Research Article

Ethanol Production from Oil Palm Trunk: A Combined Strategy Using an Effective Pretreatment and Simultaneous Saccharification and Cofermentation

Table 10

Experimental validation.

Variables of SSCFEthanol (%)Fermentation efficiency (%)
Temperature (°C)Fermentation time (days)Cell ratioExperimentPredicted% DifferenceExperimentPredicted% Difference

33,454,220,541,871,912,0965,9166,621,07
33,454,220,541,901,910,5266,1466,620,72
33,454,220,541,891,911,0566,3766,620,38
Average1,891,911,2266,1466,620,72