Physicochemical characterization, modelling and optimization of ultrasono-assisted acid pretreatment of two Pennisetum sp. using Taguchi and artificial neural networking for enhanced delignification
TaguchiOA and ANN techniques accurately predicted significant delignification factor. Ultrasonication assisted acid pretreatment resulted in higher delignification. SEM, FTIR and Autofloresence sufficiently evidenced the findings. Kinetics of delignification is an important factor for pretreatment. Denanath grass can be a potential lignocellulose substrate for bioethanol production.