Plasma gasification

Plasma gasification is a generic-type process that can accommodate virtually any input waste material in as-received condition, including liquids, gases, and solids in any form or combination. Also, moisture content is not a problem. Liquids, gases, and small particle-size waste materials are very easily and efficiently processed. Bulky items, such as household appliances, tires, and bedsprings, can also be readily accommodated without loss of destruction efficiency. The reactor vessel and waste feed mechanism are designed for the physical characteristics of the input waste stream. Even waste materials such as low-level radioactive waste can be processed to reduce the bulk and encapsulate the radioactive constituents to reduce leachability. 

Consistently low environmental emission characteristics exhibited by plasma gasification support the idea that it can be used as a waste treatment alternative to other technologies... 

Ethanol can also be produced from "non-food" materials, such as garbage or wastewater sludge, which are "negative-cost" feedstocks. If all American wastes (industrial and municipal) were converted to biofuels, not only would some 50 to 100 million gallons of fuel be obtained, but the emission of methane from landfills and other wastes would also be eliminated. Plasma gasification, a commercially available process, can also simultaneously increase the fuel supply and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

Gilsonite is a natural black bitumen found in Utah and Colorado. A typical sample analyzes for 84.7% C, 10.3% H, 3.0% N, 0.19% S and 1.4% O227-3,3). Only one investigation227 313 on the plasma gasification of these fuels has been reported. 

A second example is related to strongly non-equilibrium plasma gasification processes,... 

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Zhang Q, Dor L, Fenigshtein D, Yang W, Blasiak W. Gasification of municipal solid waste in the Plasma Gasification Melting process. Appl Energy 2012 90 (1) 106-112. 

Zhang Q, Wu Y, Dor L, Yang W, Blasiak W. A thermodynamic analysis of solid waste gasification in the plasma gasification melting process. Appl Energy 2013 112 405-413. 

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Plasma gasification. Plasma discharge uses extremely high temperatures in an oxygen-starved environment to decompose input waste material completely into very simple molecules in a process similar to pyrolysis. Products include combustible gas and a vitrified solid residue. 

Coskata Inc. Biomass gasification/gas fermentation 40,000 Demonstration Syngas fiom plasma gasification Ethanol Madison, USA/2009 Operational COSKATA... 

Dodge, E. Waste Management World Plasma Gasification Clean Renewable Fuel through Vaporization of Waste. Cited June 2015 Available from http //www.waste-management-world.com/articles/print/volume-lO/issue /features/plasma-gasification-clean-renewable-fuel-through-vaporization-of-waste.html. 

GSTC, 2015. Plasma Gasification. Consulted on June 2015. Available from http //www. gasification.org/what-is-gasification/how-does-it-work/plasma-gasification/. 

Mountouris, A., Voutsas, E., Tassios, D. 2006. Solid waste plasma gasification Equilibrium model development and exeigy analysis. Energy Convers. Manage. 47 1723-1737. 

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