Research Article

Biological Pretreatment by Solid-State Fermentation of Oat Straw to Enhance Physical Quality of Pellets

Table 3

Coefficient values of the fitting model for different responses of oat straw pellets pretreated with TV52J.

Response variableSourceSum of squaresMean squares value value

Density 0Model148079.23577.097.560.0003
11664.511664.5121.810.0004
13352.363352.3643.93<0.0001
1365.19365.194.790.0462
1462.25462.256.060.0275
1639.33639.338.380.0118
11266.171266.1716.590.0011
Lack of fit10975.3097.534.190.0900
Density 1Model147815.07558.222.840.0304
14384.984384.9822.280.0003
11294.491294.496.580.0225
Lack of fit10923.3792.340.500.8297
Dimensional stabilityModel1416.661.192.800.0318
12.912.916.860.0202
12.222.225.230.0383
13.093.097.280.0173
13.903.909.180.0090
Lack of fit104.410.441.150.4846
Tensile strengthModel140.0420.0033.640.0107
10.0040.0044.790.0460
10.0270.02732.81<0.0001
10.0040.0045.300.0371
Lack of fit100.0090.00091.270.4421