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Table 4 Values and levels of variables used in the experimental design

From: Treatment of rice straw hemicellulosic hydrolysates with advanced oxidative processes: a new and promising detoxification method to improve the bioconversion process

Variables

Level

1

2

Fe 2+ (A)

Not added*

Addition of 50 mg/L

H2O2 (B)

0 mg/L

1000 mg/L

UV-C (C)

Absence

Presence

O3 (D)

0 mg/L

500 mg/L**

pH (E)

3.0

8.0

  1. * Only the amount of Fe2+ present in the hydrolysate. ** Ozone dissolution of 2.5 mg/minute (produced from a flow of 1 l/minute of O2) for 30 minutes to a volume of 150 mL hydrolysate.
  2. Values and levels of variables used in the Taguchi L16 experimental design to evaluate the treatment of hydrolysate by homogeneous advanced oxidative process.