Title :
Treatment of waste by DC arc discharge plasmas
Author :
Inaba, Takaaki ; Iwao, Toru
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Sci. & Eng., Chuo Univ., Tokyo
fDate :
10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The problem of the disposal of hazardous wastes has become very important in recent years. Plasma treatment is being developed and tested for incinerator ash, low level radioactive wastes, industrial and biomedical wastes, etc. by industrial companies and municipalities world wide. In this paper, the principles are discussed and examples of waste treatment such as fly ash, asbestos, aluminum, municipal wastes, low level nuclear wastes, etc. by using DC arc discharge plasma are shown
Keywords :
arcs (electric); health hazards; plasma applications; radioactive waste disposal; waste disposal; asbestos; biomedical wastes; dc arc discharge plasmas; fly ash; hazardous wastes; industrial companies; industrial wastes; low level radioactive wastes; municipalities; plasma treatment; waste treatment; Arc discharges; Heating; Plasma applications; Plasma devices; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Voltage; Waste materials;
Journal_Title :
Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on
