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Niranjan Fernando is a chemical engineer and researcher specializing in numerical combustion, thermochemical conversion, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).<\/p><p>He obtained his Bachelor of the Science of Engineering (Honours) degree in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, graduating with second class upper division honors in 2013. He then pursued a Master of Science (by research) at the same university, where he conducted computational and experimental studies on biomass drying and gasification, developing kinetic and CFD models to describe these processes.<\/p><p>In 2016, he began his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, at the Institute of Combustion Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR). His doctoral research focused on reaction mechanism development and numerical modeling of biomass gasification, involving chemical kinetics, CFD simulations, and validation through flame and ignition studies. He successfully defended his Ph.D. in 2021.<\/p><p>Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Fernando joined the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, as a Lecturer in Chemical and Process Engineering (2020\u20132022), where he taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in fluid dynamics, combustion, CFD, and process design, and supervised multiple research projects.<\/p><p>He later returned to Germany as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes, DLR, in Zittau (2023\u20132024). His research involved modeling the low-temperature oxidation of iron particles, estimating kinetic parameters, and simulating iron powder flames, contributing to the advancement of metal-based energy carrier technologies.<\/p><p>Dr. Fernando has published in leading journals such as Energy &amp; Fuels, Renewable Energy, and Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, and presented his work at various international conferences on combustion and renewable energy. His achievements include two DLR\u2013DAAD Research Fellowships (2015 and 2022) and the President\u2019s Award for Scientific Publication (2018).<\/p><p>His research interests include numerical combustion, reaction kinetics of alternative fuels, mathematical modeling and simulation, and low-carbon energy systems modeling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c294b53 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c294b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-654e615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"654e615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Educational Qualifications<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f84ad6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f84ad6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-left: 107.75pt; text-indent: -107.75pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">BSc\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0:<\/span><\/b> <span style=\"text-indent: -143.667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">B.Sc. Engineering (Honours), Department of Engineering, University of Moratuwa<\/span><span style=\"text-indent: -107.75pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-indent: -107.75pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Sri Lanka, 2013<\/span><\/p><p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">MSc\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Master of Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2015<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><b>PhD\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :\u00a0 <\/b>Doctor of Philosophy, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2019<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21658222\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21658222\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-1e526eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e526eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166327d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"166327d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Areas of Research:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4b83f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4b83f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Numerical Combustion\u00a0<\/li><li>Mathematical Modeling and Simulation\u00a0<\/li><li>Computational Fluid Dynamics\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b69f15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b69f15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Selected Research Publications:<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e21f476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e21f476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Publications in Peer Reviewed International Journals <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"720\">\n<p data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"720\">Niranjan Fernando, Marina Braun-Unkhoff, Uwe Riedel, \u201cModeling study of the entrainedflow gasification of ethylene glycol, a surrogate fuel for a pyrolysis oil\u201d, Energy &amp; Fuels, DOI:10.1021\/acs.energyfuels.9b01564, Vol. 33(10), pp. 9818 \u2013 9827, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1458\">\n<p data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1458\">Niranjan Fernando, Mahinsasa Narayana, W.A.M.K.P Wickramaarachchi, \u201cThe effects of air velocity, temperature and particle size on low-temperature bed drying of wood chips\u201d, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Vol. 8(1), pp. 211-223, 2017.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1458\">\n<p data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1458\">Niranjan Fernando and Mahinsasa Narayana, \u201cA comprehensive two dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics model for an updraft biomass gasifier\u201d, Renewable Energy, Vol. 99, pp. 698-710, 2016.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1458\">\n<p data-start=\"1176\" data-end=\"1458\">Tharanga Sewwandi and Niranjan Fernando, \u201cAn iterative dynamic model for simulating the pollutant distributions in the tank cascade ecosystems of Sri Lanka\u201d. (submitted to the journal Environmental Modeling &amp; Assessment published by Springer \u2013 under review process, 2021).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><b>Conference<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Niranjan Fernando, Trupti Kathrotia, Quentin Fradet, Marina Braun-Unkhoff, Uwe Riedel, \n\u201cThe oxidation of ethylene glycol &#8211; a pyrolysis oil surrogate\u201d, Proc. 26th European Biomass \nConference and Exhibition, Session Code 2BO.14.3, 14 \u2013 18 May 2018, Copenhagen, \nDenmark.<\/li><li>Quentin Fradet, Niranjan Fernando, Marina Braun-Unkhoff, Uwe Riedel, \u201cCFD simulation of \nbio-slurry gasification using a sectional approach\u201d, Proc. 26th European Biomass Conference \nand Exhibition, Session Code 2CV.4.16, 14 \u2013 18 May 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/li><li>N. Fernando and M. Narayana, \u201cLimiting value of Reynolds Averaged Simulation in numerical \nprediction of flow over NACA4415 airfoil\u201d, Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference \n(MERCon), pp. 180-185, IEEE, 2016.<\/li><li>Niranjan Fernando, Muhammad  Amin, Mahinsasa Narayana, Thamali Jayawickrama, Sanath \nJayasena, \u201cA mathematical model for pyrolysis of biomass\u201d, Moratuwa Engineering Research \nConference (MERCon), pp. 6-11, IEEE, 2015.<\/li><li>A. A. K Kumbalathara, D.D Liyanage, S. Witharana, J.K.A.T Rajika, M. Narayana, \nK.C.N Fernando, \u201cSimulation of ancient wind-driven iron smelting furnaces of Sri Lanka\u201d, \nMoratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), pp. 12-17, IEEE, 2015. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21658223\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21658223\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-d58d7f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d58d7f0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81f71c0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81f71c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c299cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c299cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>DLR-DAAD Research Fellowship No. 548, 2022. Awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in 2023.<\/li><li>President\u2019s Award for Scientific Publication, 2016. Awarded by the National Research Council Sri <br \/>Lanka in 2018.<\/li><li>DLR-DAAD Research Fellowship No. 231, 2015. 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