Table 3.
Coded levels of the independent variables, and matrix representation of the fractional factorial design (28–4).
| Variables | Levels | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| − 1 | + 1 | ||
| A | Inlet air temperature (°C) | 110 | 150 |
| B | Feed flow rate (L h−1) | 0.15 | 0.45 |
| C | Drying air flow (L h−1) | 301 | 536 |
| D | Air injection flow (m3 h−1) | 8 | 35 |
| E | Wall material content (% w v−1) | 5 | 10 |
| F | Adjuvant/polymer ratio (w w−1), | 1:0 | 1:1 |
| G | Essential oil/polymer ratio (w w−1) | 1:1.78 | 1:3.56 |
| H | Surfactant (mg) | 0 | 200 |
| Experiment | Coded levels | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |
| 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 |
| 2 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 |
| 3 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 |
| 4 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 |
| 5 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 |
| 6 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 |
| 7 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 |
| 8 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 |
| 9 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 |
| 10 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 |
| 11 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 |
| 12 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 |
| 13 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 |
| 14 | + 1 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 | − 1 |
| 15 | − 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | − 1 | − 1 | − 1 | + 1 |
| 16 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 |
(− 1) lower level; (+ 1) higher level.