- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Senior Professor
Contact information
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Research Activities
Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer
Solar Thermal
Energy Efficiency
Building Energy
Green Buildings
Solar pond based thermal energy utilization for desalination of water
Aspects of building envelop for optimizing energy performance in buildings
Optimizing internal combustion generator based stand-alone hybrid energy systems
Analysis of building envelops to optimize energy efficiency as per code of practice for energy efficient buildings in Sri Lanka.
Heat exchange across multi-façade roof structures for residential buildings
Simulating performance of sub-systems of a combined cycle power plant
Analysis of CDM potential in thermal power generation sector of Sri Lanka
Modeling and verification of performance of an innovative Tea Dryer
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelor's, University of Moratuwa ,1982
Masters, Asian Institute of Technology ,1986
PhD, Ecole des Mines de Paris ,1992
Bachelor's, Ecole des Mines de Paris ,
PhD, University Of Moratuwa ,1982
Bachelors, Asian Institute of Technology ,1986
Masters, Ecole des Mines de Paris ,1992
Chartered Engineer, Member of Institution of Engineers(2009 To date)
Corporate Member, Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association(1993 To date)
Member, Sri Lanka Association of Advancement of Science(2005 To date)
Member, American Society of Heating Refigeration & Air-conditioning Engineers(2010 To date)
Fellow, Lanka Association of Building Services Engineers(2011 To date)
Career
Rotating Equipment Engineer at State Fertilizer Manufacturing Corporation, Sri Lanka, 1982-1985
Honours and Awards
DAAD Scholarship for postgraduate studies at the Asian Institute of Technology, (Received 1985)
French Government Scholarship for Doctoral studies in France, (Received 1986)
Outstanding Research Award, University of Moratuwa (Received 2003)
Publications*
Journal Publications:
A. T. D. Perera, D. M. I. J. Wickremasinghe, D. V. S. Mahindarathna, R. A. Attalage, K. K. C. K. Perera, and E. M. Bartholameuz, Sensitivity of internal combustion generator capacity in standalone hybrid energy systems, Energy, Vol 30, 2012K.T. Jayasinghe and R A Attalage, Performance Analysis of Hot Air Generating Systems in Tea Industry of Sri Lanka, IESL Transactions, October 2008
S. Divakara and R.A. Attalage, Assessment of Embedded Energy in Manufacturing Wall Tiles Using Two Technologies in Sri Lanka, IESL Transactions, October 2007
Kanchana Siriwardena, Priyantha D C Wijayatunga, W J L S Fernando, Ram M Shrestha, Rahula A Attalage Economy wide emission impact of carbon and energy tax in electricity supply industry: A case study on Sri Lanka, Energy Conservation and Management, Elsevier Publications, 2007
Priyantha D C Wijayatunga, Kanchana Siriwardena, Rahula A Attalage, W J L S Fernando, Ram M Shrestha, Policies for Clean and Energy Efficient Technologies, Journal of the Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association, April 2006
Priyantha D C Wijayatunga, Kanchana Siriwardena, W J L S Fernando, Ram M Shrestha, Rahula A Attalage, Strategies to Overcome Barriers for Cleaner Generation Technologies in Small Developing Power Systems: Sri Lanka Case Study, Energy Conservation and Management, Elsevier Publications, Vol 47, Issue 9-10, 2006
P D C Wijayatunga and R A Attalage, Socio-economic Impact of Solar Home Systems in Rural Sri Lanka: A case Study, Energy for Sustainable Development, Vol IX No 2, June 2005
Conference Publications:
A.T.D. Perera, D.M.I.J. Wickremasinghe, D. Mahindarathna, R.A. Attalage, K.K.C.K. Perera, and E.M. Bartholameuz, How does the internal generator capacity and power supply reliability effect hybrid energy system sizing?, 16th ERU symposium, Engineering Research Unit, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka: 2010A. T. D. Perera, R. A. Attalage and K. K. C. K. Perera, Multi objective optimization of lifecycle cost, unmet load and renewable energy capacity for an expansion of existing standalone internal combustion generator systems, ASME 2011- 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Washington, DC, USA, 2011
A.T.D. Perera, D.M.I.J. Wickremasinghe, D. Mahindarathna, R. A. Attalage, K. K. C. K. Perera, and E. M. Bartholameuz, Novel simulation based evolutionary optimization algorithm to design stand-alone hybrid energy systems, 3rd International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation (ICCMS-IEEE 2011), Mumbai-India: 201
A.T.D. Perera, D.M.I.J. Wickremasinghe, D. Mahindarathna, R.A. Attalage, K.K.C.K. Perera, and E.M. Bartholameuz, Determining wind turbine capacity for expansion of off grid Internal Combustion Generators (ICG) system: why it becomes challenging?, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Kandy- Sri Lanka, 2010.
V. Ralapanava, M.T.R. Jayasinghe, C. Jayasinghe, R. Emmanuel and R.A. Attalage, “Recent Development of Eco-Technology in Sri Lanka: Case of MAS Thurulie project for Green Manufacturing of Apparels”, 15th Asian Symposium on Eco Technology (ASET15), Kanazawa, Japan, 18-19 October 2008
H. Homma, N. Ikeda and R.A. Attalage, “Strengthening University-Industry linkage in Developing Countries Through International Cooperation: Case of Sri Lanka Through Cooperation of Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan”, International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and System Sciences and Engineering, CISSE, Co-sponsored by IEEE, University of Bridgeport, USA, Dec 3-13 2007
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