Research Papers by S. Ranil Wickramasinghe

The bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass requires two main steps: cellulose and hemicellulose conversion (hydrolysis) to monosaccharides followed by fermentation of the monosaccharides into the desired products. Pretreatment of the lignocellulosic biomass is required to hydrolyse hemicellulose a

Acetic acid is a compound commonly found in hemicellulosic hydrolysates. This weak acid strongly influences the bioconversion of sugar containing hydrolysates. Previous investigators have used anion exchange resins for acetic acid removal from different hemicellulosic hydrolysates. In this study, th

Gas-filled membrane absorption has been used to remove cyanide from different cyanide containing wastewaters. In this study, cyanide removal from an industrial praziquantel wastewater has been investigated. The wastewater contained a high cyanide concentration and turbidity due to the presence of li