Advanced Nanomaterials for Clean Energy and Health Applications
Trond Strømgren, Senior Advisor Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Value Chain, Maritim Forening Sogn og Fjordane visited the ANCEHA lab at HVL. PhD research scholars explained the research activities they have been carrying on with clean energy technologies.
ANCEHA research team at HVL conducted a clean energy workshop for the grade 9 students on the 26th and 28th of November at the HVL, Kronstad. Students were given an introduction to clean energy and then they were exposed to the clean energy situation in Sri Lanka and India followed by an introduction to Hydrogen. Later there were live demonstrations on the usage of dye sensitised solar cells and then students were given the opportunity to try out the new technologies in the hands on session.
PhD candidate from CIT Yuvaraj Selvaraj presented his research idea at the bi monthly AMCEHA meeting on the 14th November 2018 at HVL. Title of his talk was ‘Fabrication of Nano Carbons implanted Ag doped Medical Cotton Fabrics by Plasma implantation technique for wound healing and anti-Cancerous applications’. Discussion followed the presentation. The upcoming conference preparation was also discussed in the meeting.
Two PhD Candidates from CIT arrived at HVL on the 9th November 2018 for a three month research stay. Selvakumar Pitchaiya will be working on transition doped TIO2s as ETL for perovskite solar cells. Yuvaraj Selvaraj will be working on Microbial and Cell Culture applications of Plasma processed textile cotton fabrics.
AMCEHA preparation meeting was held on 5th November 2018. Prof Dhayalan Velauthapillai chaired the meeting on behalf HVL. UoJ representatives joined via Skype and Prof. Ravirajan Punniamoorthy chaired on behalf of UoJ. Prof. Dhayalan Velauthapillai informed there would be around 70 international participants for the conference. The logistics were discussed in detail and the keynote speakers were finalised. It was decided that a follow-up meeting will take place in December.
Saravana Kumar Nagarajan, Masters student who is studying Reservoir Physics at the University of Bergen gave a presentation at the ANCEHA bimonthly meeting on the 2nd November 2018. Title of his presentation was ‘advanced nano-enhanced oil recovery’. The presentation was based on a review on co2 enhanced oil recovery. The main idea behind the research is to find whether nanoparticles can be used to enhance the oil recovery. Discussion followed the presentation. The upcoming conference preparation was also discussed in the meeting.
CEO of the Framo AS, Trod Mohn visited the laboratory to see the ongoing research of the ANCEHA research group. He was given a tour around the laboratory to shown the innovative research which is being conducted at the HVL. Professor Dhayalan Velauthapillai explained the different research areas while showing the advancements made so far and how it is influencing the innovation and how it is transforming the clean energy sector.
30 high school students visited the laboratory for a demonstration and explanation on the emerging solar technology and research. Students were given demonstrations on supercapacitors using activated charcoal made by coconut shell, all kind of solar cells and its applications, fuel cell technology. The occasion was used to encourage the students to take up further studies in clean energy applications.
On the 19th October 2018, ANCEHA conducted a half-day research seminar at HVL. PhD Research fellows, visiting exchange students and two visiting professors from Sri Lanka and one post-doctoral fellow from CET participated in the seminar along with Professor Dhayalan Velauthapillai. Students, PhD research fells and the post-doctoral fellow made presentations of their research. Lively and stimulating discussion followed each presentation.
ANCEHA research group on the 18th October 2018 conducted a half a day workshop on clean energy technologies for the third year undergraduate students of the HVL. Prof Dhayalan Velauthapillai gave introductory lecture on the basic principles of the clean energy with special focus on the photovoltaic devices. Prof. Ravirajan Punniamoorthyn who was visiting from University of Jaffna gave a presentation on their research on clean energy technologies with special focus on third generation solar cells and the ongoing research collaboration with HVL under the ANCEHA project. PhD Research Fellow Håkon Eidsvåg followed it up with his work on computer simulations and basic principles about solar driven waters splitting mechanisms. Finally, Prof. G. Rajanya Asoka Kumara, visiting from NIFS, Kandy, Sri Lanka did a presentation with practical demonstrations on solar cell applications and super capacitors made from coconut shell.
