Table 3. ANOVA result for TPH and THC loss for the quadratic model.
21 Days Cocktail Treatment | 56 Days Cocktail Treatment | |||||||||||
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Terms | TPH Removal | THC Removal | TPH Removal | THC Removal | ||||||||
F-value | p-value | Coefficient
Estimate |
F-value | p-value | Coefficient
Estimate |
F-value | p-value | Coefficient
Estimate |
F-value | p-value | Coefficient
Estimate |
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Intercept | 89.64 | 88.97 | 96.28 | 96.69 | ||||||||
Model | 10.87 | 0.009 | significant | 6.06 | 0.0307 | significant | 19.82 | 0.0021 | significant | 6.32 | 0.0281 | significant |
A-Nitrate | 2.17 | 0.201 | 1.42 | 2.62 | 0.1666 | 2.44 | 68.73 | 0.0004 | 3.08 | 5.41 | 0.0676 | 1.55 |
B-Phosphate | 3.74 | 0.111 | 1.87 | 4.33 | 0.0919 | 3.14 | 0.5058 | 0.5088 | -0.2643 | 10.53 | 0.0228 | 2.16 |
C-Inoculum
size |
16.37 | 0.01 | 3.91 | 18.22 | 0.008 | 6.43 | 20.84 | 0.006 | 1.7 | 2.57 | 0.1698 | 1.07 |
AB | 6.25 | 0.055 | -3.42 | 4.17 | 0.0967 | -4.35 | 0.0996 | 0.7651 | -0.1659 | 5.84 | 0.0604 | -2.28 |
AC | 7.79 | 0.038 | -3.82 | 7.41 | 0.0416 | -5.8 | 3.04 | 0.1416 | -0.9168 | 0.0609 | 0.8149 | -0.2326 |
BC | 2.21 | 0.198 | 2.03 | 1.5 | 0.2759 | 2.6 | 0.0451 | 0.8402 | 0.1116 | 3.07 | 0.14 | 1.65 |
A² | 17.73 | 0.008 | -5.99 | 4.67 | 0.0831 | -4.79 | 41.16 | 0.0014 | -3.51 | 2.59 | 0.1684 | -1.58 |
B² | 30.5 | 0.003 | -7.86 | 8.3 | 0.0345 | -6.39 | 43.69 | 0.0012 | -3.62 | 10.88 | 0.0215 | -3.24 |
C² | 19.98 | 0.007 | -6.36 | 5.81 | 0.0608 | -5.35 | 11.77 | 0.0186 | -1.88 | 19.44 | 0.007 | -4.33 |
THC = Total Hydrocarbon Content; TPH = Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon