Research of Cooking Methods for Producing Wheat Straw Pulp by Microwave Irradiation Mixed-Alkali Method at Atmosphere Pressure

摘要

Cooking method of wheat straw pulp was investigated by microwave radiation at ambient pressure. In the microwave irradiation, wheat straw was cooked with mixed-alkali at normal pressure. The optimum process conditions determined by single-factor and orthogonal experiments were provided as follows: total alkali content was 16%, the ratio of solid to liquid was 1:6, and microwave irradiation time was 45min. Paper performance tests was run and showed that the index was equal or better than those produced by conventional methods. A consistent yield (around 60.1%) of wheat straw pulp was observed after repeated experiments.