Research Article
Waste to Energy: Response Surface Methodology for Optimization of Biodiesel Production from Leather Fleshing Waste
(a) Optimization of process variables |
| Constraints Name | Goal | Lower Limit | Upper Limit | Lower Weight | Upper Weight | Importance |
| Catalyst | in range | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Methanol to oil molar ratio | in range | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Temperature | in range | 55 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| FAME | maximize | 68 | 97.1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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(b) Solution |
| Solution number | Catalyst | Methanol to oil molar ratio | Temperature | % yield of FAME | Desirability | Remark |
| 1 | 1.04 | 6.05 | 59.64 | 96.891 | 0.993 | selected |
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