title: Hydrogen-rich fuel gas from rice straw via microwave-induced pyrolysis.
abstract: This study aimed to research the productivity of H(2)-rich fuel gas from rice straw using the microwave-induced pyrolysis. The formation constituents of gas product and the mechanism of its production were also discussed. The primary components of gas product were H(2), CO(2), CO, and CH(4), with average percentages of 50.67, 22.56, 16.09, and 7.42vol.%, respectively. According to the TA-MS analysis, it was suggested that focused heating by microwaves made the microwave-induced pyrolysis different from the traditional pyrolysis. A chemical equation could be nearly balanced to illustrate the gas composition generated from rice straw. From the viewpoint of energy consumption, close to 60% of the input energy could be derived and utilized as bioenergy.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, 71 Chou-Shan Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kuan
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D004867:Equipment Design; D005740:Gases; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D008697:Methane / Q000737:chemistry; D008872:Microwaves; D012275:Oryza / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D006859:Hydrogen; D008697:Methane