Catalytic pyrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose extracted from rice straw for high yield of hydrocarbon over alkali modified ZSM-5

To investigate the pyrolysis behaviour of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and obtain a high yield of hydrocarbon, MCC was extracted from rice straw. The modification of ZSM-5 by different molar concentrations (0.2 M, 0.4 M and 0.6 M) of NaOH solution was carried out. At the same time, pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) was performed without and with alkali-treated ZSM-5 maintaining biomass to catalyst ratio 0.25:1 at a...