The main results derived from the ozone pre-treatment of grain straw are shown. The use of ozone reduced acid insoluble lignin content in grain straw, whereas acid soluble lignin increased. This fact resulted in a more accessible structure to enzymes leading to higher enzymatic hydrolysis yield. Ozone consumption after 2.5 h reaction time was about 0.10-0.12 g/g DS, independently of the type of...

surface ozone (surface o3)is a secondary pollutant and there are only limited studies on ozone in south india. studies have revealed a strong correlation between higher ozone levels and warmer days. surface o3 along with its precursors like no2, co and ch4 are being measured at kanyakumari (8.0780° n, 77.5410° e), tamilnadu, india and in this paper we present the summer time variation of ozone ...

the impact of air pollution and environmental issues on public health is one of the main topics studied in manycities around the world. ozone is a greenhouse gas that contributes to global climate. this study was conducted topredict and model ozone of yazd in the lower atmosphere by an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (anfis). allthe data were extracted from 721 samples collected daily ove...

The use of kinetic models to predict oxidation performance in wastewater is limited due to fast ozone depletion during the first milliseconds of the reaction. This paper introduces the Quench Flow Module (QFM), a bench-scale experimental technique developed to measure the first 5-500 milliseconds of ozone depletion for accurate determination of ozone exposure in wastewater-ozonation processes. ...

In order to evaluate the observed high rural ozone levels in the eastern Mediterranean area during summertime, vertical profiles of ozone measured in the period 1994–2008 in the framework of the MOZAIC project (Measurement of Ozone and Water Vapor by Airbus in Service Aircraft) over the eastern Mediterranean basin (Cairo, Tel Aviv, Heraklion, Rhodes, Antalya) were analyzed, focusing in the lowe...

BACKGROUND Tomato is sensitive to ozone. Fruit growth and composition are altered under ozone stress by modification of reproductive development. Fifty-one-day-old plants were exposed to three concentrations of ozone (200, 350 and 500 µg m(-3)) for 4 h. RESULTS Ozone reduced well-developed fruit number and fruit size, but it did not significantly affect flowering rate and fruit setting rate. ...

1 Roughly 90% of atmospheric ozone is found in the lower stratosphere in the ozone layer. Since about the 1970s, anthropogenic emissions of ozone-depleting gases have led to depletion of ~3–4% of the total overhead ozone averaged over the globe1. The strongest depletion is found over Antarctica during spring, when photochemical processes combine with a unique set of meteorological conditions to...

The substantial springtime loss in ozone amount in the lower Antarctic polar stratosphere has prompted extensive studies of ozone depletion over the last two decades (World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 1992, 1995, 1999). Due to the important role ozone plays in absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation, the ozone decline in mid-latitudes and dramatic ozone depletion over Antarctica may have ...

The unicellular algae Chlorella sorokiniana was used as a model system to investigate the interaction of ozone with plant cell membranes. Ozone induces K(+) leakage from Chlorella sorokiniana similar to the electrolytic loss observed from many higher plants under stressful conditions. The kinetics of this leakage indicate that ozone initially interacts reversibly (within sec) with sites on memb...

Data from four continuous ozone and weather monitoring sites operated by the National Park Service in Sierra Nevada, California, are used to develop an ozone forecasting model and to estimate the contribution of wildland fires on ambient ozone levels. The analyses of weather and ozone data pointed to the transport of ozone precursors from the Central Valley as an important source of pollution i...