RSM predicts ozonolysis pretreatment performance on lignin degradation and TRS recovery.
Lignin degradation and TRS recovery were optimized by desirability function.
Particle size of OPF is important for lignin degradation.
Optimum lignin degradation and TRS recovery were 88.9% and 99.9%, respectively.
Ozonolysis effectively degraded lignin in OPF and improved TRS recovery.