Ananda Amarasekara
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- School: Prairie View A&M University
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- Department: Chemistry
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100 University Dr
Prairie View, TX - 77446 - Dates at Prairie View A&M University: July 2013 - January 2020
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I took Professor Amarasekara for Organic Chemistry 1. He did lots of drawing. He has a thick accent, but it's not terrible. The tests are beyond difficult. If you want to learn organic chemistry, read the book by yourself and take good notes during the lecture. Don't worry, it's impossible to fail his class unless you skip tests. I only recommend him because he curves.
Biography
Prairie View A&M University - Chemistry
Resume
1981
Ph.D
Chemistry
City University of New York
University Teaching
Science
Spectroscopy
Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Statistics
Characterization
Chemistry
Higher Education
NMR
Research
Molecular Biology
\"Handbook of Cellulosic Ethanol\"
ISBN: 9781118233009 608 pages \nProvides comprehensive coverage on the science and technology of various routes for production of ethanol from abundant cellulosic biomass \n\nThe inevitable decline in petroleum reserves and its impact on gasoline prices combined with climate change concerns have contributed to current interest in renewable fuels. Bioethanol is the most successful renewable transport fuel. Corn and sugarcane ethanol are currently widely used as blend-in fuels in the United States
Brazil
and a few other countries. However
there are a number of major drawbacks in these first-generation biofuels
such as their effect on food prices
net energy balance
and poor greenhouse gas mitigation. Alternatively
cellulosic ethanol can be produced from abundant lignocellulosic biomass forms such as agricultural or municipal wastes
forest residues
fast growing trees
or grasses grown in marginal lands
and should be producible in substantial amounts to meet growing global energy demand. This Handbook gives the background
scientific theory and recent research progress in producing cellulosic ethanol via different routes
as well as future directions
covering all aspects of cellulosic ethanol. \nThe seventeen chapters include many distinctive features such as:\n• Advantages of cellulosic ethanol over first-generation ethanol as a transportation fuel \n• Various biomass feedstocks that can be used to make cellulosic ethanol\n• Details of the aqueous phase or cellulolysis route
pretreatment
enzyme or acid saccharification
fermentation
simultaneous saccharification fermentation
consolidated bioprocessing
genetically modified microorganisms
and yeasts \n• Details of the syngas fermentation or thermochemical route
gasifiers
syngas cleaning
microorganisms for syngas \nfermentation and chemical catalysts for syngas to ethanol conversion \n• Distillation and dehydration to fuel-grade ethanol \n• Techno-economical aspects and the future of cellulosic ethanol
\"Handbook of Cellulosic Ethanol\"
Ananda
Amarasekara
Prairie View A&M University
Chemistry
Prairie View A&M University
