Public defence: Jayangi Wagaarachchige

Jayangi Wagaarachchige will defend her PhD degree in process, energy and automation engineering. The dissertation is about the monitoring of carbon capture solvents.

29 May

Practical information

  • Date: 29 May 2024
  • Time: 10.00 - 15.00
  • Location: Porsgrunn, room A-271
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    • Zoom link for digital participation.

    Programme 

    10am Trial lecture: Problems, that have not yet been fully explored in pilot testing, but that might be encountered in long-term commercial operation of amine solvents for flue gas CO2 capture.

    12.30pm Public Defence: Pushing Technology Boundaries: Monitoring and Optimization of Carbon Capture Solvents.

    Evaluation comittee

    • First opponent: Dr. Jon Gibbins, professor at the University of Sheffield
    • Second opponent: Dr. Håvard Lidal, specialist from Equinor
    • Administrator: Dr. Nora Furuvik, associate professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway

    Supervisors

    • Principal supervisor: Professor Maths Halstensen, Univeristy of South-Eastern Norway.
    • Co-supervisor:  Professor emeritius Klaus-Joachim Jens, University of South-Eastern Norway.
    • Co-supervisor: Associate professor Zulkifli Idris, University of South-Eastern Norway.
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Jayangi Dinesha Wagaarachchige is defending her dissertation for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD) at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

The doctoral work has been carried out at the Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences in the program Process, Energy and Automation Engineering.

Jayangi Dinesha Wagaarachchige

Welcome to follow the trial lecture and the public defence.

Summary

The global temperature rise is rapidly approaching the critical IPCC-defined threshold of 1.5°C in just a few years; 2024 could be the first year to experience it.

One of the technological initiatives to mitigate this issue is the use of post-combustion carbon capture (PCC) gas-liquid absorption units in industries. PCC helps limiting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industries related to fossil fuel burning.

Continuous monitoring and controlling of this chemical absorption process is essential for an efficient CO2 capture. The use of spectrometers to monitor the chemical changes of the CO2 capture solvent by employing mathematical algorithms is presented in this work.

Illustration of the monitoring