Research Article

Waste to Energy: Response Surface Methodology for Optimization of Biodiesel Production from Leather Fleshing Waste

Table 6

(a) Optimization of process variables

Constraints
Name
GoalLower
Limit
Upper
Limit
Lower
Weight
Upper WeightImportance

Catalystin range0.51.5113

Methanol to oil molar ratioin range39113

Temperaturein range5565113

FAMEmaximize6897.1115

(b) Solution

Solution numberCatalystMethanol to oil molar ratioTemperature% yield of FAMEDesirabilityRemark

11.046.0559.6496.8910.993selected