Research Article

The Application of Response Surface Methodology in the Study of Photodegraded Industrial Dairy Effluents by the Photo-Fenton Process: Optimization and Economic Viability

Table 2

Box-Behnken matrix values in the study of dairy effluent treatment by a Photo-Fenton process, through the factors pH, Fenton reagent, and UV irradiation, operating on 3 levels (low represented by −1, intermediate represented by 0, and high represented by 1).

Exp.Central pointBlockpHFentonUV

121−10−1
221−10−1
301000
421−1−10
521011
601000
721−101
821011
921−110
10210−1−1
1101000
1201000
132110−1
1401000
1521−1−10
162101−1
17211−10
1821−110
19210−1−1
20211−10
2121−101
2221110
23210−11
24210−11
252101−1
2621101
2701000
2821110
2921101
302110−1