Research Article

Thermal Pyrolysis of Used Tyres to Produce Liquid Fuel: Process Optimization and How It Compares to Microwave Pyrolysis

Table 5

Summary for model fit-sequential model sum of squares for thermal pyrolysis.

SourceSequential valueLack of fit valueAdjusted Predicted

Linear<0.0001<0.00010.84040.8283
2FI0.6758<0.00010.83450.8338
Quadratic<0.00010.79411Suggested
Cubic0.72150.57310.9999Aliased
Sequential model sum of squares [type I]
SourceSum of squaresdfMean squarevaluevalue
Mean vs. total51592.48151592.48
Linear vs. mean628.843209.6178.25<0.0001
2FI vs. linear4.2831.430.5130.6758
Quadratic vs. 2FI105.53335.1857067.7<0.0001Suggested
Cubic vs. quadratic0.001440.00030.52030.7215Aliased
Residual0.0202310.0007
Total52331.15451162.91