Research Article
Enhancement of Biodiesel Production from Marine Alga, Scenedesmus sp. through In Situ Transesterification Process Associated with Acidic Catalyst
Table 1
Experimental factors and levels for the orthogonal array design using the Taguchi method (% w/w, based on the lipid weight).
| (a) |
| | Level | Temperature
(°C) | Time
(hr) | Catalyst amount
(% of algal weight, w/w) | Solvent
(mL) | | | | |
| | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0.5 | 20 | | 2 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 35 | | 3 | 60 | 3 | 1.5 | 50 |
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| (b) |
| | Run number | | | | | (%) |
| | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
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