Research Article

Optimization of Sulfide/Sulfite Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Lactic Acid Production

Table 3

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of fitted model.

ModelSourceSum of squaresdfMean square value value
Prob >

CorncobNa2S(a)
NaOH (0.5%)
Model1461.279162.3672.6<0.0001 significant
Residual17.9582.24
Lack of fit14.4552.892.480.2431 not significant
Pure error3.5031.17
Cor total1479.2217
Na2SO3(b)
NaOH (0.5%)
Model958.69106.5167.89<0.0001 significant
Residual12.5581.57
Lack of fit11.3952.285.870.0880 not significant
Pure error1.1630.39
Cor total971.1517

BagasseNa2S(a)
NaOH (0.5%)
Model1392.099154.6827.98<0.0001 significant
Residual44.2285.53
Lack of fit30.4256.081.320.4355 not significant
Pure error13.8034.60
Cor total1436.3217
Na2SO3(b)
NaOH (0.5%)
Model834.55992.7356.90<0.0001 significant
Residual13.0481.63
Lack of fit10.7952.162.890.2060 not significant
Pure error2.2430.75
Cor total847.5917

Water hyacinthNa2S(a)
NaOH (0.5%)
Model1189.959132.2222.37<0.0001 significant
Residual47.2985.91
Lack of fit37.8957.582.420.2491 not significant
Pure error9.4033.13
Cor total1237.2517
Na2SO3(b)
NaOH (0.5%)
Model990.819110.0949.57<0.0001 significant
Residual17.7782.22
Lack of fit14.7852.962.970.1997 not significant
Pure error2.9931.0
Cor total1008.5817

Rice huskNa2S(a)
NaOH (0.5%)
Model1399.289155.4827.82<0.0001 significant
Residual44.7085.59
Lack of fit30.1556.031.240.0832 not significant
Pure error14.5534.85
Cor total1443.9817
Na2SO3(b)
NaOH (0.5%)
Model770.44985.8634.61<0.0001 significant
Residual19.7982.47
Lack of fit17.2953.364.150.1357 not significant
Pure error2.5030.83
Cor total790.2317