ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Transformation Characteristics and Mechanism
of Wheat Straw into Organic Acid under Alkaline
Hydrothermal Condition
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School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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Anhui Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention and Control,
Hefei 230036, China
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Hefei Agricultural Environmental Science Observation and Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture,
Hefei 230036, China
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Biomass Molecular Engineering Center, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
Submission date: 2022-01-26
Final revision date: 2022-03-05
Acceptance date: 2022-04-05
Online publication date: 2022-10-03
Publication date: 2022-12-08
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(6):5955-5961
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Due to the overuse of fossil energy, fossil energy is facing exhaustion. Agricultural biomass such as
wheat straw waste is a kind of clean energy which can replace fossil energy and has important scientific
research value and broad application prospect. In this paper, wheat straw was used as raw materials,
and the straw was converted into lactic acid, oxalic acid and fumaric acid under alkaline hydrothermal
conditions. Improve the yield of organic acid by optimizing the reaction conditions such as NaOH
concentration, reaction time and reaction temperature. The optimum reaction conditions were as follows:
NaOH concentration 1.5 mol/L, reaction temperature 250ºC, reaction time 3 hours, total organic acid
yield 13.5%, lactic acid yield 12.1%. The results can provide a new way for the green production of
organic acids, and realize the efficient utilization of agricultural waste, reduce environmental pollution.
At the same time, can produce good economic benefits, ecological benefits and social benefits.