Optimization by Response Surface Methodology of Biodiesel Production from Podocarpus falcatus Oil as a Cameroonian Novel Nonedible Feedstock

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Variables</td><td class="align_center">Symbols</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3">Level</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"></td><td class="align_left"></td><td class="align_center">-1</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">1</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Temperature (°C)</td><td class="align_center">A</td><td class="align_center">50</td><td class="align_center">65</td><td class="align_center">80</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Reaction time (min)</td><td class="align_center">B</td><td class="align_center">60</td><td class="align_center">120</td><td class="align_center">180</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Molar ratio</td><td class="align_center">C</td><td class="align_center">6 : 1</td><td class="align_center">8 : 1</td><td class="align_center">10 : 1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Parameter of independent variables used by the BB plan for the optimization of oil transesterification of the oil <i>Podocarpus falcatus.</i></div>

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Table 3: Optimization by Response Surface Methodology of Biodiesel Production from Podocarpus falcatus Oil as a Cameroonian Novel Nonedible Feedstock 

Table 3 | Optimization by Response Surface Methodology of Biodiesel Production from Podocarpus falcatus Oil as a Cameroonian Novel Nonedible Feedstock 