Bio-Energy Production from Rice Straw a Review

Abstract

Rice straw is an attractive lignocellulosic material that can be used for the production of liquid or gaseous fuel oils such as bio ethanol and biogas or methane by fermentation or other gasification processes. In addition, rice straw may also be considered for the production of bio hydrogen, where the straw is converted to bio-oil by fast pyrolysis and the bio-oil steam reformed for the production of hydrogen. Finally, rice straw can be made into a solid fuel that can be fired directly or after torrefaction or other processing