium-scale industries
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pdf
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Policies and
Regulations affecting Biomass-related Energy Sector Development in Sri Lanka
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pdf
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Sri Lanka_Renewable
Energy Report
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pdf
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Module 13, 14 & 15:
Presentations and discussion on the Literature Survey-type Project on Energy
and Environment (discussion held on Feb 11 and assessments will be held on Mar 31 and
Apr 07, 2012)
Contents: Presentations by the students their literature survey-type projects focusing on the societal,
economical and ecological impacts of a specific energy technology or related
processes/activities, and mitigation measures (to be) adopted to diffuse the
negative impacts, and discussion on the presentations.
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Project
information:
Project report submissions deadline: On or before 24th March 2012
Submission mode: Two
hardcopies must be handed over AND a softcopy must be emailed to rshanthini@pdn.ac.lk or to admin@rshanthini.com in *.doc or *.pdf format.
Content
of the report: Clear statement of the system studied; objectives of the
study; methodology used; results obtained; critical analysis of the results
obtained; discussion and concluding remarks. The following aspects shall be
incorporated in the report where appropriate:
· Assessment
of the overall impact of the
use of non-renewable and/or renewable energy sources from the sustainable
development point of view;
· Identification
of the adverse ecological
impact of energy use;
· Construction
of suitable mitigation measures
to diffuse the adverse ecological impact;
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Identification of the social and economical impacts of
energy consumption;
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Identification of energy intensive and hence
unsustainable lifestyles;
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Incorporation of energy
sufficiency (conservation), energy efficiency, energy security and
sustainability issues;
· Selection of appropriate energy management tools and
reference materials to perform an energy management task;
· Scrutinizing the energy
implications of development options;
· Critically analysis of the sustainability dimension of a
specific energy technology or related processes/activities;
· Proposal of energy systems suitable for
a sustainable Sri Lanka
and the national energy policies and strategies required to make it a
reality.
Format
of the report: Format is
entirely of your choice. However, formal referencing to the sources referred
to is very important. Your writing should be short and snappy (that is, to
the point) and factual. A sample
project report is made
available for your information. Keep in mind that word to word reproduction
of material available elsewhere without crediting the source (known as
plagiarism and is a serious offence).
Important Note: Attendance throughout
both presentation sessions and active participation by way of questioning the
presenter are compulsory for all students.
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Project #
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Name
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Reg. No.
HD/MDP/
11/12
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Presentation
Schedule
(10
mins presentation followed by 5mins per student question time)
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Project Title
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1
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Rajasingham Aruthra
W Maithree MIA Bandara Samantha A Lindsay s
Weeratunga APK Nishantha
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625 OK
626 OK
640
643
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Presentation:
10.30 to 10.40
Question time:
10.40 to 11.00
31 March 2012
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Review of
transport energy and future options (Hardcopy submitted on 31 March 2012;
draft submitted on 24 March 2012; softcopy submitted)
Reports
for peer assessment emailed to all four.
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2
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DM Gayani Dharmadasa
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627 OK
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Presentation:
9.15 to 9.25
Question time:
9.25 to 9.30
07 April 2012
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Household
biogas production (Hardcopy submitted on 24 March 2012; softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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3
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M Nirmalan A Dhas
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628 OK
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Presentation:
11.00 to 11.10
Question time:
11.10 to 11.15
31 March 2012
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Solar
energy: its role in sustaining the myth of the sustainability and growth of
the current consumerist global civilization (Hardcopy submitted on 24 March
2012; softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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4
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KG Sachini Wayanga Gnanathilaka
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630 OK
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Presentation:
9.30 to 9.40
Question time:
9.40 to 9.45
07 April 2012
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Social
and economic impacts of biomass usage for energy in Sri Lanka (Hardcopy submitted on
31 March 2012; softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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631
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no information
available
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632
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no information
available
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5
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Dammika B Herath
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633
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Presentation:
9.45 to 9.55
Question time:
9.55 to 10.00
07 April 2012
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The societal, economical and ecological impacts of mini power
plant versus mega power plants, and its appropriateness to Sri Lanka
(Hardcopy submitted on 31 March 2012;
softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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6
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MRM Hilmy Ishak
JA Sumedha Jayakody
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634 OK
635 OK
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Presentation:
11.15 to 11.25
Question time:
11.25 to 11.35
31 March 2012
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Railway:
Is it an environmentally-clean energy-efficient transportation mode in Sri Lanka
(Hardcopy submitted on 24 March 2012; softcopy submitted)
Reports
for peer assessment emailed for both.
