inputs were chosen among these easily controlled or measured variables: Total lignin (wt%), Cellulose (wt%), Hemicellulose (wt%), Extractives (wt%), HPH Energy Consumption (kWh/kg), Cationic Demand (µeq/g), Transmittance at 600 nm and Consistency index (Ostwald-De Waele's k). In both cases, the ANN models trained here provided satisfactory estimates of aspect ratio (MAPE = 4.54% and R 2 = 0.96) and the yield of nanofibrillation (MAPE = 6.74% and R 2 = 0.98), being able to capture the effect of the applied energy along the fibrillation process. RF and LR models resulted in correlation coefficients of 0.93 and 0.95, respectively, for aspect ratio, while for yield of nanofibrillation the correlation coefficients were 0.87 and 0.92.
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