Title :
Large-Scale Plasma Waste Gasification
Author :
Tavares, Jason Robert ; Rao, Lakshminarayana ; Derboghossian, Chawki ; Carabin, Pierre ; Kaldas, Aïda ; Chevalier, Philippe ; Holcroft, Gillian
Author_Institution :
PyroGenesis Canada Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
The plasma resource recovery system is a two-stage plasma gasification and vitrification system used to process municipal solid waste. A transferred arc discharge is used to generate syngas from the waste, and an air plasma torch is used to polish the gasification products. Online syngas monitoring can be employed to compensate for variations in waste feed, thus maintaining both the syngas composition (quality) and production rate.
Keywords :
arcs (electric); condition monitoring; fuel gasification; plasma applications; plasma torches; syngas; vitrification; waste management; air plasma torch; large-scale plasma waste gasification; municipal solid waste process; online syngas monitoring; plasma resource recovery system; syngas composition analysis; transferred arc discharge; two-stage plasma gasification; vitrification system; Arc discharges; Furnaces; Heating; Hydrocarbons; Monitoring; Plasmas; Production; Arc furnace; chemical engineering; energy resources; gasification; plasma applications; plasma torch; waste management;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2011.2138723
