Mr. M P Sameera Viraj

Researcher/ Visiting Scholar

Centre for Instrument Development,
Department of Physics,
University of Colombo,
Colombo 03,
Sri Lanka.

Email: mpsviraj@phys.cmb.ac.lk

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • MPhil 2022

    Master of Philosophy (Engineering Physics)

    Department of Physics, University of Colombo

  • B.Sc. 2015

    Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics

    University of Colombo

  • Grad. IP (SL) 2016

    Graduate Member

    Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka

Research Interests

  • Embeded systems
  • Electronic Instrumentation
  • Robotics
  • Renewable energy
  • Thermal energy storage
  • Solar thermal energy harnessing

Teaching

  • Computer Applications, Electronics, Embedded systems, Data acquisition and Instrumentation
  • Final Projects

Publications

  •    Journal articles
  • Kumara P.D.C, Viraj M.P.S, Suraweera S.K.K, Jayaweera H.H.E, Muzathik A.M and Ariyaratne T. R. (June 2021).
    “Performance analysis of two condenser models used for solar energy-assisted water distillation”.
    Journal of Modeling Earth Systems and Environment.
  • Kumara P.D.C, Viraj M.P.S, Suraweera S.K.K, Jayaweera H.H.E, Muzathik A.M and Ariyaratne T. R. (2023 – Manuscript Submitted).
    “The first parabolic trough solar thermal energy harnessing plant in Sri Lanka: Used for water desalination”.
    Journal of Renewable Energy and Environment.
  •    Conference - Full text
  • Kumara P.D.C, Viraj M.P.S, Suraweera S.K.K, Jayaweera H.H.E, Muzathik A.M and Ariyaratne T. R. (2018).
    “Solar thermal energy harnessing using a parabolic trough concentrator”. 3rd International conference on Advances in Computing and technology (ICACT 2018), Colombo, 2018/07
  • Kumara P.D.C, Viraj M.P.S, Suraweera S.K.K, Jayaweera H.H.E, Muzathik A.M and Ariyaratne T.R (2017).
    “Mechanical design and flow simulation of a steam generator for parabolic trough solar
    thermal energy harnessing plant”.
    17th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer 2017). Colombo, 2017/09.
  •    Conference - Abstracts
  • Viraj M.P.S, Perera H.E, Kumara P.D.C and Jayaweera H.H.E (2020).
    “Implementation of a wireless distributed node-based system for monitoring, controlling and data logging of a Parabolic Trough Concentrator”.
    International Conference in Applied and Pure Sciences 2020 (ICAPS) – University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
  • Viraj M.P.S, Kumara P.D.C, Jayaweera H.H.E and Ariyaratne T. R. (2018).
    “Construction and evaluation of a thermal energy storage system designed for a concentrating solar thermal energy plant”.
    Research Symposium 2018 – University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Viraj M.P.S, Kumara P.D.C, Jayaweera H.H.E and Ariyaratne T.R (2016). “Feasibility study on constructing a heat battery for parabolic trough solar thermal energy plant”.
    Research Symposium 2016 – University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Kumara P.D.C, Viraj M.P.S, Jayaweera H.H.E, Muzathik A.M and Ariyaratne T.R (2016).
    “Experimental investigation of the temperature dependency of the thermal conductivity of glass wool used in a steam generator”.
    Research Symposium 2016 – University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Viraj M.P.S, Suraweera S.K.K, Kumara P.D.C, Pattividana A.N, Jayaweera H.H.E and Ariyaratne T.R (2015).
    “Controlling of a Parabolic Trough Concentrator (PTC) for tracking sun by implementing sun algorithm on a microcontroller”.
    Research Symposium 2015 – University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Suraweera S.K.K, Kumara P.D.C, Viraj M.P.S, Jayaweera H.H.E and Ariyaratne T.R (2015).
    “Optical technique for evaluating the slope errors of reflective parabolic trough”.
    Research Symposium 2015 – University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.