DEVICE FOR OZONE TREATMENT OF PLANT MATERIALS

摘要

The invention concerns a novel method for ozone treatment of unground plant materials, such as wheat grains. The invention is characterized in that the method consists in allowing the plant material to rest for at least one day after prior hydration, followed by ozonation involving complementary hydration inputting 3 to 10 wt. % of water relative to the plant material dry weight. Said method is in particular applied to wheat grains. In that case, the inventive method enables penetration of ozone into the core of the grains used for making so-called technological flour. The physical and chemical properties of such types of flour observed on the basis of the parameters of the ozonation process are described.