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Disposal plasma arc
Operating Principle
Relatively high voltage, high current of electricity passes between two electrodes, spaced apart, creating an electric arc. pressurized inert gas is passed through the arc in a sealed container of waste, temperatures of up to 25,000 F (13,900 C) in the arc column. The temperature a few meters from the torch can be as high as 5,0008,000 F (2,7604,427 C). At these temperatures most types of waste are divided into elementary components of basic gaseous form, and complex molecules are separated into individual atoms.
The reactor operates at a pressure slightly negative, which means that the power system is complemented by a system of gas evacuation, and later a solid waste disposal system. Depending on the input waste (plastics tend to be rich in hydrogen and carbon), gas from the containment of the plasma can be removed as synthesis gas, and can be refined into various fuels at a later stage .
The last independent review of the technology vendors plasma was conducted by Juniper Consulting in 2008, and a separate independent review Alter NRG / Westinghouse technology.
Existing facilities
National Cheng Kung University - Tainan City, Taiwan (peat International)
PEAT International constructed a plasma waste disposal at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan City, Taiwan, which uses its thermal plasma destruction of property recovery method. The facility is able to process 35 metric tons (3.35.5 short tons) of waste per day from a variety of waste streams, including fly ash from incineration of medical waste, organic waste and sludge inorganic industrial processes. It can also process waste piles and other materials, including sludge heavy metals, and refining catalysts (waste streams that produce the alloys of precious metals). The facility was constructed through a resource recovery facility funded by the Global Taiwanese government, marking the first time the government of Taiwan has committed financial and technical resources to the use of plasma technology. He was commissioned in November 2004 and received its operating license in January 2005. Peat has been an active participant in the operation and maintenance of the facility on behalf of NCKU for his research purposes.
Yoshii, and Mihama-Mikata Utashinai, metals Japan (Hitachi Ltd.)
Three smaller plants are similar in use in Japan, a 166-short ton (151.000 kg) per day "pilot" plant in Yoshii, co-developed by Hitachi Metals Ltd. and Westinghouse Plasma, which was approved after a demonstration 19,992,000 and a 165-short tons (150,000 kg) per day plant Utashinai City, completed in 2002 and a 28-tons (25,000 kg) per day plant commissioned by the twin cities of Mihama and Mikata 2002. Two similar systems operated by different companies in Australia and Germany after the close of changes in senior management.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Plasco Energy Group Inc.)
A new and different type of plasma processing of waste using arc plasma to refine gases produced during waste conversion, rather than destroying wastes by brute force as do other plasma systems, has yet to show success in the full commercial scale. Plasco Energy Group has completed a plant plasma arc waste demonstration in Ottawa, Canada at the Trail Road Landfill, to process 85 metric tons (94 short tons) per day of municipal solid waste. Unlike other plant plasma waste treatment process Plasco Energy Group does not use plasma to destroy waste, but rather to refine gases produced during waste conversion, to enable them to be used for operating an internal combustion engine gas. On October 24, 2007, the Plasco Trail Road facility began delivering power to the grid.
The Plasco Conversion System, which uses plasma to refine gases rather than expose them to extremely high temperatures, and whose line i.