Abstract

Environmental issues and the security of energy supply have stimulated interest in the development of alternatives for fossil based energy carriers and chemicals. Biomass has been identified as a promising resource because it is abundantly available and in principle CO2 neutral. Upgradation of bio-oil before utilization is desirable to obtain high grade fuel. This study focuses on the ANOVA analysis of effective parameters for upgrading bio-oil by catalytic cracking with Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Second order quadratic model is predicted by statistical analysis and shows that experimental values are best fitted. The p-value for yield and Degree Of Deoxygenation (DOD) is 0.0001 which indicates that predicted model is significant for both response factors. Lack of fit for yield and DOD is 0.4829 and 0.5553, respectively. The coefficient of determination for yield and DOD is 0.9821 and 0.9844, respectively which indicates that experimental data is best fitted into predicted model. Actual versus predicted values plot implies that the difference between experimental values for yield and DOD is insignificant.