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7
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HD Sudarshana Anojan
Jayasundara
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636 OK
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Presentation:
10.00 to 10.10
Question time:
10.10 to 10.15
07 April 2012
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Energy
justice (Hardcopy submitted on 31 March 2012; softcopy submitted late)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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JM Saliya PB Jayathilaka
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637 OK
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On energy conservation in office environment
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638
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no information
available
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SA Lindsay
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640 OK
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see 625 and 626
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8
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Shaheen Mahmooth
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641 OK
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Presentation:
11.35 to 11.45
Question time:
11.45 to 11.50
31 March 2012
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Cost
structure of batteries (Hardcopy submitted on 24 March 2012; softcopy
submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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9
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WL Tharushi Nimna
Wijethunga
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642 OK
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Presentation:
9.00 to 9.10
Question time:
9.10 to 9.15
07 April 2012
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Mini
hydropower as renewable energy (Hardcopy submitted on 24 March 2012; softcopy should be submitted in *.doc or *.pdf format)
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Weeratunga APK Nishantha
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643 OK
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see 625 and 626
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10
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HM Manjula Pushpakumara
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645
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Presentation:
10.15 to 10.25
Question time:
10.25 to 10.30
07 April 2012
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Relationship
between road infrastructure development and improvement of human wellbeing:
a socioeconomic study (Hardcopy submitted on 31 March
2012; softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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11
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M Tantirige S Sanjana
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647 OK
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Presentation:
12.05 to 12.15
Question time:
12.15 to 12.20
31 March 2012
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Truth – Nothing but the Truth (Hardcopy submitted on 24 March 2012; softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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12
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Gunawardane Umagaran
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648
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Presentation:
10.40 to 10.50
Question time:
10.50 to 10.55
07 April 2012
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Promoting the sustainable solar energy (solar
power) for the poor households in a rural village of Sri Lanka
(Hardcopy submitted on 31 March 2012; softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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13
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MFR Uvais (on leave)
Kathiresan Kaushalya
Ana S Ratnaraja
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649 OK
654
655
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Presentation:
11.10 to 11.20
Question time:
11.20 to 11.30
07 April 2012
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On alternative energy sources for grid-librated
homes
(softcopy should be submitted in
*.doc or *.pdf format)
(softcopy
should be submitted in *.doc or *.pdf format)
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14
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Nirosha Welgama
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650
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Presentation:
12.20 to 12.30
Question time:
12.30 to 12.35
31 March 2012
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Methods to produce energy in the
domestic/village level communities and agricultural communities in Sri Lanka
(Hardcopy submitted on 24 March 2012;
softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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15
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K Wijeratne
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651 OK
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Presentation:
12.35 to 12.45
Question time:
12.45 to 12.50
31 March 2012
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Building sector and energy sustainability in Sri Lanka
(Hardcopy submitted on 31 March 2012;
draft submitted on 24 March 2012; softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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16
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Natasha Yatawara
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652 OK
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Presentation:
10.55 to 11.05
Question time:
11.05 to 11.10
07 April 2012
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Wind: an alternative energy source (softcopy
submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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17
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P Berni D Yatawara
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653 OK
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Presentation:
12.50 to 1.00
Question time:
1.00 to 1.05
31 March 2012
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Literature survey cum study to understand the social,
economic and energy-environment impact on the adjacent communities that
live on the right of way road networks in Sri Lanka (Hardcopy submitted on 24 March 2012; softcopy submitted)
Report
for peer assessment emailed.
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K Kaushalya
AS Ratnaraja
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654 OK
655 OK
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see 649
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656
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no information
available
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Important Note: Attendance throughout
both presentation sessions and active participation by way of questioning the
presenter are compulsory for all students.
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