Energy Sources Part A-recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects, Vol.36, No.10, 1057-1064, 2014
The Effect of Pretreatment with Dilute Acid on the Microwave-assisted Pyrolysis of Wheat Stalk
Wheat stalk was pyrolyzed under microwave irradiation and different dilute acids pretreatment, and the pyrolytic mixture were extracted with tetrahydrofuran. The effects of dilute acids pretreatment on the yield of tetrahydrofuran-extractable fraction and the selective conversion of wheat stalk under microwave irradiation were investigated. Compositions of extractable fraction were analyzed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The results indicated that acids can remarkably improve the formation of furfural, pyran-2-one, and 2-butenal, etc.