Plasma gasification: Clean renewable fuel through vaporization of waste
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5/9/12 Plasma gasification: Clean renewable fuel through vaporization of waste ‑ Waste Mangagement World Subscribe: eNewsletter Magazine Advanced Search Home Collection/Transport Recycling Landfill Biological Treatment WastetoEnergy Markets & Policy Opinion Products Buyers Guide Welcome to Waste Management World Sponsor Information Print Email Save Like 22 Share Plasma gasification: Clean renewable fuel through vaporization of waste Plasma gasification technology in the US is developing fast, and could be the perfect way to divert MSW from landfill and produce valuable byproducts. Here, we look into the benefits. by Ed Dodge Plasma gasification is an emerging technology which can process landfill waste to extract commodity recyclables and convert carbonbased materials into fuels. It can form an integral component in a system to achieve zerowaste and produce renewable fuels, whilst caring for the environment. Plasma arc processing has been used for years to treat hazardous waste, such as incinerator ash and chemical weapons, and convert them into nonhazardous slag. Utilizing this technology to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) to energy is still young, but it has great potential to operate more efficiently than other pyrolysis and combustion systems due to its high temperature, heat density, and nearly complete conversion of carbonbased materials to syngas, and nonorganics to slag. Syngas is a simple fuel gas comprised of carbon monoxide and hydrogen that can be combusted directly or refined into
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