Effect and Optimization of Process Conditions during Solvolysis and Torrefaction of Pine Sawdust Using the Desirability Function and Genetic Algorithm

• Ugochukwu M. Ikegwu,
• Maxwell Ozonoh,
• Nnanna-Jnr M. Okoro,
• Michael O. Daramola

Affiliations

Ugochukwu M. Ikegwu

School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Maxwell Ozonoh

School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Nnanna-Jnr M. Okoro

School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Michael O. Daramola

School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa