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Microwave Pretreatment of Waste Paper Fiber for Hydrogen Production

ZHANG Pei-li1,2, MA Yong-wen1,2   

  1. 1. College of Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China;2. The Key Lab.of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • Received:2010-07-25 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2011-02-28 Published:2011-02-28

Abstract: Pretreatment has a significant influence on hydrogen production from cellulosic materials by anaerobic fermentation. Microwave heating can change the crystal line structure of the fiber material to increase the hydrolysis degree of fiber. In this study, microwave pretreatments with H2SO4, HCl, H2O, NaOH and NH3·H2O respectively were studied. The results showed that through microwave treatment of waste paper, the fiber hydrolysis rates during hydrogen production were higher than those of the untreated. Among them, it produced the highest hydrogen production rate of 44.6mL hydrogen from 1g fiber(calculates by volatile solid,SV) after the treatment of microwave-NH3·H2O, while the untreated group produced only 13.7mL hydrogen/g fiber. Through microwave treatment of fiber material, fiber crystallinity was decreased, the accessibility of substrate was increased, but no change of chemical structure was found.

Key words: waste paper, cellulosic material, microwave, fiber

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