Table 8 Comparison of actual and predicted values for cottonseed oil methyl ester.

From: Sustainable biodiesel production from cottonseed oil using a nickel-doped eggshell heterogeneous catalyst optimized via response surface methodology

Run

Reaction temperature (°C)

Reaction time (min)

Catalyst loading (wt% %)

Methanol to oil molar ratio

Actual value

Predicted value

Residual

1

40

40

3

9

98.00

98.24

-0.2375

2

40

55

5

9

88.00

88.60

-0.600

3

120

55

3

12

78.00

77.96

0.0389

4

80

55

3

9

80.00

80.23

-0.2319

5

40

55

1

9

88.00

87.77

0.2333

6

120

55

1

9

89.00

88.67

0.3319

7

80

55

5

6

77.50

76.83

0.6653

8

80

70

1

9

74.50

75.10

-0.6000

9

80

55

3

9

84.80

85.08

-0.2778

10

120

40

3

9

92.23

91.47

0.8597

11

80

70

3

12

75.00

75.10

-0.1000

12

40

55

3

6

80.50

80.70

-0.2042

13

80

40

1

9

94.00

93.87

0.1333

14

80

55

3

9

87.00

87.15

-0.1542

15

40

70

3

9

75.00

75.10

-0.1000

16

120

70

3

9

86.00

86.05

-0.0514

17

80

40

3

6

69.00

68.38

0.6153

18

80

55

3

9

82.00

81.15

0.8514

19

40

55

3

12

77.00

77.27

-0.2653

20

80

55

1

12

88.00

87.72

0.2819

21

80

40

3

12

79.00

79.25

-0.2458

22

80

55

3

9

72.00

71.54

0.4556

23

80

70

5

9

75.00

76.32

-1.32

24

120

55

5

9

72.00

72.18

-0.1833

25

80

40

5

9

75.00

75.10

-0.1000

26

80

55

5

12

76.00

75.10

0.9000

27

80

70

3

6

82.00

82.00

-0.0014

28

80

55

1

6

83.00

83.38

-0.3778

29

120

55

3

6

79.00

79.32

-0.3153