Leila Ezzat Zadegan

Dr. Leila Ezzat Zadegan

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 April 2021 in Energies
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LZLeila Ezzat Zadegan
Leila Ezzat Zadegan
RYRubiyah Yusof
Rubiyah Yusof
NMNoor Azian Morad
Noor Azian Morad
PSParvaneh Shabanzadeh
Parvaneh Shabanzadeh
NMNur Syuhana Muda
Nur Syuhana Muda
Tohid N.BorhaniTohid N.Borhani
Tohid N.Borhani
Five major operations for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomasses into bioethanol are pre-treatment, detoxification, hydrolysis, fermentation, and distillation. The fermentation process is a significant biological step to transform lignocellulose into biofuel. The interactions of biochemical networks and their uncertainty and nonlinearity that occur during fermentation processes are major problems for experts developing accurate bioprocess models. In this study, mechanical processing and pre-treatment on the palm trunk were done before fermentation. Analysis was performed on the fresh palm sap and the fermented sap to determine the composition. The analysis for total sugar content was done using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and the percentage of alcohols by volume was determined using gas chromatography (GC). A model was also developed for the fermentation process based on the Adaptive-Network-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) combined with particle swarm optimization (PSO) to predict bioethanol production in biomass fermentation of oil palm trunk sap. The model was used to find the best experimental conditions to achieve the maximum bioethanol concentration. Graphical sensitivity analysis techniques were also used to identify the most effective parameters in the bioethanol process.