Research Article

Optimization of Liquid Fuel Production from Microwave Pyrolysis of Used Tyres

Table 3

ANOVA for response surface quadratic model.

SourceSum of squaresMean square-value value

Model639.49971.051.03+05<0.0001Significant
X1-microwave power5.7415.748292.19<0.0001
X2-reaction time232.321232.323.36+05<0.0001
X3-particle size88.72188.721.28+05<0.0001
X1.X24.6814.686762.31<0.0001
X1.X30.0610.0686.67<0.0001
X2.X322.82122.8232954.52<0.0001
(X1)2121.191121.191.75+05<0.0001
(X2)2142.021142.022.05+05<0.0001
(X3)21.4811.482133.74<0.0001
Residual0.0242350.0007
Lack-of-fit0.004250.00081.270.3028Not significant
Pure error0.02300.0007
Cor total639.5244